Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tunstall, Suffolk

Tunstall 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
SAWYER274.3831237.68
SMITH203.24682.30
KEMP193.084455.60
SAVAGE182.922176.08
BAILEY172.759718.32
GIBSON162.597421.40
GOODING152.4351287.91
JAYE152.435111,538.46
CUTTING132.1104414.01
LEVETT121.9481442.80
REEVE111.785776.39
ALDRICH101.62341,000.00
KNIGHTS101.6234185.19
CATCHPOLE101.6234251.89
FROST91.461025.99
WEBB91.461010.78
FRIEND91.4610128.94
KERSEY91.4610762.71
GRIMWOOD81.2987314.96
MEADOWS81.298792.92
SAWER81.29871,666.67
GILL71.136416.06
FORD71.136411.67
LING71.1364120.27
LEE71.13646.95
BURCH60.9740129.03
PULHAM60.9740582.52
ROBINSON60.97403.05
THURSTON60.9740137.93
BENHAM60.9740182.37
NEWSON60.9740154.24
MESSENGER50.8117105.26
DURRANT50.811751.87
PINKNEY50.8117206.61
SIMMONS50.811719.89
BRIGHTWELL50.8117390.63
PRATT50.811714.13
MACE50.811792.08
GIRLING50.8117127.55
GARROD50.8117154.80
ALEXANDER50.811715.33
MEAD40.649427.86
LEGGETT40.649482.64
BAKER40.64942.96
NEAVE40.6494138.41
WOODBRIDGE40.6494155.64
HAYWARD40.649415.23
BROWN40.64940.99
BENNETT40.64943.95
NICKELS40.6494606.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JAYE11,538.46152.4351
OSTER5,000.0010.1623
SAWER1,666.6781.2987
ALDRICH1,000.00101.6234
KERSEY762.7191.4610
NICKELS606.0640.6494
PULHAM582.5260.9740
HICKLEY500.0030.4870
LEVETT442.80121.9481
CUTTING414.01132.1104
BRIGHTWELL390.6350.8117
GRIMWOOD314.9681.2987
GOODING287.91152.4351
BOLTER266.6720.3247
CATCHPOLE251.89101.6234
SAWYER237.68274.3831
PINKNEY206.6150.8117
WAKLEY192.3110.1623
KNIGHTS185.19101.6234
BENHAM182.3760.9740
WOODBRIDGE155.6440.6494
GARROD154.8050.8117
NEWSON154.2460.9740
NEAVE138.4140.6494
THURSTON137.9360.9740
BURCH129.0360.9740
FRIEND128.9491.4610
GIRLING127.5550.8117
ALDEN125.7920.3247
LING120.2771.1364
MESSENGER105.2650.8117
MEADOWS92.9281.2987
MACE92.0850.8117
MAN88.5010.1623
LEGGETT82.6440.6494
CULLUM82.6420.3247
ALDOUS80.3220.3247
BARHAM78.7430.4870
REEVE76.39111.7857
SAVAGE76.08182.9221
SNOWDEN72.8640.6494
MOULTON65.5720.3247
KEMP55.60193.0844
GOOCH55.5630.4870
YOUNGMAN55.5610.1623
DURRANT51.8750.8117
HEWETT41.9030.4870
CROSBY41.1530.4870
MEAD27.8640.6494
FROST25.9991.4610

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 15 people called JAYE in Tunstall 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 2.4351 in Tunstall means that 2.4351% of the people in Tunstall on census day were called JAYE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JAYE 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 JAYE 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 JAYE 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 JAYE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,538.46 in Tunstall means that you are 11,538.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JAYE in Tunstall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tunstall in 1881

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

ALDEN (2)  ALDOUS (2)  ALDRICH (10)  ALEXANDER (5)  BAALAM (1)  BAILEY (17)  BAKER (4)  BANTHORPE (2)  BARHAM (3)  BARKER (2)  BARNES (1)  BENHAM (6)  BENNETT (4)  BILNEY (1)  BURCH (6)  BOLTER (2)  BRIGHTWELL (5)  BROWN (4)  BUCK (2)  BULLOCK (1)  CATCHPOLE (10)  CHANDLER (1)  CHURCHYARD (4)  CLEMUNDS (1)  CLOUTING (2)  CROSBY (3)  CUTTING (13)  DANIELS (2)  DAVIDSON (1)  DEBUEY (1)  DODDINGTON (3)  DUNNETT (1)  DURRANT (5)  ELMEY (1)  EMENY (?) (1)  FAIRHEAD (4)  FISH (1)  FITCH (1)  FORD (7)  FOSDIKE (4)  FRIEND (9)  FORSDICK (2)  FROST (9)  FRYETT (2)  GARROD (5)  GARRETT (2)  GIBSON (16)  GILL (7)  GIRLING (5)  GOOCH (3)  GOODING (15)  GOODWIN (1)  JORDAN (2)  GRAY (3)  GRIMWOOD (8)  HACON (3)  HAMMOND (3)  HAYWARD (4)  HEWETT (3)  HICKLEY (3)  HOLMES (1)  HOWARD (2)  HUNT (1)  JAMES (1)  JAYE (15)  JINNINGS OR JENNINGS (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JINNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KEMP (19)  KERSEY (9)  KING (3)  KITTEEL (3)  KNIGHT (3)  KNIGHTS (10)  LEE (7)  LEGGETT (4)  LEVETT (12)  LING (7)  LONG (2)  MADERSON (1)  MAN (1)  MACE (5)  CULLUM (2)  MC DOWELL (4)  MEAD (4)  MEADOWS (8)  MESSENGER (5)  MOORE (1)  MOULTON (2)  NEAVE (4)  NEWSON (6)  NICKELS (4)  OLLY (1)  OSTER (1)  PAGE (4)  PINKNEY (5)  PLANT (2)  PRATT (5)  PULHAM (6)  REEVE (11)  ROBINSON (6)  SALLOWS (1)  SAVAGE (18)  SAWYER (27)  SAWER (8)  SCASEE (7)  SCOTT (1)  SCRUTTON (5)  SHARMAN (1)  SHELDRAKE (3)  SIMMONS (5)  SMITH (20)  SNOWDEN (4)  SPAUL (4)  STUDD (3)  SWAIN (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THURSTON (6)  TRUEMAN (1)  TRUMPETER (11)  WAKLEY (1)  WAKLING (2)  WARDLEY (7)  WEBB (9)  WOODS (1)  WOODBRIDGE (4)  WOOLNOUGH (17)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (1)  YOUNGMAN (1)