Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Leighs, Essex

Little Leighs 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
MANN86.4000121.58
MARSHALL86.400038.15
FRANCES75.6000886.08
WILLIS64.800090.23
TYLER64.8000162.60
WELLS64.800057.69
GREEN54.000014.20
BUTCHER54.000094.88
SIMONS54.0000303.03
GIBSON43.200026.37
BARNARD43.2000129.03
GALLEY43.2000888.89
HOCKLEY32.4000447.76
WRIGHT32.40007.48
PORTER32.400031.98
SEARLES21.60001,000.00
ROLFE21.6000123.46
WILSON21.60003.48
SCOTT21.60006.32
RICHARDSON21.60009.40
FLETCHER21.600014.02
HASLER21.6000645.16
SAUNDERS21.600017.45
BULLETT10.80001,666.67
TOTMAN10.80001,428.57
HOLLAND10.800011.24
AUSTIN10.800016.37
PLUCK10.8000625.00
CHALLIS10.8000126.58
WALLIS10.800023.64
BLATCHFORD10.8000333.33
TAYLER10.8000144.93
NEVILLE10.800067.11
HUTSON10.8000204.08
DRANE10.8000384.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BULLETT0.131251666.6667
TOTMAN0.131251428.5714
SEARLES0.131251000.0000
GALLEY0.13125888.8889
FRANCES0.13125886.0759
HASLER0.13125645.1613
PLUCK0.13125625.0000
HOCKLEY0.13125447.7612
DRANE0.13125384.6154
BLATCHFORD0.13125333.3333
SIMONS0.13125303.0303
HUTSON0.13125204.0816
TYLER0.13125162.6016
TAYLER0.13125144.9275
BARNARD0.13125129.0323
CHALLIS0.13125126.5823
ROLFE0.13125123.4568
MANN0.13125121.5805
BUTCHER0.1312594.8767
WILLIS0.1312590.2256
NEVILLE0.1312567.1141
WELLS0.1312557.6923
MARSHALL0.1312538.1497
PORTER0.1312531.9829
GIBSON0.1312526.3678
WALLIS0.1312523.6407
SAUNDERS0.1312517.4520
AUSTIN0.1312516.3666
GREEN0.1312514.2045
FLETCHER0.1312514.0154
HOLLAND0.1312511.2360
RICHARDSON0.131259.3985
WRIGHT0.131257.4813
SCOTT0.131256.3231
WILSON0.131253.4837

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 125 people called BULLETT in Little Leighs 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 1666.6667 in Little Leighs means that 1666.6667% of the people in Little Leighs on census day were called BULLETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BULLETT 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 BULLETT 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 BULLETT 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 BULLETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Little Leighs means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BULLETT in Little Leighs than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Leighs in 1881

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

AUSTIN (1)  BARNARD (4)  BLATCHFORD (1)  BULLETT (1)  BUTCHER (5)  CHALLIS (1)  CHAPLING (1)  DRANE (1)  FLETCHER (2)  FRANCES (7)  GALLEY (4)  GIBSON (4)  GOWARS (16)  GREEN (5)  GUILDER (1)  HASLER (2)  HOCKLEY (3)  HOLLAND (1)  HUTSON (1)  MANN (8)  MARSHALL (8)  NEVILLE (1)  PLUCK (1)  PORTER (3)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROLFE (2)  SAUNDERS (2)  SCOTT (2)  SEARLES (2)  SIMONS (5)  TOTMAN (1)  TAYLER (1)  TYLER (6)  WALLIS (1)  WELLS (6)  WILLIS (6)  WILSON (2)  WILSHER (2)  WRIGHT (3) 

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