Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swilland, Suffolk

Swilland 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
HUNT136.103345.95
THORPE104.6948118.76
DAVEY94.2254102.74
STANNARD94.2254604.03
LAMBERT73.286460.19
GARNHAM73.2864693.07
RAMSEY73.2864303.03
TURNER62.816910.12
REYNOLDS62.816932.52
CATT62.8169689.66
SMYTH52.3474251.26
LAST41.8779235.29
WARNE31.4085193.55
PLUMMER31.4085105.26
SELF31.4085198.68
KNIGHTS31.4085160.43
NEALE31.408559.29
POTTER31.408521.72
CRANE20.939044.54
SMITH20.93900.67
BUTTRUM20.93906,666.67
MALLETT20.9390105.26
GAYE20.93902,000.00
WADE20.939023.47
DOWNING20.939054.05
GARROD10.469589.29
BARKER10.46953.59
OSBORNE10.46959.83
MATTHEWS10.46955.38
BLOSS10.4695714.29
NEWMAN10.46956.31
CUTTING10.469591.74
SPALL10.4695250.00
COOPER10.46951.93
BUTTERFIELD10.469535.09
BIRD10.46956.14
PEACOCK10.469513.18
THEOBALD10.469573.53
CREASY10.4695232.56
SAWYER10.469525.45
JEFFERIES10.469542.37
BROOM10.469538.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUTTRUM6,666.6720.9390
GAYE2,000.0020.9390
BLOSS714.2910.4695
GARNHAM693.0773.2864
CATT689.6662.8169
STANNARD604.0394.2254
RAMSEY303.0373.2864
SMYTH251.2652.3474
SPALL250.0010.4695
LAST235.2941.8779
CREASY232.5610.4695
SELF198.6831.4085
WARNE193.5531.4085
KNIGHTS160.4331.4085
THORPE118.76104.6948
MALLETT105.2620.9390
PLUMMER105.2631.4085
DAVEY102.7494.2254
CUTTING91.7410.4695
GARROD89.2910.4695
THEOBALD73.5310.4695
LAMBERT60.1973.2864
NEALE59.2931.4085
DOWNING54.0520.9390
HUNT45.95136.1033
CRANE44.5420.9390
JEFFERIES42.3710.4695
BROOM38.0210.4695
BUTTERFIELD35.0910.4695
REYNOLDS32.5262.8169
SAWYER25.4510.4695
WADE23.4720.9390
POTTER21.7231.4085
PEACOCK13.1810.4695
TURNER10.1262.8169
OSBORNE9.8310.4695
NEWMAN6.3110.4695
BIRD6.1410.4695
MATTHEWS5.3810.4695
BARKER3.5910.4695
COOPER1.9310.4695
SMITH0.6720.9390

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called BUTTRUM in Swilland 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 0.9390 in Swilland means that 0.9390% of the people in Swilland on census day were called BUTTRUM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUTTRUM 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 BUTTRUM 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 BUTTRUM 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 BUTTRUM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Swilland means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUTTRUM in Swilland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swilland in 1881

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

BARKER (1)  BUTTRUM (2)  BIRD (1)  BLOSS (1)  BROOM (1)  BUTTERFIELD (1)  CATT (6)  CATTERMOLE (5)  COOPER (1)  CRANE (2)  CREASY (1)  CUTTING (1)  DAVEY (9)  DOWNING (2)  DOWSING (6)  FARNISH (30)  GARNHAM (7)  GARROD (1)  GARRORD (9)  GAYE (2)  HUNT (13)  JEFFERIES (1)  KNIGHTS (3)  LAMBERT (7)  LANKESTER (2)  LAST (4)  MALLETT (2)  MATTHEWS (1)  NEALE (3)  NEWMAN (1)  OSBORNE (1)  PARSEY (4)  PEACOCK (1)  PLUMMER (3)  POTTER (3)  RAMSEY (7)  REYNOLDS (6)  SAWYER (1)  SELF (3)  SMITH (2)  SMYTH (5)  SPALL (1)  STANNARD (9)  THEOBALD (1)  THURKETTLE (7)  THORPE (10)  TURNER (6)  WADE (2)  WOLTON (12)  WARNE (3)