Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bromeswell, Suffolk

Bromeswell 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
KING2310.952450.25
GOODCHILD146.6667686.27
BURROWS136.1905141.46
FULLER115.2381129.56
KEEBLE104.7619694.44
COOK94.285721.58
SMITH94.28573.04
FARROW73.3333177.67
EADE73.3333693.07
BROOM73.3333270.27
OSBORNE62.857159.88
PETTIT62.8571361.45
ADAMS41.904812.92
POOLEY41.9048235.29
ALDRIDGE31.428673.71
LYONS31.428664.24
CONE31.42861,500.00
REEVE31.428661.10
MILLS20.95247.34
WEAVERS20.9524487.80
EDMONDS20.952449.88
TAYLOR20.95241.49
RICHARDS20.95246.31
HORNE20.952443.76
PLANT20.952443.10
GILES20.952425.00
NEWSON20.9524150.38
GARNHAM10.4762100.00
LUFF10.476274.07
DOWNING10.476227.40
SAWYER10.476225.84
BUSS10.4762149.25
GODDARD10.476211.85
ATWOOD10.4762263.16
MARKHAM10.476240.00
LEE10.47622.91
FISH10.476225.58
WHYARD10.47622,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHYARD2,000.0010.4762
CONE1,500.0031.4286
KEEBLE694.44104.7619
EADE693.0773.3333
GOODCHILD686.27146.6667
WEAVERS487.8020.9524
PETTIT361.4562.8571
BROOM270.2773.3333
ATWOOD263.1610.4762
POOLEY235.2941.9048
FARROW177.6773.3333
NEWSON150.3820.9524
BUSS149.2510.4762
BURROWS141.46136.1905
FULLER129.56115.2381
GARNHAM100.0010.4762
LUFF74.0710.4762
ALDRIDGE73.7131.4286
LYONS64.2431.4286
REEVE61.1031.4286
OSBORNE59.8862.8571
KING50.252310.9524
EDMONDS49.8820.9524
HORNE43.7620.9524
PLANT43.1020.9524
MARKHAM40.0010.4762
DOWNING27.4010.4762
SAWYER25.8410.4762
FISH25.5810.4762
GILES25.0020.9524
COOK21.5894.2857
ADAMS12.9241.9048
GODDARD11.8510.4762
MILLS7.3420.9524
RICHARDS6.3120.9524
SMITH3.0494.2857
LEE2.9110.4762
TAYLOR1.4920.9524

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called WHYARD in Bromeswell 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 0.4762 in Bromeswell means that 0.4762% of the people in Bromeswell on census day were called WHYARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHYARD 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 WHYARD 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 WHYARD 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 WHYARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Bromeswell means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHYARD in Bromeswell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bromeswell in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ALDRIDGE (3)  ATWOOD (1)  BROOM (7)  BRUNDLE (11)  BURROWS (13)  BUSS (1)  CLOD (7)  CONE (3)  COOK (9)  DOWNING (1)  EADE (7)  EDMONDS (2)  FAIRS (2)  FARROW (7)  FOULCHER (2)  FISH (1)  FULLER (11)  GARELD (1)  GARNHAM (1)  GILES (2)  GODDARD (1)  GOODCHILD (14)  HORNE (2)  KEEBLE (10)  KING (23)  LANKESTER (4)  LEE (1)  LINSTEAD (3)  LUFF (1)  LYONS (3)  MARKHAM (1)  MILLS (2)  NEWSON (2)  OSBORNE (6)  PETTIT (6)  PLANT (2)  POOLEY (4)  PRITTY (1)  REEVE (3)  RICHARDS (2)  SAWYER (1)  SMITH (9)  STRUTT (4)  TAYLOR (2)  WOLTON (4)  WEAVERS (2)  WHYARD (1)