Top surnames from the 1881 census in Roydon, Essex

Roydon 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
BURTON344.014247.12
SMITH333.89612.76
GREEN202.36138.39
MANSFIELD202.3613125.79
BRADFORD172.0071102.97
BRACE172.0071349.79
WRIGHT172.00716.26
FAIRCHILD131.5348680.63
CHALLIS121.4168223.88
COLEMAN121.416828.43
MOORE111.29876.49
LAWRENCE111.298720.00
ALDRIDGE101.180660.90
STOCK101.180694.88
CAMP101.1806204.92
KING101.18065.42
OSBORN91.062651.08
SNELL91.062656.11
ROCHESTER91.0626405.41
PARISH91.062668.86
CLARK91.06263.54
CHAPPELL91.062662.98
FIELD91.062621.36
BOLDON91.06264,736.84
BENHAM91.0626198.68
BIGG80.9445300.75
EWERS80.9445860.22
CHAPMAN70.82645.82
COOK70.82644.16
BARLEY70.8264148.62
COPPIN70.8264262.17
TAYLOR60.70841.11
COWELL60.708449.46
ABRAHAM60.708471.86
STONE60.70849.80
BANKS60.708413.81
PYNE60.7084186.92
SEARLE60.708435.25
PHILLIPS60.70843.96
STARLING60.708496.46
PARKER60.70843.72
DELLER50.5903301.20
NEWLAND50.590398.62
SCHOOLING50.5903847.46
LAURENCE50.590341.53
MARRABLE50.59031,315.79
HUTCHINS50.590358.48
THOMPSON50.59031.97
SELL50.5903194.55
CORNELL50.590388.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOLDON0.858474736.8421
SAGERS0.858474285.7143
MARRABLE0.858471315.7895
TRUSSEL0.858471250.0000
EWERS0.85847860.2151
SCHOOLING0.85847847.4576
SAMFORD0.85847769.2308
FAIRCHILD0.85847680.6283
BREAD0.85847555.5556
RICKSON0.85847454.5455
ROCHESTER0.85847405.4054
BRACE0.85847349.7942
STUCK0.85847303.0303
DELLER0.85847301.2048
BIGG0.85847300.7519
COPPIN0.85847262.1723
BANK0.85847246.9136
CHALLIS0.85847223.8806
STARBUCK0.85847218.9781
ACRES0.85847215.0538
HOLSWORTH0.85847208.3333
MURDEN0.85847208.3333
CAMP0.85847204.9180
BENHAM0.85847198.6755
HINSON0.85847195.1220
SELL0.85847194.5525
PYNE0.85847186.9159
CHARTER0.85847182.9268
OAKMAN0.85847166.6667
REDINGTON0.85847163.9344
BARLEY0.85847148.6200
FEAST0.85847148.1481
JEPHSON0.85847142.8571
BOLDEN0.85847140.8451
MANSFIELD0.85847125.7862
BRADFORD0.85847102.9679
NEWLAND0.8584798.6193
PEARMAN0.8584798.5222
STARLING0.8584796.4630
STOCK0.8584794.8767
BURLEIGH0.8584793.4579
CORNELL0.8584788.3392
DOWSETT0.8584777.5194
ABRAHAM0.8584771.8563
PARISH0.8584768.8600
HOCKLEY0.8584765.6455
KEEP0.8584764.9351
CHAPPELL0.8584762.9811
ALDRIDGE0.8584760.9013
HUTCHINS0.8584758.4795

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 847 people called BOLDON in Roydon 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 4736.8421 in Roydon means that 4736.8421% of the people in Roydon on census day were called BOLDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOLDON 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 BOLDON 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 BOLDON 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 BOLDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.85 in Roydon means that you are 0.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOLDON in Roydon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Roydon in 1881

