Top surnames from the 1881 census in Toppesfield, Essex

Toppesfield 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
RUGGLES505.80726,666.67
ALLEN505.807230.74
HARDY475.458891.14
KEMP313.600564.92
BUTCHER313.600585.45
REED293.368246.14
PURKISS293.36821,421.57
STEWARD242.7875217.00
PANNELL242.7875933.85
DAINES222.55521,078.43
SMITH202.32291.65
SMEE192.20671,061.45
LEADER141.6260358.06
ASHBY141.626096.95
NICE131.5099640.39
BARBER121.393723.15
WISEMAN121.3937101.52
DAVISON111.277635.74
HALLS91.0453132.16
TAYLOR91.04531.63
HASLER80.9292372.09
BASHAM80.9292375.59
WRIGHT70.81302.53
STOCK70.813065.36
GILDER60.6969265.49
PRIOR60.696930.11
WALSH60.696913.09
ANGEL60.6969162.16
HALES60.696948.54
LANE60.696910.11
WASH60.6969674.16
DARBY50.580736.18
PALMER50.58074.93
BARKER50.58074.44
FENN50.580757.21
PARMENTER50.5807218.34
HURRY40.4646222.22
CROSS40.46466.75
BARRELL40.4646122.32
CLARK40.46461.55
SEAMAN40.464659.88
PLAMER40.464610,000.00
JACKSON40.46461.66
ELLIS40.46463.20
BOND40.46468.78
TURBIN30.34844,285.71
DOWSETT30.348476.34
SPARROW30.348427.50
WALLS30.348428.96
GRUBB30.348456.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PLAMER0.8686110000.0000
RUGGLES0.868616666.6667
TURBIN0.868614285.7143
MARKING0.868611428.5714
PURKISS0.868611421.5686
DAINES0.868611078.4314
SMEE0.868611061.4525
PANNELL0.86861933.8521
DAINS0.86861714.2857
WASH0.86861674.1573
NICE0.86861640.3941
FREEBORN0.86861389.6104
BASHAM0.86861375.5869
HASLER0.86861372.0930
CHATTERS0.86861363.6364
LEADER0.86861358.0563
GILDER0.86861265.4867
HURRY0.86861222.2222
PARMENTER0.86861218.3406
STEWARD0.86861216.9982
ANGEL0.86861162.1622
HALLS0.86861132.1586
BARRELL0.86861122.3242
FAIRCLOTH0.86861107.5269
WISEMAN0.86861101.5228
ASHBY0.8686196.9529
FIRMAN0.8686191.3242
HARDY0.8686191.1383
BUTCHER0.8686185.4465
DOWSETT0.8686176.3359
COOTE0.8686170.7547
STOCK0.8686165.3595
KEMP0.8686164.9215
SEAMAN0.8686159.8802
FENN0.8686157.2082
GRUBB0.8686156.2852
HALES0.8686148.5437
REED0.8686146.1416
BEAR0.8686143.8596
ELEY0.8686137.5940
DARBY0.8686136.1795
DAVISON0.8686135.7375
CRACKNELL0.8686133.5008
ALLEN0.8686130.7409
PRIOR0.8686130.1054
WALLS0.8686128.9575
SPARROW0.8686127.4977
MUMFORD0.8686124.0674
BARBER0.8686123.1526
BOWYER0.8686121.2993

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 861 people called PLAMER in Toppesfield 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 10000.0000 in Toppesfield means that 10000.0000% of the people in Toppesfield on census day were called PLAMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PLAMER 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 PLAMER 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 PLAMER 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 PLAMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.86 in Toppesfield means that you are 0.86 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PLAMER in Toppesfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Toppesfield in 1881

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

ALLEN (50)  ALLAN (1)  ANGEL (6)  ARDLEY (1)  ARGENT (24)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASHBY (14)  BARBER (12)  BARKER (5)  BARNARD (2)  BASHAM (8)  BEAR (1)  BETTS (2)  BOND (4)  BOWYER (2)  BROWN (2)  BARRELL (4)  BUSH (1)  BUTCHER (31)  BUTLER (2)  CHATTERS (2)  CHIPPERFIELD (3)  CLARK (4)  COOTE (3)  CRACKNELL (2)  CROSS (4)  DARBY (5)  DAVISON (11)  DAINES (22)  DAINS (2)  DORKING (16)  DOWSETT (3)  ELLIS (4)  ELMAR (1)  ELSDON (17)  ELEY (2)  FAIRCLOTH (1)  FENN (5)  FINCH (2)  FIRMAN (2)  FREEBORN (3)  GARDINER (1)  GILDER (6)  GRUBB (3)  HALES (6)  HALLS (9)  HARDY (47)  HASLER (8)  JACKSON (4)  KEMP (31)  KILLINGBACK (1)  KING (3)  LANE (6)  LEADER (14)  LEE (1)  LETCH (5)  MANNING (2)  MARKING (2)  MARTIN (1)  METSON (21)  MUMFORD (2)  NICE (13)  KNOTTLEY (1)  PALMER (5)  PANNELL (24)  PARLEY (4)  PARMENTER (5)  PASFIELD (6)  PAYNE (1)  PURKISS (29)  PERRY (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PLAMER (4)  PRIOR (6)  PUMAN (4)  RULTON (6)  RAWLINSON (2)  REDGLE (1)  REDGWELL (2)  REED (29)  READ (2)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDGWELL (14)  RUFFLE (1)  RUGGLES (50)  RUSSELL (2)  SAVOLL (6)  SEAMAN (4)  SMALL (1)  SMART (2)  SMEE (19)  SMITH (20)  SPARROW (3)  STEWARD (24)  STOCK (7)  TARBAN (1)  TARBIN (24)  TAYLOR (9)  TURBIN (3)  TWITCHETT (10)  HURRY (4)  WALLS (3)  WALSH (6)  WARD (3)  WASH (6)  WHITLOCK (1)  WILKINS (1)  WISEMAN (12)  WRIGHT (7)  YELDHAM (11) 

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