Top surnames from the 1881 census in Monk Soham, Suffolk

Monk Soham 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
KEMP338.2294148.38
MARSH327.9800111.85
ABBOTT276.7332152.71
SMITH256.23444.42
SCALES256.23441,054.85
COOK204.987525.11
READ184.488869.63
LIST143.49132,058.82
PARKER133.241917.04
CHAPMAN133.241922.83
JAY102.4938284.90
COLLINGS102.4938209.64
MOYSE92.2444947.37
HERRING81.9950194.65
ASHFORD81.9950201.51
CRISP71.7456125.67
BROCK71.7456150.21
CREASY71.7456864.20
SAWYER61.496381.08
HAMMOND61.496326.28
COLE51.246913.69
PEARL51.2469595.24
STEVENS51.246911.94
BOND51.246923.55
GROOME40.9975634.92
CURTIS40.997517.57
WRIGHT30.74812.33
SNARE30.7481909.09
WILDING30.748163.69
HILL20.49881.96
SEARLES20.4988307.69
BACON20.498819.84
ROGERS20.49883.84
PEPPER20.498835.46
SWAN20.498819.25
ELLIOTT20.49885.88
CALVER20.4988111.73
PETERS10.24947.11
WEBB10.24941.84
CLARKE10.24941.23
EDWARDS10.24940.89
BURLEIGH10.2494196.08
MILLS10.24941.92
COLLINS10.24941.74
CLOVER10.249486.96
GOSLING10.249415.92
PAGE10.24943.12
DUNN10.24943.00
WHITING10.249412.95
CLAYTON10.24944.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIST2,058.82143.4913
SCALES1,054.85256.2344
MOYSE947.3792.2444
SNARE909.0930.7481
CREASY864.2071.7456
GROOME634.9240.9975
PEARL595.2451.2469
SEARLES307.6920.4988
JAY284.90102.4938
COLLINGS209.64102.4938
ASHFORD201.5181.9950
BURLEIGH196.0810.2494
HERRING194.6581.9950
ABBOTT152.71276.7332
BROCK150.2171.7456
KEMP148.38338.2294
CRISP125.6771.7456
MARSH111.85327.9800
CALVER111.7320.4988
SHEARING103.0910.2494
CLOVER86.9610.2494
SAWYER81.0861.4963
READ69.63184.4888
WILDING63.6930.7481
PEPPER35.4620.4988
HAMMOND26.2861.4963
COOK25.11204.9875
BOND23.5551.2469
CHAPMAN22.83133.2419
BACON19.8420.4988
SWAN19.2520.4988
CURTIS17.5740.9975
PARKER17.04133.2419
GOSLING15.9210.2494
COLE13.6951.2469
WHITING12.9510.2494
STEVENS11.9451.2469
PETERS7.1110.2494
ELLIOTT5.8820.4988
CLAYTON4.5910.2494
SMITH4.42256.2344
ROGERS3.8420.4988
PAGE3.1210.2494
DUNN3.0010.2494
WRIGHT2.3330.7481
HILL1.9620.4988
MILLS1.9210.2494
WEBB1.8410.2494
COLLINS1.7410.2494
CLARKE1.2310.2494

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called LIST in Monk Soham 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 3.4913 in Monk Soham means that 3.4913% of the people in Monk Soham on census day were called LIST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIST 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 LIST 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 LIST 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 LIST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,058.82 in Monk Soham means that you are 2,058.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIST in Monk Soham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Monk Soham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (27)  AVRELL OR AIRELL (2)  ASHFORD (8)  BACON (2)  BOND (5)  BORRETT (7)  BROCK (7)  BURLEIGH (1)  CALVER (2)  CHAPMAN (13)  CLARKE (1)  CLAYTON (1)  CLOVER (1)  COLE (5)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (20)  CUPPER (1)  CREASY (7)  CRISP (7)  CURTIS (4)  DUNN (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  JAY (10)  GYFORD (1)  GOOCHILD (5)  GOSLING (1)  GROOME (4)  GYFOID (3)  HAMMOND (6)  HAXELL (2)  HERRING (8)  HILL (2)  KEMP (33)  KERRIDGE (7)  LEGGATT (1)  LIST (14)  MARSH (32)  COLLINGS (10)  MILLS (1)  MOYSE (9)  MUDDOCK (1)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (13)  PEARL (5)  PEPPER (2)  PETERS (1)  READ (18)  ROGERS (2)  RUFFLES (4)  SAWYER (6)  SEARLES (2)  SHEARING (1)  SCALES (25)  SHULVER (2)  SMITH (25)  SNARE (3)  STEVENS (5)  SWAN (2)  WEBB (1)  WHITING (1)  WILDING (3)  WRIGHT (3)