Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Elmham St Margaret, Suffolk

South Elmham St Margaret 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
ALDRICH1711.72417,391.30
REYNOLDS128.275995.54
DEBENHAM106.89663,703.70
BUTCHER106.8966163.67
HARRIS96.206924.42
WILBY64.1379705.88
LORD64.137989.69
ALDOUS53.4483847.46
HOWES53.4483197.63
DAVEY53.448383.89
DANBY42.7586645.16
ROBERSON42.75861,818.18
HAWES42.7586223.46
HOLMES32.069016.99
PRETTY32.0690576.92
PAGE32.069025.88
LANHAM32.0690810.81
SMITH32.06901.47
NEWSON32.0690326.09
HAMMOND21.379324.21
BIRD21.379318.05
PARKER10.68973.63
EASTER10.6897172.41
SNELLING10.689784.75
HOWLETT10.689751.55
PEARSON10.68975.94
GILBERT10.689712.11
WELTON10.6897192.31
CLARKE10.68973.40
PEARSE10.689764.94
FREESTONE10.6897161.29
WOODGATE10.6897147.06
VINCENT10.689722.12
JACKSON10.68972.47
SKINNER10.689713.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALDRICH7,391.301711.7241
DEBENHAM3,703.70106.8966
ROBERSON1,818.1842.7586
ALDOUS847.4653.4483
LANHAM810.8132.0690
WILBY705.8864.1379
DANBY645.1642.7586
PRETTY576.9232.0690
NEWSON326.0932.0690
HAWES223.4642.7586
HOWES197.6353.4483
WELTON192.3110.6897
EASTER172.4110.6897
BUTCHER163.67106.8966
FREESTONE161.2910.6897
WOODGATE147.0610.6897
REYNOLDS95.54128.2759
LORD89.6964.1379
SNELLING84.7510.6897
DAVEY83.8953.4483
PEARSE64.9410.6897
HOWLETT51.5510.6897
PAGE25.8832.0690
HARRIS24.4296.2069
HAMMOND24.2121.3793
VINCENT22.1210.6897
BIRD18.0521.3793
HOLMES16.9932.0690
SKINNER13.5910.6897
GILBERT12.1110.6897
PEARSON5.9410.6897
PARKER3.6310.6897
CLARKE3.4010.6897
JACKSON2.4710.6897
SMITH1.4732.0690

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 17 people called ALDRICH in South Elmham St Margaret 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 11.7241 in South Elmham St Margaret means that 11.7241% of the people in South Elmham St Margaret on census day were called ALDRICH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALDRICH 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 ALDRICH 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 ALDRICH 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 ALDRICH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,391.30 in South Elmham St Margaret means that you are 7,391.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALDRICH in South Elmham St Margaret than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Elmham St Margaret in 1881

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

ALDOUS (5)  ALDRICH (17)  BIRD (2)  BUTCHER (10)  CLARKE (1)  DANBY (4)  DAVEY (5)  DEBENHAM (10)  EASTER (1)  FREESTONE (1)  GILBERT (1)  HAMMOND (2)  HARRIS (9)  HAWES (4)  HOLMES (3)  HOWES (5)  HOWLETT (1)  JACKSON (1)  LANHAM (3)  LARTER (4)  LORD (6)  LUSHEY (2)  MUTIMER (1)  NEWSON (3)  PAGE (3)  PARKER (1)  PEARSE (1)  PEARSON (1)  PRETTY (3)  RANT (5)  REYNOLDS (12)  ROBERSON (4)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (3)  SNELLING (1)  VINCENT (1)  WELTON (1)  WILBY (6)  WOODGATE (1)