Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lindsey, Suffolk

Lindsey 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
FARTHING2812.50002,372.88
ELMER2410.71433,157.89
CLIFFORD208.9286433.84
SMITH125.35713.79
PARTRIDGE73.1250119.66
GARDINER73.1250108.70
MANN73.125059.32
FOSTER52.232116.69
BRUCE52.232147.66
WILLIS52.232141.98
HERBERT41.785747.79
MORPHEW41.78571,739.13
HAMMOND41.785731.37
DURRANT41.7857113.96
ALLEN31.33937.09
HINDES31.33931,304.35
BRADSTREET31.33933,750.00
SCOTT20.89293.53
GREEN20.89293.17
QUINTON20.8929192.31
FENNER20.8929210.53
GRIMWOOD10.4464108.70
HOLDEN10.44648.15
BENNETT10.44642.72
KEEBLE10.446464.94
ARCHER10.446410.79
GLADDEN10.4464526.32
MAYHEW10.446454.05
JOY10.446453.19
HIGHAM10.446443.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRADSTREET3,750.0031.3393
ELMER3,157.892410.7143
FARTHING2,372.882812.5000
MORPHEW1,739.1341.7857
HINDES1,304.3531.3393
GLADDEN526.3210.4464
CLIFFORD433.84208.9286
FENNER210.5320.8929
QUINTON192.3120.8929
PARTRIDGE119.6673.1250
DURRANT113.9641.7857
GARDINER108.7073.1250
GRIMWOOD108.7010.4464
KEEBLE64.9410.4464
MANN59.3273.1250
MAYHEW54.0510.4464
JOY53.1910.4464
HERBERT47.7941.7857
BRUCE47.6652.2321
HIGHAM43.8610.4464
WILLIS41.9852.2321
HAMMOND31.3741.7857
FOSTER16.6952.2321
ARCHER10.7910.4464
HOLDEN8.1510.4464
ALLEN7.0931.3393
SMITH3.79125.3571
SCOTT3.5320.8929
GREEN3.1720.8929
BENNETT2.7210.4464

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called BRADSTREET in Lindsey 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 1.3393 in Lindsey means that 1.3393% of the people in Lindsey on census day were called BRADSTREET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRADSTREET 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 BRADSTREET 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 BRADSTREET 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 BRADSTREET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,750.00 in Lindsey means that you are 3,750.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRADSTREET in Lindsey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lindsey in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ARCHER (1)  ARTHEY (10)  BENNETT (1)  BRADSTREET (3)  BRUCE (5)  BUCKELL (5)  CLIFFORD (20)  DURRANT (4)  ELMER (24)  FARTHING (28)  FENNER (2)  FOSTER (5)  GAME (4)  GARDINER (7)  GLADDEN (1)  GOYMER (6)  GREEN (2)  GREENGRASS (1)  GRIMWOOD (1)  HAMMOND (4)  HERBERT (4)  HIGHAM (1)  HINDES (3)  HOLDEN (1)  JOY (1)  KEEBLE (1)  MANN (7)  MAYHEW (1)  MORPHEW (4)  PARTRIDGE (7)  QUINTON (2)  RAYNHAM (9)  SCOTT (2)  SCOWEN (2)  SCUTCHER (2)  SMITH (12)  SOUTHEE (9)  TRICKER (2)  WHTMARK (1)  WILLIS (5)  WHYMARK (11)