Top surnames from the 1881 census in Belchamp Walter, Essex

Belchamp Walter 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
SMITH497.94175.62
DEAL386.15882,500.00
FELTON365.8347849.06
CHATTERS304.86227,500.00
FIRMIN254.05193,086.42
BROWN254.05196.15
FINCH243.8898116.85
MARTIN193.079412.50
REEVE172.7553117.89
PILGRIM172.7553489.91
SCRIVNER162.59328,000.00
GOLDING152.4311137.99
BOWERS91.458779.93
IVES91.4587124.48
SAVILLE91.4587160.71
SHORTEN91.45871,323.53
SANDFORD91.4587205.01
BYFORD71.1345250.90
EDWARDS71.13454.07
TURNER71.13454.08
BUGG71.1345250.90
BRAND60.972465.86
LEVELL60.97241,200.00
HAWKINS60.972413.43
PEARSON60.97248.37
HART50.81049.50
COPLAND50.8104144.51
WOODS40.648310.28
DOWNS40.648336.46
SMYTH40.648369.44
CARDER40.6483366.97
CRANFIELD40.6483264.90
CORDER30.4862280.37
JAY30.486255.66
RAYMOND30.486284.27
BUTCHER30.486211.54
HOWARD30.48624.95
BATTEN30.486252.72
ELMES30.4862212.77
COLLAR20.3241344.83
KING20.32411.49
ADAMS20.32412.20
WRIGHT20.32411.01
POTTER20.32415.00
PANNELL20.3241108.70
EVERETT20.324118.05
BOWYER20.324129.72
LAWRANCE20.324149.63
FICKLING20.3241357.14
PRIGG20.3241357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCRIVNER0.626178000.0000
CHATTERS0.626177500.0000
FIRMIN0.626173086.4198
DEAL0.626172500.0000
SHORTEN0.626171323.5294
LEVELL0.626171200.0000
FELTON0.62617849.0566
PILGRIM0.62617489.9135
CARDER0.62617366.9725
PRIGG0.62617357.1429
FICKLING0.62617357.1429
COLLAR0.62617344.8276
CORDER0.62617280.3738
CRANFIELD0.62617264.9007
BUGG0.62617250.8961
BYFORD0.62617250.8961
ELMES0.62617212.7660
SANDFORD0.62617205.0114
SAVILLE0.62617160.7143
COPLAND0.62617144.5087
GOLDING0.62617137.9945
IVES0.62617124.4813
REEVE0.62617117.8918
FINCH0.62617116.8452
PANNELL0.62617108.6957
DISNEY0.62617103.0928
RAYMOND0.6261784.2697
BOWERS0.6261779.9290
SMEE0.6261777.5194
SMYTH0.6261769.4444
BRAND0.6261765.8617
GINN0.6261758.4795
JAY0.6261755.6586
BATTEN0.6261752.7241
LAWRANCE0.6261749.6278
DOWNS0.6261736.4631
BOWYER0.6261729.7177
DERRICK0.6261728.9017
WICKS0.6261723.0415
HALLS0.6261720.4918
EVERETT0.6261718.0505
HAWKINS0.6261713.4318
MARTIN0.6261712.5008
BUTCHER0.6261711.5385
WOODS0.6261710.2801
HART0.626179.5003
PEARSON0.626178.3717
BROWN0.626176.1466
SMITH0.626175.6246
BURKE0.626175.5096

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 617 people called SCRIVNER in Belchamp Walter 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 8000.0000 in Belchamp Walter means that 8000.0000% of the people in Belchamp Walter on census day were called SCRIVNER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCRIVNER 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 SCRIVNER 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 SCRIVNER 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 SCRIVNER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Belchamp Walter means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCRIVNER in Belchamp Walter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Belchamp Walter in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ARGENT (7)  BATTEN (3)  BELL (1)  BURKE (1)  BOWERS (9)  BOWYER (2)  BRAND (6)  BRANWHITE (5)  BROWN (25)  BUGG (7)  BULLOCK (1)  BUTCHER (3)  BYFORD (7)  CARDER (4)  CATEWELL (4)  CATTEWELL (10)  CHATTERS (30)  CHINERY (19)  COLLAR (2)  COPLAND (5)  CORDER (3)  CRANFIELD (4)  DEAL (38)  DERRICK (1)  DISNEY (1)  DOWNS (4)  EDWARDS (7)  ELMES (3)  EVERETT (2)  FELTON (36)  FICKLING (2)  FINCH (24)  FIRMIN (25)  JAY (3)  GINN (1)  GOLDING (15)  HALLS (1)  HARDY (1)  HART (5)  HAWKINS (6)  HOWARD (3)  IVES (9)  JACKSON (1)  KING (2)  LAWRANCE (2)  LEVELL (6)  MARTIN (19)  MALLYON (1)  MESSENT (3)  PALMER (1)  PANNELL (2)  PEARSON (6)  PEARSONS (12)  PELLY (1)  PILGRIM (17)  POTTER (2)  PRIGG (2)  RAYMOND (3)  REEVE (17)  RIPPINGALE (2)  RUFFLE (8)  SANDFORD (9)  SAVILLE (9)  SCRIVNER (16)  SEABER (8)  SHORTEN (9)  SMEE (1)  SMYTH (4)  SMITH (49)  STAMMERS (2)  STEBING (10)  STUNT (3)  THEABALD (11)  TURNER (7)  TWITCHETT (4)  WHELPDALE (1)  WICKS (2)  WOODS (4)  WRIGHT (2)  YELDHAM (12) 

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