Top surnames from the 1881 census in Falkenham, Suffolk

Falkenham 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
CHAPMAN176.204443.69
RIVETT176.20441,666.67
MAYS103.6496636.94
GARDENER93.2847182.93
ASHLEY82.9197174.67
THURMAN82.91971,176.47
STEVENSON82.919741.60
TURNER82.919710.49
EVERETT72.5547142.28
RUSH72.5547238.10
COOK72.554712.86
PERRY72.554734.74
SMITH62.18981.55
BARHAM62.1898355.03
WRIGHT62.18986.83
PORTER51.824824.32
PRICE51.824810.43
BLOCK51.8248925.93
HORNE41.459967.11
BROOKS41.459914.94
SCOTT41.45995.77
RAYNER31.094943.92
HOWELL31.094925.97
NUNN20.729941.67
SAWYER20.729939.60
WATERS20.729918.17
JOHNSON20.72992.17
HILL20.72992.87
PALMER20.72996.19
SKEET10.3650192.31
DAVEY10.36508.88
KEMP10.36506.58
CLARKE10.36501.80
READ10.36505.66
BUCKEL10.3650833.33
GANT10.3650101.01
BARTLETT10.36508.33
PARKER10.36501.92
EATON10.365013.04
SCRIVEN10.365072.46
CORDY10.3650303.03
WARD10.36501.67
THEOBALD10.365057.47
PETTIT10.365046.08
FULCHER10.365071.94
DAVIES10.36500.72
LEVETT10.365083.33
CALEY10.365094.34
TAYLOR10.36500.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RIVETT1,666.67176.2044
THURMAN1,176.4782.9197
BLOCK925.9351.8248
BUCKEL833.3310.3650
MAYS636.94103.6496
BARHAM355.0362.1898
CORDY303.0310.3650
RUSH238.1072.5547
SKEET192.3110.3650
GARDENER182.9393.2847
ASHLEY174.6782.9197
EVERETT142.2872.5547
GANT101.0110.3650
CALEY94.3410.3650
LEVETT83.3310.3650
SCRIVEN72.4610.3650
FULCHER71.9410.3650
HORNE67.1141.4599
THEOBALD57.4710.3650
PETTIT46.0810.3650
RAYNER43.9231.0949
CHAPMAN43.69176.2044
NUNN41.6720.7299
STEVENSON41.6082.9197
SAWYER39.6020.7299
PERRY34.7472.5547
HOWELL25.9731.0949
PORTER24.3251.8248
WATERS18.1720.7299
BROOKS14.9441.4599
EATON13.0410.3650
COOK12.8672.5547
TURNER10.4982.9197
PRICE10.4351.8248
DAVEY8.8810.3650
BARTLETT8.3310.3650
WRIGHT6.8362.1898
KEMP6.5810.3650
PALMER6.1920.7299
SCOTT5.7741.4599
READ5.6610.3650
HILL2.8720.7299
JOHNSON2.1720.7299
PARKER1.9210.3650
CLARKE1.8010.3650
WARD1.6710.3650
SMITH1.5562.1898
DAVIES0.7210.3650
TAYLOR0.5710.3650

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 17 people called RIVETT in Falkenham 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 6.2044 in Falkenham means that 6.2044% of the people in Falkenham on census day were called RIVETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RIVETT 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 RIVETT 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 RIVETT 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 RIVETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,666.67 in Falkenham means that you are 1,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RIVETT in Falkenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Falkenham in 1881

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

ASHLEY (8)  BARHAM (6)  BARTLETT (1)  BLOCK (5)  BROOKS (4)  BRUNDLE (1)  BUCKEL (1)  CHAPMAN (17)  CLARKE (1)  COLTHORP (2)  COOK (7)  CORDY (1)  CROXSON (13)  DANVERS (7)  DAVIES (1)  DAVEY (1)  DESBOROUGH (14)  EELY (1)  EATON (1)  EVERETT (7)  FORSDYKE (13)  FULCHER (1)  GARDENER (9)  GANT (1)  HILL (2)  HORNE (4)  HOWELL (3)  JOHNSON (2)  KEBLE (7)  CALEY (1)  KEMP (1)  LEVETT (1)  MAYS (10)  NUNN (2)  PALMER (2)  PARKER (1)  PERRY (7)  PETTIT (1)  PORTER (5)  POSFORD (3)  PRICE (5)  RAYNER (3)  READ (1)  RIBETT (1)  RIVETT (17)  RUSH (7)  SAWYER (2)  SCHUNCK (3)  SCOTT (4)  SCRIVEN (1)  SKEET (1)  SMITH (6)  STEVENSON (8)  TAYLOR (1)  THEOBALD (1)  THURMAN (8)  TURNER (8)  TUSSELL (1)  UTTRIDGE (10)  WARD (1)  WARDLEY (1)  WATERS (2)  WELLHAM (1)  WRIGHT (6)