Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shelley, Essex

Shelley 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
TARLING105.00002,500.00
PATIENCE94.50002,432.43
MONK94.5000214.29
BOWYER84.0000366.97
ALLEN84.000021.18
HARVEY73.500032.79
WESTWOOD73.5000208.96
COOK63.000015.10
EVERETT63.0000167.13
LINCOLN52.5000331.13
HOLT52.500037.34
READ42.000031.03
MANN42.000037.95
ORAM42.0000256.41
MURRELL42.0000279.72
SANDERS42.000044.10
HASLER42.0000800.00
SPELLS42.00006,666.67
WOOD42.00006.28
LOWE31.500020.01
SPEED31.5000186.34
TREW31.5000666.67
DOE31.5000312.50
GREEN31.50005.33
BRAND31.5000101.69
CHICK21.0000181.82
NEWTON21.000013.05
BRIDGEMAN21.0000273.97
PORTER21.000013.32
BLYTH21.000063.49
BARKER21.00007.64
NOAKES21.0000136.99
WADE10.500012.50
ELLIOTT10.50005.89
PAGE10.50006.25
HOWARD10.50005.09
STEWARD10.500038.91
DAWKINS10.500068.97
NORTON10.500015.04
GREENWOOD10.50006.44
SEAVER10.50005,000.00
WHITBREAD10.5000125.00
FARMAN10.5000270.27
STEVENS10.50004.79
NORMAN10.500010.79
HARRISON10.50002.25
SOLE10.5000217.39
BURTON10.50005.87
MAJOR10.500037.04
JUDGE10.500046.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPELLS0.202006666.6667
SEAVER0.202005000.0000
TARLING0.202002500.0000
PATIENCE0.202002432.4324
HASLER0.20200800.0000
TREW0.20200666.6667
BOWYER0.20200366.9725
LINCOLN0.20200331.1258
DOE0.20200312.5000
MURRELL0.20200279.7203
BRIDGEMAN0.20200273.9726
FARMAN0.20200270.2703
ORAM0.20200256.4103
SOLE0.20200217.3913
MONK0.20200214.2857
WESTWOOD0.20200208.9552
SPEED0.20200186.3354
CHICK0.20200181.8182
EVERETT0.20200167.1309
NOAKES0.20200136.9863
WHITBREAD0.20200125.0000
BRAND0.20200101.6949
DAWKINS0.2020068.9655
BLYTH0.2020063.4921
JUDGE0.2020046.2963
SANDERS0.2020044.1014
STEWARD0.2020038.9105
MANN0.2020037.9507
HOLT0.2020037.3413
MAJOR0.2020037.0370
HARVEY0.2020032.7869
READ0.2020031.0318
HARRINGTON0.2020026.3158
ALLEN0.2020021.1752
LOWE0.2020020.0133
DENNIS0.2020016.8919
COOK0.2020015.1019
NORTON0.2020015.0376
PORTER0.2020013.3245
NEWTON0.2020013.0463
WADE0.2020012.5000
BURROWS0.2020011.4286
NORMAN0.2020010.7875
BARKER0.202007.6423
OLIVER0.202007.0077
GREENWOOD0.202006.4392
WOOD0.202006.2765
PAGE0.202006.2539
ELLIOTT0.202005.8928
BURTON0.202005.8685

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 200 people called SPELLS in Shelley 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 6666.6667 in Shelley means that 6666.6667% of the people in Shelley on census day were called SPELLS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Shelley in 1881

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

ALLEN (8)  ARGENT (1)  BARKER (2)  BLOWES (10)  BLOWS (1)  BLYTH (2)  BOWYER (8)  BRAND (3)  BRIDGEMAN (2)  BRADBRIDGE (1)  BURROWS (1)  BURTON (1)  CHICK (2)  CLARK (1)  COOK (6)  DAWKINS (1)  DENNIS (1)  DONECLIFT (1)  DOE (3)  AYLEY (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  EVERETT (6)  FARMAN (1)  FOSTER (1)  GREEN (3)  GREENWOOD (1)  HARRINGTON (1)  HARRISON (1)  HARVEY (7)  HASLER (4)  OAKER (1)  HOLT (5)  HOWARD (1)  JUDGE (1)  LINCOLN (5)  LOWE (3)  MAJOR (1)  MANN (4)  MARYON (3)  MONK (9)  MURRELL (4)  NEWTON (2)  NOAKES (2)  NORMAN (1)  NORTON (1)  OLIVER (1)  ORAM (4)  PAGE (1)  PATIENCE (9)  PEATFIELD (1)  PEGLON (1)  PORTER (2)  READ (4)  SAMMES (7)  SANDERS (4)  SEAVER (1)  SHEATHER (1)  SNITH (1)  SOLE (1)  SPEED (3)  SPELLS (4)  SPURGE (2)  STEVENS (1)  STEWARD (1)  TARLING (10)  TREW (3)  WADE (1)  WESTWOOD (7)  WHITBREAD (1)  WOOD (4)