Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brandeston, Suffolk

Brandeston 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
MEADOWS266.4838463.46
READ215.236981.24
BEDWELL174.23941,089.74
BRANTON153.74062,083.33
BEDINGFIELD122.99253,636.36
SMITH112.74311.94
HAMMOND92.244439.42
HARVEY81.995018.69
HALL81.99506.78
GOOCH71.7456198.86
FITCH71.7456222.93
FARTHING61.4963284.36
BOON61.4963159.57
LOCKWOOD61.496367.72
WALKER61.49634.47
NORMAN51.246926.91
ALDRED51.2469145.35
DURRANT51.246979.62
SAVAGE51.246932.45
GARNHAM51.2469263.16
THOMPSON51.24694.16
WINDER51.2469190.11
BARKER51.24699.53
FROST51.246922.17
CHASE40.9975178.57
ABBOTT40.997522.62
TYE40.9975173.16
PIPE40.9975224.72
MOUSER40.99752,000.00
WARNER40.997527.36
COOPER40.99754.10
PORTER40.997513.29
SMITHE40.99755,000.00
STARK30.748154.64
DYKES30.7481108.70
MINN30.74812,142.86
FRIEND30.748165.93
CLARKE30.74813.69
ADAMS30.74815.08
STARKS30.7481882.35
ALDRICH30.7481461.54
AUSTIN20.498810.20
HOWE20.498812.70
BROOKE20.498833.50
MITCHUM20.498820,000.00
MAYHEW20.498860.42
COOK20.49882.51
STORKS20.49882,857.14
HAZLETON10.2494666.67
CROSS10.24943.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MITCHUM20,000.0020.4988
SARRELL10,000.0010.2494
SMITHE5,000.0040.9975
BEDINGFIELD3,636.36122.9925
STORKS2,857.1420.4988
MINN2,142.8630.7481
BRANTON2,083.33153.7406
MOUSER2,000.0040.9975
BEDWELL1,089.74174.2394
STARKS882.3530.7481
HAZLETON666.6710.2494
MEADOWS463.46266.4838
ALDRICH461.5430.7481
FARTHING284.3661.4963
STERN263.1610.2494
GARNHAM263.1651.2469
BADLEY232.5610.2494
PIPE224.7240.9975
FITCH222.9371.7456
GOOCH198.8671.7456
WINDER190.1151.2469
CHASE178.5740.9975
TYE173.1640.9975
BOON159.5761.4963
ALDRED145.3551.2469
FILER120.4810.2494
DYKES108.7030.7481
COWLES104.1710.2494
BIDWELL101.0110.2494
HAMLIN85.4710.2494
READ81.24215.2369
DURRANT79.6251.2469
LOCKWOOD67.7261.4963
FRIEND65.9330.7481
MAYHEW60.4220.4988
STARK54.6430.7481
WATLING48.0810.2494
HAMMOND39.4292.2444
BROOKE33.5020.4988
SAVAGE32.4551.2469
WARNER27.3640.9975
NORMAN26.9151.2469
MAYES25.9110.2494
ABBOTT22.6240.9975
FROST22.1751.2469
SPARROW19.6910.2494
HARVEY18.6981.9950
PECK14.7510.2494
ROTHWELL13.5710.2494
DRIVER13.4610.2494

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called MITCHUM in Brandeston 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 0.4988 in Brandeston means that 0.4988% of the people in Brandeston on census day were called MITCHUM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MITCHUM 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 MITCHUM 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 MITCHUM 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 MITCHUM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Brandeston means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MITCHUM in Brandeston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brandeston in 1881

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

ABBOTT (4)  ADAMS (3)  ALDRICH (3)  ALDRED (5)  AUSTIN (2)  BADLEY (1)  BALDRY (8)  BARKER (5)  BEDINGFIELD (12)  BEDWELL (17)  BIDWELL (1)  BILNEY (18)  BOON (6)  BRADLAUGH (17)  BRANTON (15)  BROOKE (2)  BUTLER (1)  CADEMAN (1)  CHASE (4)  CLARKE (3)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (2)  COOPER (4)  COTTON (1)  COWLES (1)  CRANE (1)  CROSS (1)  DOOEL (1)  DYKES (3)  DODDINGTON (1)  DRIVER (1)  DURRANT (5)  ELLIS (1)  EMENY (14)  FARTHING (6)  FILER (1)  FITCH (7)  FRIEND (3)  FROST (5)  FRYET (1)  GARNHAM (5)  GOOCH (7)  HALL (8)  HAMLIN (1)  HAMMOND (9)  HART (1)  HARVEY (8)  HAZLETON (1)  HOWE (2)  HUNT (1)  INKPEN (1)  KIRK (1)  LOCKWOOD (6)  MARJORAM (5)  MAYES (1)  MAYHEW (2)  MEADOWS (26)  MINN (3)  MITCHUM (2)  MOUSER (4)  NESLING (3)  NORMAN (5)  PECK (1)  PIPE (4)  PLANT (1)  POACHER (1)  PORTER (4)  PRATTE (1)  PUNCHARD (7)  READ (21)  ROWE (1)  ROTHWELL (1)  SARRELL (1)  SAVAGE (5)  SCRUTTON (3)  SCRUTTER (3)  SHOWER (6)  SMITH (11)  SMITHE (4)  SPARROW (1)  STARK (3)  STARKS (3)  STERN (1)  STORKS (2)  THOMPSON (5)  TYE (4)  WALKER (6)  WARNER (4)  WATLING (1)  WINDER (5)  WOODS (1)