Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wakes Colne, Essex

Wakes Colne 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
ROOT275.35711,646.34
SMITH254.96033.51
PATTEN254.9603791.14
CRESSWELL132.5794244.82
WHITE122.38107.41
CARTER112.182513.00
GREEN112.18257.75
CHAPLIN101.9841138.31
EVERITT91.7857212.77
BEARD91.785767.82
NEWMAN91.785724.02
BULL91.785742.23
LILLIE81.5873650.41
THORP81.5873117.13
HALLS71.3889175.44
TAYLOR71.38892.17
SPARKES71.3889189.70
CUDMORE71.3889985.92
BARTHOLOMEW71.3889171.57
SARGEANT71.3889176.32
ROBERTS71.38893.69
MOULTON71.3889280.00
BRAY71.388941.30
FROST61.190521.17
WILKIN61.1905217.39
DUNCOMBE50.9921393.70
WELLS50.992111.92
BLAND40.793738.28
HUME40.793755.94
HARWOOD40.793729.65
WALSH40.793714.91
CLARK40.79372.64
FRENCH40.793716.25
POTTER40.793712.24
MAYHEW40.793796.15
BRETT40.793741.80
GROVES40.793728.23
BOWYER40.793772.86
WALFORD40.7937129.45
FREESTONE40.7937184.33
POOLE40.793716.47
NORTON30.595217.90
NICE30.5952252.10
PITCHFORD30.5952186.34
BRAND30.595240.32
JOHNSON30.59521.77
GAGE30.5952106.01
STRANGE30.595255.45
EARY30.59521,153.85
PEACHEY30.5952148.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROME0.505042222.2222
ROOT0.505041646.3415
EARY0.505041153.8462
CUDMORE0.50504985.9155
PATTEN0.50504791.1392
TRAYLOR0.50504666.6667
LILLIE0.50504650.4065
DUNCOMBE0.50504393.7008
GRAND0.50504370.3704
MOULTON0.50504280.0000
NICE0.50504252.1008
CRESSWELL0.50504244.8211
WILKIN0.50504217.3913
EVERITT0.50504212.7660
SPARKES0.50504189.7019
PITCHFORD0.50504186.3354
FREESTONE0.50504184.3318
SARGEANT0.50504176.3224
HALLS0.50504175.4386
BARTHOLOMEW0.50504171.5686
PEACHEY0.50504148.5149
SILLITOE0.50504140.8451
CHAPLIN0.50504138.3126
WALFORD0.50504129.4498
SPEARMAN0.50504125.0000
THORP0.50504117.1303
GAGE0.50504106.0071
DRANE0.5050497.0874
MAYHEW0.5050496.1538
MAULE0.5050483.3333
DEAL0.5050480.6452
PETTITT0.5050474.0741
BOWYER0.5050472.8597
NORFOLK0.5050471.9424
RADLEY0.5050468.9655
BEARD0.5050467.8222
GODDEN0.5050457.4713
HUME0.5050455.9441
STRANGE0.5050455.4529
BULL0.5050442.2337
BRETT0.5050441.7973
BRAY0.5050441.2979
STEED0.5050441.1523
BRAND0.5050440.3226
BLAND0.5050438.2775
TRACEY0.5050431.3480
HARWOOD0.5050429.6516
SANSOM0.5050429.4118
GROVES0.5050428.2287
NOTT0.5050428.0899

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 504 people called BROME in Wakes Colne 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 2222.2222 in Wakes Colne means that 2222.2222% of the people in Wakes Colne on census day were called BROME.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROME 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 BROME 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 BROME 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 BROME here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.50 in Wakes Colne means that you are 0.50 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROME in Wakes Colne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wakes Colne in 1881

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

ABLITT (1)  EARY (3)  BALDWIN (1)  BARTHOLOMEW (7)  BATTERHAM (1)  BEARD (9)  BLAND (4)  BOWYER (4)  BRAND (3)  BRAY (7)  BRETT (4)  BROME (2)  BROWN (2)  BULL (9)  CANT (1)  CARTER (11)  CHAPLIN (10)  CLARK (4)  CRESSWELL (13)  CUDMORE (7)  DEAL (1)  DRANE (1)  DUNCOMBE (5)  DYER (1)  EVERITT (9)  FREESTONE (4)  FRENCH (4)  FROST (6)  GAGE (3)  GARRAD (7)  GODDARD (1)  GODDEN (2)  GORDON (1)  GRAND (2)  GREEN (11)  GROVES (4)  HALLS (7)  HARRINGTON (1)  HARVEY (1)  HARWOOD (4)  HAZELL (1)  HORSLEY (1)  HUME (4)  ENGLISH (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KINGLEY (5)  KINGWALL (1)  NOTT (1)  LUNGLEY (1)  LAYZELL (1)  LEATHERDALE (12)  LEGERTON (1)  LEWIS (2)  LILLIE (8)  LORKIN (14)  MAIDMENT (1)  MANNING (1)  MARTIN (1)  MAULE (1)  MAYHEW (4)  MEADOWS (1)  MOULTON (7)  NEWMAN (9)  NICE (3)  NORFOLK (1)  NORMAN (1)  NORTON (3)  PATTEN (25)  PEACHEY (3)  PETTITT (2)  PITCHFORD (3)  PLAMPIN (7)  PLASTON (4)  POOLE (4)  POTTER (4)  PULTEN (3)  PUDNEY (1)  RAISON (8)  RADLEY (2)  ROBERTS (7)  ROOT (27)  SANSOM (1)  SARGEANT (7)  SADD (1)  SILLITOE (1)  SMITH (25)  SPARKES (7)  SPEARMAN (1)  STANTON (2)  STEED (1)  STEEL (1)  STRANGE (3)  STEBBING (3)  TAWELL (8)  TAYLOR (7)  THORP (8)  TOKELEY (5)  TRACEY (1)  TRAYLOR (1)  VIALE (1)  WALSH (4)  WELLS (5)  WENDON (11)  WENDEN (9)  WHITE (12)  WILDING (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILKIN (6)  WALFORD (4)