Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Oakley, Essex

Great Oakley 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
BARKER313.358625.67
DEEKS313.35861,050.85
TURNER252.70869.73
OFFORD242.6002824.74
BRITTON232.4919140.67
SMITH212.27521.61
BUDDS212.27524,883.72
MANN202.166841.14
WYATT202.166873.86
COOPER181.95028.02
CARTER181.950211.62
BLOWERS171.8418723.40
MAY171.841828.93
LORD151.625135.24
OLLIS141.51681,794.87
CUTTING131.4085276.01
ELEY131.4085227.67
WILSON131.40853.07
BONES121.3001442.80
CLARK111.19183.97
COOK111.19186.00
GOOCH111.1918135.97
FINCH101.083432.55
COLE101.083411.89
HAWKINS90.975113.47
FENN90.975196.05
GARDINER90.975133.92
LING80.866791.74
SALTER80.866737.90
SERGEANT80.8667182.23
SMEE70.7584364.58
WEAVER70.758429.15
KEEBLE70.7584110.58
TAYLOR70.75841.19
SIZER70.7584434.78
JOY70.758490.09
POTTER70.758411.69
ORVIS70.75843,684.21
STANFORD70.758491.26
JAMES70.75843.86
REYNOLDS60.65017.50
CARPENTER60.650118.95
BACON60.650125.86
JEFFERY60.650129.94
WEAVERS60.6501329.67
MAYHEW60.650178.74
PINNER60.6501262.01
STARLING60.650188.50
DAY60.65016.91
FRANCIS60.650110.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUDDS0.929234883.7209
RIVET0.929234285.7143
ORVIS0.929233684.2105
LUMMUS0.929231818.1818
OLLIS0.929231794.8718
DEEKS0.929231050.8475
BALDREY0.929231000.0000
OFFORD0.92923824.7423
ANGIER0.92923789.4737
BLOWERS0.92923723.4043
SNARE0.92923526.3158
BONES0.92923442.8044
SIZER0.92923434.7826
SMEE0.92923364.5833
WEAVERS0.92923329.6703
GROSS0.92923289.0173
CUTTING0.92923276.0085
PINNER0.92923262.0087
ELEY0.92923227.6708
CASTON0.92923222.2222
SERGEANT0.92923182.2323
BRITTON0.92923140.6728
GOOCH0.92923135.9703
HEDGE0.92923133.9286
KEEBLE0.92923110.5845
FENN0.9292396.0512
LING0.9292391.7431
STANFORD0.9292391.2647
BRANSON0.9292390.6344
JOY0.9292390.0901
STARLING0.9292388.4956
MATSON0.9292388.4956
MAYHEW0.9292378.7402
WYATT0.9292373.8552
DODSON0.9292370.0280
PETTIT0.9292368.4932
MASKELL0.9292361.6333
HAM0.9292357.7201
SKIPPER0.9292357.6369
SKEET0.9292357.1429
SOUTHGATE0.9292355.3250
CAINES0.9292353.7634
EADY0.9292347.6190
STANNARD0.9292346.5839
BASHAM0.9292343.8596
GARNETT0.9292343.6300
STOCK0.9292343.5540
MANN0.9292341.1353
SALTER0.9292337.8967
FLOOD0.9292337.0370

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 923 people called BUDDS in Great Oakley 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 4883.7209 in Great Oakley means that 4883.7209% of the people in Great Oakley on census day were called BUDDS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUDDS 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 BUDDS 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 BUDDS 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 BUDDS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.92 in Great Oakley means that you are 0.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUDDS in Great Oakley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Oakley in 1881

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

ABELWHITE (5)  AISSIGER ? (1)  ALLSOP (3)  ANGIER (3)  BACON (6)  BAYNES (1)  BAKER (2)  BALDREY (5)  BORHAM (2)  BARKER (31)  BARNARD (1)  BARNES (3)  BASHAM (1)  BENEWITH (5)  BLAKE (2)  BLOWERS (17)  BONES (12)  BOYCE (4)  BRANSON (3)  BRITTON (23)  BUDDS (21)  BUDD (1)  BULL (1)  BURT (2)  CAINES (1)  CANN (1)  CARPENTER (6)  CARTER (18)  CASTON (2)  CATLING (6)  CLARK (11)  CLAXSON (3)  COLE (10)  COOK (11)  COOPER (18)  CORVEY (2)  COUSINS (2)  CRAMPION (1)  CRESSWELL (1)  CRESWELL (1)  CROSBY (1)  CULLINGTON (1)  CUTTING (13)  DAVIS OR DABIS (16)  DANSEY (2)  DAY (6)  DEEKS (31)  DEMAID (8)  DENNY (2)  DODSON (5)  DUTTON (1)  EADY (1)  ELEY (13)  FAINT (1)  FENN (9)  FINCH (10)  FISK (1)  FLOOD (3)  FRANCIS (6)  GAMMAR (7)  GAMMER (3)  GARDINER (9)  GARNETT (5)  GARRAD (1)  GILBERT (5)  GOBY (9)  GOLBY (9)  GOOCH (11)  GOOD (4)  JORDAN (1)  GROSS (5)  HAM (4)  HARPER (2)  HARVEY (5)  HAWKINS (9)  HEDGE (3)  HILLS (1)  HOWES (4)  HEAT (2)  JAMES (7)  JEFFERY (6)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JOY (7)  KEEBLE (7)  KENNETT (1)  LAMBERT (2)  LEATHERDALE (2)  LING (8)  LITTLEWOOD (1)  LUMMUS (2)  LORD (15)  MANN (20)  MERRITT (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MASKELL (4)  MATSON (2)  MAY (17)  MAYHEW (6)  MILLS (2)  MORGAN (4)  MURRILLS (4)  MUSK (2)  NEVARD (3)  NEWMAN (2)  NORMAN (6)  NUNN (2)  OFFORD (24)  OLLIS (14)  ORVIS (7)  PETTIT (5)  PINNER (6)  POTTER (7)  RATCLIFF (1)  RAYNER (3)  READ (4)  REYNOLDS (6)  RIVITT (1)  RIVET (3)  ROGERS (3)  ROWLAND (1)  RUDD (1)  RUDLAND (3)  WRYCRAFT (31)  SALLOWS (3)  SALTER (8)  SERGEANT (8)  SCOTT (1)  SEWELL (1)  SIMONS (4)  SIZER (7)  SKEET (1)  SKIPPER (2)  SMART (1)  SMEE (7)  SMITH (21)  SNARE (4)  SORE (1)  SOUTHGATE (4)  SPROSON (1)  STANFORD (7)  STANNARD (3)  STARLING (6)  STOCK (5)  TAYLOR (7)  TIDMAN (7)  TURNER (25)  WATTS (4)  WEAVER (7)  WEAVERS (6)  WEBBER (2)  WILSON (13)  WYATT (20) 

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