Top surnames from the 1881 census in Corton, Suffolk

Corton 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
SMITH7212.78869.06
FREEMAN234.085363.98
READ183.197249.60
WRIGHT183.19729.97
PYE142.4867166.27
HOOD132.309183.44
YOUNGMAN122.1314731.71
MITCHELL101.77628.76
ALDRICH91.5986989.01
TUTTLE91.59861,250.00
PARKER91.59868.40
WALKER91.59864.78
LEVELL91.59862,000.00
TAYLOR81.42102.22
WIGG71.2433451.61
LEGGETT71.2433158.01
CULLEY71.2433292.89
MCMAKEN71.243370,000.00
BROWN71.24331.89
DYE71.2433187.17
MILLS61.06578.22
BROOKS61.065710.90
PLATTEN61.0657681.82
ELLIS61.06577.34
SEWELL61.065750.42
HORN61.065746.91
FREESTONE50.8881206.61
PETTS50.8881347.22
WOODS50.888114.08
WARD50.88814.07
GREEN50.88813.15
PEMBROKE50.8881943.40
HARVEY40.71056.65
BAKER40.71053.24
HALES40.710549.51
SALES40.7105116.62
BOWLER40.710558.22
PITT40.710533.25
CLARK40.71052.36
HIGH40.7105156.86
BOON40.710575.76
HARRIS40.71052.80
AMES40.7105103.09
SQUIRES30.532937.64
HARRISON30.53292.40
BAKEN30.532915,000.00
ALEXANDER30.532910.07
PILCH30.53291,200.00
KNIGHTS30.532960.85
HOUGHTON20.355210.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCMAKEN70,000.0071.2433
BAKEN15,000.0030.5329
PERSONS6,666.6720.3552
LEVELL2,000.0091.5986
TUTTLE1,250.0091.5986
PILCH1,200.0030.5329
ALDRICH989.0191.5986
PEMBROKE943.4050.8881
YOUNGMAN731.71122.1314
PLATTEN681.8261.0657
WIGG451.6171.2433
PETTS347.2250.8881
CULLEY292.8971.2433
FREESTONE206.6150.8881
RISING200.0010.1776
DYE187.1771.2433
PYE166.27142.4867
FISKE158.7310.1776
LEGGETT158.0171.2433
HIGH156.8640.7105
GRAVER142.8610.1776
SALES116.6240.7105
AMES103.0940.7105
EVES85.1120.3552
HOOD83.44132.3091
BOON75.7640.7105
ROW68.9720.3552
FREEMAN63.98234.0853
MAYS62.1120.3552
KNIGHTS60.8530.5329
BOWLER58.2240.7105
SEWELL50.4261.0657
SELF50.0020.3552
READ49.60183.1972
HALES49.5140.7105
HORN46.9161.0657
KAVANAGH45.8710.1776
MACE40.3220.3552
SQUIRES37.6430.5329
PITT33.2540.7105
SHARMAN25.8120.3552
HOPPER24.8820.3552
HORNER18.6620.3552
EMMERSON17.9910.1776
BUCK16.5720.3552
WOODS14.0850.8881
GOUGH12.1120.3552
BROOKS10.9061.0657
HOUGHTON10.1720.3552
ALEXANDER10.0730.5329

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called MCMAKEN in Corton 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 1.2433 in Corton means that 1.2433% of the people in Corton on census day were called MCMAKEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCMAKEN 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 MCMAKEN 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 MCMAKEN 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 MCMAKEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 70,000.00 in Corton means that you are 70,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCMAKEN in Corton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Corton in 1881

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

ALDRICH (9)  ALEXANDER (3)  ALLEN (1)  BAKEN (3)  BAKER (4)  BOON (4)  BOWLER (4)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (7)  BRUNDISH (1)  BUCK (2)  BULTITUDE (4)  BURROWS (1)  BUTTERFIN (7)  KAVANAGH (1)  CLARK (4)  COOPER (1)  COTTON (1)  CRABTREE (1)  CUBITT (3)  CULLEY (7)  DYE (7)  AMES (4)  EVES (2)  ELLIS (6)  ELSEGOOD (2)  EMMERSON (1)  FISKE (1)  FOWLER (2)  FOX (1)  FREEMAN (23)  FREESTONE (5)  GOUGH (2)  GRAVER (1)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (5)  HALES (4)  HANNANT (3)  HARRIS (4)  HARRISON (3)  HARVEY (4)  HARBORD (11)  HICKLETON (3)  HIGH (4)  HOOD (13)  HOPPER (2)  HORN (6)  HORNER (2)  HORRI (2)  HOUGHTON (2)  KING (1)  KNIGHTS (3)  LACEY (1)  LEGGETT (7)  LEVELL (9)  LYDAMORE (3)  LYDENHAM (2)  MANNING (1)  MARGITSON (1)  MAYS (2)  MACE (2)  MCMAKEN (7)  MENDHAM (7)  MILLS (6)  MITCHELL (10)  OFFIN (3)  PALLANT ((PLATT)) (2)  PANBREEK (1)  PARKER (9)  PERSONS (2)  PEMBROKE (5)  PETTS (5)  PILCH (3)  PITT (4)  PLATTEN (6)  PORTER (1)  PRATT (2)  PYE (14)  READ (18)  RISING (1)  ROE (1)  ROW (2)  RUMSBY (1)  RUSHMER (4)  RUSHMERE (3)  SALES (4)  SELF (2)  SEWELL (6)  SHARMAN (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (72)  SOANES (38)  SQUIRES (3)  TAYLOR (8)  TEUSDEL (1)  THORPE (1)  TOOK (8)  TUTTLE (9)  WALKER (9)  WARD (5)  WIGG (7)  WOODS (5)  WOODCOCK (1)  WRIGHT (18)  YALLOP (2)  YOUNGMAN (12)