Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorington, Suffolk

Thorington 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
HAYLOCK98.65383,214.29
FENN76.7308660.38
CATCHPOLE76.73081,044.78
TAYLOR65.76929.02
ROBERTS65.769215.33
MILLS65.769244.48
GIBBS54.807797.85
CLARKE43.846218.98
ELLIS32.884619.87
COOPER32.884611.86
FLATT32.88461,304.35
MAYHEW21.9231232.56
EAVES21.9231350.88
JOHNSON21.92315.72
GILBERT21.923133.78
PEAK21.9231454.55
HOWARD21.923119.59
BETTS10.961545.05
SAUNDERS10.961510.48
NEWSON10.9615151.52
HILL10.96153.78
CHILVERS10.9615243.90
HALL10.96153.27
FORD10.96159.87
MORRIS10.96154.32
HELLEN10.96151,250.00
TALBOT10.961538.61
EDWARDS10.96153.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAYLOCK3,214.2998.6538
FLATT1,304.3532.8846
HELLEN1,250.0010.9615
CATCHPOLE1,044.7876.7308
FENN660.3876.7308
PEAK454.5521.9231
EAVES350.8821.9231
CHILVERS243.9010.9615
MAYHEW232.5621.9231
NEWSON151.5210.9615
GIBBS97.8554.8077
BETTS45.0510.9615
MILLS44.4865.7692
TALBOT38.6110.9615
GILBERT33.7821.9231
ELLIS19.8732.8846
HOWARD19.5921.9231
CLARKE18.9843.8462
ROBERTS15.3365.7692
COOPER11.8632.8846
SAUNDERS10.4810.9615
FORD9.8710.9615
TAYLOR9.0265.7692
JOHNSON5.7221.9231
MORRIS4.3210.9615
HILL3.7810.9615
EDWARDS3.4510.9615
HALL3.2710.9615

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called HAYLOCK in Thorington 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 8.6538 in Thorington means that 8.6538% of the people in Thorington on census day were called HAYLOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAYLOCK 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 HAYLOCK 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 HAYLOCK 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 HAYLOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,214.29 in Thorington means that you are 3,214.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAYLOCK in Thorington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorington in 1881

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

BALDRY (4)  BETTS (1)  BOKENHAM (1)  CATCHPOLE (7)  CHILVERS (1)  CLARKE (4)  COOPER (3)  EAVES (2)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (3)  FENN (7)  FLATT (3)  FORD (1)  FORDER (1)  GERREL (1)  GIBBS (5)  GILBERT (2)  HALL (1)  HAYLOCK (9)  HELLEN (1)  HELLIN (1)  HILL (1)  HOWARD (2)  JOHNSON (2)  MAYHEW (2)  MC REA (2)  MILLS (6)  MORRIS (1)  NEWSON (1)  NUN (5)  PEAK (2)  PUNIER (1)  ROBERTS (6)  SAKER (2)  SAUNDERS (1)  TALBOT (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TOVELL (4)