Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stansted, Kent

Stansted is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Kent

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
HILLS184.4010159.15
WADLOW122.93404,285.71
BURNETT102.445088.42
WEBB102.445018.04
REEVES102.445059.70
CHAPMAN92.200515.49
DALLEY92.2005882.35
WILLIS92.200541.38
BROOKER92.2005182.56
NUNN92.2005125.70
BENNETT81.956011.90
TOWNSEND81.956046.06
BRATTEN81.95608,888.89
OSBORNE81.956040.98
KING71.71157.85
BOWYER71.7115156.95
BALLS71.7115133.59
BLAKE71.711535.34
MANLEY61.4670131.00
GILBERT61.467025.75
MARTEN51.2225403.23
HODGES51.222541.67
LAWRENCE51.222518.83
DAY51.222512.99
EAST40.978062.89
WATTS40.978011.67
COOK40.97804.92
OVER40.9780416.67
HOLLANDS40.9780187.79
BRISTOW30.733554.25
JAQUES30.733599.01
HAWKINS30.733510.13
SIMMONDS30.733527.47
GODDEN30.7335106.01
BOOKER30.733561.22
MARTIN30.73352.98
ASHDOWN30.7335129.31
CAREY20.489025.94
GOODWIN20.48909.28
NYE20.489078.13
STOCKDALE20.489062.89
FENNER20.4890114.94
DRUMMOND20.489024.60
WALTER20.489031.90
NUTTER20.489064.10
SPARKES20.489066.67
CARTER20.48902.91
SEAL20.489067.80
ENGLISH20.489026.01
JARVIS20.489010.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRATTEN0.414098888.8889
WADLOW0.414094285.7143
DALLEY0.41409882.3529
OVER0.41409416.6667
MARTEN0.41409403.2258
BANCE0.41409222.2222
HOLLANDS0.41409187.7934
BROOKER0.41409182.5558
WAKEMAN0.41409161.2903
HILLS0.41409159.1512
BOWYER0.41409156.9507
BALLS0.41409133.5878
MANLEY0.41409131.0044
ASHDOWN0.41409129.3103
NUNN0.41409125.6983
FENNER0.41409114.9425
GODDEN0.41409106.0071
JAQUES0.4140999.0099
BREESE0.4140991.7431
BURNETT0.4140988.4173
FINCHAM0.4140987.7193
NYE0.4140978.1250
GUNNER0.4140974.6269
SEAL0.4140967.7966
SPARKES0.4140966.6667
NUTTER0.4140964.1026
STOCKDALE0.4140962.8931
EAST0.4140962.8931
BOOKER0.4140961.2245
REEVES0.4140959.7015
COLLISON0.4140959.5238
BRISTOW0.4140954.2495
TOWNSEND0.4140946.0564
HODGES0.4140941.6667
WILLIS0.4140941.3793
OSBORNE0.4140940.9836
WOOLEY0.4140938.1679
BLAKE0.4140935.3357
WALTER0.4140931.8979
SIMMONDS0.4140927.4725
ENGLISH0.4140926.0078
CAREY0.4140925.9403
GILBERT0.4140925.7511
KENDRICK0.4140925.3807
DRUMMOND0.4140924.6002
LAWRENCE0.4140918.8253
WEBB0.4140918.0375
MILTON0.4140917.7305
WHARTON0.4140917.4520
CHAPMAN0.4140915.4932

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 409 people called BRATTEN in Stansted 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 8888.8889 in Stansted means that 8888.8889% of the people in Stansted on census day were called BRATTEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRATTEN 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 BRATTEN 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 BRATTEN 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 BRATTEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Stansted means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRATTEN in Stansted than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stansted in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ASHDOWN (3)  BALLS (7)  BANCE (1)  BARNES (1)  BENNETT (8)  BLAKE (7)  BOOKER (3)  BOWYER (7)  BREESE (1)  BRATTEN (8)  BRISTOW (3)  BROOKER (9)  BROTHERWOOD (3)  BURNETT (10)  CAPON (7)  CAREY (2)  CARTER (2)  CHAPMAN (9)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (4)  COOPER (2)  COLLISON (1)  COWEL (1)  CROWHURST (8)  DALLEY (9)  DAVIES (1)  DAY (5)  DRUMMOND (2)  NOTT (DRUMMOND) (2)  EAST (4)  ELCONIE (3)  EYRES (3)  FENNER (2)  FIELD (1)  FINCH (1)  FINCHAM (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FREMLIN (8)  GARNER (1)  GARDNER (1)  GILBAM (1)  GILBERT (6)  JEAL (4)  GOLDICUTT (3)  GOODWIN (2)  GODDEN (3)  GREEN (1)  GUNNER (1)  HARROWS (1)  HART (1)  HARVEY (1)  HAWKINS (3)  HAYES (1)  HAYSMAN (11)  HEAVER (4)  HILLS (18)  HODGES (5)  HOLLAMBY (1)  HOLLANDS (4)  HUGHES (1)  ENGLISH (2)  JAQUES (3)  JARVIS (2)  KEMBALL (5)  KENDRICK (1)  KING (7)  KITCHENER (1)  LAWRENCE (5)  MANLEY (6)  MARTEN (5)  MARTIN (3)  MEALIN (1)  MILTON (1)  NUNN (9)  NUTTER (2)  NYE (2)  OSBORNE (8)  OVER (4)  PAGE (1)  PRYON (1)  REEVES (10)  RICHARDSON (1)  REMMER (1)  ROSS (1)  SEAL (2)  SEAMARK (6)  SIMMONDS (3)  SKIDDER (8)  SKUDDER (3)  SLADE (1)  SPARKES (2)  STOCKDALE (2)  STREATFIELD (11)  TAYLOR (2)  TOWNSEND (8)  TURBEFIELD (2)  VACKER (1)  VOTTZ (1)  WADLOW (12)  WAKEMAN (2)  WALTER (2)  WATERLOW (2)  WATTS (4)  WEBB (10)  WHARTON (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (9)  WOODGER (5)  WOOLEY (1) 

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