Top surnames from the 1881 census in Honington, Suffolk

Honington 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
ADDISON155.0336364.08
TAYLOR155.03367.87
TIPPLE144.69803,333.33
THOMPSON134.362414.56
DAVEY124.026897.96
CALVER113.6913827.07
SIMPER113.69133,437.50
FULLER103.355782.99
GODDARD82.684666.78
BALAAM82.68462,051.28
CUTTING82.6846526.32
HAYWARD82.684662.94
BALLS82.6846209.42
SMITH72.34901.66
HIND72.3490186.17
THURLOW62.0134416.67
STONE62.013427.86
PECK62.0134119.05
HOW51.6779256.41
SPARROW51.6779132.28
MAYHEW41.3423162.60
WAINWRIGHT41.342363.49
STEVENS41.342312.86
GOOCH41.3423153.26
NORTON31.006730.27
PADLEY31.0067375.00
PACKARD20.6711666.67
FLORY20.6711769.23
CATCHPOLE20.6711104.17
AGER20.6711170.94
CROSBY20.671156.66
WRIGHTS10.33565,000.00
HART10.33563.93
FISHER10.33562.87
MANNING10.335610.55
FORDHAM10.335641.67
NICHOLSON10.33564.72
FENTON10.335616.81
LIDDLE10.335628.49
PUGH10.33568.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WRIGHTS5,000.0010.3356
SIMPER3,437.50113.6913
TIPPLE3,333.33144.6980
BALAAM2,051.2882.6846
CALVER827.07113.6913
FLORY769.2320.6711
PACKARD666.6720.6711
CUTTING526.3282.6846
THURLOW416.6762.0134
PADLEY375.0031.0067
ADDISON364.08155.0336
HOW256.4151.6779
BALLS209.4282.6846
HIND186.1772.3490
AGER170.9420.6711
MAYHEW162.6041.3423
GOOCH153.2641.3423
SPARROW132.2851.6779
PECK119.0562.0134
CATCHPOLE104.1720.6711
DAVEY97.96124.0268
FULLER82.99103.3557
GODDARD66.7882.6846
WAINWRIGHT63.4941.3423
HAYWARD62.9482.6846
CROSBY56.6620.6711
FORDHAM41.6710.3356
NORTON30.2731.0067
LIDDLE28.4910.3356
STONE27.8662.0134
FENTON16.8110.3356
THOMPSON14.56134.3624
STEVENS12.8641.3423
MANNING10.5510.3356
PUGH8.7810.3356
TAYLOR7.87155.0336
NICHOLSON4.7210.3356
HART3.9310.3356
FISHER2.8710.3356
SMITH1.6672.3490

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called WRIGHTS in Honington 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 0.3356 in Honington means that 0.3356% of the people in Honington on census day were called WRIGHTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WRIGHTS 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 WRIGHTS 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 WRIGHTS 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 WRIGHTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Honington means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WRIGHTS in Honington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Honington in 1881

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

ADDISON (15)  AGER (2)  AMBOUSE (4)  BALAAM (8)  BALLS (8)  BANHAM (3)  BORHAM (4)  BATTRUM (1)  BRUNNING (10)  BULLET (4)  CALVER (11)  CAMMELL (2)  CATCHPOLE (2)  CROSBY (2)  CUTTING (8)  DAVEY (12)  FENTON (1)  FISHER (1)  FLORY (2)  FORDHAM (1)  FULLER (10)  GAUTH (5)  GAYFORD (2)  GODDARD (8)  GOOCH (4)  GREENGRASS (1)  HART (1)  HAYWARD (8)  HIND (7)  HORREX (7)  HOW (5)  HURRILL (1)  LIDDLE (1)  MANNING (1)  MAYHEW (4)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORTON (3)  PACKARD (2)  PADLEY (3)  PALFRY (4)  PECK (6)  POLLAY (1)  PUGH (1)  MACRO (16)  SIMPER (11)  SLADEN (1)  SMITH (7)  SPARROW (5)  SPARROWS (7)  STEVENS (4)  STONE (6)  TAYLOR (15)  THOMPSON (13)  THURLOW (6)  TIPPLE (14)  WAINWRIGHT (4)  WASE (1)  WRIGHTS (1)