Essex

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English

Etymology

Flag of Essex

From Old English Ēastseaxan (literally “East Saxons”), which stood for both Essex and the people of Essex.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Essex

  1. A surname.
  2. A maritime county of England bordered by the North Sea, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London, and separated from Kent by the Thames estuary.
  3. A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A locality in Humboldt County, California.
  5. A small unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California.
  6. A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
  7. A village in Kankakee County, Illinois.
  8. A city in Page County, Iowa.
  9. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  10. A coastal town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  11. A city in Stoddard County, Missouri.
  12. An unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana.
  13. A town in Essex County, New York.
  14. An unincorporated community in Halifax County, North Carolina.
  15. An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.
  16. A large town in Chittenden County, Vermont.

Derived terms

Translations

a city in Page County, Iowa

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Essex is the 8,529th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3,858 individuals. Essex is most common among White (71.70%) and Black (23.43%) individuals.

Anagrams

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