Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wyverstone, Suffolk

Wyverstone 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
OFFORD217.95452,530.12
BURCH186.8182904.52
LOCK155.6818199.47
BAKER155.681825.93
WILDING134.9242419.35
CUTTING124.5455888.89
SYRETT124.54553,636.36
FARROW124.5455242.42
LEGGETT124.5455576.92
FLETCHER93.409129.86
BETTS93.4091159.57
KING83.030313.90
COOPER83.030312.46
SANDS62.2727202.70
STURGEON62.2727560.75
KERRY62.2727335.20
GARRARD62.2727545.45
RACE41.5152277.78
WOODS41.515224.02
MEAN31.13641,666.67
CLARKSON31.136442.86
JACKSON31.13644.07
BOUGHTON31.1364275.23
BERRY31.136414.32
BAXTER20.757612.71
CLARK20.75762.52
CHANDLER20.757623.58
BLOIS20.75762,222.22
ALEXANDER10.37887.16
LAFLIN10.3788833.33
SMITH10.37880.27
BIRD10.37884.96
CORBELL10.37881,666.67
HAMMOND10.37886.65
QUINTON10.378881.30
MORLEY10.37889.48
RICKETTS10.378839.06
PERCY10.378840.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SYRETT3,636.36124.5455
OFFORD2,530.12217.9545
BLOIS2,222.2220.7576
CORBELL1,666.6710.3788
MEAN1,666.6731.1364
BURCH904.52186.8182
CUTTING888.89124.5455
LAFLIN833.3310.3788
LEGGETT576.92124.5455
STURGEON560.7562.2727
GARRARD545.4562.2727
WILDING419.35134.9242
KERRY335.2062.2727
RACE277.7841.5152
BOUGHTON275.2331.1364
FARROW242.42124.5455
SANDS202.7062.2727
LOCK199.47155.6818
BETTS159.5793.4091
QUINTON81.3010.3788
CLARKSON42.8631.1364
PERCY40.6510.3788
RICKETTS39.0610.3788
FLETCHER29.8693.4091
BAKER25.93155.6818
WOODS24.0241.5152
CHANDLER23.5820.7576
BERRY14.3231.1364
KING13.9083.0303
BAXTER12.7120.7576
COOPER12.4683.0303
MORLEY9.4810.3788
ALEXANDER7.1610.3788
HAMMOND6.6510.3788
BIRD4.9610.3788
JACKSON4.0731.1364
CLARK2.5220.7576
SMITH0.2710.3788

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called SYRETT in Wyverstone 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 4.5455 in Wyverstone means that 4.5455% of the people in Wyverstone on census day were called SYRETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SYRETT 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 SYRETT 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 SYRETT 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 SYRETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,636.36 in Wyverstone means that you are 3,636.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SYRETT in Wyverstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wyverstone in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  BAKER (15)  BAXTER (2)  BERRY (3)  BETTS (9)  BURCH (18)  BIRD (1)  BLOMFIELD (6)  BLOIS (2)  BOBY (7)  BOUGHTON (3)  CHANDLER (2)  CLARK (2)  CLARKSON (3)  COBBOLD (1)  COOPER (8)  CORBELL (1)  CUTTING (12)  ELSEGOOD (7)  FARROW (12)  FINBOW (3)  FLETCHER (9)  FREWER (2)  GARRARD (6)  HAMMOND (1)  HEWER (1)  JACKSON (3)  KERRY (6)  KING (8)  LAFLIN (1)  LEGGETT (12)  LOCK (15)  LUMMAS (1)  MEAN (3)  MINZEN (1)  MIZZEN (2)  MORLEY (1)  OFFORD (21)  PATTLE (3)  PERCY (1)  QUINTON (1)  RACE (4)  RICKETTS (1)  SANDS (6)  SMITH (1)  STURGEON (6)  SYRETT (12)  WILDING (13)  WISTLECROFT (1)  WOODS (4)