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

AUBERY (1)  ABRAHAM (6)  ACRES (2)  AKERS (2)  ALDRIDGE (10)  ANDERSON (1)  ATTWOOD (1)  BAYLIE (1)  BANKS (6)  BANK (2)  BARLEY (7)  BARLTROP (2)  BENHAM (9)  BIGG (8)  BIRDE (1)  BOLDON (9)  BOLDEN (1)  BOWSELL (5)  BRACE (17)  BRADFORD (17)  BREAD (1)  BRIGES (2)  BRIDGES (4)  BROWN (2)  BROWNING (1)  BURLEIGH (1)  BURNS (2)  BURTON (34)  BUSH (2)  CAIN (1)  CAMP (10)  CANNON (2)  CARR (1)  CHARTER (3)  CHALLIS (12)  CHAPMAN (7)  CHAPPELL (9)  CHARLES (2)  CLARK (9)  CLAYDEN (1)  CLEMENT (2)  CLENFORD (1)  COLEMAN (12)  CULVER (1)  COLLIS (4)  COOK (7)  COPPIN (7)  CORNELL (5)  COTTEE (4)  COWELL (6)  CROSS (2)  CUNDELL (2)  DELLER (5)  DENNIS (2)  DORRINGTON (1)  DOWSETT (3)  DOWSET (6)  DRAPER (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EWERS (8)  FAIRCHILD (13)  FEAST (2)  FIELD (9)  FOX (1)  FRANKLIN (4)  GIBBONS (1)  GREEN (20)  GREGORY (1)  GRIGG (1)  GURLING (1)  HALE (4)  HAMPTON (1)  HARKNETT (10)  HARKNET (1)  HARVEY (4)  HENSON (4)  HINSON (4)  HILL (1)  HILLS (2)  HOCKLEY (3)  HOLSWORTH (1)  HOWES (4)  HULL (2)  HUTCHINS (5)  IFIELD (1)  IMPEY (2)  IRWIN OR UNWIN (12)  JEPHSON (1)  JUDD (2)  KEEP (2)  KING (10)  KITCHENER (1)  LANIELD (1)  LARGE (4)  LAUNAN (1)  LAURENCE (5)  LAWRENCE (11)  LEDEMAN (6)  LEE (4)  LEWIS (1)  LHILLEY (2)  LINCOLN (2)  LITTLE (1)  LITTLECHILD (8)  LUCKINS (2)  MADDON (1)  MANN (2)  MANSFIELD (20)  MURDEN (3)  MARRABLE (5)  MARSHALL (1)  MAYSTON (1)  MALYON (2)  MINCHIN (1)  MOORE (11)  NASH (1)  NEALE (2)  NEALSAY (1)  NEWLAND (5)  OAKLEY (5)  OAKMAN (1)  ODDIE (1)  OSBORN (9)  PAGE (4)  PAMPHILON (3)  PARISH (9)  PARKER (6)  PARNELL (2)  PATERNOSTER (3)  PAVELY (8)  PAYNE (4)  PEARMAN (4)  PECK (5)  PHELPS (1)  PHILLIPS (6)  POLLATT (1)  PORTER (4)  PRINCE (2)  PERLING (3)  PYNE (6)  RANTINGS (1)  REDINGTON (1)  RICKET (3)  RADLEY (1)  RICKSON (2)  ROCHESTER (9)  ROGERS (1)  ROE (1)  RUMBLE (1)  SAGGS (1)  SAILIN (3)  SAIYLING (5)  SAMFORD (1)  SCHOOLING (5)  SAGERS (3)  SEARLE (6)  SELL (5)  SESSONS (1)  SEWELL (2)  SHADBOLT (2)  SHEPHERD (3)  SHUTTLEWOOD (6)  SIBLEY (3)  SKINNER (3)  SKIPP (10)  SMITH (33)  SNELL (9)  SPALDING (2)  SQUIRES (1)  STARBUCK (3)  STARLING (6)  STOCK (10)  STONE (6)  STUCK (1)  STUDSON (1)  SWAN (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THEOBALD (3)  THOMPSON (5)  TRAVELLER (16)  TRUSSEL (1)  TURNER (1)  TWICHEN (1)  TYLER (2)  WALKER (3)  WARREN (1)  WATKINSON (2)  WATSON (2)  WATTS (4)  WAVELL (3)  WAYMUP (1)  WEBB (4)  WELCH (1)  WESTWOOD (2)  WILSON (3)  WOOD (1)  WREN (1)  WRIGHT (17)