Top surnames from the 1881 census in Willingham, Suffolk

Willingham 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
BROWN1610.062915.27
GARDENER127.5472421.05
BUTCHER95.6604134.33
PINKNEY95.66041,451.61
OAKES95.6604391.30
DAVY74.4025357.14
TOWNSEND74.4025103.70
WEST74.402545.72
SHEPHERD63.773651.50
WHITE63.773611.74
LEECH63.7736231.66
TUTHILL63.77364,615.38
FLETCHER42.515722.04
WINGFIELD31.8868410.96
BLOIS21.25794,000.00
LING21.2579133.33
CUTLER21.2579101.01
CLARKE21.25796.21
LONG10.62899.70
JACKSON10.62892.25
THACKER10.628986.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TUTHILL4,615.3863.7736
BLOIS4,000.0021.2579
PINKNEY1,451.6195.6604
GARDENER421.05127.5472
WINGFIELD410.9631.8868
OAKES391.3095.6604
DAVY357.1474.4025
LEECH231.6663.7736
BUTCHER134.3395.6604
LING133.3321.2579
TOWNSEND103.7074.4025
CUTLER101.0121.2579
THACKER86.9610.6289
SHEPHERD51.5063.7736
WEST45.7274.4025
FLETCHER22.0442.5157
BROWN15.271610.0629
WHITE11.7463.7736
LONG9.7010.6289
CLARKE6.2121.2579
JACKSON2.2510.6289

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called TUTHILL in Willingham 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 3.7736 in Willingham means that 3.7736% of the people in Willingham on census day were called TUTHILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TUTHILL 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 TUTHILL 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 TUTHILL 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 TUTHILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,615.38 in Willingham means that you are 4,615.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TUTHILL in Willingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Willingham in 1881

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

BLOIS (2)  BROWN (16)  BUTCHER (9)  CLARKE (2)  CUTLER (2)  DAVY (7)  DELF (7)  FLETCHER (4)  GARDENER (12)  JACKSON (1)  LEECH (6)  LING (2)  LONG (1)  MOULE (15)  OAKES (9)  PINKNEY (9)  RENDALSHAM (6)  SHEPHERD (6)  SPRINGALL (7)  TACON (2)  THACKER (1)  TOWNSEND (7)  TUTHILL (6)  HADINGHAM (4)  WEST (7)  WHITE (6)  WINGFIELD (3)