Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Sampford, Essex

Great Sampford 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
WRIGHT467.431323.16
DRANE315.00812,440.94
ANDREWS254.038842.15
FITCH233.7157475.21
COOTE182.9079590.16
GRAVES152.4233159.74
GREEN142.26178.03
GRAY142.261715.84
COWELL132.1002146.73
REYNOLDS132.100224.24
SMITH121.93861.37
COX111.777111.73
COE111.7771109.34
PRIOR91.454062.81
PHILPOTT91.4540189.47
STOCK91.4540116.88
MOUNTFORD81.2924145.45
GOODWIN81.292424.52
MARSH81.292418.12
STARLING71.1309153.85
JUNIPER71.1309598.29
WATSON71.13094.88
MARTIN71.13094.59
HALLS60.9693122.45
GREAVES60.969333.06
BROOKS60.96939.92
FOSTER60.96937.25
FORDHAM50.8078100.40
SWAN50.807831.19
ROBINSON50.80782.53
CHOAT50.8078769.23
DIGBY50.8078155.76
ARCHER50.807819.53
HOUSDEN40.6462289.86
WILLETT40.646281.97
CARTER40.64623.85
GIBLIN40.6462333.33
STALLEY40.6462851.06
DAWSON40.64625.86
PIGGOTT30.484766.67
BASS30.484742.86
SPOONER30.484733.59
PALMER30.48474.11
JOHNSON30.48471.44
PHILPOT30.484772.29
RULE20.323147.06
HARRINGTON20.323117.02
BAINES20.323116.88
PORTER20.32314.31
BUNTING20.323128.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DRANE0.626192440.9449
STALLEY0.62619851.0638
CHOAT0.62619769.2308
JUNIPER0.62619598.2906
COOTE0.62619590.1639
FITCH0.62619475.2066
GIBLIN0.62619333.3333
HOUSDEN0.62619289.8551
PHILPOTT0.62619189.4737
CLEVELAND0.62619165.2893
GRAVES0.62619159.7444
DIGBY0.62619155.7632
STARLING0.62619153.8462
COWELL0.62619146.7269
MOUNTFORD0.62619145.4545
BASHAM0.62619130.7190
HALLS0.62619122.4490
STOCK0.62619116.8831
COE0.62619109.3439
WISBEY0.62619101.0101
FORDHAM0.62619100.4016
WILLETT0.6261981.9672
PHILPOT0.6261972.2892
PIGGOTT0.6261966.6667
PRIOR0.6261962.8053
GILDER0.6261961.7284
SPURGEON0.6261950.7614
LIVERMORE0.6261947.8469
RULE0.6261947.0588
BASS0.6261942.8571
ANDREWS0.6261942.1514
SPOONER0.6261933.5946
MUMFORD0.6261933.4448
GREAVES0.6261933.0579
SWAN0.6261931.1915
BUNTING0.6261928.9436
GAGE0.6261928.7356
GOODWIN0.6261924.5248
REYNOLDS0.6261924.2447
WRIGHT0.6261923.1645
PETTIT0.6261920.4499
ARCHER0.6261919.5313
MARSH0.6261918.1159
WOODLEY0.6261918.1159
EVERETT0.6261918.0018
HARRINGTON0.6261917.0213
BAINES0.6261916.8776
PIPER0.6261916.3532
GRAY0.6261915.8425
HEARD0.6261915.1976

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 619 people called DRANE in Great Sampford 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 2440.9449 in Great Sampford means that 2440.9449% of the people in Great Sampford on census day were called DRANE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Great Sampford in 1881

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

ANDREWS (25)  ARCHER (5)  BAINES (2)  BARNARD (1)  BASHAM (2)  BASS (3)  BETTS (1)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (1)  BRYANT (1)  BUNTING (2)  BUTTLE (7)  CAPPING (4)  CARTER (4)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHOAT (5)  CLARKE (1)  CLAYDEN (9)  CLEVELAND (2)  COE (11)  COOTE (18)  COWELL (13)  COX (11)  DAWSON (4)  DIGBY (5)  DRANE (31)  ELDRIT (5)  EVERETT (2)  FITCH (23)  FORDHAM (5)  FOSTER (6)  FULLER (1)  FROST (1)  GAGE (1)  GAISLETT (1)  GILDER (1)  GIBLIN (4)  GILBY (6)  GOULDSTONE (5)  GOLIDDON (1)  GOODWIN (8)  GOWLETT (25)  GRAY (14)  GRAVES (15)  GREAVES (6)  GREEN (14)  GREENWOOD (1)  HALLS (6)  HARRINGTON (2)  HAYWARD (1)  HEARD (1)  HIPPEY (2)  HITCHING (2)  HOUSDEN (4)  JOHNSON (3)  JUNIPER (7)  KILLINGBACK (3)  LAGDAN (1)  LAW (1)  LINDSELL (1)  LISTER (1)  LIVERMORE (1)  LUTSEY (4)  MARSH (8)  MARTIN (7)  MILLER (1)  MONK (1)  MORGAN (1)  MOULE (5)  MUMFORD (2)  MOUNTFORD (8)  NEWMAN (1)  NOBLE (1)  ODDY (4)  PALMER (3)  PURKIS (5)  PETTIT (1)  PHILPOTT (9)  PHILPOT (3)  PIGGOTT (3)  PIPER (2)  PORTER (2)  PRIOR (9)  RAYMENT (1)  REYNOLDS (13)  RIDGEWELL (12)  RIDGWELL (1)  ROBINSON (5)  RUFFLES (4)  RUFFLE (1)  RULE (2)  SAVILL (12)  SCUFFHAN (1)  SAGGERS (1)  SHEADE (1)  SIGGS (2)  SMITH (12)  SPOONER (3)  SPURGEON (1)  STALLEY (4)  STARLING (7)  STOCK (9)  STONE (2)  STUBBINGS (10)  SWAN (5)  THOMPSON (1)  TOFTS (6)  WATSON (7)  WELB (2)  WILLERSON (2)  WILLETT (4)  WILLIS (1)  WISBEY (1)  WOODLEY (1)  WRIGHT (46)  YEALL (2) 

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