Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Stonham, Suffolk

Little Stonham 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
TYDEMAN134.20715,000.00
LAWRENCE134.207164.77
PETERS123.8835110.70
MOYE123.88356,000.00
WARD92.912613.33
SMITH82.58901.83
FISK72.2654429.45
DENNY72.2654269.23
PECK72.2654134.10
FROST61.941734.54
CLARKE61.94179.58
GIRLING61.9417304.57
MUDD61.9417458.02
BERRY61.941724.47
TURNER61.94176.98
WEBB51.618111.94
HALE51.618145.09
BURMAN51.6181406.50
MARKIN41.29452,500.00
GOODE41.2945100.00
FRIEND41.2945114.29
CHAPMAN41.29459.11
YARROW41.2945666.67
EDWARDS41.29454.64
HART41.294515.17
ABBOT30.9709205.48
KNIGHTS30.9709110.70
PULFORD30.9709375.00
BRETT30.970951.11
WRIGHT30.97093.03
KENT30.970923.04
WICKS30.970968.97
DOVE20.647256.66
BRAME20.6472769.23
HARVEY20.64726.06
SHEPPARD20.647218.69
LAMBERT20.647211.86
FULLER20.647216.00
FRANK20.6472153.85
THURLOW20.6472134.23
COOPER10.32361.33
SCARLES10.32361,666.67
CARNELL10.3236107.53
WYATT10.323611.04
JAY10.323637.04
NORFOLK10.3236117.65
BICKERS10.3236285.71
HAYWARD10.32367.59
MORGAN10.32361.63
ARNOLD10.32366.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOYE6,000.00123.8835
TYDEMAN5,000.00134.2071
MARKIN2,500.0041.2945
SCARLES1,666.6710.3236
BRAME769.2320.6472
YARROW666.6741.2945
MUDD458.0261.9417
FISK429.4572.2654
BURMAN406.5051.6181
PULFORD375.0030.9709
GIRLING304.5761.9417
BICKERS285.7110.3236
DENNY269.2372.2654
ABBOT205.4830.9709
KERSEY169.4910.3236
FRANK153.8520.6472
THURLOW134.2320.6472
PECK134.1072.2654
NORFOLK117.6510.3236
FRIEND114.2941.2945
PETERS110.70123.8835
KNIGHTS110.7030.9709
CARNELL107.5310.3236
GOODE100.0041.2945
AGAR84.0310.3236
WICKS68.9730.9709
LAWRENCE64.77134.2071
DOVE56.6620.6472
RIVERS52.3610.3236
BRETT51.1130.9709
HALE45.0951.6181
HUGGINS38.4610.3236
GOODING38.3110.3236
JAY37.0410.3236
FROST34.5461.9417
BERRY24.4761.9417
KENT23.0430.9709
SHEPPARD18.6920.6472
SAWYER17.5410.3236
FULLER16.0020.6472
HART15.1741.2945
EMERY14.8110.3236
WARD13.3392.9126
HOBSON12.4710.3236
WEBB11.9451.6181
LAMBERT11.8620.6472
WYATT11.0410.3236
CLARKE9.5861.9417
CHAPMAN9.1141.2945
WADE8.0810.3236

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called MOYE in Little Stonham 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 3.8835 in Little Stonham means that 3.8835% of the people in Little Stonham on census day were called MOYE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOYE 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 MOYE 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 MOYE 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 MOYE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,000.00 in Little Stonham means that you are 6,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOYE in Little Stonham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Stonham in 1881

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

ABBOT (3)  AGAR (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BANTOCK (4)  BARBER (1)  BATTRUM (3)  BERRY (6)  BICKERS (1)  BOLTON (1)  BRAME (2)  BRESHAM (1)  BRETT (3)  BROWN (1)  BURMAN (5)  CARELESS (1)  CARNELL (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  SCARLES (1)  CHITTOCK (9)  CLARKE (6)  COOPER (1)  CROYDEN (9)  DORLING (2)  DEIVES (2)  DENNY (7)  DOVE (2)  EDWARDS (4)  EMERY (1)  FISK (7)  FULLER (2)  FRANK (2)  FREWER (1)  FRIEND (4)  FROST (6)  GASHAM (1)  JAY (1)  GIRLING (6)  GOODE (4)  GOODERSON (1)  GOODING (1)  GOSTLING (2)  GREST (5)  HALE (5)  HART (4)  HARVEY (2)  HAYWARD (1)  HOBSON (1)  HUGGINS (1)  KENT (3)  KERSEY (1)  KNIGHTS (3)  LAMBERT (2)  LAWRENCE (13)  MARJORAM (5)  MARKIN (4)  CULHAM (9)  MILES (1)  MORGAN (1)  MOYE (12)  MUDD (6)  NORFOLK (1)  PECK (7)  PELLS (6)  PETERS (12)  PIZZY (3)  PULFORD (3)  RIVERS (1)  SAWYER (1)  SCARFE (4)  SHEPPARD (2)  SILLETT (1)  SMITH (8)  SOAMES (5)  STEGGALL (1)  THURLOW (2)  TOPPLE (4)  TURNER (6)  TYDEMAN (13)  WADE (1)  WARD (9)  WEBB (5)  WHITEHARD (2)  WICKS (3)  WORLEDGE (1)  WRIGHT (3)  WYATT (1)  YARROW (4)