Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stanstead, Suffolk

Stanstead 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
WHEELER236.1333101.59
GARWOOD225.86671,202.19
CLARK174.533315.08
THEOBALD174.5333711.30
BIRD164.266755.85
HOWE164.2667108.62
SMITH143.73332.64
GOWERS143.73331,372.55
WATTS112.933334.99
PASH92.40003,461.54
FITCH92.4000307.17
BIGG71.8667593.22
HAYLOCK51.3333490.20
SADLER51.333356.56
BRITTON51.333375.30
PLAYLE51.3333793.65
MOLTON51.33331,724.14
BROWN41.06671.62
JARMIN41.06671,904.76
EDGLEY41.0667677.97
JACKSON41.06673.82
HOLMES41.06678.76
BRIDGE41.066752.70
TOWNSEND41.066725.11
NUNN30.800045.66
MEDCALF30.8000205.48
KILBOURNE30.80002,307.69
WELLS30.80009.62
ALSTON30.8000122.95
HANCHETT30.80002,500.00
MAXIM30.80001,111.11
GOODY30.8000277.78
KILBOURN30.80001,500.00
ADAMS20.53333.62
REEVE20.533322.81
HOWARD20.53335.43
COPSEY20.5333250.00
SHEEN20.533380.00
COX20.53333.52
OAKLEY20.533325.19
STEWARD20.533341.49
GOLDING20.533330.26
ELLIS20.53333.67
CORK10.266735.97
SEAMAN10.266734.36
NEWMAN10.26673.59
CHILDS10.266714.51
WOOD10.26670.84
ALLEN10.26671.41
COOK10.26671.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PASH3,461.5492.4000
HANCHETT2,500.0030.8000
KILBOURNE2,307.6930.8000
JARMIN1,904.7641.0667
MOLTON1,724.1451.3333
KILBOURN1,500.0030.8000
GOWERS1,372.55143.7333
GARWOOD1,202.19225.8667
CARLO1,111.1110.2667
MAXIM1,111.1130.8000
RUDDUCK833.3310.2667
PLAYLE793.6551.3333
THEOBALD711.30174.5333
EDGLEY677.9741.0667
BIGG593.2271.8667
HAYLOCK490.2051.3333
FITCH307.1792.4000
GOODY277.7830.8000
COPSEY250.0020.5333
MEDCALF205.4830.8000
GRIDLEY166.6710.2667
ALSTON122.9530.8000
HOWE108.62164.2667
WHEELER101.59236.1333
SHEEN80.0020.5333
BRITTON75.3051.3333
SADLER56.5651.3333
BIRD55.85164.2667
BRIDGE52.7041.0667
NUNN45.6630.8000
STEWARD41.4920.5333
CORK35.9710.2667
WATTS34.99112.9333
SEAMAN34.3610.2667
PETTIT33.6710.2667
AMBROSE30.3010.2667
GOLDING30.2620.5333
OAKLEY25.1920.5333
TOWNSEND25.1141.0667
REEVE22.8120.5333
CLARK15.08174.5333
CHILDS14.5110.2667
WELLS9.6230.8000
SHARPE9.0510.2667
HOLMES8.7641.0667
HOWARD5.4320.5333
JACKSON3.8241.0667
ELLIS3.6720.5333
ADAMS3.6220.5333
NEWMAN3.5910.2667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called PASH in Stanstead 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 2.4000 in Stanstead means that 2.4000% of the people in Stanstead on census day were called PASH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PASH 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 PASH 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 PASH 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 PASH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,461.54 in Stanstead means that you are 3,461.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PASH in Stanstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stanstead in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALLEN (1)  ALSTON (3)  AMBROSE (1)  BIGG (7)  BIRD (16)  BOGGIS (1)  BRANWHITE (8)  BRETT SMITH (12)  BRETTSMITH (1)  BRIDGE (4)  BRITTON (5)  BROWN (4)  CARLO (1)  CHILDS (1)  CRISELL (31)  CLARK (17)  COOK (1)  COPSEY (2)  CORK (1)  COX (2)  EDGLEY (4)  ELLIS (2)  FITCH (9)  GAME (4)  GARWOOD (22)  GOLDING (2)  GOODY (3)  GOWERS (14)  GRIDLEY (1)  HANCHETT (3)  HAYLOCK (5)  HOLMES (4)  HOWARD (2)  HOWE (16)  IVE (2)  JACKSON (4)  JACKAMAN (2)  JARMIN (4)  JARMYN (5)  JOHNSON (1)  KILBOURN (3)  KILBOURNE (3)  KIMONIS (1)  KING (1)  MAXIM (3)  MEDCALF (3)  MORTLOCK (1)  MOLTON (5)  NEWMAN (1)  NUNN (3)  OAKLEY (2)  ORISS (2)  PASH (9)  PETTIT (1)  PLAYLE (5)  REEVE (2)  RUDDUCK (1)  SADLER (5)  SEAMAN (1)  SHARPE (1)  SHEEN (2)  SMITH (14)  STEWARD (2)  STRUTT (3)  STUTTERS (3)  THEOBALD (17)  TOWNSEND (4)  WATTS (11)  WELLS (3)  WHEELER (23)  WHITEROD (8)  WOOD (1)  WORSHIP (1)