Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nowton, Suffolk

Nowton 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
SHARPE158.3333282.49
STURGEON147.77781,917.81
GANT84.44441,230.77
FULLER84.4444109.89
MURTON84.44441,311.48
SMITH73.88892.75
HART63.333339.09
GILMAN63.33331,111.11
FELTHAM52.7778632.91
PETTIT52.7778352.11
MARKWELL42.22221,212.12
DEAR42.2222300.75
FARROW42.2222118.34
WRIGHT42.22226.93
BLAKE42.222245.87
COOKE31.666730.21
PULFER31.66673,750.00
BRUCE31.666735.59
PRINCE31.666773.71
RAMSBOTTOM21.1111163.93
KING21.11115.10
WARD21.11115.09
BENNETT21.11116.76
MELTON21.1111312.50
TURNER21.11113.99
SIMPKIN21.1111294.12
KIRBY21.111129.28
CARMICHAEL21.111177.52
BALLS10.555643.29
MONTIER10.555610,000.00
BULLETT10.55561,111.11
POTTER10.55568.57
HALL10.55561.89
NUNN10.555631.75
SALMON10.555624.33
LONG10.55568.56
BARKER10.55564.25
FROST10.55569.88
MEADOWS10.555639.68
DOWNING10.555631.95
REYNOLDS10.55566.41
HAMMOND10.55569.76
WEBSTER10.55566.39
OAKES10.555638.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MONTIER10,000.0010.5556
PULFER3,750.0031.6667
STURGEON1,917.81147.7778
MURTON1,311.4884.4444
GANT1,230.7784.4444
MARKWELL1,212.1242.2222
GILMAN1,111.1163.3333
BULLETT1,111.1110.5556
FELTHAM632.9152.7778
PETTIT352.1152.7778
MELTON312.5021.1111
DEAR300.7542.2222
SIMPKIN294.1221.1111
SHARPE282.49158.3333
RAMSBOTTOM163.9321.1111
FARROW118.3442.2222
FULLER109.8984.4444
CARMICHAEL77.5221.1111
PRINCE73.7131.6667
BLAKE45.8742.2222
BALLS43.2910.5556
MEADOWS39.6810.5556
HART39.0963.3333
OAKES38.3110.5556
BRUCE35.5931.6667
DOWNING31.9510.5556
NUNN31.7510.5556
COOKE30.2131.6667
KIRBY29.2821.1111
SALMON24.3310.5556
FROST9.8810.5556
HAMMOND9.7610.5556
POTTER8.5710.5556
LONG8.5610.5556
WRIGHT6.9342.2222
BENNETT6.7621.1111
REYNOLDS6.4110.5556
WEBSTER6.3910.5556
KING5.1021.1111
WARD5.0921.1111
BARKER4.2510.5556
TURNER3.9921.1111
SMITH2.7573.8889
HALL1.8910.5556

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called MONTIER in Nowton 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 0.5556 in Nowton means that 0.5556% of the people in Nowton on census day were called MONTIER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Nowton in 1881

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

BALLS (1)  BARKER (1)  BENNETT (2)  BLAKE (4)  BOREHAM (6)  BRUCE (3)  BULLETT (1)  CARMICHAEL (2)  COOKE (3)  CREFFIELD (1)  CROFS (1)  DOWNING (1)  DEAR (4)  FARROW (4)  FELTHAM (5)  FULLER (8)  FROST (1)  GANT (8)  GILMAN (6)  GOULT (1)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HART (6)  KING (2)  KIRBY (2)  LONG (1)  LORFORD (1)  MAC HARG (7)  MARKWELL (4)  MURTON (8)  MEADOWS (1)  MELTON (2)  MONTIER (1)  MUSK (2)  NUNN (1)  OAKES (1)  PETTIT (5)  POTTER (1)  PRINCE (3)  PULFER (3)  RAMSBOTTOM (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIDGEON (6)  SALMON (1)  SHARPE (15)  SIMPKIN (2)  SMITH (7)  STURGEON (14)  TURNER (2)  UNGLESS (7)  WARD (2)  WEBSTER (1)  WRIGHT (4)