Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weeley, Essex

Weeley 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
SMITH304.96693.52
BYLES264.30462,476.19
MARGERUM203.311325,000.00
SUMMERS162.649094.45
KING162.649012.15
BRITTON162.6490149.53
WEBB152.483418.32
BUTLER142.317923.77
MILLS121.986815.32
GREEN111.82126.47
JOHNSON101.65564.93
MARTIN101.65566.72
BLOWERS101.6556649.35
HOWARD101.655616.87
COOK91.49017.50
BIRD91.490119.50
BEER91.490193.07
MASON91.490111.08
CHIVERTON81.3245720.72
CANHAM81.3245297.40
GIBBS81.324526.96
SALMON71.158950.80
BARTON71.158921.45
SHARMAN71.158984.13
SYRETT71.1589933.33
BUTCHER71.158927.50
WARD60.99344.55
HERBERT60.993426.60
MAY60.993415.60
STEVENS60.99349.52
BACON60.993439.53
LORD60.993421.54
MANNING50.827826.04
GARDINER50.827828.80
SIMONS50.827862.74
THORPE50.827820.94
CATCHPOLE50.8278128.53
NICHOLS50.827825.41
WINGROVE50.8278282.49
BLOOM40.6623196.08
LILLEY40.662347.85
HARDING40.66239.15
SMEE40.6623317.46
COX40.66234.37
HARRISS40.6623101.27
MASKELL40.662394.12
CHILDS30.496727.05
BUNCH30.4967306.12
PLANE30.4967428.57
ANDERSON30.49672.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARGERUM0.6060425000.0000
BYLES0.606042476.1905
SYRETT0.60604933.3333
CHIVERTON0.60604720.7207
BLOWERS0.60604649.3506
SIVERS0.60604555.5556
HAYHOE0.60604483.8710
BALM0.60604434.7826
PLANE0.60604428.5714
CHILES0.60604344.8276
SMEE0.60604317.4603
BUNCH0.60604306.1224
CANHAM0.60604297.3978
WINGROVE0.60604282.4859
MUSTARD0.60604232.5581
BLOOM0.60604196.0784
BELSON0.60604172.4138
CHEVERTON0.60604172.4138
TILLETT0.60604155.0388
BRITTON0.60604149.5327
CATCHPOLE0.60604128.5347
WILDEN0.60604123.4568
CARDY0.60604108.6957
ROUT0.60604106.3830
EADE0.60604103.0928
HARRISS0.60604101.2658
SUMMERS0.6060494.4510
JOLLEY0.6060494.3396
MASKELL0.6060494.1176
BEER0.6060493.0714
SKIPPER0.6060488.1057
SHARMAN0.6060484.1346
SOLE0.6060471.4286
TWEED0.6060471.4286
LEGGETT0.6060463.1579
SIMONS0.6060462.7353
HURFORD0.6060460.6061
SORRELL0.6060455.5556
SALMON0.6060450.7983
LILLEY0.6060447.8469
PERRYMAN0.6060445.8716
FORDHAM0.6060441.1523
EASTER0.6060440.9836
GRIMWOOD0.6060440.1606
BACON0.6060439.5257
SPARROW0.6060439.2157
WOODLEY0.6060437.1747
JOLLY0.6060435.0467
GARDINER0.6060428.8018
BUTCHER0.6060427.5049

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 604 people called MARGERUM in Weeley 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 25000.0000 in Weeley means that 25000.0000% of the people in Weeley on census day were called MARGERUM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARGERUM 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 MARGERUM 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 MARGERUM 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 MARGERUM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.60 in Weeley means that you are 0.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARGERUM in Weeley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weeley in 1881

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

ABLITT (1)  ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (3)  ATTISTON (1)  AUSTIN (2)  BACON (6)  BALM (1)  BARKER (2)  BARTON (7)  BATES (1)  BAUHAM (1)  BEAUMONT (1)  BEER (9)  BELSON (1)  BENNETT (1)  BYLES (26)  BIRD (9)  BLAXALL (2)  BLOOM (4)  BLOWERS (10)  BRITTON (16)  BRUCE (1)  BRUNWIN (2)  BUDGEMAN (4)  BUNCH (3)  BURNABY (1)  BOURNE (1)  BUTCHER (7)  BUTLER (14)  BUTTON (1)  CANHAM (8)  CATCHPOLE (5)  CHEVERTON (1)  CHILDS (3)  CHILES (2)  CHIVERTON (8)  CHURCH (2)  CLARKE (1)  COOK (9)  COOPER (2)  COX (4)  CRESSWELL (1)  CROSS (1)  CURTIS (3)  DEAVES (2)  DYSON (2)  EASTER (1)  EADE (3)  FORDHAM (2)  FOSTER (1)  GARDINER (5)  GARDNER (1)  GENERY (8)  GIBBS (8)  GOBY (7)  GREEN (11)  GRIMWOOD (1)  GUNFIELD (7)  HAMMOND (1)  HARDING (4)  HARDINGHAM (3)  HARRISS (4)  HAYHOE (3)  HERBERT (6)  HICKS (3)  HOLMES (1)  HOWERD (1)  HOWARD (10)  HURFORD (1)  JOHNSON (10)  JOLLY (3)  JOLLEY (3)  KING (16)  KNIGHT (1)  LEGGETT (3)  LAIT (11)  LILLEY (4)  LORD (6)  LUCAS (3)  LUNNIS (2)  MANNING (5)  MARGAM (7)  MARGERUM (20)  MARTIN (10)  MASKELL (4)  MASON (9)  MAY (6)  CARDY (1)  MILLS (12)  MOORE (1)  MORTLOCK (1)  MUSTARD (2)  NICHOLS (5)  NICHOLSON (2)  OSBORNE (1)  PAGE (3)  PALMER (1)  PARTRIDGE (2)  PERRYMAN (1)  PLANE (3)  PRATT (1)  RAMPLING (2)  REED (2)  REDIT (3)  ROUT (1)  ROWBOY (5)  RULE (1)  SABUCK (2)  SALLMOS (1)  SALMON (7)  SARGEANT (1)  SCOWEN (4)  SHARMAN (7)  SIMONS (5)  SIVERS (1)  SKIPPER (2)  SMEE (4)  SMITH (30)  SMYTHIES (1)  SOLE (1)  SORRELL (1)  SPARROW (3)  STEVENS (6)  SUMMERS (16)  SYRETT (7)  THORPE (5)  TILLETT (2)  TOUKIN (1)  TWEED (1)  WEELEY (4)  WARD (6)  WEBB (15)  WILDEN (1)  WINGROVE (5)  VINCE (1)  WINEY (1)  WOODLEY (2)  WOODROW (1)  WOOLVETT (1) 

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