Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shopland, Essex

Shopland 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
PERRY1213.9535189.87
PHILLIPS89.302351.98
NORDEN66.97678,571.43
RALPH66.9767458.02
HOLMES66.976757.31
WINCH55.81401,282.05
ONG55.814010,000.00
BARNARD44.6512187.79
PRYOR44.6512701.75
REEVE33.4884149.25
SMITH22.32561.65
RICKETT22.3256769.23
CLARK11.16283.87
WOODS11.162818.45
HILLS11.162842.02
CHALLIS11.1628185.19
HOWARD11.162811.85
DENNIS11.162839.37
BUTLER11.162811.92
SNARE11.16281,428.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ONG0.098610000.0000
NORDEN0.09868571.4286
SNARE0.09861428.5714
WINCH0.09861282.0513
RICKETT0.0986769.2308
PRYOR0.0986701.7544
RALPH0.0986458.0153
PERRY0.0986189.8734
BARNARD0.0986187.7934
CHALLIS0.0986185.1852
REEVE0.0986149.2537
HOLMES0.098657.3066
PHILLIPS0.098651.9818
HILLS0.098642.0168
DENNIS0.098639.3701
WOODS0.098618.4502
BUTLER0.098611.9190
HOWARD0.098611.8483
CLARK0.09863.8685
SMITH0.09861.6470

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 86 people called ONG in Shopland 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 10000.0000 in Shopland means that 10000.0000% of the people in Shopland on census day were called ONG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ONG 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 ONG 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 ONG 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 ONG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Shopland means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ONG in Shopland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shopland in 1881

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

ANSTEE (5)  BARNARD (4)  BUTLER (1)  CHALLIS (1)  CLARK (1)  COTTIS (1)  CRESEY (1)  DENNIS (1)  HILLS (1)  HOLMES (6)  HOWARD (1)  LANGMEAD (1)  LAYZELL (2)  NORDEN (6)  ONG (5)  PERRY (12)  PHILLIPS (8)  PRYOR (4)  REEVE (3)  RICKETT (2)  RALPH (6)  RUNAGALL (5)  SMITH (2)  SNARE (1)  WINCH (5)  WOODS (1)