Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boxted, Suffolk

Boxted 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
MAXIM2111.602216,153.85
PEARSON2011.049795.10
THEOBALD1910.49721,652.17
COOK158.287341.72
MASON126.629849.30
BIRD116.077379.54
PUGH84.4199115.61
SADLER73.8674163.93
SEELEY63.31491,071.43
SHINN52.76241,612.90
CLARKE42.209910.91
STURGEON31.6575410.96
CROSS31.657524.08
STIFF31.6575476.19
ALSTON21.1050169.49
GRIMWOOD21.1050266.67
CLARK21.10503.68
WHEELER21.105018.30
LAMBERT21.105020.24
WATTS10.55256.59
JOHNSON10.55251.64
POLEY10.55251,250.00
WIGG10.5525200.00
TROTMAN10.5525131.58
CRICK10.552592.59
ATKINSON10.55255.67
GILSON10.5525178.57
BROWN10.55250.84
WINCH10.5525121.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAXIM16,153.852111.6022
THEOBALD1,652.171910.4972
SHINN1,612.9052.7624
POLEY1,250.0010.5525
SEELEY1,071.4363.3149
STIFF476.1931.6575
STURGEON410.9631.6575
GRIMWOOD266.6721.1050
WIGG200.0010.5525
GILSON178.5710.5525
ALSTON169.4921.1050
SADLER163.9373.8674
TROTMAN131.5810.5525
WINCH121.9510.5525
PUGH115.6184.4199
PEARSON95.102011.0497
CRICK92.5910.5525
BIRD79.54116.0773
MASON49.30126.6298
COOK41.72158.2873
CROSS24.0831.6575
LAMBERT20.2421.1050
WHEELER18.3021.1050
CLARKE10.9142.2099
WATTS6.5910.5525
ATKINSON5.6710.5525
CLARK3.6821.1050
JOHNSON1.6410.5525
BROWN0.8410.5525

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 21 people called MAXIM in Boxted 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 11.6022 in Boxted means that 11.6022% of the people in Boxted on census day were called MAXIM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAXIM 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 MAXIM 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 MAXIM 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 MAXIM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16,153.85 in Boxted means that you are 16,153.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAXIM in Boxted than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Boxted in 1881

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

ALSTON (2)  ATKINSON (1)  BIRD (11)  BRADSHEET (2)  BROWN (1)  CRISELL (2)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (4)  COOK (15)  CRICK (1)  CROSS (3)  ETTERIDGE (2)  GILSON (1)  GRIMWOOD (2)  JOBLING (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KEBLE (1)  LAMBERT (2)  MAXIM (21)  MASON (12)  PEARSON (20)  POLEY (1)  PUGH (8)  SADLER (7)  SEELEY (6)  SHINN (5)  STIFF (3)  STURGEON (3)  STUTTERS (9)  THEOBALD (19)  TROTMAN (1)  TWINN (7)  WATTS (1)  WHEELER (2)  WIGG (1)  WINCH (1)