Top surnames from the 1881 census in Akenham, Suffolk

Akenham 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
TAYLOR119.565214.96
GARNHAM119.56522,000.00
WEBB86.956551.31
ROBINSON76.087019.09
SMITH65.21743.70
GOODING54.3478515.46
PURKISS54.34781,851.85
HEWITT54.347889.29
COCKRILL43.47834,444.44
JAY43.4783396.04
WATERMAN32.6087337.08
CHAPLIN32.6087181.82
SPARKES21.7391238.10
SPALL10.8696454.55
ANDREWS10.86969.07
MORTIMER10.869641.67
REID10.86968.28
SIMMONS10.869621.32
WARNER10.869623.87
DAVEY10.869621.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COCKRILL4,444.4443.4783
GARNHAM2,000.00119.5652
PURKISS1,851.8554.3478
GOODING515.4654.3478
SPALL454.5510.8696
JAY396.0443.4783
WATERMAN337.0832.6087
SPARKES238.1021.7391
CHAPLIN181.8232.6087
HEWITT89.2954.3478
WEBB51.3186.9565
MORTIMER41.6710.8696
WARNER23.8710.8696
SIMMONS21.3210.8696
DAVEY21.1410.8696
ROBINSON19.0976.0870
TAYLOR14.96119.5652
ANDREWS9.0710.8696
REID8.2810.8696
SMITH3.7065.2174

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called COCKRILL in Akenham 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 3.4783 in Akenham means that 3.4783% of the people in Akenham on census day were called COCKRILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COCKRILL 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 COCKRILL 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 COCKRILL 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 COCKRILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,444.44 in Akenham means that you are 4,444.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COCKRILL in Akenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Akenham in 1881

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

AIREY (4)  ANDREWS (1)  BRUMING (5)  CHAPLIN (3)  CHITTOCK (7)  COCKRILL (4)  DAVEY (1)  GARNHAM (11)  JAY (4)  GILDERSLEEVES (1)  GOODING (5)  GRAYSTON (1)  HEWITT (5)  LEAD (5)  MORTIMER (1)  MORPHEY (10)  PURKISS (5)  REID (1)  ROBINSON (7)  SIMMONS (1)  SMITH (6)  SPALL (1)  SPARKES (2)  TAYLOR (11)  URQUIHART (1)  WARNER (1)  WATERMAN (3)  WEBB (8)