Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moreton, Essex

Moreton 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
SPEED367.9470989.01
SPEARMAN163.53202,222.22
KNIGHT153.311326.86
CLARK143.090510.28
DAWKINS143.0905426.83
PEACOCK132.869880.50
JUDD122.6490204.08
TARBERT112.428312,222.22
WOOD91.98686.24
MARRABLE81.76604,000.00
ALLEY81.76601,290.32
PAIN81.7660196.56
NOTTAGE81.7660888.89
WEBSTER81.766020.30
CHURCH81.766080.97
CLARKE71.54537.63
TRUNDLE71.54531,627.91
PEARCE71.545316.82
SPELLER71.5453560.00
SMITH71.54531.09
PRENTICE71.5453131.33
KING61.32456.08
BINDER61.32451,111.11
ALGER61.3245576.92
OVERALL61.3245638.30
NOAKES51.1038151.06
SWEETING51.1038274.73
PRATT51.103819.22
NASH51.103823.93
BUTCHER51.103826.19
BALL51.103813.36
CALVERT51.103854.11
GUNN40.883036.07
RIPPON40.8830253.16
GINGELL40.8830303.03
ALEY40.88301,600.00
BALLS40.883068.85
LAKE40.883039.84
MATTHEWS40.883010.12
ORAM30.662384.99
BOLDEN30.6623789.47
CAST30.66231,250.00
WHITE30.66232.06
LEE30.66234.05
RADLEY30.6623114.94
CRABB30.662363.83
TALBOT30.662326.60
BLACKBURN30.662317.56
FEWELL30.6623882.35
NEWMAN30.66238.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TARBERT0.4545312222.2222
MARRABLE0.454534000.0000
SPEARMAN0.454532222.2222
TRUNDLE0.454531627.9070
ALEY0.454531600.0000
ALLEY0.454531290.3226
CAST0.454531250.0000
BINDER0.454531111.1111
SPEED0.45453989.0110
SPURGIN0.45453952.3810
NOTTAGE0.45453888.8889
FEWELL0.45453882.3529
BOLDEN0.45453789.4737
OVERALL0.45453638.2979
ALGER0.45453576.9231
SPELLER0.45453560.0000
DAWKINS0.45453426.8293
NOAKS0.45453416.6667
GINGELL0.45453303.0303
SWEETING0.45453274.7253
RIPPON0.45453253.1646
LIVINGS0.45453243.9024
JUDD0.45453204.0816
PATIENT0.45453200.0000
PAIN0.45453196.5602
BOYTON0.45453188.6792
NOAKES0.45453151.0574
PRENTICE0.45453131.3321
EVE0.45453116.9591
RADLEY0.45453114.9425
NICE0.4545393.4579
BRANCH0.4545386.2069
ORAM0.4545384.9858
CHURCH0.4545380.9717
PEACOCK0.4545380.4954
BALLS0.4545368.8468
CRABB0.4545363.8298
CALVERT0.4545354.1126
RIDER0.4545345.3515
LAKE0.4545339.8406
GUNN0.4545336.0685
FELTON0.4545332.0513
KNIGHT0.4545326.8625
TALBOT0.4545326.5957
BUTCHER0.4545326.1917
CARVER0.4545324.3902
NASH0.4545323.9349
STANTON0.4545322.1484
BLAND0.4545321.2993
GURNEY0.4545321.1864

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 453 people called TARBERT in Moreton 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 12222.2222 in Moreton means that 12222.2222% of the people in Moreton on census day were called TARBERT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TARBERT 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 TARBERT 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 TARBERT 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 TARBERT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Moreton means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TARBERT in Moreton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moreton in 1881

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

ALGER (6)  ALEY (4)  ALLEY (8)  ARCHER (1)  BALLS (4)  BALL (5)  BARKER (3)  BINDER (6)  BIRD (2)  BLACKBURN (3)  BLAND (2)  BOREHAM (10)  BOLDEN (3)  BOWYER (1)  BOYTON (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRANCH (2)  BREWER (1)  BROWN (2)  BUSH (1)  BUTCHER (5)  CALVERT (5)  CARVER (1)  CAST (3)  CHURCH (8)  CLARK (14)  CLARKE (7)  CLAYDON (11)  CRABB (3)  CROUCH (1)  CROW (1)  DAWKINGS (2)  DAWKINS (14)  DYSON (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  EVE (2)  FELTON (1)  FEWELL (3)  FIELD (1)  FOSTER (2)  FULLER (1)  GARDENER (1)  GEAREY (1)  GINGELL (4)  GODFREY (1)  GRANT (1)  GRATRIX (2)  GUNN (4)  GURNEY (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HOLMES (1)  HORREX (1)  JAMES (1)  JARVIS (1)  JUDD (12)  KING (6)  KNIGHT (15)  LAKE (4)  LEE (3)  LIVINGS (1)  LOWE (1)  MARRABLE (8)  MARYON (8)  MATTHEWS (4)  MONK (2)  NASH (5)  NEWMAN (3)  NICE (1)  NOAKES (5)  NOAKS (1)  NOTTAGE (8)  ORAM (3)  OVERALL (6)  PATIENT (1)  PAIN (8)  PEACOCK (13)  PEARCE (7)  PEARSON (1)  PERRY (2)  PETTITS (6)  POTIPHER (3)  PRATT (5)  PRENTICE (7)  RAY (1)  REED (1)  RIDER (2)  RADLEY (3)  RIPPON (4)  SMITH (7)  SPEARMAN (16)  SPEED (36)  SPELLER (7)  SPURGIN (2)  STANTON (2)  STEVENS (1)  SWEETING (5)  TALBOT (3)  TARBERT (11)  TRUNDLE (7)  WEBSTER (8)  WHITE (3)  WHITNELL (2)  WOOD (9)  WRIGHT (1)