Top surnames from the 1881 census in Willisham, Suffolk

Willisham 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
GRIMWOOD3015.07543,658.54
BALLS2211.0553862.75
LAMBERT157.5377138.12
MINNS126.03021,363.64
STEWARD115.5276429.69
BAKER94.522620.64
PEARL73.51761,666.67
ALDOUS63.0151740.74
SHARMAN63.0151218.98
WEBBER63.015198.68
SYRETT63.01512,400.00
TAYLOR52.51263.93
MULLETT42.0101645.16
HOLDER42.0101149.25
LONDON42.0101404.04
SIMPSON42.010111.49
SMITH31.50751.07
PHILLIPS31.50758.43
GROOM31.5075107.53
ROUS31.50752,142.86
SIMMONS31.507536.95
BYE31.5075300.00
GREEN21.00503.57
MARSH10.50257.04
COBB10.502535.34
TYDEMAN10.5025588.24
MILLER10.50252.81
REYNOLDS10.50255.80
WOODARD10.5025232.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRIMWOOD3,658.543015.0754
SYRETT2,400.0063.0151
ROUS2,142.8631.5075
PEARL1,666.6773.5176
MINNS1,363.64126.0302
BALLS862.752211.0553
ALDOUS740.7463.0151
MULLETT645.1642.0101
TYDEMAN588.2410.5025
STEWARD429.69115.5276
LONDON404.0442.0101
BYE300.0031.5075
WOODARD232.5610.5025
SHARMAN218.9863.0151
HOLDER149.2542.0101
LAMBERT138.12157.5377
GROOM107.5331.5075
WEBBER98.6863.0151
SIMMONS36.9531.5075
COBB35.3410.5025
BAKER20.6494.5226
SIMPSON11.4942.0101
PHILLIPS8.4331.5075
MARSH7.0410.5025
REYNOLDS5.8010.5025
TAYLOR3.9352.5126
GREEN3.5721.0050
MILLER2.8110.5025
SMITH1.0731.5075

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 30 people called GRIMWOOD in Willisham 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 15.0754 in Willisham means that 15.0754% of the people in Willisham on census day were called GRIMWOOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRIMWOOD 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 GRIMWOOD 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 GRIMWOOD 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 GRIMWOOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,658.54 in Willisham means that you are 3,658.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRIMWOOD in Willisham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Willisham in 1881

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

ALDOUS (6)  BAKER (9)  BALLS (22)  BATTELL (7)  BYE (3)  COBB (1)  DUNNETT (3)  GREEN (2)  GRIMWOOD (30)  GROOM (3)  HOLDER (4)  JARROLD (11)  LAMBERT (15)  LONDON (4)  MARSH (1)  MILLER (1)  MINNS (12)  MULLETT (4)  PEARL (7)  PHILLIPS (3)  PRESLAND (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROUS (3)  SHARMAN (6)  SIMMONS (3)  SIMPSON (4)  SMITH (3)  STEWARD (11)  SYRETT (6)  TAYLOR (5)  TYDEMAN (1)  WEBBER (6)  WOODARD (1)