Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunwich, Suffolk

Dunwich 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
WATLING2811.20002,170.54
DIX228.8000890.69
BUTCHER145.6000132.83
BOOTH93.600036.50
COOK93.600018.12
STANNARD83.2000459.77
BROWN83.20004.85
SWAN83.2000123.46
BRINKLEY83.20002,285.71
BLOOMFIELD72.8000220.13
WADE62.400059.94
MARTIN52.00008.12
SCARLETT52.0000588.24
GREEN52.00007.10
HARRIS41.60006.30
THORNTON41.600031.82
MARKER41.60001,818.18
BAGGOTT41.6000547.95
LONG41.600024.66
GOODALL31.200056.07
WARD31.20005.49
PACKARD31.20001,200.00
STOCKWELL31.2000202.70
FLETCHER20.80007.01
BARNE20.80004,000.00
NEWMAN20.800010.76
SMITH20.80000.57
FISKE20.8000714.29
COLEMAN20.800016.05
OSBORNE20.800016.76
BROWNE20.800043.67
BLANDON20.80002,857.14
COOPER10.40001.64
PECK10.400023.70
ANDREWS10.40004.18
CHAMBERLAIN10.400014.71
NUTT10.400055.25
LEECH10.400024.57
WOODS10.40006.35
PUGH10.400010.47
JACOBS10.400016.69
HAMMOND10.40007.03
GIRLING10.400062.89
ROWE10.40007.04
LANE10.40005.80
WEBSTER10.40004.60
CRESSWELL10.400037.88
PITMAN10.400043.86
HUNT10.40003.01
MOORE10.40002.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BARNE4,000.0020.8000
BLANDON2,857.1420.8000
BRINKLEY2,285.7183.2000
WATLING2,170.542811.2000
MARKER1,818.1841.6000
PACKARD1,200.0031.2000
BRANDS1,000.0010.4000
DIX890.69228.8000
FISKE714.2920.8000
SCARLETT588.2452.0000
BAGGOTT547.9541.6000
STANNARD459.7783.2000
BLOOMFIELD220.1372.8000
STOCKWELL202.7031.2000
BUTCHER132.83145.6000
SWAN123.4683.2000
GIRLING62.8910.4000
WADE59.9462.4000
SELF56.1810.4000
GOODALL56.0731.2000
NUTT55.2510.4000
PITMAN43.8610.4000
BROWNE43.6720.8000
DYKE40.3210.4000
CRESSWELL37.8810.4000
BOOTH36.5093.6000
THORNTON31.8241.6000
LONG24.6641.6000
LEECH24.5710.4000
PECK23.7010.4000
COOK18.1293.6000
GARRETT17.6110.4000
OSBORNE16.7620.8000
JACOBS16.6910.4000
COLEMAN16.0520.8000
CHAMBERLAIN14.7110.4000
NEWMAN10.7620.8000
PUGH10.4710.4000
MARTIN8.1252.0000
GREEN7.1052.0000
ROWE7.0410.4000
HAMMOND7.0310.4000
FLETCHER7.0120.8000
WOODS6.3510.4000
HARRIS6.3041.6000
LANE5.8010.4000
WARD5.4931.2000
BROWN4.8583.2000
WEBSTER4.6010.4000
ANDREWS4.1810.4000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called BARNE in Dunwich 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 0.8000 in Dunwich means that 0.8000% of the people in Dunwich on census day were called BARNE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BARNE 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 BARNE 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 BARNE 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 BARNE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,000.00 in Dunwich means that you are 4,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BARNE in Dunwich than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunwich in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  BAGGOTT (4)  BARNE (2)  BLANDON (2)  BLOOMFIELD (7)  BOOTH (9)  BORRETT (1)  BRANDS (1)  BRINKLEY (8)  BROWN (8)  BROWNE (2)  BUTCHER (14)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  COLEMAN (2)  COOK (9)  COOPER (1)  CRESSWELL (1)  DIX (22)  DYKE (1)  FILCH (1)  FISKE (2)  FLETCHER (2)  GARRETT (1)  GIRLING (1)  GISSING (2)  GOODALL (3)  GOODA (1)  GREEN (5)  HAMMOND (1)  HARGRAFT (1)  HARRIS (4)  HUNT (1)  IFE (4)  JACOBS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  NUTT (1)  LANE (1)  LARTER (5)  LEECH (1)  LONG (4)  MARKER (4)  MARTIN (5)  MOORE (1)  NEWMAN (2)  ORDE (1)  OSBORNE (2)  PACKARD (3)  PECK (1)  PITMAN (1)  PUGH (1)  RABBETTS (4)  RISEBOROUGH (3)  ROWE (1)  ROSS (1)  SCARLETT (5)  SADD (4)  SELF (1)  SHEARNE (1)  SKUFFHAM (1)  SMITH (2)  SPRUNT (1)  STANNARD (8)  STOCKWELL (3)  SWAN (8)  THORNTON (4)  VERCOE (4)  WADE (6)  WARD (3)  WATLING (28)  WEBSTER (1)  WOODS (1)