Top surnames from the 1881 census in Otley, Suffolk

Otley 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
SAWYER223.4591187.55
BENNETT192.987418.18
ROBINSON162.51577.89
OSBORN162.5157120.94
MILLER132.044011.42
PIPE111.7296390.07
CUTTING101.5723308.64
SMITH101.57231.11
ABBOTT81.257928.52
BARKER81.25799.61
HATCHER81.2579214.48
LENNY81.25792,105.26
FINCH81.257937.79
SHERMAN71.1006194.99
MOYES71.1006256.41
LEACH71.100626.68
PEPPER71.100678.30
CALVER71.1006246.48
LAST71.1006138.34
TURNER71.10063.95
COATES71.100629.52
WADE60.943423.58
ALLEN60.94344.99
BIRD60.943412.35
KING60.94344.33
RAWLING50.7862215.52
MORTIMER50.786237.59
BURROWS50.786217.96
THOMPSON50.78622.62
HAWES50.786263.78
LAMBERT50.786214.41
FISK50.7862148.81
GUNN50.786232.11
CULLUM50.7862200.00
FULCHER40.6289124.22
MALLETT40.628970.55
OSBORNE40.628913.18
CHURCH40.628928.82
WILKINSON40.62894.12
DOWNING40.628936.17
CREASY40.6289310.08
PEACOCK40.628917.64
MOOR40.628944.89
PECK40.628937.21
ARCHER40.628915.20
WILSON40.62891.37
LANHAM30.4717186.34
PEARSON30.47174.06
COPPING30.4717118.11
WOODS30.47177.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LENNY2,105.2681.2579
SARRETT1,428.5710.1572
BIGSBY1,111.1120.3145
SCACE714.2910.1572
RAYNOLDS666.6710.1572
FURNISH666.6710.1572
PIPE390.07111.7296
CREASY310.0840.6289
CUTTING308.64101.5723
SHIP306.1230.4717
SCARLET303.0310.1572
HAWS281.6920.3145
MOYES256.4171.1006
CALVER246.4871.1006
RAWLING215.5250.7862
HATCHER214.4881.2579
HOLM204.0810.1572
CULLUM200.0050.7862
SHERMAN194.9971.1006
SAWYER187.55223.4591
LANHAM186.3430.4717
FISK148.8150.7862
LAST138.3471.1006
ASHWELL135.7530.4717
FULCHER124.2240.6289
OSBORN120.94162.5157
COPPING118.1130.4717
WOODGATE100.3330.4717
SIXSMITH94.3410.1572
BLOOM93.0220.3145
PEPPER78.3071.1006
ALLWOOD77.2220.3145
SMEE75.1910.1572
CRISPIN72.4610.1572
MALLETT70.5540.6289
LEEK64.9420.3145
HAWES63.7850.7862
GOODY54.6410.1572
LING49.9230.4717
MEYER48.3110.1572
MOOR44.8940.6289
CREASEY39.0610.1572
FINCH37.7981.2579
MORTIMER37.5950.7862
DENNY37.3820.3145
PECK37.2140.6289
DOWNING36.1740.6289
GUNN32.1150.7862
BRAND31.9530.4717
GARROD29.9410.1572

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called LENNY in Otley 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 1.2579 in Otley means that 1.2579% of the people in Otley on census day were called LENNY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LENNY 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 LENNY 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 LENNY 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 LENNY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,105.26 in Otley means that you are 2,105.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LENNY in Otley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Otley in 1881

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

ABBOTT (8)  ABRAHAM (1)  ADDISON (2)  ALEXANDER (2)  ALLEN (6)  ALLWOOD (2)  ARCHER (4)  ASHWELL (3)  BAKER (2)  BALLS (1)  BARKER (8)  BENHAM (1)  BENNETT (19)  BIGSBY (2)  BILNEY (1)  BIRCH (1)  BIRD (6)  BLOOM (2)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BLYTH (2)  BOON (1)  BRAND (3)  BROOM (1)  BURROWS (5)  BUTCHER (2)  BUTTON (1)  CALDWELL (1)  CALVER (7)  CATERMOLE (2)  CHEAL (3)  CHENERY (3)  CHINERY (4)  CHURCH (4)  COATES (7)  COOPER (1)  COPPING (3)  CREASY (4)  CREASEY (1)  CRISPIN (1)  CROWFOOT (4)  CROYDON (1)  CURTIS (2)  CUTTING (10)  DENNY (2)  DOHILL (4)  DOWNING (4)  DOWSING (11)  DUNNETT (12)  DURAINT (1)  DURRANT (1)  ELSDEN (3)  EMERSON (1)  FAIRWETHER (5)  FARROW (1)  FAYERS (12)  FENNING (4)  FERSDICKE OR FORSDIKE (2)  FINCH (8)  FISK (5)  FOSDIKE (4)  FOSDYKE (19)  FORSDIKE (19)  FULCHER (4)  FULTCHER (9)  FARNISH (21)  FURNISH (1)  GARROD (1)  GOODING (1)  GOODY (1)  GOSLING (1)  GRAY (2)  GRAYSTON (1)  GUNN (5)  HALL (1)  HARPER (2)  HARVY (1)  HASELWOOD (2)  HATCHER (8)  HAWS (2)  HAWES (5)  HIRAM (1)  HOLM (1)  JESSOP (1)  KERREDGE (2)  KING (6)  LEEK (2)  LAMBERT (5)  LANHAM (3)  LAST (7)  LEACH (7)  LENNY (8)  LING (3)  LLOYD (1)  LOCKWOOD (1)  MALLETT (4)  MATTIN (1)  CULLUM (5)  MEDDOWS (6)  MICKLEBURG (1)  MILLER (13)  MOFFAT (1)  MOOR (4)  MORE (1)  MORTIMER (5)  MOSS (2)  MOWSER (3)  MOYES (7)  MEYER (1)  NESLING (1)  OAKLEY (1)  OSBORNE (4)  OSBORN (16)  OXBOROW (2)  OXBORROW (OXBOROW) (4)  PALMER (1)  PEACOCK (4)  PEARSON (3)  PECK (4)  PEPPER (7)  PIPE (11)  POTTER (1)  READ (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RAYNOLDS (1)  ROBINSON (16)  RALPH (2)  ROPER (1)  RAWLING (5)  RUFFLES (1)  RUNACRES (3)  RUSH (1)  RUSSELL (1)  RUST (1)  SARRETT (1)  SAWYER (22)  SCARLET (1)  SCACE (1)  SCRUTTON (3)  SETEBBINGS (5)  STEBBINGS OR SETEBBINGS (6)  SHERMAN (7)  SHARMAN (1)  SHIP (3)  SYMONDS (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SIXSMITH (1)  SKAIT (1)  SMEE (1)  SMITH (10)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (5)  THOMPTON (4)  TURNER (7)  WADE (6)  WAYMER (1)  WEVIS (3)  WHITMIRE (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILSON (4)  WOODS (3)  WOODGATE (3)  WRIGHT (1)