Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Saxham, Suffolk

Little Saxham 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
CROWE169.2486924.86
WILKES105.7803333.33
LAST95.2023652.17
WILLINGHAM84.62433,076.92
PEPPER74.0462288.07
RISBY74.04625,833.33
LEECH74.0462248.23
ROSE74.046254.56
MANNING74.0462127.27
WILDING74.0462344.83
SHARPE74.0462137.25
HAZLEWOOD63.46821,538.46
CLAREY63.46823,750.00
ROLFE52.8902223.21
GARWOOD52.8902588.24
ALLINGTON52.89021,666.67
HALL52.89029.82
EVITT52.89026,250.00
SMITH42.31211.64
LISTER21.156140.57
STIFF21.1561333.33
NUNN21.156166.01
COOKE21.156120.94
ALDERTON10.5780129.87
EDWARDS10.57802.07
HUNT10.57804.35
RUST10.5780109.89
HARRIS10.57802.27
GALLANT10.5780344.83
BOWERS10.578031.65
HEMPSTEAD10.5780909.09
ALLEN10.57803.06
PETTIT10.578072.99
ASHBY10.578034.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EVITT6,250.0052.8902
RISBY5,833.3374.0462
CLAREY3,750.0063.4682
WILLINGHAM3,076.9284.6243
ALLINGTON1,666.6752.8902
HAZLEWOOD1,538.4663.4682
CROWE924.86169.2486
HEMPSTEAD909.0910.5780
LAST652.1795.2023
GARWOOD588.2452.8902
GALLANT344.8310.5780
WILDING344.8374.0462
STIFF333.3321.1561
WILKES333.33105.7803
PEPPER288.0774.0462
LEECH248.2374.0462
ROLFE223.2152.8902
SHARPE137.2574.0462
ALDERTON129.8710.5780
MANNING127.2774.0462
RUST109.8910.5780
PETTIT72.9910.5780
NUNN66.0121.1561
ROSE54.5674.0462
LISTER40.5721.1561
ASHBY34.4810.5780
BOWERS31.6510.5780
COOKE20.9421.1561
HALL9.8252.8902
HUNT4.3510.5780
ALLEN3.0610.5780
HARRIS2.2710.5780
EDWARDS2.0710.5780
SMITH1.6442.3121

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called EVITT in Little Saxham 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 2.8902 in Little Saxham means that 2.8902% of the people in Little Saxham on census day were called EVITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EVITT 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 EVITT 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 EVITT 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 EVITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,250.00 in Little Saxham means that you are 6,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EVITT in Little Saxham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Saxham in 1881

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

ALDERTON (1)  ALLEN (1)  ALLINGTON (5)  ASHBY (1)  BOWERS (1)  BRUNNING (1)  CLARRY (5)  CLAREY (6)  COOKE (2)  CROWE (16)  DADLEY (6)  EDWARDS (1)  EVITT (5)  GALLANT (1)  GARWOOD (5)  JILLINGS (8)  HALL (5)  HARRIS (1)  HAZLEWOOD (6)  HEMPSTEAD (1)  HUNT (1)  LAST (9)  LEECH (7)  LISTER (2)  MANNING (7)  NUNN (2)  PEPPER (7)  PETTIT (1)  RISBY (7)  ROLFE (5)  ROSE (7)  RUST (1)  SHARPE (7)  SMITH (4)  STIFF (2)  TRAPE (1)  WILDING (7)  WILKES (10)  WILLINGHAM (8)