Top surnames from the 1881 census in Athelington, Suffolk

Athelington 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
HAWES1713.28131,075.95
WHITTON129.37501,518.99
CHAPMAN86.250044.00
MAYHEW75.4688660.38
FISK64.6875882.35
THORNDIKE64.68756,000.00
GARRARD64.68751,132.08
DEBNAM64.68756,000.00
GOOCH43.1250357.14
ROSE32.343831.61
CLARKE32.343811.57
HARVEY21.562514.63
THORNTON21.562531.06
BOND21.562529.50
BAILEY10.78135.19
FREEMAN10.781312.24
COLLINS10.78135.44
WOODS10.781312.39
BLOOMFIELD10.781361.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEBNAM6,000.0064.6875
THORNDIKE6,000.0064.6875
WHITTON1,518.99129.3750
GARRARD1,132.0864.6875
HAWES1,075.951713.2813
FISK882.3564.6875
MAYHEW660.3875.4688
GOOCH357.1443.1250
BLOOMFIELD61.3510.7813
CHAPMAN44.0086.2500
ROSE31.6132.3438
THORNTON31.0621.5625
BOND29.5021.5625
HARVEY14.6321.5625
WOODS12.3910.7813
FREEMAN12.2410.7813
CLARKE11.5732.3438
COLLINS5.4410.7813
BAILEY5.1910.7813

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called DEBNAM in Athelington 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 4.6875 in Athelington means that 4.6875% of the people in Athelington on census day were called DEBNAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEBNAM 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 DEBNAM 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 DEBNAM 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 DEBNAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,000.00 in Athelington means that you are 6,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEBNAM in Athelington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Athelington in 1881

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

ALDONS (1)  BAILEY (1)  BALDWIN OR BALDWN (6)  BALDWN OR BALDWIN (14)  BALDWN (14)  BARRCK (1)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BOND (2)  CHAPMAN (8)  CLARKE (3)  COLLINS (1)  DEBNAM (6)  FISK (6)  FREEMAN (1)  GARRARD (6)  GOOCH (4)  HARVEY (2)  HAWES (17)  MAYHEW (7)  ROSE (3)  SHARMEN (1)  THORNDIKE (6)  THORNTON (2)  WHATLING (2)  WHITTON (12)  WOODS (1)