Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pitsea, Essex

Pitsea 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
WRIGHT167.881824.57
HARRISON104.926122.19
BROWN73.44835.23
DANIELS73.4483109.72
MUMFORD73.4483357.14
WILSON62.95576.44
BOND62.955755.81
FIFE62.95571,111.11
RUFFELL62.95571,500.00
NICKOLS62.95572,222.22
GREGORY62.955742.13
BAKER62.955713.49
COLE62.955732.45
WOOLLARD52.4631704.23
FITCH41.9704251.57
HALLS41.9704248.45
CORNELL41.9704294.12
CROOKS41.9704254.78
CRABB31.4778142.18
THORINGTON20.98522,500.00
ADKINS20.9852151.52
HUGHES20.98523.52
HATCH20.9852114.94
SMITH20.98520.70
HOWARD20.985210.04
FREEMAN20.985215.43
JARVIS20.985221.95
HOCKLEY20.9852183.49
POTTER20.985215.19
WHITE20.98523.07
KELLAWAY10.4926227.27
STAFFORD10.492623.15
CURTIS10.49268.68
SHAW10.49262.68
PARTRIDGE10.492618.87
WATTS10.49265.88
CHAPLIN10.492634.36
LOVELL10.492623.53
GOODWIN10.49269.35
SUCH10.4926227.27
KEELING10.492656.50
CROZIER10.4926105.26
WILLARD10.4926188.68
WADE10.492612.32
BUTCHER10.492611.70
LIVERMORE10.4926144.93
STARLING10.492667.11
SHUTTLEWORTH10.492641.49
HARDING10.49266.81
GREEN10.49261.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THORINGTON0.202032500.0000
NICKOLS0.202032222.2222
RUFFELL0.202031500.0000
FIFE0.202031111.1111
WOOLLARD0.20203704.2254
MUMFORD0.20203357.1429
CORNELL0.20203294.1176
CROOKS0.20203254.7771
FITCH0.20203251.5723
HALLS0.20203248.4472
SUCH0.20203227.2727
KELLAWAY0.20203227.2727
WILLARD0.20203188.6792
HOCKLEY0.20203183.4862
ADKINS0.20203151.5152
LIVERMORE0.20203144.9275
CRABB0.20203142.1801
HATCH0.20203114.9425
DANIELS0.20203109.7179
CROZIER0.20203105.2632
STARLING0.2020367.1141
KEELING0.2020356.4972
BOND0.2020355.8140
GREGORY0.2020342.1348
SHUTTLEWORTH0.2020341.4938
CHAPLIN0.2020334.3643
COLE0.2020332.4500
WRIGHT0.2020324.5700
LOVELL0.2020323.5294
STAFFORD0.2020323.1481
HARRISON0.2020322.1926
JARVIS0.2020321.9539
PARTRIDGE0.2020318.8679
FREEMAN0.2020315.4321
POTTER0.2020315.1860
BAKER0.2020313.4892
WADE0.2020312.3153
BUTCHER0.2020311.6959
HOWARD0.2020310.0402
GOODWIN0.202039.3458
CURTIS0.202038.6806
HARDING0.202036.8074
WILSON0.202036.4357
WATTS0.202035.8754
BROWN0.202035.2309
HUGHES0.202033.5162
WHITE0.202033.0651
SHAW0.202032.6817
GREEN0.202031.7495
SMITH0.202030.6978

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 203 people called THORINGTON in Pitsea 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 2500.0000 in Pitsea means that 2500.0000% of the people in Pitsea on census day were called THORINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THORINGTON 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 THORINGTON 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 THORINGTON 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 THORINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Pitsea means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THORINGTON in Pitsea than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pitsea in 1881

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

ADKINS (2)  BAKER (6)  BETTISS (1)  BISTERS (1)  BOND (6)  BROWN (7)  BUTCHER (1)  CHAPLIN (1)  COLE (6)  COPPEN (1)  CORNELL (4)  CRABB (3)  CROOKS (4)  CROZIER (1)  CURTIS (1)  DANIELS (7)  DOWSET (1)  FITCH (4)  FREEMAN (2)  FIFE (6)  GOODWIN (1)  GREEN (1)  GREGORY (6)  HALLS (4)  HARDING (1)  HARRISON (10)  HASTED (1)  HATCH (2)  HOCKLEY (2)  HOWARD (2)  HUDSEL (1)  HUGHES (2)  JARVIS (2)  KEELING (1)  KELLAWAY (1)  KETTIER (1)  LAZEL (3)  LIVERMORE (1)  LOVELL (1)  MUMFORD (7)  NICKOLS (6)  OVAL (1)  PACKMAN (1)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PASFIELD (1)  POTTER (2)  RITCHIDSON (1)  RUFFELL (6)  SCOTCHMAN (6)  SHAW (1)  SHUTTLEWORTH (1)  SMALLBONES (1)  SMITH (2)  SPUNNER (3)  STAFFORD (1)  STARLING (1)  STOBINGS (1)  SUCH (1)  THOROGOOD (3)  THORINGTON (2)  WADE (1)  WATTS (1)  WIFFEN (5)  WHITE (2)  WILLARD (1)  WILLOMER (9)  WILSON (6)  WOOLLARD (5)  WRIGHT (16)