Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blundeston, Suffolk

Blundeston 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
WARD375.182123.72
HORN294.0616178.79
WILSON294.06168.84
BOYCE182.5210168.38
SLATER172.381039.32
PEARSON152.100818.09
GODBOLD141.96081,102.36
SMITH121.68071.19
PEARSE111.5406144.74
RUDD111.540697.69
BUNN111.5406158.05
OFFORD111.5406488.89
RICHMOND101.400663.94
BALLS101.4006109.29
PARKER101.40067.36
CROUCHER91.2605220.05
BOWLER91.2605103.21
COLBY91.2605608.11
TALBOT91.260550.65
MORRIS91.26055.66
HARVEY81.120410.49
WILMOT81.1204167.71
SEELEY81.1204363.64
TAYLOR81.12041.75
CLARKE81.12045.53
FIRMAN81.1204439.56
HINDES81.12041,095.89
BROWN81.12041.70
NORMAN70.980421.15
STURMAN70.9804440.25
MOORE70.98044.90
YOUNGS70.9804257.35
HOWES70.980456.09
DIX70.980499.29
MANNING70.980430.84
KNIGHTS70.9804111.82
GOOCH70.9804111.82
OSBORNE60.840317.61
COOPER60.84033.45
SPENCE60.840325.40
ROBERTS60.84032.23
WOODCOCK60.840329.46
BIRD60.840311.00
PORTER60.840311.20
DENTON60.840345.73
WHITE50.70032.18
RANSOME50.7003221.24
PRATT50.700312.19
BEAR50.7003264.55
PEARMAN50.7003146.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GODBOLD1,102.36141.9608
HINDES1,095.8981.1204
COLBY608.1191.2605
OFFORD488.89111.5406
STURMAN440.2570.9804
FIRMAN439.5681.1204
SEELEY363.6481.1204
ROFFE357.1430.4202
HOYLES325.2040.5602
BENSLEY325.2040.5602
WYMER322.5820.2801
FLAXMAN317.4640.5602
GOODRUM315.7930.4202
BEARE305.3440.5602
SCARLET270.2710.1401
BEAR264.5550.7003
YOUNGS257.3570.9804
RANSOME221.2450.7003
CROUCHER220.0591.2605
HORN178.79294.0616
SHEARING173.4130.4202
BOYCE168.38182.5210
HURREN168.0720.2801
WILMOT167.7181.1204
WOODFIELD165.2940.5602
BUNN158.05111.5406
CORY155.0440.5602
RIVETT150.9440.5602
PEMBROKE149.2510.1401
SPALL148.1520.2801
PEARMAN146.2050.7003
PEARSE144.74111.5406
MAYERS140.1930.4202
MATHEWSON115.6120.2801
KNIGHTS111.8270.9804
GOOCH111.8270.9804
BALLS109.29101.4006
BOWLER103.2191.2605
DIX99.2970.9804
RUDD97.69111.5406
RICHMOND63.94101.4006
MALLETT62.8940.5602
HOWES56.0970.9804
RACKHAM51.2810.1401
TALBOT50.6591.2605
DENTON45.7360.8403
SLATER39.32172.3810
HAYDEN35.9120.2801
ROPER33.6550.7003
SAYER32.0930.4202

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called GODBOLD in Blundeston 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 1.9608 in Blundeston means that 1.9608% of the people in Blundeston on census day were called GODBOLD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GODBOLD 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 GODBOLD 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 GODBOLD 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 GODBOLD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,102.36 in Blundeston means that you are 1,102.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GODBOLD in Blundeston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blundeston in 1881

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

BALDWIN (1)  BALLS (10)  BARKER (2)  BARRETT (5)  BEARE (4)  BEAR (5)  BENNETT (5)  BENSLEY (4)  BETTS (3)  BIRD (6)  BLAKE (2)  BOOTH (1)  BOTWRIGHT (3)  BOWLER (9)  BOYCE (18)  BROOKS (2)  BROWN (8)  BRYANT (4)  BUCK (2)  BULTITUDE (1)  BUNN (11)  BUTCHER (1)  CALVERN (2)  CHRISTIE (2)  CLARKE (8)  CLIFFORD (4)  COLBY (9)  COOPER (6)  CORY (4)  CRAWFORD (4)  CROUCHER (9)  CUBITT (2)  DENTON (6)  DIX (7)  EDWARDS (2)  FINCH (2)  FIRMAN (8)  FISK (1)  FLAXMAN (4)  FOWLERS (2)  FAUKES (1)  GEDGE (3)  GIBBS (1)  GODBOLD (14)  GOOCH (7)  GOODRUM (3)  GREEN (1)  GRICE (2)  GRINT (10)  HARVEY (8)  HAYDEN (2)  HINDES (8)  HORN (29)  HOUGHTON (2)  HAUTON (1)  HOWES (7)  HOYLES (4)  HUBBARD (1)  HURREN (2)  KEMP (3)  KNIGHTS (7)  LARTER (2)  LONG (2)  LYDAMORE (2)  MALLETT (4)  MANNING (7)  MARJORAM (8)  MATHEWSON (2)  MAYTHORPE (1)  MIDDLETON (3)  MOORE (7)  MORRIS (9)  MOUNTAIN (1)  MAYERS (3)  NOBBS (1)  NORMAN (7)  OFFORD (11)  OLDMAN (8)  OSBORNE (6)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (10)  PATRICK (1)  PAYNE (2)  PEARSE (11)  PEARMAN (5)  PEARSON (15)  PEARSONS (3)  PEMBROKE (1)  POPE (1)  PORTER (6)  PRATT (5)  BUTTIFANT (5)  PYE (1)  RACKHAM (1)  RANSOME (5)  RAVEN (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHMOND (10)  RIVETT (4)  ROBERTS (6)  ROFFE (3)  ROPER (5)  ROUNCE (8)  RUDD (11)  SAYER (3)  SCARLET (1)  SCURCELL (1)  SEELEY (8)  SADD (1)  SEMNETT (7)  SEWELL (2)  SEXTON (1)  SHEARING (3)  SLATER (17)  SMITH (12)  SPALDING (1)  SPALL (2)  SPENCE (6)  STURMAN (7)  TALBOT (9)  TAYLOR (8)  THOMAS (2)  UTTING (1)  WALLER (5)  WARD (37)  WHITE (5)  WICKS (2)  WILMOT (8)  WILSON (29)  WOODS (1)  WOODCOCK (6)  WOODFIELD (4)  WRIGHT (4)  WYATT (1)  WYMER (2)  YOUNGS (7)