Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wissett, Suffolk

Wissett 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
SMITH164.06092.88
BIRD164.060953.14
TAYLOR164.06096.35
PAGE153.807147.62
HUNT133.299524.84
HOWLETT123.0457227.27
JACKSON102.53819.08
WARD102.538111.62
JESSUP92.2843818.18
REYNOLDS92.284326.37
BISHOP92.284332.69
JORDAN92.284351.69
THURLOW92.2843473.68
HAUSER82.030510,000.00
MARCH71.7766165.09
GODFREY71.776659.93
SEAMANS71.776611,666.67
FLATT71.7766804.60
CRACKNELL71.7766256.41
COOPER61.52286.26
MOORE61.52287.62
ALLEN51.26906.72
HURREN51.2690757.58
LEECH51.269077.88
WALKER41.01523.03
HARVEY41.01529.51
KEMP41.015218.31
WATSON41.01524.38
HAWARD41.0152740.74
LINCOLN41.0152134.68
MILLS41.01527.83
NUNN41.015257.97
BUTCHER30.761418.07
WOODGATE30.7614162.16
DURRANT30.761448.62
PRETTY30.7614214.29
OXBOROUGH30.76141,111.11
CRANE30.761436.10
MAYHEW30.761492.31
MOUSER30.76141,500.00
BOATMAN30.76141,111.11
BEDWELL30.7614196.08
STANFORD30.761491.46
ALDRICH20.5076312.50
SHADE20.5076571.43
MORRIS20.50762.28
THOMPSON20.50761.69
BANKS20.50769.90
WILLIAMS20.50760.71
REEDER20.5076186.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEAMANS11,666.6771.7766
HAUSER10,000.0082.0305
MOUSER1,500.0030.7614
BOATMAN1,111.1130.7614
OXBOROUGH1,111.1130.7614
JESSUP818.1892.2843
FLATT804.6071.7766
HURREN757.5851.2690
HAWARD740.7441.0152
SHADE571.4320.5076
CONSTANCE487.8020.5076
THURLOW473.6892.2843
NICOLS400.0010.2538
ALDRICH312.5020.5076
OXBORROW277.7810.2538
CRACKNELL256.4171.7766
HOWLETT227.27123.0457
PRETTY214.2930.7614
BLOWERS200.0020.5076
BEDWELL196.0830.7614
REEDER186.9220.5076
MARCH165.0971.7766
WOODGATE162.1630.7614
LINCOLN134.6841.0152
CLEVELAND129.8710.2538
BOAST126.5810.2538
MAYHEW92.3130.7614
STANFORD91.4630.7614
CLOVER88.5010.2538
LEECH77.8851.2690
TYRRELL68.9720.5076
GODFREY59.9371.7766
NUNN57.9741.0152
SAGE57.1420.5076
BIRD53.14164.0609
JORDAN51.6992.2843
HARMER51.2820.5076
DURRANT48.6230.7614
PAGE47.62153.8071
CRANE36.1030.7614
BISHOP32.6992.2843
REYNOLDS26.3792.2843
HUNT24.84133.2995
BULLEN23.9210.2538
KEMP18.3141.0152
BUTCHER18.0730.7614
OAKES17.5110.2538
BLYTH16.1010.2538
COE15.6310.2538
HOWELL12.0420.5076

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called SEAMANS in Wissett 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 1.7766 in Wissett means that 1.7766% of the people in Wissett on census day were called SEAMANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEAMANS 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 SEAMANS 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 SEAMANS 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 SEAMANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,666.67 in Wissett means that you are 11,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEAMANS in Wissett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wissett in 1881

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

ALDRICH (2)  ALGAR (1)  ALLEN (5)  BANKS (2)  BARBER (2)  BARNES (1)  BAXTER (1)  BEDWELL (3)  BIRD (16)  BISHOP (9)  BLOWERS (2)  BLYTH (1)  BOAST (1)  BOATMAN (3)  BULLEN (1)  BUTCHER (3)  CHAMBERS (2)  CHOUT (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLEVELAND (1)  CLOVER (1)  COE (1)  COLLIER (1)  CONSTANCE (2)  COOPER (6)  CRACKNELL (7)  CRANE (3)  DURRANT (3)  FLATT (7)  GODFREY (7)  JORDAN (9)  GREEN (1)  HAMSTLING (3)  HARMER (2)  HARVEY (4)  HAUSER (8)  HAWLY (5)  HAWARD (4)  HOLLAND (1)  HOWELL (2)  HOWLETT (12)  HUNT (13)  HURREN (5)  JACKSON (10)  JESSUP (9)  KEMP (4)  KERRISON (9)  LEECH (5)  LINCOLN (4)  MANNALL (1)  MARCH (7)  MATHEWS (1)  MAYHEW (3)  MILLER (1)  MILLS (4)  MOORE (6)  MORRIS (2)  MOUSER (3)  MUTTITT (6)  NICOLS (1)  NUNN (4)  OAKES (1)  OXBOROUGH (3)  OXBORROW (1)  PAGE (15)  PEDGRIFT (2)  PINFOLD (1)  PLUTCHER (2)  PRETTY (3)  REEDER (2)  READ (2)  REYNOLDS (9)  SAGE (2)  SEAMANS (7)  SHADE (2)  SHEPHERD (1)  SILLETT (5)  SILVERTON (1)  SMITH (16)  STANFORD (3)  TACON (1)  TAMMERS (1)  TAYLOR (16)  THOMPSON (2)  THURLOW (9)  TOVELL (9)  TYRRELL (2)  UTTING (2)  WALKER (4)  WOLLAGE (2)  WARD (10)  WATSON (4)  WEAVER (1)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WOODGATE (3)  WRIGHT (2)