Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wendens Ambo, Essex

Wendens Ambo 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
CLARKE236.216230.68
REEVE184.8649208.09
REED174.594662.94
PORTER112.973039.63
FLACK112.9730421.46
HANCHETT92.43247,500.00
LAW92.432453.76
THOMAS92.43245.89
HARVEY82.162220.25
ANDREWS82.162222.57
FISH82.1622116.11
DAVIS82.16229.84
BEALES71.8919443.04
PLEDGER71.8919769.23
CAIN61.621678.13
SIZER61.6216923.08
GREEN61.62165.76
FRENCH61.621633.22
SMITH51.35140.96
WHITE51.35144.20
HOLLAND51.351418.98
MARSHALL51.35148.06
HAM51.3514179.86
SELL51.3514446.43
JACKSON51.35144.84
RICHARDSON41.08116.35
DENNISON41.0811139.86
BARKER41.08118.26
BAYNES41.0811273.97
CORNWELL41.0811187.79
BASS30.810871.77
SEABROOKE30.81086,000.00
COLLIER30.810824.25
PLUCK30.8108638.30
WEDD30.81081,111.11
THURGOOD30.8108230.77
HAVERS30.8108810.81
PARKIN20.540520.10
ROOKE20.540573.26
BALLARD20.540536.04
FRANCIS20.54059.07
CUTTER10.270396.15
PILGRIM10.270348.08
GUY10.270312.35
MEARS10.270328.65
GARDINER10.27039.41
LITCHFIELD10.270365.79
WARNE10.270337.04
TAYLOR10.27030.42
CRABB10.270326.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HANCHETT0.373707500.0000
SEABROOKE0.373706000.0000
WEDD0.373701111.1111
SIZER0.37370923.0769
HAVERS0.37370810.8108
PLEDGER0.37370769.2308
PLUCK0.37370638.2979
SELL0.37370446.4286
BEALES0.37370443.0380
FLACK0.37370421.4559
BAYNES0.37370273.9726
THURGOOD0.37370230.7692
REEVE0.37370208.0925
CORNWELL0.37370187.7934
HAM0.37370179.8561
DENNISON0.37370139.8601
FISH0.37370116.1103
REESE0.37370114.9425
CUTTER0.3737096.1538
CAIN0.3737078.1250
ROOKE0.3737073.2601
BASS0.3737071.7703
DRAGE0.3737069.9301
LITCHFIELD0.3737065.7895
REED0.3737062.9397
LAW0.3737053.7634
PILGRIM0.3737048.0769
PORTER0.3737039.6254
WARNE0.3737037.0370
BALLARD0.3737036.0360
FRENCH0.3737033.2226
CLARKE0.3737030.6789
WOODLEY0.3737030.3030
MEARS0.3737028.6533
CRABB0.3737026.0417
COLLIER0.3737024.2522
PRENTICE0.3737022.9358
ANDREWS0.3737022.5670
HARVEY0.3737020.2532
PARKIN0.3737020.1005
HOLLAND0.3737018.9825
GRAVES0.3737017.8253
GUY0.3737012.3457
SWAN0.3737010.4384
DAVIS0.373709.8389
GARDINER0.373709.4073
FRANCIS0.373709.0744
BARKER0.373708.2610
MARSHALL0.373708.0567
WATERS0.373706.7249

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 370 people called HANCHETT in Wendens Ambo 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 7500.0000 in Wendens Ambo means that 7500.0000% of the people in Wendens Ambo on census day were called HANCHETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HANCHETT 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 HANCHETT 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 HANCHETT 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 HANCHETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.37 in Wendens Ambo means that you are 0.37 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HANCHETT in Wendens Ambo than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wendens Ambo in 1881

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

ANDREWS (8)  BAYNES (4)  BALLARD (2)  BARKER (4)  BASS (3)  BEALES (7)  BURGESS (1)  BURROWS (1)  CAIN (6)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHIPPERFIELD (6)  CHURCHYARD (1)  CLARKE (23)  CLAYDEN (11)  COLLIER (3)  COPSFORD (1)  CORNWELL (4)  CRABB (1)  CUTTER (1)  DAVIS (8)  DENNISON (4)  DRAGE (1)  FISH (8)  FLACK (11)  FRANCIS (2)  FRENCH (6)  GAPES (1)  GARDINER (1)  GILBEY (6)  GORLING (2)  GRAVES (1)  GREEN (6)  GUY (1)  HAM (5)  HANCHETT (9)  HARRETT OR HANETT (24)  HARVEY (8)  HAVERS (3)  HOLLAND (5)  JACKSON (5)  LAW (9)  LITCHFIELD (1)  LONG (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MYNOTT (1)  MEARS (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  PARKIN (2)  PILGRIM (1)  PLEDGER (7)  PLUCK (3)  PORTER (11)  PRENTICE (1)  REESE (1)  REEVE (18)  REED (17)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBINSON (1)  ROOKE (2)  SAICH (6)  SAVILL (17)  SEABROOKE (3)  SELL (5)  SAWARD (8)  SIZER (6)  SMITH (5)  SWAN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (9)  THURGOOD (3)  WARNE (1)  WATERS (1)  WEDD (3)  WHITE (5)  WOODLEY (1)  WOOLNER (2)  YOUNG (1)