Top surnames from the 1881 census in Widdington, Essex

Widdington 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
REYNOLDS205.291061.09
COSTON205.29109,523.81
SMITH184.76193.37
WRIGHT184.761914.84
THURGOOD174.49741,278.20
CANNING153.9683557.62
BANKS123.174661.89
DENNISON112.9101376.71
COURT102.6455207.90
BIRD102.645534.63
RICKETT92.3810789.47
SALMON92.3810104.41
WILSON92.38105.18
DELLOW92.38101,607.14
PARRISH92.3810681.82
PALLETT71.8519693.07
HOLGATE71.8519222.93
SIMMONDS71.851969.31
TURNER71.85196.65
STANLEY71.851948.18
PETTITT71.8519346.53
COE71.8519114.01
BRAND61.5873107.53
PERRY61.587321.58
RUST61.5873301.51
FARNHAM61.5873789.47
PAINTER51.322896.34
CLARK51.32284.40
REED41.058214.50
PETTIT41.0582133.78
CARTER41.05826.30
ROBERTSON41.05826.32
CATON30.7937165.75
CLEMENTS30.793723.92
FITCH30.7937101.35
COCKS20.529179.68
WARD20.52912.42
LAW20.529111.70
RUSHFORTH20.5291166.67
BROWN20.52910.80
HUM10.26461,000.00
COSTEN10.2646416.67
HAYDON10.264642.19
SAVILLE10.264629.15
FREEMAN10.26464.14
RUSSELL10.26462.17
MASON10.26461.97
BURGESS10.26463.81
PIGGOTT10.264636.36
COOTE10.264653.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COSTON0.383789523.8095
DELLOW0.383781607.1429
THURGOOD0.383781278.1955
HUM0.383781000.0000
FARNHAM0.38378789.4737
RICKETT0.38378789.4737
PALLETT0.38378693.0693
PARRISH0.38378681.8182
CANNING0.38378557.6208
COSTEN0.38378416.6667
DENNISON0.38378376.7123
OAKMAN0.38378370.3704
PETTITT0.38378346.5347
RUST0.38378301.5075
HOLGATE0.38378222.9299
COURT0.38378207.9002
RUSHFORTH0.38378166.6667
CATON0.38378165.7459
MARKWELL0.38378144.9275
PETTIT0.38378133.7793
COE0.38378114.0065
BRAND0.38378107.5269
SALMON0.38378104.4084
FITCH0.38378101.3514
PAINTER0.3837896.3391
COCKS0.3837879.6813
SIMMONDS0.3837869.3069
BANKS0.3837861.8876
REYNOLDS0.3837861.0874
HODGKINS0.3837858.8235
COOTE0.3837853.7634
STANLEY0.3837848.1762
SCALES0.3837844.6429
HAYDON0.3837842.1941
PIGGOTT0.3837836.3636
BIRD0.3837834.6260
HAYDEN0.3837833.8983
SAVILLE0.3837829.1545
CLEMENTS0.3837823.9234
PERRY0.3837821.5827
WRIGHT0.3837814.8441
REED0.3837814.4980
LAW0.3837811.6959
TURNER0.383786.6527
ROBERTSON0.383786.3151
CARTER0.383786.3042
TOWNSEND0.383786.2267
WILSON0.383785.1840
CLARK0.383784.4010
FREEMAN0.383784.1425

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 378 people called COSTON in Widdington 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 9523.8095 in Widdington means that 9523.8095% of the people in Widdington on census day were called COSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COSTON 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 COSTON 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 COSTON 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 COSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Widdington means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COSTON in Widdington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Widdington in 1881

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

BANKS (12)  BARRETT (1)  BATEMAN (SALMON) (2)  BIRD (10)  BRAND (6)  BROWN (2)  BURGESS (1)  CANNING (15)  CARTER (4)  CATON (3)  CHIPPERFIELD (18)  CLARK (5)  CLEMENTS (3)  COE (7)  COOTE (1)  COSTON (20)  COSTEN (1)  COURT (10)  COX (1)  COCKS (2)  DELLOW (9)  DENNISON (11)  FARNHAM (6)  FITCH (3)  FREEMAN (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HAYDEN (1)  HAYDON (1)  HODGKINS (1)  HOLGATE (7)  HUM (1)  JONES (1)  KETTERIDGE (4)  LAW (2)  LINSELL (5)  LUCKINGS (1)  MARKWELL (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MASON (1)  OAKMAN (1)  OSLAR (8)  PAINTER (5)  PALLETT (7)  PARRISH (9)  PATMER (1)  PERRY (6)  PETTIT (4)  PETTITT (7)  PIGGOTT (1)  REED (4)  REYNOLDS (20)  RICKETT (9)  ROBERTSON (4)  RUSHFORTH (2)  RUSSELL (1)  RUST (6)  SAGGS (1)  SALMON (9)  SAVILLE (1)  SAVILL (1)  SCALES (1)  SIMMONDS (7)  SMITH (18)  STANLEY (7)  THLIRGOOD (1)  THURGOOD (17)  TOWNSEND (1)  TURNER (7)  WARD (2)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (9)  WRIGHT (18)