Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hawstead, Suffolk

Hawstead 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
COOK164.692123.62
BUGG154.3988974.03
SCATES102.932611,111.11
GILL92.639337.30
PIERCE72.0528139.72
DEBENHAM72.05281,111.11
STOREY72.052880.74
NUNN72.0528117.25
GARWOOD61.7595359.28
RUSH61.7595163.93
ASHMAN61.7595271.49
SMITH61.75951.25
COE51.466390.25
MEAD51.466362.89
STARLING51.4663199.20
FITCH51.4663187.27
MOWER51.4663609.76
YOUNG41.17305.46
JARMAN41.1730123.08
HUGGINS41.1730139.37
HOLMES41.17309.63
HAYES41.173018.87
LONG41.173018.08
CATCHPOLE41.1730181.82
HOLDING41.1730132.45
LOMAX41.173083.16
BARNEY41.1730500.00
SYMONDS30.879872.99
PAYNE30.87989.78
BANKS30.879817.15
CLARK30.87982.93
LAST30.8798110.70
EVERETT30.879849.02
BETTS30.879841.15
ALLEN20.58653.10
SHINGLES20.5865555.56
WIX20.5865645.16
HALLS20.586574.07
CORNISH20.586540.65
SIMPKIN20.5865156.25
WRIGHT20.58651.83
METCALF20.586528.94
PETTIT20.586574.07
BARRETT20.58658.73
WOOLLARD20.5865166.67
ROSE20.58657.91
DEER20.5865377.36
FISHER10.29332.51
MOORE10.29331.47
HOULE10.29331,250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCATES11,111.11102.9326
HOULE1,250.0010.2933
DEBENHAM1,111.1172.0528
BUGG974.03154.3988
DEARE769.2310.2933
WIX645.1620.5865
HEMP625.0010.2933
EVERET625.0010.2933
MOWER609.7651.4663
SHINGLES555.5620.5865
BELLS555.5610.2933
BARNEY500.0041.1730
BOORE500.0010.2933
GIBNEY454.5510.2933
DEER377.3620.5865
GARWOOD359.2861.7595
ASHMAN271.4961.7595
STARLING199.2051.4663
FITCH187.2751.4663
CATCHPOLE181.8241.1730
WOOLLARD166.6720.5865
RUSH163.9361.7595
SIMPKIN156.2520.5865
PIERCE139.7272.0528
HUGGINS139.3741.1730
HOLDING132.4541.1730
JARMAN123.0841.1730
NUNN117.2572.0528
LAST110.7030.8798
COE90.2551.4663
MELTON83.3310.2933
LOMAX83.1641.1730
STOREY80.7472.0528
PETTIT74.0720.5865
HALLS74.0720.5865
SYMONDS72.9930.8798
WESTLEY71.4310.2933
MEAD62.8951.4663
WILBY50.0010.2933
CRICK49.0210.2933
EVERETT49.0230.8798
BETTS41.1530.8798
CORNISH40.6520.5865
GILL37.3092.6393
LING31.0610.2933
MAYES30.4010.2933
BREWSTER30.3010.2933
METCALF28.9420.5865
SWANN26.8810.2933
COOK23.62164.6921

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called SCATES in Hawstead 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 2.9326 in Hawstead means that 2.9326% of the people in Hawstead on census day were called SCATES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCATES 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 SCATES 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 SCATES 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 SCATES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,111.11 in Hawstead means that you are 11,111.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCATES in Hawstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hawstead in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ASHMAN (6)  BANKS (3)  BANTICK (6)  BARNEY (4)  BARRETT (2)  BELLS (1)  BETTS (3)  BOORE (1)  BOOTH (1)  BOREHAM (1)  BREWSTER (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BREWESTER (4)  BRUNNING (1)  BUGG (15)  CATCHPOLE (4)  CAMPIN (7)  CHOPPING (1)  CLARK (3)  COCKSEDGE (3)  COE (5)  COLLITT (7)  COOK (16)  CORNISH (2)  CRICK (1)  DEATH (1)  DEBENHAM (7)  DEBINHAM (5)  DEER (2)  DEARE (1)  EVANS (1)  EVERET (1)  EVERETT (3)  FAGON (1)  FEAKES (7)  FENTON (1)  FISHE (3)  FISH (FISHE) (2)  FISHER (1)  FITCH (5)  FISON (1)  GARWOOD (6)  GIBNEY (1)  GILL (9)  HALLS (2)  HARDY (1)  HAYES (4)  HEMP (1)  HOLDING (4)  HOLMES (4)  HOWE (1)  HOULE (1)  HUGGINS (4)  JARMAN (4)  LAST (3)  LING (1)  LOMAX (4)  LONG (4)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARTIN (1)  MAYES (1)  MEAD (5)  METCALF (2)  MELTON (1)  MOORE (1)  MOWER (5)  MOTHERIDE (1)  NELSON (1)  NUM (9)  NUNN (7)  OLLINGTON (5)  ORBELL (4)  ORRISS (1)  PALLMER (1)  PARSEY (1)  PARSONS (1)  PAYNE (3)  PIERCE (7)  PEARSON (1)  PETTIT (2)  PRYKE (1)  RIDGEON (11)  ROSE (2)  ROYDON (1)  RUSH (6)  SERJEANT (7)  SCATES (10)  SCOTT (1)  SHARP (1)  SHINGLES (2)  SIMPKIN (2)  SYMONDS (3)  SIMMONDS (1)  SMITH (6)  SPICER (1)  STARLING (5)  STOREY (7)  SWANN (1)  TABNER (2)  WESTLEY (1)  WIX (2)  WILBY (1)  WOOLLARD (2)  WORDLEY (1)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNG (4)