Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Wratting, Suffolk

Great Wratting 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
BOWERS4010.2041559.44
CARNELL307.65312,521.01
BOWYER205.1020468.38
CORNELL194.8469725.19
MARTIN143.571414.50
CARTER133.316319.76
TURNER123.061211.00
LOVEDAY112.8061460.25
BARRETT112.806141.78
LING102.5510270.27
FARRANT92.2959387.93
GOODCHILD82.0408209.97
HOLDEN82.040837.26
DRAKE71.785761.30
STARNES71.78575,384.62
BUTTON71.7857150.54
SMITH61.53061.08
PAGE61.530619.14
PHILLIPS51.27557.13
BRADFORD51.275565.45
BAILEY41.02046.77
JEFFREY41.020455.17
BRIDGMAN41.0204298.51
CHAPMAN41.02047.19
BRIDGE41.020450.38
STOWE30.7653260.87
TAYLOR30.76531.20
COATE20.5102606.06
TALBOT20.510220.49
GOSLING20.510232.57
CLARK20.51021.70
BARBER20.51028.47
MARLEY20.510288.11
KING10.25511.17
BROWN10.25510.39
MAYS10.255144.64
THOMPSON10.25510.85
SHANKS10.255133.56
PEARL10.2551121.95
WEBER10.2551200.00
MAYES10.255126.46
LEA10.255112.92
PRESTON10.25515.11
MASON10.25511.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STARNES5,384.6271.7857
CARNELL2,521.01307.6531
CORNELL725.19194.8469
COATE606.0620.5102
BOWERS559.444010.2041
BOWYER468.38205.1020
LOVEDAY460.25112.8061
FARRANT387.9392.2959
BRIDGMAN298.5141.0204
LING270.27102.5510
STOWE260.8730.7653
GOODCHILD209.9782.0408
WEBER200.0010.2551
BUTTON150.5471.7857
PEARL121.9510.2551
MARLEY88.1120.5102
BRADFORD65.4551.2755
DRAKE61.3071.7857
JEFFREY55.1741.0204
BRIDGE50.3841.0204
MAYS44.6410.2551
BARRETT41.78112.8061
HOLDEN37.2682.0408
SHANKS33.5610.2551
GOSLING32.5720.5102
MAYES26.4610.2551
TALBOT20.4920.5102
CARTER19.76133.3163
PAGE19.1461.5306
MARTIN14.50143.5714
LEA12.9210.2551
TURNER11.00123.0612
BARBER8.4720.5102
CHAPMAN7.1941.0204
PHILLIPS7.1351.2755
BAILEY6.7741.0204
PRESTON5.1110.2551
MASON1.9010.2551
CLARK1.7020.5102
TAYLOR1.2030.7653
KING1.1710.2551
SMITH1.0861.5306
THOMPSON0.8510.2551
BROWN0.3910.2551

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called STARNES in Great Wratting 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 1.7857 in Great Wratting means that 1.7857% of the people in Great Wratting on census day were called STARNES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STARNES 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 STARNES 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 STARNES 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 STARNES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,384.62 in Great Wratting means that you are 5,384.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STARNES in Great Wratting than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Wratting in 1881

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

ARGENT (6)  ARRISS (1)  BAILEY (4)  BARBER (2)  BARRETT (11)  BOWERS (40)  BOWYER (20)  BRADFORD (5)  BRADNAM (4)  BRIDGMAN (4)  BRIDGE (4)  BROWN (1)  BUTTON ((BUTAN)) (2)  BUTTON (7)  CARNELL (30)  CARNWELL (1)  CARTER (13)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLARK (2)  CLAYDEN (1)  COATE (2)  CORNELL (19)  DRAKE (7)  FARRANT (9)  FREESTON (4)  GOODCHILD (8)  GOSLING (2)  HOLDEN (8)  JEFFREY (4)  KING (1)  LEA (1)  LING (10)  LINDSELL (1)  LOVEDAY (11)  MARLEY (2)  MARTIN (14)  MASON (1)  MAYS (1)  MAYES (1)  MITSON (4)  MIZAN (33)  MIZON (4)  PAGE (6)  PEARL (1)  PHILLIPS (5)  PRESTON (1)  ROWLINGSON (23)  SHANKS (1)  SMITH (6)  SMOTHEY (3)  STARNES (7)  STOWE (3)  TALBOT (2)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (1)  TILLBROOK (8)  TURNER (12)  WEBER (1)