Top surnames from the 1881 census in Saxstead, Suffolk

Saxstead 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
GODDARD267.6923191.32
REEVE216.2130265.82
ASHFORD216.2130628.74
COOK195.621328.30
BLOOMFIELD185.3254418.60
WIGHTMAN185.3254810.81
ABBOTT72.071046.95
SPINK72.0710256.41
PLUM72.07101,296.30
DAVY72.0710167.87
TURNER72.07107.44
NEWSON61.7751281.69
GILBERT61.775131.17
ROPER61.775185.23
JAY61.7751203.39
BUTTON61.7751149.63
TAYLOR61.77512.78
HURRELL51.4793248.76
WARD51.47936.77
BRADY51.479383.61
TODD41.183423.26
WELLS41.183414.22
BARDWELL41.18341,111.11
MANNING41.183437.21
BALDERSTON41.18341,290.32
HOWARD30.88769.04
GODBOLD30.8876500.00
CARR30.887612.30
ALDRED30.8876103.45
MUDD30.8876209.79
FRANCIS30.887614.90
PERRY20.59178.05
BURROWS20.591713.51
MOORE20.59172.96
THROWER20.5917185.19
PIPE20.5917133.33
EDWARDS10.29591.06
WATSON10.29591.28
MARSHALL10.29591.76
FENNELL10.295963.29
SAWYER10.295916.05
KEMP10.29595.33
DEARING10.2959158.73
HUGGINS10.295935.21
GREEN10.29591.05
MOOR10.295921.10
SMITH10.29590.21
ELWOOD10.2959158.73
WEBBER10.29599.68
HOWLETT10.295922.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PLUM1,296.3072.0710
BALDERSTON1,290.3241.1834
BARDWELL1,111.1141.1834
WIGHTMAN810.81185.3254
ASHFORD628.74216.2130
GODBOLD500.0030.8876
BLOSS434.7810.2959
BLOOMFIELD418.60185.3254
NEWSON281.6961.7751
REEVE265.82216.2130
SPINK256.4172.0710
HURRELL248.7651.4793
MUDD209.7930.8876
JAY203.3961.7751
GODDARD191.32267.6923
THROWER185.1920.5917
DAVY167.8772.0710
ELWOOD158.7310.2959
DEARING158.7310.2959
BUTTON149.6361.7751
PIPE133.3320.5917
SHEARING121.9510.2959
ALDRED103.4530.8876
ROPER85.2361.7751
BRADY83.6151.4793
MOBBS78.7410.2959
FENNELL63.2910.2959
ABBOTT46.9572.0710
MANNING37.2141.1834
HUGGINS35.2110.2959
GILBERT31.1761.7751
COOK28.30195.6213
TODD23.2641.1834
HOWLETT22.0810.2959
MOOR21.1010.2959
SAWYER16.0510.2959
FRANCIS14.9030.8876
WELLS14.2241.1834
BURROWS13.5120.5917
CARR12.3030.8876
WEBBER9.6810.2959
HOWARD9.0430.8876
PERRY8.0520.5917
TURNER7.4472.0710
KENT7.0210.2959
WARD6.7751.4793
KEMP5.3310.2959
MOORE2.9620.5917
TAYLOR2.7861.7751
MARSHALL1.7610.2959

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called PLUM in Saxstead 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 2.0710 in Saxstead means that 2.0710% of the people in Saxstead on census day were called PLUM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PLUM 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 PLUM 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 PLUM 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 PLUM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,296.30 in Saxstead means that you are 1,296.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PLUM in Saxstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Saxstead in 1881

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

ABBOTT (7)  ALDRED (3)  ASHFORD (21)  BALDERSTON (4)  BARDWELL (4)  BAYLHAM (1)  BLOOMFIELD (18)  BLOSS (1)  BRADY (5)  BURROWS (2)  BUTTON (6)  CAPON (4)  CARELESS (5)  CARR (3)  CATTERMOLE (3)  COOK (19)  DORLING (2)  DAVY (7)  DEARING (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELWOOD (1)  FALSHAW (1)  FELGATE (10)  FENNELL (1)  FRANCIS (3)  JAY (6)  GILBERT (6)  GODBOLD (3)  GODDARD (26)  GRAYSTON (6)  GREEN (1)  GREENGRASS (1)  HOWARD (3)  HOWLETT (1)  HUGGINS (1)  HURRELL (5)  KEMP (1)  KENT (1)  KERRIDGE (4)  MANNING (4)  MARSHALL (1)  MOBBS (1)  MOOR (1)  MOORE (2)  MUDD (3)  NEWSON (6)  PALLATT (1)  PERRY (2)  PIPE (2)  PLUM (7)  POTKIN (16)  REEVE (21)  ROPER (6)  RUNACLES (4)  SAWYER (1)  SHEARING (1)  SMITH (1)  SPINK (7)  TAYLOR (6)  THROWER (2)  TODD (4)  TURNER (7)  WARD (5)  WATSON (1)  WEBBER (1)  WELLS (4)  WHATLING (5)  WIGHTMAN (18)