Top surnames from the 1881 census in Clopton, Suffolk

Clopton 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
SMITH287.32985.19
BROOM266.8063552.02
WRIGHT215.497417.14
BENNETT143.664922.30
WOOD133.403110.68
BURROWS102.617859.81
DAVY92.3560191.08
WADE92.356058.86
BARKER92.356018.00
STEEL71.832544.96
ADAMS71.832512.44
REYNOLDS71.832521.15
MOSS71.832529.74
KETTLE61.5707179.64
BAKER61.57077.17
BURCH61.5707208.33
REEVE61.570767.19
WILBY61.5707267.86
GARDENER61.570787.59
NEWSON51.3089207.47
UPSON51.3089609.76
EMMERSON41.0471106.10
BIRD41.047113.70
FAIRWEATHER41.0471135.14
COPPING41.0471263.16
GRAY30.78535.50
CHAPMAN30.78535.53
NUNN30.785344.84
GILBERT30.785313.79
CLOWES20.523694.34
SCHOFIELD20.52369.66
KEEBLE20.523676.34
TAYLOR20.52360.82
ARCHER20.523612.66
HOOKE10.2618204.08
WILSON10.26180.57
REED10.26183.59
WEBB10.26181.93
FISK10.261849.51
LEGGETT10.261833.33
SPINKS10.261838.76
HAMMOND10.26184.60
WILLIAMS10.26180.36
WARD10.26181.20
KING10.26181.20
HUNT10.26181.97
CATT10.261864.10
HALLS10.261833.11
NORRIS10.26186.09
MANN10.26184.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
UPSON609.7651.3089
BROOM552.02266.8063
WILBY267.8661.5707
COPPING263.1641.0471
BURCH208.3361.5707
NEWSON207.4751.3089
HOOKE204.0810.2618
DAVY191.0892.3560
KETTLE179.6461.5707
FAIRWEATHER135.1441.0471
EMMERSON106.1041.0471
CLOWES94.3420.5236
GARDENER87.5961.5707
KEEBLE76.3420.5236
REEVE67.1961.5707
CATT64.1010.2618
BURROWS59.81102.6178
WADE58.8692.3560
FISK49.5110.2618
STEEL44.9671.8325
NUNN44.8430.7853
SPINKS38.7610.2618
LEGGETT33.3310.2618
HALLS33.1110.2618
MOSS29.7471.8325
BENNETT22.30143.6649
REYNOLDS21.1571.8325
BARKER18.0092.3560
WRIGHT17.14215.4974
GILBERT13.7930.7853
BIRD13.7041.0471
ARCHER12.6620.5236
ADAMS12.4471.8325
WOOD10.68133.4031
SCHOFIELD9.6620.5236
BAKER7.1761.5707
NORRIS6.0910.2618
CHAPMAN5.5330.7853
GRAY5.5030.7853
SMITH5.19287.3298
MANN4.9710.2618
HAMMOND4.6010.2618
REED3.5910.2618
HUNT1.9710.2618
WEBB1.9310.2618
KING1.2010.2618
WARD1.2010.2618
TAYLOR0.8220.5236
WILSON0.5710.2618
WILLIAMS0.3610.2618

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called UPSON in Clopton 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 1.3089 in Clopton means that 1.3089% of the people in Clopton on census day were called UPSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called UPSON 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 UPSON 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 UPSON 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 UPSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 609.76 in Clopton means that you are 609.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of UPSON in Clopton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Clopton in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  ARCHER (2)  BAKER (6)  BARKER (9)  BARTIAM (1)  BENNETT (14)  BURCH (6)  BIRD (4)  BROOM (26)  BRUNNING (6)  BURROWS (10)  CATT (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  CLOWES (2)  COPPING (4)  CRAPNELL (18)  CROWFOOT (5)  DAVY (9)  DOWSING (10)  DUNNETT (36)  EMMERSON (4)  FAIRWEATHER (4)  FISK (1)  FORSDIKE (7)  FARNISH (2)  GARDENER (6)  GILBERT (3)  GRAY (3)  HALLS (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HUNT (1)  HOOKE (1)  KEEBLE (2)  KETTLE (6)  KING (1)  LANKESTER (26)  LEGGETT (1)  MANN (1)  MENDHAM (1)  MOSS (7)  NEWSON (5)  NORRIS (1)  NUNN (3)  ORSBORNE (1)  ORSBOURNE (1)  REEVE (6)  REED (1)  REYNOLDS (7)  SCHOFIELD (2)  SCRUTTON (1)  SMITH (28)  SPINKS (1)  STEEL (7)  TAYLOR (2)  UPSON (5)  WADE (9)  WARD (1)  WEBB (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILBY (6)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (13)  WRIGHT (21)