Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Canfield, Essex

Great Canfield 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
STOCK246.9767560.75
EASTER216.10471,510.79
SMITH216.10474.32
FRANCIS205.814097.61
REEVE195.5233236.32
FEWELL123.48844,615.38
LODGE113.1977176.00
MASON102.907021.62
BACON102.9070115.74
SWEETING102.9070724.64
SABAN82.32567,272.73
ALGER72.0349886.08
BARRICK72.03492,500.00
BAILEY61.744211.58
HOCKLEY61.7442322.58
MARSHALL61.744210.40
WILSON61.74423.80
FARTHING61.7442331.49
PIKE61.744260.00
LEWIS51.45355.53
ATTRIDGE51.4535980.39
SPELLER41.1628421.05
THURGOOD41.1628330.58
CLARKE41.16285.74
HARRIS41.16284.58
COOK41.16285.85
CHRISTY41.1628547.95
PIGRAM30.87211,304.35
PHILPOTT30.8721113.64
COX30.87215.75
LITTLE30.872118.44
STOKES20.581413.76
PARKER20.58143.06
WREN20.581453.62
WARNER20.581415.95
POTTER20.58148.96
JONES20.58140.51
NEVILLE20.581448.90
WARD20.58142.66
LANHAM20.5814229.89
PERRY20.58147.91
STAINES20.5814105.26
MUMFORD20.581460.24
WELCH20.581416.53
KELLY10.29072.65
DENNIS10.29079.82
INGOLD10.2907769.23
COLEMAN10.29075.83
HAWKS10.2907111.11
SAVEL10.29073,333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SABAN0.343447272.7273
FEWELL0.343444615.3846
SAVEL0.343443333.3333
BARRICK0.343442500.0000
EASTER0.343441510.7914
PIGRAM0.343441304.3478
ATTRIDGE0.34344980.3922
ALGER0.34344886.0759
INGOLD0.34344769.2308
SWEETING0.34344724.6377
STOCK0.34344560.7477
CHRISTY0.34344547.9452
SPELLER0.34344421.0526
BARTROP0.34344416.6667
FARTHING0.34344331.4917
THURGOOD0.34344330.5785
HOCKLEY0.34344322.5806
REEVE0.34344236.3184
LANHAM0.34344229.8851
TIPLER0.34344204.0816
LODGE0.34344176.0000
BACON0.34344115.7407
PHILPOTT0.34344113.6364
HAWKS0.34344111.1111
STAINES0.34344105.2632
FRANCIS0.3434497.6086
MUMFORD0.3434460.2410
PIKE0.3434460.0000
WREN0.3434453.6193
NEVILLE0.3434448.8998
HAYDEN0.3434437.3134
LING0.3434430.7692
MASON0.3434421.6216
JOLLY0.3434420.4918
LITTLE0.3434418.4388
WELCH0.3434416.5289
WARNER0.3434415.9490
FARROW0.3434415.4799
STOKES0.3434413.7646
BAILEY0.3434411.5785
MARSHALL0.3434410.3986
DENNIS0.343449.8232
POTTER0.343448.9646
PERRY0.343447.9051
COOK0.343445.8539
COLEMAN0.343445.8343
COX0.343445.7537
CLARKE0.343445.7389
LEWIS0.343445.5285
MANN0.343445.5188

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 344 people called SABAN in Great Canfield 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 7272.7273 in Great Canfield means that 7272.7273% of the people in Great Canfield on census day were called SABAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SABAN 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 SABAN 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 SABAN 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 SABAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Great Canfield means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SABAN in Great Canfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Canfield in 1881

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

ALGER (7)  ATTRIDGE (5)  ATRIDGE (1)  BACON (10)  BAILEY (6)  BARRICH (1)  BARRICK (7)  BARTHROP (2)  BARTROP (1)  BARLTROP (1)  BURTON (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARR (1)  CHRISTY (4)  CLARKE (4)  COLEMAN (1)  COOK (4)  COX (3)  DENNIS (1)  DIXON (1)  EASTER (21)  ENIFER (3)  FARROW (1)  FARTHING (6)  FEWELL (12)  FRANCIS (20)  HADGDEN (2)  HARRIS (4)  HAWKS (1)  HAYDEN (1)  HOCKLEY (6)  INGOLD (1)  JOLLY (1)  JONES (2)  KELLY (1)  LAICH OR SAICH (4)  LANHAM (2)  LEWIS (5)  LING (1)  LITTLE (3)  LODGE (11)  MANN (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MASON (10)  MUMFORD (2)  NEVILLE (2)  NITENGALE (3)  PACKMAN (6)  PARKER (2)  PATEMAN (7)  PERRY (2)  PHILPOTT (3)  PIGRAM (3)  PIKE (6)  POTTER (2)  REEVE (19)  SABAN (8)  SAICH (2)  SAVEL (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (21)  SPELLER (4)  STAINES (2)  STOCK (24)  STOKES (2)  SWEETING (10)  THURGOOD (4)  THURLEY (4)  TIPLER (1)  VUNGLE (1)  WARD (2)  WARNER (2)  WELCH (2)  WOOLMER (1)  WILSON (6)  WREN (2) 

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