Top surnames from the 1881 census in Layham, Suffolk

Layham 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
SMITH438.00745.67
OXFORD387.07642,043.01
DYER193.538291.35
ROLFE142.6071201.15
WARD132.420911.08
MANN132.420945.95
GARROD132.4209460.99
STANNARD91.6760240.00
PARTRIDGE71.303549.89
DOUBLE71.3035660.38
BARTON71.303524.13
TOWNS71.3035406.98
POTTER71.303520.10
KING71.30355.98
STEED61.1173232.56
BENNETT61.11736.80
SAGE61.1173125.79
GROVES61.117339.74
BEER61.117369.85
MOLES61.1173582.52
THORPE61.117328.26
CRISP61.117380.43
HATCH61.1173129.87
LITTLETON61.1173625.00
ALDERTON50.9311208.33
GRIMES50.931180.65
WATSON50.93114.01
GODDARD50.931123.16
ANNIS50.9311568.18
GREEN50.93113.31
HAZELL50.9311119.90
RATTELL50.931150,000.00
WILKINSON50.93116.10
BEAUMONT50.931131.41
CLARKE40.74493.68
COOK40.74493.75
GARNHAM40.7449156.86
BROWN40.74491.13
CLOVER40.7449261.44
HARDACRE40.7449314.96
BLYTHE40.744998.04
GODFREY40.744925.13
HAMMOND30.55879.81
NORMAN30.558712.05
MOODY30.558721.40
BRANCH30.5587109.09
RICE30.558718.00
VINCE30.558792.31
WILSON20.37240.81
GOODWIN20.37247.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RATTELL50,000.0050.9311
BORDON5,000.0010.1862
OXFORD2,043.01387.0764
SONGER1,666.6720.3724
DOUBLE660.3871.3035
LITTLETON625.0061.1173
MOLES582.5261.1173
ANNIS568.1850.9311
GARROD460.99132.4209
TOWNS406.9871.3035
BARDWELL350.8820.3724
HARDACRE314.9640.7449
CLOVER261.4440.7449
STANNARD240.0091.6760
STEED232.5661.1173
ALDERTON208.3350.9311
ROLFE201.15142.6071
CONE200.0010.1862
GARNHAM156.8640.7449
HATCH129.8761.1173
SAGE125.7961.1173
HAZELL119.9050.9311
BRANCH109.0930.5587
BLYTHE98.0440.7449
VINCE92.3130.5587
DYER91.35193.5382
GRIMWOOD90.5020.3724
GRIMES80.6550.9311
CRISP80.4361.1173
BEER69.8561.1173
GENTRY57.4710.1862
OSMAN51.2810.1862
PARTRIDGE49.8971.3035
MANN45.95132.4209
LINTON45.3520.3724
GROVES39.7461.1173
RANSON37.5910.1862
HITCHCOCK32.2620.3724
BEAUMONT31.4150.9311
COLLINGS31.3020.3724
NEWLAND31.0610.1862
JEFFRIES29.6720.3724
THORPE28.2661.1173
GODFREY25.1340.7449
SNOWDON25.0010.1862
BARTON24.1371.3035
GOSLING23.7820.3724
GODDARD23.1650.9311
MOODY21.4030.5587
GOOCH21.2310.1862

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called RATTELL in Layham 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 0.9311 in Layham means that 0.9311% of the people in Layham on census day were called RATTELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RATTELL 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 RATTELL 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 RATTELL 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 RATTELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 50,000.00 in Layham means that you are 50,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RATTELL in Layham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Layham in 1881

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

AGGISS (7)  ALDERTON (5)  ANDERSON (1)  ANNIS (5)  BAALHAM (13)  BAKER (1)  BARDWELL (2)  BORHAM (1)  BARTON (7)  BEAUMONT (5)  BEER (6)  BEESTON (9)  BENNETT (6)  BLYTHE (4)  BOLTON (1)  BORDON (1)  BRANCH (3)  BRANSTON (1)  BROWN (4)  CLARKE (4)  CLOVER (4)  COLE (1)  CONE (1)  COOK (4)  CRISP (6)  DAWSON (1)  DEATH (1)  DIPNALL (6)  DOUBLE (7)  DYER (19)  FENNING (1)  FIDGETT (4)  FRANCIS (2)  FROST (1)  GARDINER (1)  GARNHAM (4)  GARROD (13)  GENTRY (1)  GODDARD (5)  GODFREY (4)  GOOCH (1)  GOODWIN (2)  GOSLING (2)  GRAYMER (1)  GREEN (5)  GRIMES (5)  GRIMSEY (3)  GRIMWOOD (2)  GROVES (6)  HAMMOND (3)  HARDACRE (4)  HART (1)  HAZELL (5)  HATCH (6)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HITCHCOCK (2)  HOLBROW (4)  HOWARD (1)  HUGHES (1)  HYNARD (21)  JAMES (2)  JEFFRIES (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KEDGE (5)  KING (7)  LAPLIN (1)  LINTON (2)  LITTLETON (6)  MANN (13)  MANNING (1)  MARTIN (1)  COLLINGS (2)  MOODY (3)  MOSS (1)  MOUGHTON (2)  MOLES (6)  NEWLAND (1)  NORMAN (3)  OSMAN (1)  OXFORD (38)  PARTRIDGE (7)  PETTINGALE (1)  PIZZEY (5)  POTTER (7)  POSTANS (2)  PRATT (1)  RANSON (1)  RASHBROOK (5)  RATTELL (5)  REED (2)  RICE (3)  RIDDLESTONE (9)  RIDGEWELL (1)  ROLFE (14)  SAGE (6)  SCOTT (1)  SCOWEN (5)  SIBBONS (1)  SMITH (43)  SMOUT (1)  SNOWDON (1)  SOANE (1)  SONGER (2)  STANNARD (9)  STEED (6)  STRUTT (9)  THORPE (6)  TOWNS (7)  TRUNDFOFF (1)  WARD (13)  WATSON (5)  WILKINSON (5)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (2)  VINCE (3)