Essex Surnames

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BEARMAN

About 40 per cent of all of the Bearmans recorded in the 1891 census were living in Essex.

BYFORD

This was a topographic name for someone who lived by a ford.

DOWSETT

This name is derived from Old English words for sweet or pleasant.

EMBERSON

This variant of Emmerson is most commonly found in London and Essex.

GENTRY

Lots of Gentry families were in West Ham in 1881.

HUTLEY

This may be related to the surname Outlaw, which is associated with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.

HYMAS

This is the Essex variant of Hindmarsh.

MUNSON

Essex had nearly half of all of the Munsons living in England and Wales at the time of the 1891 census.

RUGGLES

This is thought to be a variant of the now extinct surname Ruggle.

SHEAD

Many Sheads were recorded living in the village of Finchingfield in the 1881 census.