Top surnames from the 1881 census in Peasenhall, Suffolk

Peasenhall 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
ROWE374.277575.31
SMITH293.35262.37
PEPPER182.0809148.03
BIRD171.965325.72
NEWSON161.8497293.04
SELF161.8497260.59
COLE151.734119.04
BROWN141.61852.46
WHITE121.38734.32
NICHOLS121.387342.58
FREEMAN121.387321.72
FORDE121.38731,764.71
BAGGOTT111.2717438.25
SPORE111.27175,000.00
FLEET111.2717189.66
CRANE111.271760.27
HOWARD111.271712.96
FAIRWEATHER111.2717164.18
HAYWARD101.156127.12
CRISP101.156183.19
MILLS101.15618.91
ALDOUS91.0405257.14
BARHAM91.0405168.22
BACON91.040541.40
WOODARD91.0405483.87
BOAST80.9249459.77
LAY70.8092108.70
RAY70.809240.91
DENNY70.809296.29
WINK70.8092972.22
STACEY70.809236.05
COOK70.80924.07
GILBERT70.809214.21
POWELL70.80926.49
CABLE70.8092161.29
CURTIS70.809214.26
EMERY60.693631.76
FRIEND60.693661.16
HART60.69368.13
PHILPOT60.6936103.27
HUNT60.69365.22
LAST60.693687.08
KING60.69363.18
WRIGHT60.69362.16
NEWSTEAD60.6936200.00
MORRISS60.6936113.64
HARVEY60.69366.50
BARBER60.693611.52
BRYANT50.578013.53
CHAPMAN50.57804.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HANCEY6,250.0050.5780
SPORE5,000.00111.2717
FORDE1,764.71121.3873
WINK972.2270.8092
WOODARD483.8791.0405
BOAST459.7780.9249
BAGGOTT438.25111.2717
HAWARD423.7350.5780
NEWSON293.04161.8497
HURREN277.7840.4624
WESTRUP277.7810.1156
SELF260.59161.8497
ALDOUS257.1491.0405
MOWER241.5550.5780
NEWSTEAD200.0060.6936
FLEET189.66111.2717
BARHAM168.2291.0405
ROUS166.6710.1156
FAIRWEATHER164.18111.2717
CABLE161.2970.8092
WYTHE153.8510.1156
PEPPER148.03182.0809
SPALL122.7020.2312
MORRISS113.6460.6936
LAY108.7070.8092
PHILPOT103.2760.6936
DENNY96.2970.8092
GIRLING90.7450.5780
BALAAM87.7210.1156
LUBBOCK87.7210.1156
BEAR87.3420.2312
LAST87.0860.6936
BURWOOD86.9610.1156
CRISP83.19101.1561
PIPE78.1330.3468
ROWE75.31374.2775
FRIEND61.1660.6936
KERSEY60.6110.1156
CRANE60.27111.2717
PINKNEY59.0020.2312
TILLETT54.0510.1156
UPSON54.0510.1156
KEATS52.6310.1156
QUINTON49.7520.2312
SNELLING42.7430.3468
NICHOLS42.58121.3873
MAYHEW42.0230.3468
BACON41.4091.0405
RAY40.9170.8092
BUTTON38.9940.4624

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called HANCEY in Peasenhall 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 0.5780 in Peasenhall means that 0.5780% of the people in Peasenhall on census day were called HANCEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HANCEY 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 HANCEY 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 HANCEY 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 HANCEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,250.00 in Peasenhall means that you are 6,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HANCEY in Peasenhall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Peasenhall in 1881

