Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dalham, Suffolk

Dalham 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
TURNER348.114629.15
KEMP184.295977.45
NORTON153.5800107.68
SARGEANT153.5800454.55
NORMAN133.102666.94
SWANN122.8640262.58
SMITH102.38661.69
WOODS92.148034.07
FITCH92.1480274.39
HAYWARD92.148050.36
MARTIN81.90937.75
DAY81.909320.28
JARMAN71.6706175.00
COX71.670611.02
PEARSON71.670614.38
CROSS61.432020.81
WEBB61.432010.56
MARKING61.43208,571.43
WRIGHT61.43204.46
NEWMAN51.193316.05
TODD51.193323.45
OUTLAW51.19331,785.71
GOSS51.1933136.99
SIMPSON51.19336.82
NUNN40.954754.50
GREEN40.95473.39
ROBSON40.954714.50
BOND40.954718.03
DEAR40.9547129.03
ROLFE40.954773.66
CHAPMAN40.95476.72
WISEMAN40.954769.57
AFFLECK30.7160309.28
WATKINSON30.716061.10
GOLDING30.716040.65
BARROW30.716033.78
SEELEY30.7160232.56
WILLINGHAM20.4773322.58
SARGENT20.477331.01
MOORE20.47732.39
GODFREY20.477316.09
WHEELER20.47737.91
LAMBERT20.47738.75
EDWARDS20.47731.71
OSBORNE20.477310.00
JERMAN20.4773317.46
ROGERS20.47733.68
SPARROW20.477337.66
PLUMMER20.477335.71
SIMPKIN20.4773127.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARKING8,571.4361.4320
OUTLAW1,785.7151.1933
COBBIN714.2910.2387
LYSTER500.0010.2387
SARGEANT454.55153.5800
PLEASANTS357.1410.2387
WILLINGHAM322.5820.4773
JERMAN317.4620.4773
AFFLECK309.2830.7160
FITCH274.3992.1480
SWANN262.58122.8640
SEELEY232.5630.7160
JARMAN175.0071.6706
GINN172.4120.4773
GOSS136.9951.1933
DEAR129.0340.9547
DEBENHAM128.2110.2387
SIMPKIN127.3920.4773
NORTON107.68153.5800
BASHAM96.1510.2387
KEMP77.45184.2959
ROLFE73.6640.9547
LEVITT71.4310.2387
WISEMAN69.5740.9547
NORMAN66.94133.1026
WATKINSON61.1030.7160
NUNN54.5040.9547
HAYWARD50.3692.1480
CORNWELL41.4910.2387
GOLDING40.6530.7160
HURRELL40.1610.2387
SPARROW37.6620.4773
PLUMMER35.7120.4773
WOODS34.0792.1480
BARROW33.7830.7160
SARGENT31.0120.4773
WAKE29.6710.2387
TURNER29.15348.1146
TODD23.4551.1933
BUCKLE21.9310.2387
CROSS20.8161.4320
DAY20.2881.9093
GOODE18.4510.2387
BOND18.0340.9547
GODFREY16.0920.4773
NEWMAN16.0551.1933
RUTTER15.6710.2387
ROBSON14.5040.9547
PEARSON14.3871.6706
COX11.0271.6706

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called MARKING in Dalham 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 1.4320 in Dalham means that 1.4320% of the people in Dalham on census day were called MARKING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARKING 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 MARKING 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 MARKING 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 MARKING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,571.43 in Dalham means that you are 8,571.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARKING in Dalham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dalham in 1881

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

ABRA (7)  AFFLECK (3)  BAILEY (1)  BARKWAY (1)  BASHAM (1)  BAULEY (1)  BELVERSTONE (1)  BLAKE (1)  BOND (4)  BUCKLE (1)  BARROW (3)  CHAPMAN (4)  COBBIN (1)  CORNWELL (1)  COX (7)  CROSS (6)  DAY (8)  DEARSLEY (5)  DEATH (3)  DEBENHAM (1)  DEAR (4)  EDWARDS (2)  FITCH (9)  JERMAN (2)  JILLINGS (10)  GINN (2)  GODFREY (2)  GOLDING (3)  GOODE (1)  GOSS (5)  GOULT (1)  GREEN (4)  GRINDLING (1)  HAYWARD (9)  HORREX (2)  HURRELL (1)  JARMAN (7)  KEMP (18)  KING (2)  LAMBERT (2)  LEVITT (1)  LYSTER (1)  LOFFTS (5)  MARKING (6)  MARTIN (8)  MASON (1)  MOORE (2)  MERKIN (9)  MURKIN (6)  NEWMAN (5)  NORMAN (13)  NORTON (15)  NUNN (4)  ONION (8)  OSBORNE (2)  OUTLAW (5)  PAYNE (2)  PEARSON (7)  PLEASANTS (1)  PLUMMER (2)  PRIKE (8)  PUGH (1)  RATFORD (9)  ROBSON (4)  ROGERS (2)  ROLFE (4)  RUTTER (1)  SARGENT (2)  SARGEANT (15)  SAUNDERS (1)  SEELEY (3)  SHEPPARD (1)  SIMPKIN (2)  SIMPSON (5)  SMITH (10)  SPARROW (2)  SWANN (12)  TABRAM (12)  TODD (5)  TURNER (34)  WAKE (1)  WATKINSON (3)  WATTS (1)  WEBB (6)  WESSELINK (1)  WHEELER (2)  WILLINGHAM (2)  WINTER (1)  WISEMAN (4)  WOODS (9)  WRIGHT (6)