Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eriswell, Suffolk

Eriswell 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
LEONARD317.0295324.27
PALMER265.895750.02
TURNER214.761917.11
SHINN173.85492,266.67
REEVE163.6281155.19
COPSEY122.72111,276.60
SMITH102.26761.61
JAVENS102.267625,000.00
MOSS92.040833.11
SNARE92.04082,500.00
PLACE81.8141346.32
STIMPSON81.8141404.04
HARDING71.587321.93
LOCK71.587355.73
SHARMAN61.360598.85
CARPENTER61.360539.66
NICHOLS61.360541.75
MARKELL61.36054,615.38
CROSS61.360519.77
BOWERS51.133862.19
LAWRENCE51.133817.46
DENNIS51.133838.31
WARREN51.133816.95
MILLER40.90705.07
HAMMOND40.907015.93
KENT40.907021.53
WOODROW40.9070146.52
HART40.907010.63
CLARK40.90703.02
GIBSON30.68035.60
WOODS30.680310.79
POWELL30.68035.45
FULLER30.680316.82
MANNING20.453514.27
LAND20.453562.89
STEED20.453594.34
WOODRUFF20.453596.62
JEFFERIES20.453540.98
SKIPPER20.4535120.48
POTTER20.45356.99
COOPER20.45351.86
LAST20.453556.98
LANGHAM20.4535103.63
JORDAN10.22685.13
FLACK10.226832.15
WOLLARD10.2268454.55
HUDSON10.22682.77
DURRANT10.226814.49
WARD10.22681.04
TUCK10.226817.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JAVENS25,000.00102.2676
MARKELL4,615.3861.3605
SNARE2,500.0092.0408
SHINN2,266.67173.8549
COPSEY1,276.60122.7211
WOLLARD454.5510.2268
STIMPSON404.0481.8141
PLACE346.3281.8141
LEONARD324.27317.0295
REEVE155.19163.6281
WOODROW146.5240.9070
SKIPPER120.4820.4535
LANGHAM103.6320.4535
STURMAN102.0410.2268
SHARMAN98.8561.3605
WOODRUFF96.6220.4535
STEED94.3420.4535
GOWERS83.3310.2268
FINCHAM81.3010.2268
LAND62.8920.4535
BOWERS62.1951.1338
LAST56.9820.4535
LOCK55.7371.5873
PALMER50.02265.8957
NICHOLS41.7561.3605
JEFFERIES40.9820.4535
CARPENTER39.6661.3605
DENNIS38.3151.1338
MOSS33.1192.0408
FLACK32.1510.2268
HALLS28.6510.2268
HARDING21.9371.5873
KENT21.5340.9070
CARRINGTON21.5110.2268
CROSS19.7761.3605
TUCK17.6710.2268
LAWRENCE17.4651.1338
FOREMAN17.3310.2268
TURNER17.11214.7619
WARREN16.9551.1338
FULLER16.8230.6803
GROOM16.1810.2268
HAMMOND15.9340.9070
DURRANT14.4910.2268
MANNING14.2720.4535
PECK13.4210.2268
WOODS10.7930.6803
HART10.6340.9070
POTTER6.9920.4535
GIBSON5.6030.6803

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called JAVENS in Eriswell 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 2.2676 in Eriswell means that 2.2676% of the people in Eriswell on census day were called JAVENS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JAVENS 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 JAVENS 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 JAVENS 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 JAVENS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 25,000.00 in Eriswell means that you are 25,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JAVENS in Eriswell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eriswell in 1881

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

ADERCK (1)  BLAYTON (1)  BOWERS (5)  BRUNNING (17)  CARPENTER (6)  CARRINGTON (1)  CLARK (4)  COOPER (2)  COPSEY (12)  CROSS (6)  DENNIS (5)  DURRANT (1)  EVANS (1)  FINCHAM (1)  FLACK (1)  FOREMAN (1)  FULLER (3)  GATHERCOLE (19)  GIBSON (3)  JORDAN (1)  GOWERS (1)  GROOM (1)  HALLS (1)  HAMMOND (4)  HANSLIP (15)  HARDING (7)  HART (4)  HEFFER (4)  HORRES (5)  HOWARD (1)  HUDSON (1)  JEFFERIES (2)  JAVENS (10)  KENT (4)  LAND (2)  LANGHAM (2)  LAST (2)  LAWRENCE (5)  LEONARD (31)  LINGWOOD (2)  LOCK (7)  MANNING (2)  MARKELL (6)  MILLER (4)  MIZEN (14)  MYSON (3)  MORTLOCK (3)  MOSS (9)  NICHOLS (6)  NITCHES (1)  NORMAN (1)  PALMER (26)  PALNAR (1)  PAYNE (1)  PECK (1)  PLACE (8)  POTTER (2)  POWELL (3)  REEVE (16)  RISEBOROUGH (3)  RUDLAND (1)  RUTTERFORD (8)  SCOTT (1)  SHARMAN (6)  SHINN (17)  SKIPPER (2)  SMITH (10)  SNARE (9)  STEED (2)  STIMPSON (8)  STULLINGS (10)  STURMAN (1)  TUCK (1)  TURNER (21)  WALLACE (1)  WOLARD (8)  WARD (1)  WARREN (5)  WILKINS (1)  WOLLARD (1)  WOODS (3)  WOODROW (4)  WOODRUFF (2)  WINDWORD (6)