Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westhorpe, Suffolk

Westhorpe 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
MANNING125.6338177.25
BIRD125.633873.71
BERRY115.164365.09
BARBER104.694878.00
WADE94.2254105.63
LARKINS94.22541,406.25
SIMMONS73.286480.55
BUGG62.8169625.00
FENNER62.8169666.67
RAMPLEY62.81697,500.00
HEARN52.3474177.31
BAKER52.347410.71
SYKES52.347448.92
REEVE41.877980.32
PUNT41.87791,818.18
ELLIS41.877912.93
KINSEY41.8779287.77
SHARMAN41.8779136.52
BROWN41.87792.85
READ41.877929.13
LUMMIS41.87793,636.36
MORLEY41.877947.00
DAVY31.4085114.07
SHAVE31.4085638.30
FRIEND31.4085124.48
BEAUMONT31.408547.47
SPARROW31.4085111.11
DAVEY31.408534.25
WEATHERALL31.4085731.71
BARKER31.408510.76
WALLER20.939037.24
STONE20.939012.99
OFFORD20.9390298.51
BRAME20.93901,111.11
ALEXANDER10.46958.87
HIGGINS10.46959.29
BLOIS10.46951,428.57
DOE10.469598.04
EDWARDS10.46951.68
STIFF10.4695135.14
BARTLE10.469580.00
DIXSON10.4695500.00
KEMP10.46958.47
COOK10.46952.36
SEAMEN10.46952,000.00
HAWES10.469538.02
ELMAN10.469510,000.00
DREW10.469517.76
SPELMAN10.4695454.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELMAN10,000.0010.4695
RAMPLEY7,500.0062.8169
LUMMIS3,636.3641.8779
SEAMEN2,000.0010.4695
PUNT1,818.1841.8779
BLOIS1,428.5710.4695
LARKINS1,406.2594.2254
BRAME1,111.1120.9390
WEATHERALL731.7131.4085
FENNER666.6762.8169
SHAVE638.3031.4085
BUGG625.0062.8169
DIXSON500.0010.4695
SPELMAN454.5510.4695
OFFORD298.5120.9390
KINSEY287.7741.8779
HEARN177.3152.3474
MANNING177.25125.6338
SHARMAN136.5241.8779
STIFF135.1410.4695
FRIEND124.4831.4085
DAVY114.0731.4085
SPARROW111.1131.4085
WADE105.6394.2254
DOE98.0410.4695
SIMMONS80.5573.2864
REEVE80.3241.8779
BARTLE80.0010.4695
BARBER78.00104.6948
BIRD73.71125.6338
BERRY65.09115.1643
SYKES48.9252.3474
BEAUMONT47.4731.4085
MORLEY47.0041.8779
HAWES38.0210.4695
WALLER37.2420.9390
DAVEY34.2531.4085
READ29.1341.8779
DREW17.7610.4695
STONE12.9920.9390
ELLIS12.9341.8779
BARKER10.7631.4085
BAKER10.7152.3474
HIGGINS9.2910.4695
ALEXANDER8.8710.4695
KEMP8.4710.4695
BROWN2.8541.8779
COOK2.3610.4695
EDWARDS1.6810.4695

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called ELMAN in Westhorpe 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 0.4695 in Westhorpe means that 0.4695% of the people in Westhorpe on census day were called ELMAN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Westhorpe in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  BAKER (5)  BARBER (10)  BAREHAM (7)  BARKER (3)  BARTLE (1)  BEAUMONT (3)  BERRY (11)  BIRD (12)  BLOIS (1)  BRAME (2)  BROWN (4)  BUGG (6)  CARLESS (2)  COOK (1)  COCK (4)  DAVEY (3)  DAVY (3)  DIXSON (1)  DOE (1)  DREW (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (4)  ELMAN (1)  FENNER (6)  FINBOW (2)  FOLKERD (2)  FRIEND (3)  HAWES (1)  HEARN (5)  HIGGINS (1)  KEMP (1)  LARKINS (9)  LUMMIS (4)  MANNING (12)  KINSEY (4)  MORLEY (4)  OFFORD (2)  PRIKE (1)  PUNT (4)  RAMPLEY (6)  REEVE (4)  READ (4)  RICHEN (2)  RUFFELLS (2)  SEAMEN (1)  SHARMAN (4)  SHAVE (3)  SIMMONS (7)  SPARROW (3)  SPELMAN (1)  STIFF (1)  STONE (2)  SYKES (5)  WADE (9)  WALLER (2)  WEATHERALL (3)  WHISTLECRAFT (5)