Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boulge, Suffolk

Boulge is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Suffolk

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
BURCH913.84621,836.73
KING812.307756.46
GARNHAM710.76922,258.06
KNIGHTS46.1538701.75
HARVEY46.153857.64
FITZGERALD34.6154263.16
MALLETT34.6154517.24
MOUSER23.07696,666.67
QUINTON23.0769666.67
GOLDSMITH23.0769198.02
BAXTER11.538525.84
GROOM11.5385109.89
SPINK11.5385192.31
BURROWS11.538535.09
MAYES11.5385158.73
GRAY11.538510.78
THORNTON11.538530.58
DAVEY11.538537.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOUSER6,666.6723.0769
GARNHAM2,258.06710.7692
BURCH1,836.73913.8462
KNIGHTS701.7546.1538
QUINTON666.6723.0769
MALLETT517.2434.6154
FITZGERALD263.1634.6154
GOLDSMITH198.0223.0769
SPINK192.3111.5385
MAYES158.7311.5385
GROOM109.8911.5385
HARVEY57.6446.1538
KING56.46812.3077
DAVEY37.4511.5385
BURROWS35.0911.5385
THORNTON30.5811.5385
BAXTER25.8411.5385
GRAY10.7811.5385

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called MOUSER in Boulge 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 3.0769 in Boulge means that 3.0769% of the people in Boulge on census day were called MOUSER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOUSER 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 MOUSER 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 MOUSER 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 MOUSER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Boulge means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOUSER in Boulge than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Boulge in 1881

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

ADMS (1)  BAXTER (1)  BURCH (9)  BURROWS (1)  CLONE (1)  COLTHORP (9)  DAVEY (1)  FITZGERALD (3)  GARNHAM (7)  GOLDSMITH (2)  GRAY (1)  GROOM (1)  HARVEY (4)  KING (8)  KNIGHTS (4)  MALLETT (3)  MAYES (1)  MOUSER (2)  QUINTON (2)  SUNDLEY OR SAENDLEY (2)  SPINK (1)  THORNTON (1)