Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ousden, Suffolk

Ousden 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
SMITH3310.71437.59
PETTITT216.81821,272.73
EVERITT154.8701581.40
REEVE134.2208180.56
SWANN113.5714327.38
ASHMAN92.9221450.00
TWEED82.59741,126.76
RUTTER82.5974170.58
MOODY72.272787.06
BAILEY72.272715.09
TURNER72.27278.16
MCDOWALL72.27274,666.67
JACOBS72.272794.85
FROST61.948134.64
LOFTS61.9481857.14
BIXBY61.94815,000.00
OUTLAW51.62342,380.95
DAWSON51.623414.73
SHARP51.623419.48
BALLS51.6234126.58
CRICK41.2987217.39
BASHAM41.2987526.32
JOLLY41.298791.53
CANDLER41.2987677.97
DRAKE41.298744.59
DALE41.298730.75
DENNY30.9740115.83
RACE30.9740178.57
COPPIN30.9740309.28
HOCKLEY30.9740180.72
ADAMS20.64944.41
RAWLING20.6494178.57
ELY20.6494123.46
PLUME20.6494625.00
KNIGHTS20.649474.07
OTTLEY20.6494540.54
CROSS20.64949.43
PRICE20.64943.71
WALLACE20.64949.48
MASON10.32472.41
CLARK10.32471.08
LAST10.324740.82
WELLS10.32473.90
BURRIDGE10.324747.85
KEMP10.32475.85
HUGHES10.32471.16
DAINES10.3247136.99
HERBERT10.32478.69
COX10.32472.14
MARTIN10.32471.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIXBY5,000.0061.9481
MCDOWALL4,666.6772.2727
OUTLAW2,380.9551.6234
PETTITT1,272.73216.8182
TWEED1,126.7682.5974
LOFTS857.1461.9481
CANDLER677.9741.2987
PLUME625.0020.6494
EVERITT581.40154.8701
OTTLEY540.5420.6494
BASHAM526.3241.2987
ASHMAN450.0092.9221
SWANN327.38113.5714
COPPIN309.2830.9740
CRICK217.3941.2987
HOCKLEY180.7230.9740
REEVE180.56134.2208
RACE178.5730.9740
RAWLING178.5720.6494
RUTTER170.5882.5974
DAINES136.9910.3247
BALLS126.5851.6234
ELY123.4620.6494
DENNY115.8330.9740
JACOBS94.8572.2727
JOLLY91.5341.2987
MOODY87.0672.2727
WITT81.3010.3247
KNIGHTS74.0720.6494
SERGEANT68.0310.3247
BURNELL54.0510.3247
NEWSON51.5510.3247
CHALLIS51.2810.3247
BURRIDGE47.8510.3247
DRAKE44.5941.2987
LAST40.8210.3247
WOLSTENHOLME40.6510.3247
FROST34.6461.9481
DALE30.7541.2987
EARL24.8110.3247
SHARP19.4851.6234
GOLDING18.4210.3247
BAILEY15.0972.2727
DAWSON14.7351.6234
WALLACE9.4820.6494
CROSS9.4320.6494
HERBERT8.6910.3247
TURNER8.1672.2727
HOWELL7.7010.3247
SMITH7.593310.7143

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called BIXBY in Ousden 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 1.9481 in Ousden means that 1.9481% of the people in Ousden on census day were called BIXBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIXBY 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 BIXBY 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 BIXBY 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 BIXBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Ousden means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIXBY in Ousden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ousden in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ASHMAN (9)  AVISS (5)  BAILEY (7)  BALLS (5)  BARNES (1)  BASHAM (4)  BIXBY (6)  BURNELL (1)  BURRIDGE (1)  CANDLER (4)  CHALLIS (1)  CLARK (1)  COPPIN (3)  COX (1)  CRICK (4)  CROSS (2)  DALE (4)  DAWSON (5)  DAINES (1)  DEARSLY (6)  DENNY (3)  DRAKE (4)  EARL (1)  ELY (2)  EVERITT (15)  FISHER (1)  FROST (6)  JILLINGS (2)  GOLDING (1)  HERBERT (1)  HOCKLEY (3)  HOWELL (1)  HUGHES (1)  JACOBS (7)  JOLLY (4)  KEMP (1)  KING (1)  KNIGHTS (2)  LAST (1)  LOFTS (6)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (1)  MCDOWALL (7)  MIDDLEDITCH (2)  MISON (19)  MOODY (7)  NEWSON (1)  OUTLAW (5)  PEARSON (1)  PETTITT (21)  PLEASANCE (1)  PLUME (2)  PRAED (1)  PRICE (2)  RACE (3)  REEVE (13)  RAWLING (2)  RUTTER (8)  SERGEANT (1)  SEGROTT (2)  SHARP (5)  SMITH (33)  SWANN (11)  TURNER (7)  TWEED (8)  OTTLEY (2)  WALLACE (2)  WATSON (1)  WELLS (1)  WITT (1)  WOLSTENHOLME (1)