Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pleshey, Essex

Pleshey 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
REEVE309.9338424.93
BOHANNON237.615946,000.00
CLARK196.291420.93
DOWSETT196.29141,376.81
EVERITT123.9735474.31
CANNON103.3113182.82
CAMPEN103.311311,111.11
EVE103.3113877.19
HARMON92.98012,368.42
QUILTER92.98011,836.73
BREWSTER72.3179239.73
MATTHEWS72.317926.58
WOLDEN61.986830,000.00
HORNSBY61.9868306.12
DAY51.655617.59
SMITH51.65561.17
HASLER51.6556666.67
LITTLE51.655635.01
PHILPOTT41.3245172.41
DARBY41.324582.47
GROVE30.993484.99
JOYCE30.993440.43
OWERS30.9934447.76
DEAMER20.6623645.16
HAWKS20.6623253.16
CRABB20.662363.90
FEAST20.6623416.67
BRADLEY20.66238.25
DONNER20.66231,000.00
BEARD20.662325.16
SEWELL20.662331.35
CLIFT20.6623121.21
FRANKLIN20.662319.94
YOUNG20.66233.08
WALDEN10.331145.25
LINES10.331131.25
SPALDING10.331146.30
BARNES10.33112.75
ROGERS10.33112.55
WOOLVERTON10.33112,000.00
TENNENT10.3311204.08
BLACK10.33115.11
COLE10.33113.64
GOWERS10.3311121.95
PHILLIPS10.33111.85
STOCK10.331126.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOHANNON0.3030246000.0000
WOLDEN0.3030230000.0000
CAMPEN0.3030211111.1111
HARMON0.303022368.4211
WOOLVERTON0.303022000.0000
QUILTER0.303021836.7347
DOWSETT0.303021376.8116
DONNER0.303021000.0000
EVE0.30302877.1930
HASLER0.30302666.6667
DEAMER0.30302645.1613
EVERITT0.30302474.3083
OWERS0.30302447.7612
REEVE0.30302424.9292
FEAST0.30302416.6667
HORNSBY0.30302306.1224
HAWKS0.30302253.1646
BREWSTER0.30302239.7260
TENNENT0.30302204.0816
CANNON0.30302182.8154
PHILPOTT0.30302172.4138
GOWERS0.30302121.9512
CLIFT0.30302121.2121
GROVE0.3030284.9858
DARBY0.3030282.4742
CRABB0.3030263.8978
SPALDING0.3030246.2963
WALDEN0.3030245.2489
JOYCE0.3030240.4313
LITTLE0.3030235.0140
SEWELL0.3030231.3480
LINES0.3030231.2500
STOCK0.3030226.5957
MATTHEWS0.3030226.5756
BEARD0.3030225.1572
CLARK0.3030220.9320
FRANKLIN0.3030219.9402
DAY0.3030217.5871
BRADLEY0.303028.2474
BLACK0.303025.1125
COLE0.303023.6350
YOUNG0.303023.0826
BARNES0.303022.7510
ROGERS0.303022.5504
PHILLIPS0.303021.8508
SMITH0.303021.1726

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 302 people called BOHANNON in Pleshey 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 46000.0000 in Pleshey means that 46000.0000% of the people in Pleshey on census day were called BOHANNON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOHANNON 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 BOHANNON 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 BOHANNON 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 BOHANNON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Pleshey means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOHANNON in Pleshey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pleshey in 1881

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

BARNES (1)  BEARD (2)  BOHANNON (23)  BLACK (1)  BOREHAM (1)  BRADLEY (2)  BREWSTER (7)  BREWESTER (3)  CANNON (10)  CAMPEN (10)  CLARK (19)  CLIFT (2)  COLE (1)  CRABB (2)  DARBY (4)  DAY (5)  DEAMER (2)  DONNER (2)  DOWSETT (19)  EVE (10)  EVERITT (12)  FEAST (2)  FRANKLIN (2)  GOWERS (1)  GROVE (3)  HABLER (3)  HARMON (9)  HASLER (5)  HALKS (4)  HAWKS (2)  HITCHING (4)  HORNSBY (6)  JOYCE (3)  KETLEY (9)  LIGGINGS (1)  LINES (1)  LITTLE (5)  MATTHEWS (7)  OWERS (3)  PHILLIPS (1)  PHILPOTT (4)  PORTWAY (10)  QUILTER (9)  RAYMENT (5)  REEVE (30)  ROGERS (1)  SALTMASH (8)  SEWEL (1)  SEWELL (2)  SMITH (5)  SPALDING (1)  STOCK (1)  TENNENT (1)  TWEEN (2)  WALDEN (1)  WITNEY (3)  WOLDEN (6)  WOOLVERTON (1)  YOUNG (2)