Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cretingham, Suffolk

Cretingham 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
DURRANT196.1290391.75
PECK134.1935248.09
ARCHER123.871093.60
HAWARD103.22582,380.95
WIGHTMAN103.2258490.20
FRIEND103.2258284.90
MOYSE103.22581,369.86
JAYE92.903212,857.14
LUCY82.58061,250.00
CLEMENTS72.258168.09
HOWE72.258157.52
MAYS61.9355338.98
KINDRED61.93552,500.00
PULHAM61.93551,153.85
KETTLE61.9355221.40
FARLEY51.6129128.53
SMITH51.61291.14
COOTER51.61293,846.15
LOCKWOOD41.290358.39
BOND41.290324.38
COATES41.290334.60
WARNER41.290335.40
MOORE30.96774.84
HAMMOND30.967717.00
BOON30.9677103.45
MANN30.967718.37
MEADOWS30.967769.12
CLOVER20.6452224.72
EMMERSON20.645265.36
BURROWS20.645214.74
JENNINGS10.32266.36
HAYWOOD10.322615.38
ROUSE10.322622.47
READ10.32265.01
WIX10.3226357.14
GARNHAM10.322668.03
PORTER10.32264.30
BALES10.322686.21
WARD10.32261.48
NEWSON10.322651.02
SIMPSON10.32261.84
MIDDLETON10.32266.15
ROPER10.322615.50
HALL10.32261.10
LIST10.3226192.31
PEPPER10.322622.94
BAILEY10.32262.14
SYMONDS10.322626.74
EADE10.322667.11
SAUNDERS10.32263.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JAYE12,857.1492.9032
COOTER3,846.1551.6129
KINDRED2,500.0061.9355
HAWARD2,380.95103.2258
MOYSE1,369.86103.2258
LUCY1,250.0082.5806
PULHAM1,153.8561.9355
WIGHTMAN490.20103.2258
DURRANT391.75196.1290
WIX357.1410.3226
MAYS338.9861.9355
FRIEND284.90103.2258
PECK248.09134.1935
CLOVER224.7220.6452
KETTLE221.4061.9355
LIST192.3110.3226
FARLEY128.5351.6129
BOON103.4530.9677
ARCHER93.60123.8710
BALES86.2110.3226
MEADOWS69.1230.9677
CLEMENTS68.0972.2581
GARNHAM68.0310.3226
EADE67.1110.3226
EMMERSON65.3620.6452
LOCKWOOD58.3941.2903
HOWE57.5272.2581
LAWLEY53.4810.3226
NEWSON51.0210.3226
WARNER35.4041.2903
COATES34.6041.2903
SYMONDS26.7410.3226
BLOOMFIELD25.3810.3226
BOND24.3841.2903
PEPPER22.9410.3226
ROUSE22.4710.3226
MANN18.3730.9677
HAMMOND17.0030.9677
ROPER15.5010.3226
HAYWOOD15.3810.3226
BURROWS14.7420.6452
JENNINGS6.3610.3226
MIDDLETON6.1510.3226
GILBERT5.6610.3226
PRATT5.6110.3226
READ5.0110.3226
MOORE4.8430.9677
PORTER4.3010.3226
SAUNDERS3.5210.3226
HARVEY3.0210.3226

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called JAYE in Cretingham 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 2.9032 in Cretingham means that 2.9032% of the people in Cretingham on census day were called JAYE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JAYE 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 JAYE 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 JAYE 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 JAYE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 12,857.14 in Cretingham means that you are 12,857.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JAYE in Cretingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cretingham in 1881

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

ARCHER (12)  BAILEY (1)  BALES (1)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BOLDESTON (1)  BOND (4)  BOON (3)  BURROWS (2)  CLEMENTS (7)  CLOVER (2)  COATES (4)  COOTER (5)  DUNNETT (1)  DURRANT (19)  EADE (1)  EMMERSON (2)  FARLEY (5)  FRIEND (10)  FARNISH (1)  GARNHAM (1)  GILBERT (1)  GOODERHAM (1)  GRINLING (2)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (3)  HARVEY (1)  HAWARD (10)  HAYWOOD (1)  HOWE (7)  JAYE (9)  JEAFFRESON (4)  JENNINGS (1)  JUBY (4)  KETTLE (6)  KINDRED (6)  KURSANT (6)  LAWLEY (1)  LIST (1)  LOCKWOOD (4)  LUCY (8)  MANN (3)  MANNALL (6)  MAYS (6)  MEADOWS (3)  MIDDLETON (1)  MOORE (3)  MOYSE (10)  MUSSALE (1)  NERLING (8)  NEWSON (1)  NUN (8)  PECK (13)  PELLIT (1)  PEPPER (1)  PORTER (1)  PRATT (1)  PULHAM (6)  READ (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROPER (1)  ROUSE (1)  RUFFELES (2)  RUMSBY (1)  RUNNACLES (8)  SAUNDERS (1)  SYMONDS (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (5)  SPAUL (7)  STOCKINGS (6)  VEASY (7)  WARD (1)  WARDE OR WARD (6)  WARD OR WARDE (8)  WARNER (4)  WIX (1)  WIGHTMAN (10)  WILIES (4)