Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shottisham, Suffolk

Shottisham 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
MILLS165.776244.54
FRANCIS103.610160.61
NICHOLS93.249199.78
MANN93.249161.69
BIRD93.249142.51
WILSON93.24917.07
SAWYER93.2491176.13
KEMP93.249158.59
LANHAM82.88811,142.86
ANDREWS72.527126.38
SPALL72.52711,346.15
COOK72.527112.72
CANHAM62.1661487.80
LEWIS62.16618.24
CULLUM62.1661550.46
DIXON62.166119.77
COOPER51.80517.42
REEVE51.805177.16
BOON51.8051192.31
HUDSON41.444017.64
COLLINS41.444010.06
SMITH41.44401.02
BUTTON41.4440121.58
BENDALL41.4440396.04
NEALE31.083045.66
LOCKWOOD31.083049.02
OSBORNE31.083022.69
MOSS31.083017.57
WHYARD20.72202,857.14
GOOCH20.722082.30
EDWARDS20.72202.59
ROPER20.722034.66
JOLLY20.722050.89
JACOBS20.722030.12
STARKES20.72204,000.00
MARKHAM20.722060.61
LINES20.722068.03
BEDWELL20.7220185.19
WOODARD20.7220333.33
CRANE10.361017.12
WOODWARD10.36107.32
DAWSON10.36103.28
PATRICK10.361018.12
BAILEY10.36102.40
WOOD10.36101.13
HORNE10.361016.58
THEOBALD10.361056.82
CLARKE10.36101.78
MILES10.36106.12
DOWLING10.361032.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STARKES4,000.0020.7220
WHYARD2,857.1420.7220
SPALL1,346.1572.5271
LANHAM1,142.8682.8881
HILLEN833.3310.3610
CULLUM550.4662.1661
CANHAM487.8062.1661
BENDALL396.0441.4440
WOODARD333.3320.7220
CHARITY312.5010.3610
BOON192.3151.8051
BEDWELL185.1920.7220
SAWYER176.1393.2491
POLLEY136.9910.3610
BUTTON121.5841.4440
NICHOLS99.7893.2491
GOOCH82.3020.7220
REEVE77.1651.8051
LINES68.0320.7220
MANN61.6993.2491
MARKHAM60.6120.7220
FRANCIS60.61103.6101
KEMP58.5993.2491
THEOBALD56.8210.3610
JOLLY50.8920.7220
LOCKWOOD49.0231.0830
NEALE45.6631.0830
MILLS44.54165.7762
BIRD42.5193.2491
ROPER34.6620.7220
DOWLING32.5710.3610
JACOBS30.1220.7220
ANDREWS26.3872.5271
OSBORNE22.6931.0830
DIXON19.7762.1661
PATRICK18.1210.3610
HUDSON17.6441.4440
MOSS17.5731.0830
CRANE17.1210.3610
HORNE16.5810.3610
COOK12.7272.5271
COLLINS10.0641.4440
LEWIS8.2462.1661
COOPER7.4251.8051
AUSTIN7.3910.3610
WOODWARD7.3210.3610
WILSON7.0793.2491
MILES6.1210.3610
WOODS5.7210.3610
DAWSON3.2810.3610

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called STARKES in Shottisham 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 0.7220 in Shottisham means that 0.7220% of the people in Shottisham on census day were called STARKES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STARKES 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 STARKES 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 STARKES 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 STARKES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,000.00 in Shottisham means that you are 4,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STARKES in Shottisham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shottisham in 1881

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

ABLITT (1)  ANDREWS (7)  AUSTIN (1)  BACKHOUSE (6)  BAILEY (1)  BEDWELL (2)  BENDALL (4)  BIRD (9)  BLACKHOUSE (1)  BLOMFIELD (19)  BOON (5)  BUTTON (4)  CANHAM (6)  CHARITY (1)  CHURCHARD (5)  CLARKE (1)  COLLINS (4)  COOK (7)  COOPER (5)  CRANE (1)  DAWSON (1)  DIXON (6)  DOWLING (1)  EDWARDS (2)  FISHER (1)  FRANCIS (10)  GESSING (5)  GOOCH (2)  HORNE (1)  HUDSON (4)  HILLEN (1)  JACOBS (2)  JOLLY (2)  KEMP (9)  LANHAM (8)  LEWIS (6)  LILISTON (1)  LINES (2)  LOCKWOOD (3)  MALSTER (9)  MANN (9)  MANTHORP (1)  MARKHAM (2)  CULLUM (6)  MILES (1)  MILLS (16)  MOSS (3)  NEALE (3)  NICHOLS (9)  OSBORNE (3)  PATRICK (1)  POLLEY (1)  REEVE (5)  ROPER (2)  SAWYER (9)  SMITH (4)  SPALL (7)  STARKES (2)  THEOBALD (1)  WOLTON (9)  WHYARD (2)  WILSON (9)  WINDWOOD (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODS (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WOODARD (2)