Top surnames from the 1881 census in Belton, Suffolk

Belton 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
GUYTON314.967910,000.00
SHARMAN274.3269314.32
BEARE274.32692,347.83
HALES223.5256245.54
WOODCOCK223.5256123.53
FARMAN172.72441,452.99
WARD162.564111.74
SKIPPER152.4038641.03
BROOKS142.243622.95
BUCK142.2436104.71
BECKETT111.762888.42
FARROW101.602685.40
MACE101.6026181.82
SHEARING101.6026662.25
GRIMMER101.60261,250.00
BURGESS91.442320.77
HARVEY91.442313.51
HOWES91.442382.49
BARBER91.442323.96
WOODS81.282120.33
CLAXTON81.2821202.53
MORRIS81.28215.76
BAILEY81.28218.51
KEMP81.282123.11
SMITH81.28210.91
EDWARDS81.28214.60
GODBOLT71.12182,692.31
TUBBY71.1218760.87
NEWARK60.96151,463.41
ADAMS60.96156.52
SAUL60.9615188.09
MORTER60.96151,395.35
DENNY50.801395.24
GOWER50.801376.34
POLE50.8013257.73
REYNOLDS50.80139.25
DENTON50.801343.59
NICKERSON50.8013862.07
ROWE40.641011.29
COLEMAN40.641012.86
RIVETT40.6410172.41
SHORE40.641059.61
SPENCE40.641019.38
WARNER40.641017.58
WYNES40.64103,076.92
SWATMAN40.64101,025.64
AMIS40.6410506.33
ABEL30.480874.63
WALES30.480859.41
HEMMING30.480854.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GUYTON10,000.00314.9679
WYNES3,076.9240.6410
GODBOLT2,692.3171.1218
BEARE2,347.83274.3269
NEWARK1,463.4160.9615
FARMAN1,452.99172.7244
MORTER1,395.3560.9615
GRIMMER1,250.00101.6026
SWATMAN1,025.6440.6410
NICKERSON862.0750.8013
TUBBY760.8771.1218
SHEARING662.25101.6026
SKIPPER641.03152.4038
AMIS506.3340.6410
TIMBERS384.6210.1603
SHARMAN314.32274.3269
POLE257.7350.8013
HALES245.54223.5256
CLAXTON202.5381.2821
SAUL188.0960.9615
MACE181.82101.6026
KIMPTON177.5130.4808
PEMBROKE172.4110.1603
RIVETT172.4140.6410
WOODCOCK123.53223.5256
POTTLE120.4810.1603
CHALKER112.3610.1603
MINNS109.4930.4808
BUCK104.71142.2436
THROWER100.5020.3205
DENNY95.2450.8013
BECKETT88.42111.7628
FARROW85.40101.6026
SHREEVE83.3310.1603
HOWES82.4991.4423
BURRAGE81.9710.1603
GOWER76.3450.8013
ABEL74.6330.4808
ECCLESTON63.9020.3205
LEGGETT61.2230.4808
FISK60.6120.3205
SHORE59.6140.6410
WALES59.4130.4808
BENFIELD55.2510.1603
HEMMING54.3530.4808
POWLEY51.5510.1603
STANNARD45.9820.3205
DENTON43.5950.8013
ALDOUS39.5310.1603
GOOCH36.5620.3205

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 31 people called GUYTON in Belton 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 4.9679 in Belton means that 4.9679% of the people in Belton on census day were called GUYTON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Belton in 1881

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

ABEL (3)  ADAMS (6)  ALDOUS (1)  AMIS (4)  BADDERY (1)  BAILEY (8)  BAKER (1)  BARBER (9)  BECKETT (11)  BEE (1)  BEARE (27)  BENFIELD (1)  BOTWRIGHT (2)  BROOKS (14)  BROWN (1)  BUCK (14)  BURGESS (9)  BURRAGE (1)  BUSH (1)  BUXTON (2)  CALVER (1)  CHALKER (1)  CHASTON (6)  CHESTER (2)  CLAXTON (8)  COLEMAN (4)  CRISP (1)  CROWE (1)  DENNY (5)  DENTON (5)  ECCLESTON (2)  EDWARDS (8)  FARMAN (17)  FARROW (10)  FISK (2)  FLATMAN (6)  FRYER (1)  GODBOLT (7)  GODFREY (1)  GOOCH (2)  GOWER (5)  GRIMMER (10)  GUYTON (31)  HALES (22)  HANNANT (3)  HARVEY (9)  HEMMING (3)  HOBBLES (2)  HOOD (2)  HORNE (3)  HOUGHTON (2)  HOWES (9)  HUBBARD (3)  JARMANEY (7)  JARMENEY (1)  JERMY (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KEMP (8)  KERRISON (3)  KIMPTON (3)  KIPPEN (4)  KNIGHTS (2)  LARKMAN (3)  LAWS (1)  LEGGETT (3)  LEUSLEY (1)  LOW (2)  MACE (10)  MILLER (2)  MINNS (3)  MORRIS (8)  MORSE (1)  MORTER (6)  NESLEN (2)  NEWARK (6)  NICHOLSON (1)  NICKERSON (5)  NORMAN (1)  PEMBROKE (1)  PESTELL (3)  PESTLE (1)  PIGANY (1)  PIGNEY (1)  PIKE (3)  POLE (5)  POTTLE (1)  POWLEY (1)  REDGRAVE (1)  REEVE (2)  READ (1)  REYNOLDS (5)  RIVETT (4)  ROBERTS (3)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWE (4)  RUMSBEY (8)  SAUL (6)  SAUNDERS (2)  SHARMAN (27)  SHEARING (10)  SHORE (4)  SHREEVE (1)  SKIPPER (15)  SLACK (1)  SMITH (8)  SOANES (12)  SPENCE (4)  SQUIRES (2)  STANNARD (2)  STONE (1)  STEBBINGS (1)  SUTTON (1)  SWATMAN (4)  THROWER (2)  TIMBERS (1)  TUBBY (7)  THURTLE (5)  WALES (3)  WARD (16)  WARNER (4)  WATSON (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (2)  WYNES (4)  WOODS (8)  WOODCOCK (22)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOODTHORPE (1)  WRIGHT (2)