Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wickham Skeith, Suffolk

Wickham Skeith 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
BLOOMFIELD305.9406467.29
POTTER265.148579.39
BARKER265.148539.35
COLLINS224.356430.36
KEMP193.762467.83
MARTIN193.762415.27
LUMMIS183.56446,923.08
HAYWARD142.772365.03
ELLIS142.772319.09
LAMBERT132.574347.17
MAYS132.5743449.83
BERRY122.376229.95
FAIRWEATHER112.1782281.33
ROSE101.980226.70
WADE91.782244.53
DAVEY91.782243.35
LAY81.5842212.77
STRINGER71.386169.58
DEAN71.386119.97
REEVE71.386159.27
YOUNGS61.1881310.88
CRACKNELL61.1881171.43
UPSON61.1881555.56
GARDENER61.188166.23
TURVEY61.1881253.16
PLOWMAN61.1881231.66
STONE61.188116.43
LAUGHLIN50.9901625.00
BARRELL50.9901260.42
GARRARD50.9901236.97
ROSIER50.9901520.83
CULLUM50.9901252.53
ROOKWOOD50.99016,250.00
NUNN40.792145.25
SMITH40.79210.56
POLLARD40.792121.73
KEEBLE40.7921115.27
MAJOR40.792158.74
ROPER40.792138.06
WARREN30.59418.89
WOMACK30.5941337.08
GRICE30.594157.58
BURROWS20.39609.05
BROOKS20.39604.05
HUNT20.39602.98
RICE20.396012.76
CODD20.396092.17
BURGESS20.39605.70
EDWARDS20.39601.42
BOWES20.396043.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUMMIS6,923.08183.5644
ROOKWOOD6,250.0050.9901
LAUGHLIN625.0050.9901
UPSON555.5661.1881
ROSIER520.8350.9901
BLOOMFIELD467.29305.9406
MAYS449.83132.5743
WOMACK337.0830.5941
YOUNGS310.8861.1881
FAIRWEATHER281.33112.1782
BARRELL260.4250.9901
TURVEY253.1661.1881
CULLUM252.5350.9901
GARRARD236.9750.9901
PLOWMAN231.6661.1881
LAY212.7781.5842
CHILES204.0810.1980
CRACKNELL171.4361.1881
WILDEN149.2510.1980
STRIKE120.4810.1980
KEEBLE115.2740.7921
BENDALL108.7020.3960
CODD92.1720.3960
ELLEN91.7410.1980
POTTER79.39265.1485
STRINGER69.5871.3861
KEMP67.83193.7624
GARDENER66.2361.1881
HAYWARD65.03142.7723
REEVE59.2771.3861
MAJOR58.7440.7921
GRICE57.5830.5941
LAMBERT47.17132.5743
NUNN45.2540.7921
WADE44.5391.7822
DAVEY43.3591.7822
BOWES43.1020.3960
BARKER39.35265.1485
ROPER38.0640.7921
HAWES32.1020.3960
COLLINS30.36224.3564
BERRY29.95122.3762
LAND27.4710.1980
ROSE26.70101.9802
GOSLING25.2820.3960
DENNY23.5310.1980
POLLARD21.7340.7921
DEAN19.9771.3861
ELLIS19.09142.7723
RUSH18.4510.1980

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 18 people called LUMMIS in Wickham Skeith 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 3.5644 in Wickham Skeith means that 3.5644% of the people in Wickham Skeith on census day were called LUMMIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUMMIS 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 LUMMIS 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 LUMMIS 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 LUMMIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,923.08 in Wickham Skeith means that you are 6,923.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUMMIS in Wickham Skeith than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wickham Skeith in 1881

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

ALDRITCH (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BARKER (26)  BELL (1)  BENDALL (2)  BERRY (12)  BLOOMFIELD (30)  BOLDERSTON (1)  BOWES (2)  BROOKS (2)  BULL (1)  BURGESS (2)  BARRELL (5)  BURROWS (2)  CATTERMOLE (12)  CHILES (1)  CODD (2)  COLLINS (22)  COOK (2)  CRACKNELL (6)  DORLING (2)  DAVEY (9)  DEAN (7)  DENNY (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLEN (1)  ELLIS (14)  ELSDEN (10)  FAIRWEATHER (11)  FARROW (1)  GARDENER (6)  GARROOD (10)  GARRARD (5)  JILLINGS (1)  GOSTLING (1)  GOSLING (2)  GRICE (3)  HARWOOD (1)  HAWES (2)  HAYWARD (14)  HUNT (2)  JACKSON (1)  KEEBLE (4)  KEMP (19)  LAMBERT (13)  LAND (1)  LAY (8)  LOCKWOOD (1)  LUMMIS (18)  MAJOR (4)  MARTIN (19)  MAYS (13)  CULLUM (5)  LAUGHLIN (5)  MOORE (1)  NUNN (4)  PATTLE (1)  PLOWMAN (6)  POLLARD (4)  POTTER (26)  RAMPLY (1)  REEVE (7)  RICE (2)  RODMIN (1)  ROOKWOOD (5)  ROPER (4)  ROSE (10)  ROSIER (5)  RUSH (1)  SILLETT (5)  SMITH (4)  STAMMERS (1)  STEGGALLS (11)  STONE (6)  STRIKE (1)  STRINGER (7)  TURVEY (6)  UPSON (6)  WADE (9)  WARD (1)  WARREN (3)  WHATLING (3)  WHISTLECRAFT (5)  WILDEN (1)  WOMACK (3)  YOUNGS (6)