Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lawshall, Suffolk

Lawshall 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
MOSS668.2603134.01
ROSE273.379245.57
ARMSTRONG263.254142.57
ALLEN253.128916.56
FARROW222.7534146.76
GREEN212.62839.33
NUNN192.3780135.81
SMITH172.12771.51
HURRELL162.0025336.84
WRIGHT151.87735.85
LAMBERT151.877334.40
GREENWOOD151.877324.17
LAST151.8773235.85
WEBB151.877313.85
HILL131.62706.39
CROUCH121.5019112.04
ROLFE121.5019115.83
CORNISH121.5019104.08
FROST111.376724.49
BOYDEN111.3767723.68
GIRLING101.2516196.46
DALE91.126426.66
ABBOTT81.001322.70
PETTIT81.0013126.58
LOMAX81.001370.92
DENNY81.0013119.05
BRITTON81.001356.54
MEEKINS81.00132,424.24
RANSOM70.8761162.04
TALBOTT70.8761384.62
DYE70.8761132.08
RANSON60.7509151.90
SHARP60.75099.01
RAYSON60.7509262.01
HOLDEN60.750913.71
GRICE50.625860.68
BUGG50.6258138.50
SARGEANT50.625879.37
THOMPSON50.62582.09
ROLF50.6258357.14
LONG50.62589.65
DEBENHAM50.6258337.84
BRADSTREET40.50061,333.33
GAGE40.500689.09
ROOKS40.5006232.56
BLOOMFIELD40.500639.41
PATE40.5006120.85
ELLISTON40.5006259.74
DRAKE40.500617.18
SEELEY40.5006162.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEEKINS2,424.2481.0013
BRADSTREET1,333.3340.5006
BOYDEN723.68111.3767
TALBOTT384.6270.8761
BYHAM370.3710.1252
ROLF357.1450.6258
DEBENHAM337.8450.6258
HURRELL336.84162.0025
RAYSON262.0160.7509
ELLISTON259.7440.5006
LAST235.85151.8773
ROOKS232.5640.5006
GIRLING196.46101.2516
ROSEWELL178.5710.1252
SEELEY162.6040.5006
RANSOM162.0470.8761
RANSON151.9060.7509
FARROW146.76222.7534
BUGG138.5050.6258
NUNN135.81192.3780
MOSS134.01668.2603
DYE132.0870.8761
PETTIT126.5881.0013
PATE120.8540.5006
RANSOME119.0530.3755
DENNY119.0581.0013
ROLFE115.83121.5019
CROUCH112.04121.5019
ALDERTON112.0440.5006
NICE106.3820.2503
CORNISH104.08121.5019
GAGE89.0940.5006
SARGEANT79.3750.6258
LOMAX70.9281.0013
BLANEY62.1110.1252
GRICE60.6850.6258
AMBROSE56.8240.5006
BRITTON56.5481.0013
SERGEANT52.6320.2503
FULCHER49.5120.2503
CUTTS47.7730.3755
ROSE45.57273.3792
ARMSTRONG42.57263.2541
BLOOMFIELD39.4140.5006
GAFFNEY36.9010.1252
LAMBERT34.40151.8773
OSBOURNE34.0110.1252
SNELLING30.8220.2503
GRIMWOOD30.4010.1252
BOWERS27.4340.5006

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called MEEKINS in Lawshall 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 1.0013 in Lawshall means that 1.0013% of the people in Lawshall on census day were called MEEKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MEEKINS 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 MEEKINS 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 MEEKINS 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 MEEKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,424.24 in Lawshall means that you are 2,424.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MEEKINS in Lawshall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lawshall in 1881

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

ABBOTT (8)  ADAMS (2)  ALBON (6)  ALDERTON (4)  ALLEN (25)  AMBROSE (4)  ARMSTRONG (26)  BAKER (1)  BALDWIN (4)  BARTON (2)  BAURMEISTER (1)  BIRD (1)  BLANEY (1)  BLOOMFIELD (4)  BOWERS (4)  BOYDEN (11)  BRADSTREET (4)  BRITTON (8)  BROWN (2)  BUCKLAND (1)  BUGG (5)  BUTCHER (2)  BYHAM (1)  CARNT (3)  CARTER (4)  CAWSTON (11)  CORNISH (12)  CUTTS (3)  CROUCH (12)  CROW (2)  DALE (9)  DYE (7)  DEATH (10)  DEBENHAM (5)  DENNY (8)  DRAKE (4)  DUTTON (4)  ELLISTON (4)  FARROW (22)  FLACK (1)  FROST (11)  FULCHER (2)  GAFFNEY (1)  GAGE (4)  GAIROLD (1)  GAME (3)  GILBERT (4)  GILL (1)  GIRLING (10)  GOOCH (1)  GREEN (21)  GREENWOOD (15)  GRICE (5)  GRIMWOOD (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HANNARD (3)  HARRIS (1)  HILL (13)  HOLDEN (6)  HOWE (2)  HUDGELL (7)  HURRELL (16)  JAMES (2)  CASE (2)  KERRIDGE (3)  LAMBERT (15)  LAST (15)  LEWIS (1)  LOMAX (8)  LONG (5)  LOUISMERE (1)  MULLEY (1)  MANSFIELD (3)  MARSH (3)  MAYSTON (11)  MEEKINS (8)  MILLINGTON (3)  MILLS (3)  MOORE (2)  MORLEY (3)  MORTLOCK (9)  MOSS (66)  NICE (2)  NUNN (19)  OLLEY (3)  OLLINGTON (10)  OSBOURNE (1)  PAGE (1)  PATE (4)  PAYNE (1)  PEARCE (1)  PETTIT (8)  PLUMMER (2)  POULDEN (2)  PRICE (3)  RANSOM (7)  RANSOME (3)  RANSON (6)  REEMAN (16)  RAYNER (2)  RAYNHAM (1)  RAYSON (6)  REYNOLDS (4)  REILLY (1)  RIVERS (1)  RODGERS (1)  ROLFE (12)  ROLF (5)  ROOKS (4)  ROSEWELL (1)  ROSE (27)  SALMON (4)  SERGEANT (2)  SARGEANT (5)  SEELEY (4)  SHARP (6)  SMITH (17)  SNELLING (2)  STRUTT (3)  SUTTON (3)  TALBOTT (7)  THOMPSON (5)  TRIFFEN (1)  UNDERWOOD (4)  VICKERS (1)  WADE (2)  WARREN (4)  WEBB (15)  WILLETT (1)  WINDRED (3)  WRIGHT (15)