Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chediston, Suffolk

Chediston 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
FENN226.0773597.83
PECK154.1436245.10
CRANE123.3149157.07
HURREN123.31492,000.00
CRISP113.0387218.69
PHILPOT113.0387452.67
PAINE102.7624200.80
LEIST102.762420,000.00
PEARSE102.7624259.74
SPARROW102.7624217.86
CADY92.48622,903.23
HAMMOND82.209938.82
GODFREY82.209974.49
HART82.209925.91
HUNTING71.93371,891.89
DAVY71.9337156.95
TAYLOR71.93373.02
SPINDLER71.93371,944.44
BLUNDELL71.9337164.32
READ61.657525.71
GOWEN61.6575882.35
SMITH61.65751.17
WHITE51.38124.30
PRETTY51.3812387.60
PETTITT51.3812257.73
COOPER51.38125.68
WALKER51.38124.13
HARPER41.105017.26
LINES30.828778.13
TURNER30.82872.98
HALL30.82872.82
SMYTH30.828788.76
MILES30.828714.04
BALLS30.828764.66
SONES20.5525869.57
BAKER20.55252.52
LENNY20.5525909.09
LUGO20.552510,000.00
WINTER20.552515.58
FISHER20.55254.72
HENSON20.552547.17
ALTON10.2762101.01
COLEMAN10.27625.54
KNIGHTS10.276231.55
BUCK10.276212.89
SPORE10.27621,111.11
BEAR10.2762104.17
HOWLETT10.276220.62
MEADOWS10.276219.76
WARNE10.276237.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEIST20,000.00102.7624
LUGO10,000.0020.5525
CADY2,903.2392.4862
HURREN2,000.00123.3149
SPINDLER1,944.4471.9337
HUNTING1,891.8971.9337
SPORE1,111.1110.2762
LENNY909.0920.5525
GOWEN882.3561.6575
SONES869.5720.5525
TALLANT625.0010.2762
FENN597.83226.0773
PHILPOT452.67113.0387
PRETTY387.6051.3812
PEARSE259.74102.7624
PETTITT257.7351.3812
PECK245.10154.1436
CRISP218.69113.0387
SPARROW217.86102.7624
PAINE200.80102.7624
BLUNDELL164.3271.9337
CRANE157.07123.3149
DAVY156.9571.9337
BOAST136.9910.2762
BEAR104.1710.2762
ALTON101.0110.2762
SMYTH88.7630.8287
LINES78.1330.8287
GODFREY74.4982.2099
PINKNEY70.4210.2762
BALLS64.6630.8287
RANSON55.8710.2762
HENSON47.1720.5525
HAMMOND38.8282.2099
WARNE37.8810.2762
KNIGHTS31.5510.2762
HART25.9182.2099
READ25.7161.6575
HOWLETT20.6210.2762
MEADOWS19.7610.2762
DURRANT17.6410.2762
HARPER17.2641.1050
WINTER15.5820.5525
FLINT15.4110.2762
MILES14.0430.8287
BUCK12.8910.2762
BUTCHER6.5610.2762
DALE6.5410.2762
COOPER5.6851.3812
COLEMAN5.5410.2762

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called LEIST in Chediston 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 2.7624 in Chediston means that 2.7624% of the people in Chediston on census day were called LEIST.

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

All the surnames recorded in Chediston in 1881

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

ALBOROUGH (1)  ALTON (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (2)  BALDRY (1)  BALLS (3)  BARNES (1)  BEAR (1)  BLUNDELL (7)  BOAST (1)  BRABBING (1)  BUCK (1)  BUTCHER (1)  CADY (9)  CATTERMOLE (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COOPER (5)  COPING (1)  CRANE (12)  CRISP (11)  CULLINGFORD (1)  DALE (1)  DAVY (7)  DUNNETT (6)  DURRANT (1)  ELLIS (1)  FENN (22)  FISHER (2)  FLINT (1)  FOYSTER (1)  FREESTON (5)  GAYFER (1)  GODFREY (8)  GOWEN (6)  HALL (3)  HAMMOND (8)  HARPER (4)  HART (8)  HEMBLING (3)  HENSON (2)  HOLMES (1)  HOWLETT (1)  HUNT (1)  HUNTER (1)  HUNTING (7)  HURREN (12)  INGATE (11)  JONES (1)  KNIGHTS (1)  LECKENBY (3)  LEIST (10)  LENNY (2)  LINES (3)  LUGO (2)  MEADOWS (1)  MILES (3)  PAGE (1)  PAINE (10)  PEARSE (10)  PECK (15)  PETTITT (5)  PHILPOT (11)  PINKNEY (1)  PRETTY (5)  RANSON (1)  RANT (5)  READ (6)  ROBBERTS (1)  SMYTH (3)  SMITH (6)  SONES (2)  SPAULL (2)  SPARROW (10)  SPINDLER (7)  SPORE (1)  TALLANT (1)  TAYLOR (7)  TRETHY (4)  TURNER (3)  WALKER (5)  WARNE (1)  WHITE (5)  WINTER (2)  WOOLNOUGH (19)