Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gosfield, Essex

Gosfield is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Essex

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
KEMP304.894088.24
LEE304.894029.95
EVERITT294.7308564.20
SMITH284.56773.24
REYNOLDS162.610130.13
WISEMAN162.6101190.02
STOCK142.2838183.49
CHAPMAN121.957613.78
SILLITOE111.79451,264.37
WHITE101.63135.08
COOK101.63138.21
SPARKES91.4682200.45
ELEY81.3051211.08
BROWN81.30511.98
NEWMAN81.305117.55
DRURY81.305182.14
HARVEY71.141910.70
SOUTHGATE71.1419145.83
BRITTAIN71.1419147.68
SPARROW71.141990.09
WHITEHEAD71.141916.90
STANNARD71.1419163.55
FRENCH71.141923.39
CLARKE71.14195.64
CLARK60.97883.26
BYFORD60.9788216.61
HARTLEY60.978815.62
WHEELER60.978816.21
DEALE60.978810,000.00
BARNARD60.978839.42
BOGUE50.81571,470.59
WASH50.8157781.25
COOPER50.81573.35
SELF50.8157114.94
MACDOUGALL50.8157537.63
ELLIOTT50.81579.61
BUTCHER50.815719.36
OWERS50.8157367.65
ALLISTON40.6525727.27
JARMAN40.652568.38
BARKER40.65254.99
MARSHALL40.65253.89
LEWIS40.65252.48
WARREN40.65259.76
ROGERS40.65255.03
RANKIN40.652543.91
VICKERS40.652525.41
STUCK30.48941,250.00
WILKIN30.489489.29
BARRITT30.4894187.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEALE0.6161310000.0000
BOGUE0.616131470.5882
SILLITOE0.616131264.3678
STUCK0.616131250.0000
WASH0.61613781.2500
ALLISTON0.61613727.2727
WASP0.61613588.2353
EVERITT0.61613564.2023
MACDOUGALL0.61613537.6344
GAGER0.61613416.6667
OWERS0.61613367.6471
TUFNELL0.61613322.5806
SHEAD0.61613270.2703
COPSEY0.61613229.0076
BYFORD0.61613216.6065
ELEY0.61613211.0818
TOBIAS0.61613204.0816
SPARKES0.61613200.4454
WISEMAN0.61613190.0238
BARRITT0.61613187.5000
STOCK0.61613183.4862
STANNARD0.61613163.5514
BRITTAIN0.61613147.6793
PAMPLIN0.61613147.0588
FAIRBANK0.61613145.9854
SOUTHGATE0.61613145.8333
SELF0.61613114.9425
ROOT0.61613100.0000
GOLDSTONE0.6161397.0874
ABBS0.6161392.5926
SPARROW0.6161390.0901
WILKIN0.6161389.2857
KEMP0.6161388.2353
DRURY0.6161382.1355
ANGEL0.6161376.0456
SHELLY0.6161369.9301
JARMAN0.6161368.3761
GLADSTONE0.6161360.2410
NEWCOMBE0.6161346.4037
SHIPMAN0.6161344.0529
RANKIN0.6161343.9078
RAND0.6161341.8410
WILLETT0.6161341.4079
PEACHEY0.6161340.6504
PLUMB0.6161340.3226
BARNARD0.6161339.4218
KEYS0.6161332.7869
HAWKES0.6161330.3337
REYNOLDS0.6161330.1318
LEE0.6161329.9461

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 613 people called DEALE in Gosfield at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 10000.0000 in Gosfield means that 10000.0000% of the people in Gosfield on census day were called DEALE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEALE in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called DEALE as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called DEALE here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called DEALE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Gosfield means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEALE in Gosfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gosfield in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLISON (2)  ALLISTON (4)  ANDREWS (1)  ANGEL (2)  APPLETON (1)  ABBS (1)  ARDLEY (6)  AITKEN (1)  BACON (1)  BARKER (4)  BARNARD (6)  BARRITT (3)  BOGUE (5)  BREWSTER (1)  BRITTAIN (7)  BROWN (8)  BROYD (1)  BROYED (2)  BRUNDISH (6)  BUTCHER (5)  BYFORD (6)  CANSELL (1)  CASTLE (1)  CAWSTON (1)  CHAPMAN (12)  CLARK (6)  CLARKE (7)  COCKERTON (7)  COOK (10)  COOPER (5)  COPSEY (3)  COURTAULD (8)  DEALE (6)  DOWNS (1)  DRURY (8)  ELDRIDGE (1)  ELLIOTT (5)  ELEY (8)  EVERITT (29)  FAIRBANK (2)  FERGUSON (3)  FLETCHER (1)  FOAKES (1)  FRENCH (7)  GAGER (1)  JEGGO (24)  GIBBS (1)  GLADSTONE (1)  GOLDSTONE (1)  HARDING (2)  HARRINGTON (2)  HARTLEY (6)  HARVEY (7)  HAWKES (3)  HAYES (1)  HILDER (1)  HORESBY (1)  HOWE (1)  HUMPHRIES (1)  JAGGARD (1)  JARMAN (4)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  KEMP (30)  KEYS (1)  MC KEE (2)  LAMBERT (1)  LANE (1)  LEE (30)  LEWIS (4)  LOWE (3)  MARSHALL (4)  MACDOUGALL (5)  METSON (4)  MOON (1)  MOORE (1)  MAYER (1)  NEWCOMBE (2)  NEWMAN (8)  OLIVER (1)  OWERS (5)  PAMPLIN ? (6)  PAMPLIN (1)  PANOCK (1)  PEACHEY (1)  PERRY (1)  DE PARRY (1)  PITTY (1)  PLUMB (2)  PORTER (1)  POTTEN (2)  POWELL (2)  RAND (1)  RANKIN (4)  REDGWELL (2)  READ (1)  REYNOLDS (16)  RIDGWELL (3)  ROGERS (4)  ROOT (2)  SALMON (1)  SARGENT (1)  SCRATTERN (1)  SELF (5)  SAWARD (17)  SHEAD (3)  SHELLY (1)  SHIPMAN (1)  SILLITOE (11)  SMITH (28)  SOUTHGATE (7)  SPARKES (9)  SPARROW (7)  STAINES (1)  STANNARD (7)  STOCK (14)  STUCK (3)  TOBIAS (1)  TUFNELL (1)  VICKERS (4)  VINCENT (1)  WALKER (1)  WARD (2)  WARREN (4)  WASH (5)  WASP (1)  WELHAM (1)  WHEELER (6)  WHITE (10)  WHITEHEAD (7)  WHYBROW (2)  WILKIN (3)  WILLETT (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOLMER (3)  WINTERFLOOD (1)  WISEMAN (16)  WOODLANDS (1)  YOUNG (1)