Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farnham, Suffolk

Farnham 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
PALLANT126.48654,800.00
MESSENGER94.8649629.37
LINCOLN84.3243575.54
CRANE84.3243205.13
NEWSON84.3243683.76
CRISP84.3243311.28
GROOM73.7838270.27
GODDARD73.783894.09
GOOD63.2432260.87
SPINK63.2432402.68
PACKARD63.24323,157.89
HAKEN42.16225,714.29
BIRT42.1622512.82
MEADOWS42.1622154.44
TAYLOR42.16223.38
COOK42.162210.88
LAST31.6216204.08
SCARLETT31.6216476.19
BYLES31.6216937.50
BERRY31.621620.44
GOODING31.6216191.08
WILMOT21.0811162.60
SHORT21.081127.66
HAWARD21.0811800.00
PEARSE21.0811101.52
DALE21.081125.58
HANBY21.0811833.33
LING21.0811114.29
EVERETT21.081160.24
KING21.08114.96
PHELPS21.0811108.70
HAMMOND21.081118.99
FRENCH10.540511.07
ANGIER10.54051,250.00
DUTTON10.540523.87
CHAPLIN10.540537.74
FLURRY10.54055,000.00
NEWBY10.540554.05
WOODGATE10.5405114.94
COLLINS10.54053.77
BOULTON10.540530.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAKEN5,714.2942.1622
FLURRY5,000.0010.5405
PALLANT4,800.00126.4865
PACKARD3,157.8963.2432
ANGIER1,250.0010.5405
BYLES937.5031.6216
HANBY833.3321.0811
HAWARD800.0021.0811
NEWSON683.7684.3243
MESSENGER629.3794.8649
LINCOLN575.5484.3243
BIRT512.8242.1622
SCARLETT476.1931.6216
SPINK402.6863.2432
CRISP311.2884.3243
GROOM270.2773.7838
GOOD260.8763.2432
CRANE205.1384.3243
LAST204.0831.6216
GOODING191.0831.6216
WILMOT162.6021.0811
MEADOWS154.4442.1622
WOODGATE114.9410.5405
LING114.2921.0811
PHELPS108.7021.0811
PEARSE101.5221.0811
GODDARD94.0973.7838
EVERETT60.2421.0811
NEWBY54.0510.5405
CHAPLIN37.7410.5405
BOULTON30.0310.5405
SHORT27.6621.0811
DALE25.5821.0811
DUTTON23.8710.5405
BERRY20.4431.6216
HAMMOND18.9921.0811
FRENCH11.0710.5405
COOK10.8842.1622
KING4.9621.0811
COLLINS3.7710.5405
TAYLOR3.3842.1622

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called HAKEN in Farnham 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 2.1622 in Farnham means that 2.1622% of the people in Farnham on census day were called HAKEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAKEN 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 HAKEN 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 HAKEN 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 HAKEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,714.29 in Farnham means that you are 5,714.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAKEN in Farnham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farnham in 1881

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

ANGIER (1)  BERRY (3)  BYLES (3)  BLAGROVE (1)  BOLDERSON (7)  BOULTON (1)  BORRETT (1)  BIRT (4)  CHAPLIN (1)  CLOUTING (5)  COLLINS (1)  COLTHORP (1)  COOK (4)  CRANE (8)  CRISP (8)  DALE (2)  DUTTON (1)  EVERETT (2)  FLURRY (1)  FRENCH (1)  GODDARD (7)  GOOD (6)  GOODING (3)  GROOM (7)  HAKEN (4)  HAMBLING (4)  HAMMOND (2)  HANBY (2)  HAWARD (2)  HEFFER (2)  KING (2)  LAST (3)  LINCOLN (8)  LING (2)  MALE (1)  CULHAM (3)  MEADOWS (4)  MESSENGER (9)  NEWBY (1)  NEWSON (8)  NICHOLDS (2)  PACKARD (6)  PALLANT (12)  PEARSE (2)  PHELPS (2)  PRECIOUS (7)  SCARLETT (3)  SHORT (2)  SPINK (6)  TAYLOR (4)  WILMOT (2)  WOODGATE (1)