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

ABRAIN (1)  ALDIS (4)  ALDOUS (9)  ALLARDE (1)  BACON (9)  BAGGOTT (11)  BAKER (1)  BALAAM (1)  BALLS (1)  BANTHORPE (4)  BARBER (6)  BARHAM (9)  BARNES (1)  BARNSBY (1)  BEAUMONT (1)  BEAR (2)  BILNEY (4)  BIRD (17)  BOAST (8)  BROWN (14)  BRYANT (5)  BURGESS (4)  BURROWS (1)  BURWOOD (1)  BUTCHER (3)  BUTTON (4)  CABLE (7)  CASTER OR CARTER (2)  CHAMBERS (3)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLACK (1)  CLARKE (3)  CLEMENTS (1)  COLE (15)  COOK (7)  COOPER (4)  CRANE (11)  CRAPNELL (3)  CRELIER (1)  CRISP (10)  CURTIS (7)  DALBY (2)  DALE (1)  DANIELS (5)  DAVEY (2)  DENNY (7)  DICKINSON (4)  DRIVER (4)  EMMERSON (1)  EMERY (6)  EVANS (4)  FAIRWEATHER (11)  FILCH (5)  FLEET (11)  FOLKARDE (5)  FORDE (12)  FORD (1)  FREEMAN (12)  FRIEND (6)  FORSDIKE (1)  FORSDYKE (2)  FRYETT (2)  FULCHER (1)  GARDNER (4)  GEORGE (2)  JERREY (5)  GIBBS (4)  GILBERT (7)  JILLINGS (6)  GIRLING (5)  GODDARD (5)  GOODREAM (2)  JORDAN (2)  GYUORNER (1)  HANCEY (5)  HARPER (2)  HARRISON (1)  HARSENT (6)  HARSANT (1)  HART (6)  HARVEY (6)  HAYWARD (10)  HAWARD (5)  HINSBY (1)  HOWARD (11)  HOWE (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUGGINS (1)  HUNT (6)  HURREN (4)  IRWIN (2)  JENNINGS (4)  KEATS (1)  KEABLE (4)  KENT (1)  KERSEY (1)  KING (6)  KNIGHT (1)  KNOT (1)  LUDBROKE (2)  LAMBERT (2)  LAST (6)  LEAVUS (3)  LAY (7)  LINES (3)  LIUSSUER (4)  LUBBOCK (1)  LUDBROOK (8)  LUDBROOKE (2)  MANN (1)  MARKHAM (4)  MARTIN (2)  MAWBY (1)  MAYHEW (3)  O'DONNELL (3)  O'DONNELL OR O'DONNELLE (2)  MERRELLS (6)  MILLS (10)  MOORE (4)  MOWER (5)  MORRISS (6)  MUTIMER (8)  NEENE (1)  NEWSON (16)  NEWSTEAD (6)  NICHOLS (12)  PATERNOSTER (5)  PIERCE (2)  PECK (1)  PEPPER (18)  PHILPOT (6)  PINKNEY (2)  PIPE (3)  POWELL (7)  PRINCE (1)  QUINTON (2)  RAY (7)  RAND (1)  RANSOME (1)  REDGRIFTE (3)  RICE (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RODWELL (1)  ROWE (37)  ROSE (2)  ROUS (1)  ROWLEY (4)  RUMSBY (1)  SALT (1)  SALTER (5)  SARTER (2)  SEAMAN (1)  SADD (1)  SELF (16)  SHEPPARD (1)  SILLETT (5)  SIMPSON (3)  SISSONS (1)  SMITH (29)  SMYTH (2)  SNELLING (3)  SPALL (2)  SPORE (11)  SPREADBURY (3)  STACEY (7)  STAMMERS (5)  STEADE (4)  STEAD (4)  TEAGO (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TILLOTT (6)  TILLETT (1)  TURNER (1)  UPSON (1)  VINCENT (1)  WATSON (2)  WATTS (2)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTRUP (1)  WHINCOP (16)  WHINCAP (1)  WHISTLECRAFT (5)  WHITE (12)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (3)  WINK (7)  WOODARD (9)  WOOLNOUGH (4)  WORLDRON (1)  WRIGHT (6)  WYTHE (1)