Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hadleigh, Essex

Hadleigh 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
SMITH204.28273.03
GILMAN153.21201,071.43
SNOW122.5696189.87
MANSFIELD122.5696136.83
ADAMS112.355515.98
LAW102.141347.33
BROWN102.14133.25
STOWERS91.92723,214.29
BALLS91.9272150.50
CARTER91.927211.48
WATSON81.71317.38
BRETT71.498978.92
ABBOTT71.498934.00
WILTSHIRE71.4989112.36
KING71.49896.88
WALLIS71.498944.25
LAMBERT71.498927.46
KEMP61.284823.17
BAKER61.28485.86
FRANCIS61.284821.57
APPLETON61.284881.97
POTTER61.284819.81
MORLEY51.070726.78
MURREY51.0707396.83
FRENCH51.070721.93
GREEN40.85653.04
CLARKE40.85654.23
PIKE40.856529.46
ALLEN40.85654.53
WAKELING40.8565224.72
FITCH40.8565109.59
RUSSELL40.85657.02
WRIGHT40.85652.67
WALFORD30.6424104.53
HOCKLEY30.6424119.05
UPSON30.6424300.00
LEGGETT30.642481.74
DURRANT30.642441.04
CLARK30.64242.14
GRIGG30.642498.36
WAITE30.642430.96
HAWKS30.6424245.90
ELLIS20.42832.95
WHITELOCK20.4283149.25
BELL20.42832.28
SEWELL20.428320.26
HAWKES20.428326.56
TURNER20.42831.54
HARRIS20.42831.69
GALLEY20.4283119.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STOWERS0.474673214.2857
COCKLEY0.474671538.4615
GROOMS0.474671111.1111
GILMAN0.474671071.4286
DISS0.47467540.5405
ANGER0.47467454.5455
GURNETT0.47467434.7826
MURREY0.47467396.8254
UPSON0.47467300.0000
CARRY0.47467285.7143
HAWKS0.47467245.9016
WAKELING0.47467224.7191
SNOW0.47467189.8734
WIGGIN0.47467175.4386
BALLS0.47467150.5017
WHITELOCK0.47467149.2537
MANSFIELD0.47467136.8301
GALLEY0.47467119.7605
HOCKLEY0.47467119.0476
DASH0.47467112.3596
WILTSHIRE0.47467112.3596
FITCH0.47467109.5890
WALFORD0.47467104.5296
GRIGG0.4746798.3607
APPLETON0.4746781.9672
LEGGETT0.4746781.7439
BRETT0.4746778.9177
TRIGG0.4746776.3359
COMBER0.4746763.6943
FELTON0.4746762.3053
TYRRELL0.4746758.1395
ROLPH0.4746758.1395
LAW0.4746747.3261
GARNHAM0.4746745.2489
WALLIS0.4746744.2478
DURRANT0.4746741.0397
RUST0.4746740.6504
ABBOTT0.4746733.9971
CORNELL0.4746732.0513
WAITE0.4746730.9598
MURRELL0.4746730.0300
PIKE0.4746729.4551
LAMBERT0.4746727.4617
PETTIT0.4746727.1003
MORLEY0.4746726.7809
HAWKES0.4746726.5604
SEXTON0.4746724.8756
KEMP0.4746723.1660
FRENCH0.4746721.9298
FRANCIS0.4746721.5672

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 467 people called STOWERS in Hadleigh 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 3214.2857 in Hadleigh means that 3214.2857% of the people in Hadleigh on census day were called STOWERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STOWERS 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 STOWERS 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 STOWERS 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 STOWERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Hadleigh means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STOWERS in Hadleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hadleigh in 1881

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

ABBOTT (7)  ADAMS (11)  ALLEN (4)  ANDERSON (1)  ANGER (1)  APPLETON (6)  ARBER (1)  AUSTIN (2)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (6)  BALDWIN (1)  BALLS (9)  BECHAY (1)  BELL (2)  BENSON (2)  BENTON (1)  BOKET (1)  BRETT (7)  BROWN (10)  BUCKENHAM (3)  CAINTO (1)  CARREY (1)  CARRY (1)  CARTER (9)  CHIGNALL (1)  CHOPPEN (5)  CHOPPING (4)  CLARKE (4)  CLARK (3)  COCKLEY (2)  COMBER (1)  COOK (1)  CORNELL (1)  DASH (1)  DAVIS (1)  DURRANT (3)  DISS (2)  ELLIS (2)  ELSDON (5)  ETTENTON (1)  FURNEAUX (1)  FELTON (2)  FINCH (1)  FISHER (1)  FITCH (4)  FRANCIS (6)  FRENCH (5)  GALLEY (2)  GARNHAM (1)  GIBBONS (1)  GIBLING (2)  GILLIAT (9)  GILMAN (15)  GREEN (4)  GRIGG (3)  GROOMS (1)  GURNETT (1)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (2)  HARRISON (1)  HART (2)  HAVISS (3)  HAWKES (2)  HAWKS (3)  HICKFORD (1)  HILLS (1)  HOCKLEY (3)  JACKSON (1)  GIGGINS (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KEMP (6)  KETLEY (2)  KING (7)  KNIGHT (1)  LAMBERT (7)  LAW (10)  LEGGETT (3)  LEWSEY (5)  LODGE (1)  MANSFIELD (12)  MARTIN (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MORLEY (5)  MURRELL (1)  MURREY (5)  NEVILLE (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  PASFIELD (4)  PETCHEY (5)  PETTIT (1)  PIKE (4)  POTTER (6)  POSTANS (2)  PRUTTOCK (1)  PYE (1)  RAISON (6)  REDGEWELL (6)  ROLPH (1)  RUSSELL (4)  RUST (1)  SAWFORD (6)  SAWARD (5)  SEWELL (2)  SEXTON (1)  SHUTTLEWOOD (1)  SKIMSHIRE (2)  SMITH (20)  SNOW (12)  SPOONER (1)  STIBBARDS (15)  STOWERS (9)  TEC (1)  TRIGG (2)  TUCKER (2)  TURNER (2)  TYLER (2)  TYRRELL (2)  UPSON (3)  WAGHARD (1)  WAKELING (4)  WALAND (2)  WALLIS (7)  WATSON (8)  WYBORN (4)  WIFFEN (1)  WIDDICOME (8)  WHITELOCK (2)  WIGGIN (1)  WILTSHIRE (7)  WITSTONE (4)  WOMWELL (1)  WALFORD (3)  WRIGHT (4)  WAITE (3) 

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