Top surnames from the 1881 census in Friston, Suffolk

Friston 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
SMITH287.14295.06
MOSS266.6327107.62
MITCHELL174.336721.38
COTTON123.0612128.21
FOSTER112.806120.99
BLOOMFIELD112.8061220.88
CHANDLER102.551079.43
RALPH102.5510167.50
STORY92.2959370.37
WOODS82.040832.36
WATSON71.78577.70
CLARKE71.78578.81
SHARMAN71.7857129.63
WARD61.53067.01
KING61.53067.02
SHIPP61.5306491.80
LOVETT61.5306167.60
SHEPHERD61.530620.89
MEADOWS61.5306109.49
HUNTER61.530614.90
BATES61.530624.06
SPORE51.27555,000.00
YOUNGMAN51.2755434.78
BURCH51.2755168.92
NICHOLLS41.020419.54
HUNT41.02047.68
SALTER41.020444.59
GOOD41.020481.97
LEEDER41.0204470.59
SAUNDERS41.020411.13
COOPER30.76533.15
ANDREWS30.76537.99
BROWN30.76531.16
TODD30.765315.04
BENZ30.765315,000.00
WRIGHT30.76532.39
HORN30.765333.67
HOLLEY30.7653208.33
MAYHEW20.510261.92
REYNOLDS20.51025.89
BIRCH20.510212.45
CRANE20.510224.18
MELLER20.5102303.03
WESTRUP20.51021,250.00
ORFORD20.5102204.08
KENT20.510212.11
GRAY20.51023.57
RUDD20.510232.36
GIBSON20.51024.20
CRISP20.510236.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENZ15,000.0030.7653
SPORE5,000.0051.2755
WESTRUP1,250.0020.5102
HILLEN555.5610.2551
SHIPP491.8061.5306
LEEDER470.5941.0204
YOUNGMAN434.7851.2755
STORY370.3792.2959
MELLER303.0320.5102
BLOOMFIELD220.88112.8061
HOLLEY208.3330.7653
ORFORD204.0820.5102
BURCH168.9251.2755
LOVETT167.6061.5306
RALPH167.50102.5510
SHARMAN129.6371.7857
COTTON128.21123.0612
MEADOWS109.4961.5306
MOSS107.62266.6327
GOOD81.9741.0204
CHANDLER79.43102.5510
MAYHEW61.9220.5102
LAWES58.4810.2551
LEADER56.1810.2551
BARLEY45.8710.2551
SALTER44.5941.0204
CRISP36.7020.5102
HORN33.6730.7653
WOODS32.3682.0408
RUDD32.3620.5102
PETTIT32.2610.2551
GOODING30.1210.2551
KNIGHTS29.1510.2551
CRANE24.1820.5102
BATES24.0661.5306
MITCHELL21.38174.3367
FOSTER20.99112.8061
SHEPHERD20.8961.5306
NICHOLLS19.5441.0204
SIMONS19.3410.2551
TODD15.0430.7653
HUNTER14.9061.5306
NUNN14.5610.2551
EVERETT14.2010.2551
SAWYER13.8310.2551
BIRCH12.4520.5102
KENT12.1120.5102
BUCK11.9010.2551
SAUNDERS11.1341.0204
REEVE10.9210.2551

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called BENZ in Friston 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 0.7653 in Friston means that 0.7653% of the people in Friston on census day were called BENZ.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BENZ 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 BENZ 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 BENZ 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 BENZ here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 15,000.00 in Friston means that you are 15,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BENZ in Friston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Friston in 1881

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

ORFORD (2)  ANDREWS (3)  BARLEY (1)  BARNES (1)  BATES (6)  BENZ (3)  BIRCH (2)  BURCH (5)  BLOMFIELD (3)  BLOOMFIELD (11)  BRADBURY (1)  BROWN (3)  BUCK (1)  CHANDLER (10)  CHASTON (1)  CHURCHYARD (4)  CLARKE (7)  COLLINS (1)  COLTHORPE (2)  COOPER (3)  COTTON (12)  CRANE (2)  CRISP (2)  DANBROOK (3)  DANFEN (2)  DAY (1)  DOWSING (3)  EASTEN (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EVERETT (1)  FELLOW (4)  FOSTER (11)  FRANCIS (1)  GANOR OR GARROD (2)  GIBSON (2)  GILDERSLEEVES (10)  GISSING (9)  GOOD (4)  GOODING (1)  GRAY (2)  HAILL (3)  HAMBLING (6)  HOLLEY (3)  HORN (3)  HOUCHELL (1)  HUNT (4)  HUNTER (6)  HILLEN (1)  JIBBENHAM (5)  KENT (2)  KING (6)  KNIGHTS (1)  LAWES (1)  LEEDEN OR LEEDER (12)  LEEDER (4)  LEADER (1)  LOVETT (6)  MAYHEW (2)  MEADOWS (6)  MELLER (2)  MITCHELL (17)  MOSS (26)  NICHOLLS (4)  NUNN (1)  PETTIT (1)  PRIKE (2)  REEVE (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  RALPH (10)  RUDD (2)  SALTER (4)  SAUNDERS (4)  SAVAGE (1)  SAWYER (1)  SHARMAN (7)  SHEPHERD (6)  SHIPP (6)  SIMONS (1)  SMITH (28)  SPORE (5)  STORY (9)  TODD (3)  WARD (6)  WATSON (7)  WESTRUP (2)  WOODS (8)  WOOLNOUGH (1)  WRIGHT (3)  YOUNGMAN (5)