Top surnames from the 1881 census in Panfield, Essex

Panfield 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
SMITH3310.24847.26
LAWRENCE329.9379153.04
CATHCART216.52174,285.71
NEWMAN216.521787.72
BROWN103.10564.71
ROGERS92.795021.53
REYNOLDS92.795032.27
TURNER92.795010.04
HITCHCOCK82.4845215.63
HALLS82.4845313.73
BATEMAN82.484596.15
HOLMES72.173917.85
RATCLIFF72.1739336.54
DAWSON61.863416.91
GRUBB61.8634301.51
HANDLEY61.8634110.29
WOOD61.86345.85
BUTCHER51.552836.85
HILL51.55286.10
MOORE51.55287.77
BARNARD51.552862.58
BYFORD51.5528344.83
WILLIS41.242223.36
SCURRY30.93174,285.71
AMBROSE30.9317105.63
SNOW30.931768.81
CORNELL30.9317139.53
RILEY30.931711.77
KIDDY30.93171,071.43
COOTE30.9317188.68
RICHARDSON30.93175.47
PLUMB30.9317114.94
JOYCE20.621125.28
CLIFT20.6211113.64
RUMSEY20.6211185.19
SWALLOW10.310630.77
MANN10.31065.90
CROZIER10.310666.23
COOK10.31061.56
SAINES10.31061,000.00
CARTER10.31061.85
BULLARD10.3106102.04
DAVEY10.31067.55
HOLLAND10.31064.36
CLIFF10.310635.59
GOWERS10.3106113.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCURRY0.323224285.7143
CATHCART0.323224285.7143
KIDDY0.323221071.4286
SAINES0.323221000.0000
BYFORD0.32322344.8276
RATCLIFF0.32322336.5385
HALLS0.32322313.7255
GRUBB0.32322301.5075
HITCHCOCK0.32322215.6334
COOTE0.32322188.6792
RUMSEY0.32322185.1852
LAWRENCE0.32322153.0368
CORNELL0.32322139.5349
PLUMB0.32322114.9425
GOWERS0.32322113.6364
CLIFT0.32322113.6364
HANDLEY0.32322110.2941
AMBROSE0.32322105.6338
BULLARD0.32322102.0408
BATEMAN0.3232296.1538
NEWMAN0.3232287.7193
SNOW0.3232268.8073
CROZIER0.3232266.2252
BARNARD0.3232262.5782
BUTCHER0.3232236.8460
CLIFF0.3232235.5872
REYNOLDS0.3232232.2696
SWALLOW0.3232230.7692
JOYCE0.3232225.2845
WILLIS0.3232223.3645
ROGERS0.3232221.5260
HOLMES0.3232217.8526
DAWSON0.3232216.9062
RILEY0.3232211.7739
TURNER0.3232210.0413
MOORE0.323227.7652
DAVEY0.323227.5529
SMITH0.323227.2583
HILL0.323226.0968
MANN0.323225.8962
WOOD0.323225.8480
RICHARDSON0.323225.4735
BROWN0.323224.7112
HOLLAND0.323224.3630
CARTER0.323221.8501
COOK0.323221.5635

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 322 people called SCURRY in Panfield 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 4285.7143 in Panfield means that 4285.7143% of the people in Panfield on census day were called SCURRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCURRY 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 SCURRY 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 SCURRY 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 SCURRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Panfield means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCURRY in Panfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Panfield in 1881

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

AMBROSE (3)  BARNARD (5)  BATEMAN (8)  BROWN (10)  BROYED (9)  BULLARD (1)  BUTCHER (5)  BYFORD (5)  CARTER (1)  CATHCART (21)  CLIFF (1)  CLIFT (2)  COOK (1)  COOTE (3)  CORNELL (3)  CROZIER (1)  DAVEY (1)  DAWSON (6)  GOWERS (1)  GRUBB (6)  GURTEEN (6)  GURTTEEN (4)  HALLS (8)  HANDLEY (6)  HILL (5)  HITCHCOCK (8)  HITCHING (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (7)  JOSCELYNE (3)  JOYCE (2)  KIDDY (3)  LAWRENCE (32)  MANN (1)  MOORE (5)  MUSSET (1)  NEWMAN (21)  PEAGRAM (3)  PLUMB (3)  PYMAN (1)  RUMSEY (2)  RASHBROOK (2)  RATCLIFF (7)  REYNOLDS (9)  RICHARDSON (3)  RILEY (3)  ROGERS (9)  SAINES (1)  SCURRY (3)  SMITH (33)  SNOW (3)  SPURRELL (1)  SWALLOW (1)  THOROGOOD (2)  TURNER (9)  WIFFEN (9)  WILLIS (4)  WOOD (6) 

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