Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elvenden, Suffolk

Elvenden 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
COOPER144.487218.45
FOX113.525637.97
BAKER92.884613.17
CORNWELL92.8846500.00
SINGH92.884645,000.00
THURSTON82.5641363.64
NEALE82.5641107.96
BOWERS82.5641140.60
FULLER82.564163.39
MAYES82.5641265.78
NEWMAN82.564134.48
GREEN72.24367.97
PICKARD72.2436160.92
PAUL72.243689.63
FLACK61.9231272.73
ARBON61.92311,875.00
GOSLING51.6026102.25
TURNER51.60265.76
COOK51.60268.07
HUNT51.602612.07
FIRMAN51.6026632.91
NEAL51.602654.17
TOOLEY51.6026462.96
BARKER51.602612.25
GANT41.2821357.14
PALMER41.282110.88
RAYNER41.282151.41
WOOD41.28214.02
HOWLETT41.282195.69
HALLS30.9615121.46
PLACE30.9615182.93
CROSS30.961513.97
BROWN30.96151.46
BENNETT30.96155.85
WALKER30.96152.87
GAYTON30.9615566.04
JESSUP20.6410229.89
BIRD20.64108.39
ANDREWS20.64106.69
ELMER20.6410188.68
PEACHEY20.6410160.00
OSBORN20.641030.82
CLARKE20.64103.16
BAILEY20.64104.26
SADLER20.641027.21
CAPP20.6410370.37
POWELL20.64105.14
JEFFERIES20.641057.97
CHANNELL20.6410800.00
CANDY10.320590.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SINGH45,000.0092.8846
ARBON1,875.0061.9231
SKILLINGS833.3310.3205
CHANNELL800.0020.6410
FIRMAN632.9151.6026
GAYTON566.0430.9615
CORNWELL500.0092.8846
TOOLEY462.9651.6026
CAPP370.3720.6410
THURSTON363.6482.5641
GANT357.1441.2821
FLACK272.7361.9231
MAYES265.7882.5641
JESSUP229.8920.6410
ELMER188.6820.6410
SHINN188.6810.3205
PLACE182.9330.9615
PICKARD160.9272.2436
PEACHEY160.0020.6410
BOWERS140.6082.5641
HALLS121.4630.9615
NEALE107.9682.5641
GOSLING102.2551.6026
LEVITT96.1510.3205
HOWLETT95.6941.2821
CANDY90.0910.3205
PAUL89.6372.2436
WAKELING84.0310.3205
AGER81.9710.3205
PEEBLES76.3410.3205
FULLER63.3982.5641
JEFFERIES57.9720.6410
BODDY57.8010.3205
NEAL54.1751.6026
RAYNER51.4141.2821
CRACKNELL46.3010.3205
HISCOCK43.6710.3205
FOX37.97113.5256
SMALLEY35.4610.3205
CARVER35.3410.3205
NEWMAN34.4882.5641
GRANGER31.3510.3205
OSBORN30.8220.6410
CONSTABLE28.9910.3205
DOWNIE27.3210.3205
SADLER27.2120.6410
JESSOP27.0310.3205
BRIDGES20.1610.3205
COOPER18.45144.4872
FARROW17.0910.3205

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called SINGH in Elvenden 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 2.8846 in Elvenden means that 2.8846% of the people in Elvenden on census day were called SINGH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SINGH 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 SINGH 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 SINGH 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 SINGH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 45,000.00 in Elvenden means that you are 45,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SINGH in Elvenden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elvenden in 1881

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

AGER (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ANDREWS (2)  ARBON (6)  MC ARTHUR (2)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (9)  BILHAM (1)  BARKER (5)  BENNETT (3)  BIRD (2)  BODDY (1)  BOWERS (8)  BRIDGES (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (3)  BUMSTED (1)  CANDY (1)  CAPP (2)  CARVER (1)  CHANNELL (2)  CLARKE (2)  COLEMAN (1)  CONSTABLE (1)  COOK (5)  COOPER (14)  CORNWELL (9)  CRACKNELL (1)  CROSS (3)  DARKINS (6)  DAWLING (4)  DOWNIE (1)  ELMER (2)  FARROW (1)  FIRMAN (5)  FLACK (6)  FULLER (8)  FOX (11)  GANT (4)  GAYTON (3)  GEAMS (1)  JARY (1)  GODDARD (1)  GOSLING (5)  GRANGER (1)  GREEN (7)  HALLS (3)  HERNWELL (1)  HISCOCK (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOWLETT (4)  HUNT (5)  JAMES (1)  JEFFERIES (2)  JESSUP (2)  JESSOP (1)  KING (1)  LEVITT (1)  LINGE (6)  LONG (1)  MAYES (8)  MC LEOD (1)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (1)  NEALE (8)  NEAL (5)  NEWMAN (8)  OSBORN (2)  PAIGG (2)  PALMER (4)  PATTLE (1)  PAUL (7)  PEACHEY (2)  PEARSON (1)  PEEBLES (1)  PICKARD (7)  PLACE (3)  POWELL (2)  RADFIRD (1)  RAULINSON (1)  RAYNER (4)  ROPER (1)  SADLER (2)  SHAYLOR (3)  SHINN (1)  SINGH (9)  SKILLINGS (1)  SMALLEY (1)  SMITH (1)  SPARKE (1)  STEBBINGS (1)  STUBBINGS (2)  SUSSENS (1)  THORPE (1)  THURSTON (8)  TOOLEY (5)  TRAYES (1)  TURNER (5)  WAKELING (1)  WALKER (3)  WATTS (1)  WOOD (4)  WOODS (1)