Top surnames from the 1881 census in Finningham, Suffolk

Finningham 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
FARROW225.2381279.19
SEELY184.28574,390.24
PALMER174.047634.34
KEMP143.333360.11
HEAD122.8571117.42
KNIGHTS112.6190298.91
PETTITT102.3810444.44
FROST102.381042.35
CLARKE102.381011.75
LAND92.1429297.03
QUINTON92.1429461.54
BLOISE92.142945,000.00
BLAKE81.904839.33
ROSE81.904825.68
SPICER81.9048141.59
CLOVER81.9048666.67
HOLT81.904828.45
WOODS71.666726.44
ALDRIDGE71.666786.00
AUSTIN71.666734.10
FILBY61.4286659.34
ENGLISH61.428675.95
PAINE51.190586.51
ELSEY51.1905387.60
SIMPSON51.19056.81
FRANCIS51.190519.98
NOLLER51.19052,380.95
BIRD51.190515.58
SEAMAN51.1905153.37
HAVERS51.19051,190.48
MARTIN51.19054.83
SMITH40.95240.67
SAYER40.952472.73
BUTTON40.952480.32
MOORE30.71433.57
DRIVER30.714338.56
HUNT30.71435.38
ELMER30.7143209.79
ALDOUS20.4762117.65
FRERE20.4762909.09
FOULGER20.4762200.00
MOSS20.47627.73
SALMON20.476220.88
SYRETT20.4762384.62
DENNIS10.23818.05
CARR10.23813.30
SEMAN10.23813,333.33
BETTS10.238111.14
WELLS10.23812.86
HAMMOND10.23814.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLOISE45,000.0092.1429
SEELY4,390.24184.2857
SEMAN3,333.3310.2381
NOLLER2,380.9551.1905
HAVERS1,190.4851.1905
FRERE909.0920.4762
CLOVER666.6781.9048
MATTICK666.6710.2381
FILBY659.3461.4286
GEDNEY555.5610.2381
QUINTON461.5492.1429
PETTITT444.44102.3810
ELSEY387.6051.1905
SYRETT384.6220.4762
KNIGHTS298.91112.6190
LAND297.0392.1429
FARROW279.19225.2381
ELMER209.7930.7143
FOULGER200.0020.4762
HAWARD175.4410.2381
SEAMAN153.3751.1905
SPICER141.5981.9048
ALDOUS117.6520.4762
HEAD117.42122.8571
BEWLEY89.2910.2381
PAINE86.5151.1905
WIGG86.2110.2381
ALDRIDGE86.0071.6667
BUTTON80.3240.9524
ENGLISH75.9561.4286
SAYER72.7340.9524
KEMP60.11143.3333
GARRARD57.1410.2381
GARNHAM50.2510.2381
RODWELL44.0510.2381
FROST42.35102.3810
BLAKE39.3381.9048
DRIVER38.5630.7143
PALMER34.34174.0476
AUSTIN34.1071.6667
SPALDING33.2210.2381
LEGGETT30.3010.2381
HOLT28.4581.9048
WOODS26.4471.6667
ROSE25.6881.9048
SANDS21.2810.2381
SALMON20.8820.4762
FRANCIS19.9851.1905
BIRD15.5851.1905
PECK14.0810.2381

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called BLOISE in Finningham 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 2.1429 in Finningham means that 2.1429% of the people in Finningham on census day were called BLOISE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLOISE 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 BLOISE 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 BLOISE 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 BLOISE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 45,000.00 in Finningham means that you are 45,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLOISE in Finningham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Finningham in 1881

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

ALDOUS (2)  ALDRIDGE (7)  ALLDRIDGE (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ARMSBY (2)  AUSTIN (7)  BACON (1)  BANTREK (1)  BATTRAM (3)  BETTS (1)  BEWLEY (1)  BIRD (5)  BLAKE (8)  BLOMFIELD (5)  BLOISE (9)  BUTTON (4)  CALTHORP (4)  CARR (1)  CLARKE (10)  CLOVER (8)  DENNIS (1)  DIXON (1)  DONASTER (1)  DRIVER (3)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELMER (3)  ELSEY (5)  FARROW (22)  FILBY (6)  FOCKARD (6)  FOULGER (2)  FRANCIS (5)  FROST (10)  FRERE (2)  GARNHAM (1)  GEDNY (1)  GEDNEY (1)  GARRARD (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HAWARD (1)  HEAD (12)  HAVERS (5)  HOLT (8)  HUNT (3)  HAYARD (1)  ENGLISH (6)  KEMP (14)  KERRIDGE (6)  KNIGHTS (11)  LAMBERT (1)  LAND (9)  LEGGETT (1)  LUMMAS (4)  MAIDWELL (2)  MANNING (1)  MARTIN (5)  MATTICK (1)  MOORE (3)  MOSS (2)  MULLINGER (1)  NOLLER (5)  PALMER (17)  PAINE (5)  PECK (1)  PETTITT (10)  PHILLIPS (1)  PLEASANCE (1)  QUINTON (9)  QUANTRILL (3)  RAYNBIRD (4)  REDNALL (1)  RODWELL (1)  ROPER (1)  ROSE (8)  RUFFLES (1)  SALMON (2)  SANDS (1)  SAYER (4)  SEELY (18)  SEAMAN (5)  SELSBY (6)  SELLETT (4)  SEMAN (1)  SHARP (1)  SILLETH (10)  SILLOTT (4)  SIMPSON (5)  SMITH (4)  SPALDING (1)  SPICER (8)  STEGGALL (7)  SYRETT (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TRICKER (4)  WELLS (1)  WHISTLECRAFT (4)  WIGG (1)  WOODS (7)