Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cavenham, Suffolk

Cavenham 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
COX2111.290374.49
SANGSTER136.98921,460.67
HAMMOND94.838784.99
WADDINGTON94.8387298.01
GOOCH84.3011490.80
MARSHALL84.301125.64
ANDREWS73.763439.28
OSBORNE73.763478.83
GARWOOD73.7634769.23
COOKE52.688248.73
BAKER42.15059.81
WRIGHT42.15056.70
LOMAX42.1505152.09
HUDSON42.150526.26
BARRELL31.6129422.54
HOWARD21.075310.96
MARSH21.075315.07
BISHOP21.075315.38
FOREMAN10.537641.15
WING10.537685.47
THOMAS10.53761.30
JOHNSON10.53761.60
BOCOCK10.5376434.78
SHARMAN10.537639.06
ROWLING10.5376270.27
GENT10.537662.50
NUNN10.537630.67
ETHERIDGE10.537690.09
WARNER10.537614.75
BUGG10.5376119.05
SOMES10.53761,111.11
JACKSON10.53761.92
SELBY10.537645.05
AXTON10.53761,111.11
RANDS10.5376185.19
MUSKETT10.5376312.50
BROWN10.53760.82
SKINNER10.537610.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SANGSTER1,460.67136.9892
SOMES1,111.1110.5376
AXTON1,111.1110.5376
GARWOOD769.2373.7634
GOOCH490.8084.3011
BOCOCK434.7810.5376
BARRELL422.5431.6129
MUSKETT312.5010.5376
WADDINGTON298.0194.8387
ROWLING270.2710.5376
RANDS185.1910.5376
LOMAX152.0942.1505
BUGG119.0510.5376
ETHERIDGE90.0910.5376
WING85.4710.5376
HAMMOND84.9994.8387
OSBORNE78.8373.7634
COX74.492111.2903
GENT62.5010.5376
COOKE48.7352.6882
SELBY45.0510.5376
FOREMAN41.1510.5376
ANDREWS39.2873.7634
SHARMAN39.0610.5376
NUNN30.6710.5376
HUDSON26.2642.1505
MARSHALL25.6484.3011
BISHOP15.3821.0753
MARSH15.0721.0753
WARNER14.7510.5376
HOWARD10.9621.0753
SKINNER10.5910.5376
BAKER9.8142.1505
WRIGHT6.7042.1505
JACKSON1.9210.5376
JOHNSON1.6010.5376
THOMAS1.3010.5376
BROWN0.8210.5376

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 13 people called SANGSTER in Cavenham 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 6.9892 in Cavenham means that 6.9892% of the people in Cavenham on census day were called SANGSTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SANGSTER 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 SANGSTER 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 SANGSTER 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 SANGSTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,460.67 in Cavenham means that you are 1,460.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SANGSTER in Cavenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cavenham in 1881

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

ANDREWS (7)  AXTON (1)  BAKER (4)  BISHOP (2)  BOCOCK (1)  BROWN (1)  BUGG (1)  BARRELL (3)  CARWARDINE (2)  COOKE (5)  COX (21)  DORLING (1)  ETHERIDGE (1)  FITCHES (5)  FOREMAN (1)  FYSON (5)  GARWOOD (7)  GENT (1)  GOOCH (8)  HAMMOND (9)  HENSBY (2)  HOWARD (2)  HUDSON (4)  JACKSON (1)  JAGGS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  LOMAX (4)  MARSH (2)  MARSHALL (8)  MYSON (1)  MUSKETT (1)  NUNN (1)  ORBELL (7)  OSBORNE (7)  RANSDALE (10)  RANDS (1)  ROWLING (1)  RUDDERHAM (11)  SANGSTER (13)  SELBY (1)  SHARMAN (1)  SKEELY (2)  SKINNER (1)  SOMES (1)  THOMAS (1)  WADDINGTON (9)  WARNER (1)  WING (1)  WRIGHT (4)