Top surnames from the 1881 census in Suffield, Norfolk

Suffield is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Norfolk

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
SEXTON156.9124802.14
WOODS135.990895.03
MANN104.608387.49
LAWN104.60831,818.18
HICKS94.147599.12
HALL83.686612.53
HARMER83.6866372.09
DOUGHTY62.7650217.39
FOULGER62.76501,153.85
BUCK62.7650129.03
MATHEWS52.304162.42
ANDREWS52.304124.05
COTTON41.843377.22
BIRD41.843324.13
SMITH41.84331.31
JONES31.38251.22
TOD31.3825357.14
CANHAM31.3825309.28
WORTLEY31.3825454.55
CORNER31.3825189.87
WAGG20.9217392.16
CHAPMAN20.92176.49
MORGAN20.92174.64
HOOKER20.9217108.11
WATTS20.921710.99
HOLDEN20.921716.82
NELSON20.921719.03
FARROW20.921749.14
BERWICK10.4608114.94
DIGBY10.460889.29
ADCOCK10.460846.73
SLATER10.46087.61
BOWLES10.460828.17
RANDEL10.4608909.09
BLAXLAND10.46081,111.11
WESTON10.460811.30
BALDWIN10.460810.81
HARRISON10.46082.08
BONE10.460824.88
OVERTON10.460847.39
DILL10.4608833.33
KING10.46082.11
RULE10.460867.11
BOND10.46088.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAWN0.222171818.1818
FOULGER0.222171153.8462
BLAXLAND0.222171111.1111
RANDEL0.22217909.0909
DILL0.22217833.3333
SEXTON0.22217802.1390
WORTLEY0.22217454.5455
WAGG0.22217392.1569
HARMER0.22217372.0930
TOD0.22217357.1429
CANHAM0.22217309.2784
DOUGHTY0.22217217.3913
CORNER0.22217189.8734
BUCK0.22217129.0323
BERWICK0.22217114.9425
HOOKER0.22217108.1081
HICKS0.2221799.1189
WOODS0.2221795.0292
DIGBY0.2221789.2857
MANN0.2221787.4891
COTTON0.2221777.2201
RULE0.2221767.1141
MATHEWS0.2221762.4220
FARROW0.2221749.1400
OVERTON0.2221747.3934
ADCOCK0.2221746.7290
BOWLES0.2221728.1690
BONE0.2221724.8756
BIRD0.2221724.1255
ANDREWS0.2221724.0500
NELSON0.2221719.0295
HOLDEN0.2221716.8209
HALL0.2221712.5313
WESTON0.2221711.2994
WATTS0.2221710.9890
BALDWIN0.2221710.8108
BOND0.222178.7032
SLATER0.222177.6104
CHAPMAN0.222176.4893
MORGAN0.222174.6350
KING0.222172.1146
HARRISON0.222172.0760
SMITH0.222171.3055
JONES0.222171.2207

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 217 people called LAWN in Suffield 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 1818.1818 in Suffield means that 1818.1818% of the people in Suffield on census day were called LAWN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAWN 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 LAWN 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 LAWN 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 LAWN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Suffield means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAWN in Suffield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Suffield in 1881

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

ADCOCK (1)  AMIES (10)  ANDREWS (5)  BALDWIN (1)  BERWICK (1)  BIRD (4)  BLAXLAND (1)  BODINGTON (4)  BOND (1)  BONE (1)  BOWLES (1)  BUCK (6)  BUGDEN (5)  CANHAM (3)  CHAPMAN (2)  CORNER (3)  COTTON (4)  DYBALL (4)  DIGBY (1)  DILL (1)  DOUGHTY (6)  FARROW (2)  FOULGER (6)  HALL (8)  HARMER (8)  HARRISON (1)  HERRIEVEN OR HERRIVEN (8)  HERRMIN OR HERRIVEN (14)  HICKS (9)  HOLDEN (2)  HOKER (1)  HOOKER (2)  JONES (3)  KING (1)  LAWN (10)  MANN (10)  MATHEWS (5)  MORGAN (2)  NEECH (5)  NELSON (2)  OVERTON (1)  RANDEL (1)  RULE (1)  SCOTTOW (1)  SEXTON (15)  SLAPP (1)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (4)  THIRST (4)  TOD (3)  WAGG (2)  WATTS (2)  WESTON (1)  WOODS (13)  WORTLEY (3)