Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brampton, Suffolk

Brampton 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
SMITH165.36913.80
SELF134.3624613.21
GIRLING134.3624684.21
PAGE113.691346.18
LAY103.3557450.45
SNELLING103.3557413.22
JACKSON93.020110.81
GARWOOD82.6846547.95
CUNNINGHAM82.684657.02
FARRER72.3490355.33
BROWNE72.3490128.21
HARVEY72.349022.00
MEADOWS62.0134143.88
LAST62.0134253.16
CLEVELAND62.01341,034.48
MYALL51.67791,351.35
YOUNGS51.6779438.60
LAWS51.6779151.06
WOODS41.342321.29
OAKLEY41.342363.39
BARBER41.342322.30
GRAY31.00677.05
SAMPSON31.006759.06
WITTS31.0067333.33
BELLAMY31.006769.12
CAGE31.00671,428.57
LEMAN31.0067652.17
ADAMS20.67114.55
BUTCHER20.671115.92
ROSS20.67116.14
BALLS20.671152.36
HANCEY20.67116,666.67
LEVERETT20.6711444.44
GOLDSMITH20.671143.20
RACKHAM20.6711246.91
WARNES20.6711204.08
SALTER20.671129.33
WESTGATE20.6711392.16
TANN20.6711444.44
ATMORE20.67112,222.22
CHAPMAN10.33562.36
LEECH10.335620.58
GIBBS10.33566.83
BLOOMFIELD10.335626.39
WELTON10.335692.59
KEEBLE10.335649.02
TALOR10.33562,500.00
AMOS10.335620.41
CARD10.335657.14
LANHAM10.3356133.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HANCEY6,666.6720.6711
TALOR2,500.0010.3356
ATMORE2,222.2220.6711
CAGE1,428.5731.0067
MYALL1,351.3551.6779
CLEVELAND1,034.4862.0134
GIRLING684.21134.3624
LEMAN652.1731.0067
SELF613.21134.3624
GARWOOD547.9582.6846
LAY450.45103.3557
LEVERETT444.4420.6711
TANN444.4420.6711
YOUNGS438.6051.6779
SNELLING413.22103.3557
WESTGATE392.1620.6711
HALIFAX384.6210.3356
FARRER355.3372.3490
WITTS333.3331.0067
LAST253.1662.0134
RACKHAM246.9120.6711
WARNES204.0820.6711
FLATT151.5210.3356
LAWS151.0651.6779
MEADOWS143.8862.0134
LANHAM133.3310.3356
BROWNE128.2172.3490
PRETTY94.3410.3356
WELTON92.5910.3356
MOBBS89.2910.3356
BOUGHTON81.3010.3356
BELLAMY69.1231.0067
OAKLEY63.3941.3423
SAMPSON59.0631.0067
CARD57.1410.3356
CUNNINGHAM57.0282.6846
BALLS52.3620.6711
KEEBLE49.0210.3356
PAGE46.18113.6913
GOLDSMITH43.2020.6711
ALDRED39.0610.3356
SALTER29.3320.6711
BLOOMFIELD26.3910.3356
BARBER22.3041.3423
HARVEY22.0072.3490
WOODS21.2941.3423
LEECH20.5810.3356
AMOS20.4110.3356
BUTCHER15.9220.6711
LAKE15.1310.3356

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called HANCEY in Brampton 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 0.6711 in Brampton means that 0.6711% of the people in Brampton on census day were called HANCEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HANCEY 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 HANCEY 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 HANCEY 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 HANCEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Brampton means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HANCEY in Brampton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brampton in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALDRED (1)  AMOS (1)  ATMORE (2)  BAKER (1)  BALLS (2)  BARBER (4)  BELLAMY (3)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BOLDERSTONE (3)  BOUGHTON (1)  BROWNE (7)  BUTCHER (2)  CAGE (3)  CARD (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARK (1)  CLEVELAND (6)  COOK (1)  COSSY (1)  CUNNINGHAM (8)  CURTIES (7)  FARRER (7)  FLATT (1)  FOYSTER (1)  GARWOOD (8)  GIBBS (1)  GIRLING (13)  GOLDSMITH (2)  GREYS (2)  GRAY (3)  HALLIFAX (2)  HALIFAX (1)  HANCEY (2)  HARVEY (7)  JACKSON (9)  JEXWOODS (4)  KEABLE (1)  KEEBLE (1)  CARSLAKE (1)  LAKE (1)  LANHAM (1)  LAST (6)  LAWS (5)  LEECH (1)  LEAVOLD (8)  LAY (10)  LEMAN (3)  LENNYS (1)  LEVERETT (2)  LINGWOOD (1)  MEADOWS (6)  MILBANK (1)  MYALL (5)  MOBBS (1)  MUTTIT (5)  NORMAN (1)  OAKLEY (4)  PAGE (11)  PEARSONS (1)  PEDGRIFT (1)  PRETTY (1)  QUADLING (4)  RACKHAM (2)  ROSS (2)  SALTER (2)  SAMPSON (3)  SELF (13)  SHARPE (1)  SMITH (16)  SMOOTHY (3)  SNELLING (10)  STONE (1)  SUGGATE (17)  TANN (2)  TALOR (1)  TUTTHILL (3)  WARNES (2)  WELTON (1)  WESTGATE (2)  WITTS (3)  WOODS (4)  YOUNGS (5)