Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dennington, Suffolk

Dennington 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
FISK313.9290743.41
WARD212.661612.18
PIPE202.5349571.43
REEVE192.4081103.04
WRIGHT192.40817.51
STEARN172.15461,036.59
CHAPMAN162.027914.28
TAYLOR131.64772.58
SAWYER121.520982.47
BLOSS121.52092,264.15
SILSBY111.39422,820.51
COBB111.394298.04
STOPHER101.26742,702.70
BRIGGS101.267423.34
WATSON101.26745.46
CHAMBERS91.140720.06
BOLTON91.140726.49
EMERY91.140752.23
WYTHE91.14071,525.42
ALLEN81.01395.37
TONGATE81.013916,000.00
HUNT81.01397.63
FORD81.013910.41
JOHNSON81.01393.02
BUDD81.013979.84
SHELLEY81.0139130.93
GODBOLD81.0139571.43
SMITH70.88720.63
MASON70.88726.60
WEBBER70.887229.03
GINN70.8872321.10
PLUMMER70.887266.41
DENNY70.8872105.58
TURNER70.88723.19
BURROWS70.887220.27
HOOKS60.7605441.18
CLEMENTS60.760522.93
BARKER60.76055.81
BRANFORD60.7605869.57
FREEMAN50.63379.92
READ50.63379.83
EMMERSON50.633764.18
LEEPER50.63372,173.91
CALVER50.6337142.05
BARHAM50.6337102.46
ROWE50.633711.16
ALLUM50.6337166.67
COPPING50.6337158.73
FLEMING50.633715.25
MAYHEW50.633776.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TONGATE16,000.0081.0139
SILSBY2,820.51111.3942
STOPHER2,702.70101.2674
BLOSS2,264.15121.5209
LEEPER2,173.9150.6337
WYTHE1,525.4291.1407
STEARN1,036.59172.1546
BRANFORD869.5760.7605
FISK743.41313.9290
GODBOLD571.4381.0139
PIPE571.43202.5349
HOOKS441.1860.7605
PEGGS361.4530.3802
GINN321.1070.8872
HURREN229.0130.3802
ALLUM166.6750.6337
BATTLE165.2940.5070
COPPING158.7350.6337
CALVER142.0550.6337
SHELLEY130.9381.0139
PACKARD125.0010.1267
DENNY105.5870.8872
HANNAY103.0920.2535
REEVE103.04192.4081
BARHAM102.4650.6337
COBB98.04111.3942
SAWYER82.47121.5209
BUDD79.8481.0139
MAYHEW76.8050.6337
PLUMMER66.4170.8872
EMMERSON64.1850.6337
ASHFORD64.1050.6337
THURLOW52.6320.2535
EMERY52.2391.1407
RIVERS40.9020.2535
STORER40.4920.2535
GIRLING39.8420.2535
HEARNE37.8810.1267
MEADOWS36.2640.5070
DURRANT32.3940.5070
CUTTS32.2620.2535
DAVY30.8330.3802
MUDD30.0310.1267
WEBBER29.0370.8872
WHITMORE28.9020.2535
SHARMAN27.6030.3802
BOLTON26.4991.1407
LEEK26.1810.1267
BRIGGS23.34101.2674
CLEMENTS22.9360.7605

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called TONGATE in Dennington 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 1.0139 in Dennington means that 1.0139% of the people in Dennington on census day were called TONGATE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TONGATE 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 TONGATE 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 TONGATE 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 TONGATE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16,000.00 in Dennington means that you are 16,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TONGATE in Dennington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dennington in 1881

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

ALLEN (8)  ALLUM (5)  ANDREWS (3)  ASHFORD (5)  BALDRY (6)  BANTHORPE (17)  BARHAM (5)  BARKER (6)  BECK (3)  BENNETT (4)  BATTLE (4)  BLOSS (12)  BOLTON (9)  BOOAST (5)  BORRETT (6)  BOTWRIGHT (7)  BOVAST (2)  BRAND (1)  BRANFORD (6)  BRIGGS (10)  BROWN (3)  BUDD (8)  BURGESS (4)  BURROWS (7)  CALVER (5)  CAPON (13)  CASTELDEN (3)  KATTLE (1)  CHAMBERS (9)  CHAPMAN (16)  CLARK (1)  CLEMENTS (6)  CLEMMANTS (4)  COBB (11)  COCKERALL (1)  COOK (4)  COOPER (3)  COPPING (5)  CUTTS (2)  CRISP (2)  CUMMINS (1)  DAVY (3)  DENNY (7)  DRAPER (1)  DURRANT (4)  EMMERSON (5)  EMERY (9)  FISK (31)  FLEMING (5)  FLORRY (6)  FORD (8)  FREEMAN (5)  FUEZEA (2)  GINN (7)  GIRLING (2)  GISSING (1)  GODBOLD (8)  GODBOULD (10)  GODDARD (2)  HALL (1)  HANNAY (2)  HARDING (4)  HARVEY (1)  HAYES (3)  HEARNE (1)  HOWARD (4)  HUNT (8)  HURREN (3)  HOOKS (6)  JOHNSON (8)  JOSHAEH (1)  KNIGHTS (1)  LEEK (1)  LARTER (11)  LEGGENS (4)  LEEPER (5)  LIDDERDILE (1)  LYDAMAN (2)  LYDAMORE (1)  MARJORAM (35)  MASON (7)  MAYHEW (5)  MEADOWS (4)  MILLER (1)  MOSS (3)  MUDD (1)  MUMFORD (1)  NEEVE (11)  OSBORNE (1)  PACKARD (1)  PATHIN (1)  PEARCE (1)  PELL (1)  PEGGS (3)  PEMBERTON (1)  PENDLE (11)  PIPE (20)  PLANT (3)  PLUMMER (7)  REEVE (19)  READ (5)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIVERS (2)  ROPER (1)  ROWE (5)  RUDD (1)  RUNNACLES (7)  SAGE (1)  SAWYER (12)  SCRUTTON (1)  SEGGINS (1)  SILSBY (11)  SELSBY (3)  SHARMAN (3)  SHELDRAKE (3)  SHELLEY (8)  SMITH (7)  SNOWLAND (2)  STEARN (17)  STEPHENSON (3)  STUART (4)  STOPHER (10)  STORER (2)  STUDD (8)  TAGGARD (1)  TAYLOR (13)  THURLOW (2)  TITSHALL (9)  TONGATE (8)  TURNER (7)  WARD (21)  WARREN (1)  WHATMORE (1)  WATSON (10)  WEBBER (7)  WELLS (2)  WEBSTER (2)  WESTHORPE (1)  WHITMORE (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (19)  WYTHE (9)