Top surnames from the 1881 census in Flempton, Suffolk

Flempton 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
SPALDING105.6180787.40
HERRINGTON105.61801,492.54
LONG95.056277.92
LANG73.9326176.32
CLAXTON73.9326619.47
LOVICK73.93263,043.48
COOK52.809014.14
MOUSER52.80905,555.56
HOLMES52.809023.06
BLYTHE52.8090370.37
GALLANT42.24721,333.33
BALLS42.2472175.44
SMITH31.68541.19
FORD31.685417.30
OSBORNE31.685435.29
FROST21.123619.98
BAIN21.123645.25
LAST21.1236140.85
FIRMAN21.1236444.44
BLYTH21.123671.17
FOREMAN21.123685.84
STONE21.123615.54
SHARP21.123613.49
EMMERSON21.1236113.64
SELVAGE21.12366,666.67
GIFFORD21.1236129.03
WESTLEY10.5618136.99
HOWES10.561832.15
DAWSON10.56185.10
SCALES10.561895.24
GREEN10.56182.00
GARDENER10.561831.35
FARTHING10.5618106.38
DAVEY10.561813.66
ROLF10.5618322.58
GOOCH10.561864.10
MOFFAT10.561831.06
LING10.561859.52
JARMAN10.561858.82
CROOKS10.561872.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SELVAGE6,666.6721.1236
MOUSER5,555.5652.8090
LOVICK3,043.4873.9326
HERRINGTON1,492.54105.6180
GALLANT1,333.3342.2472
SPALDING787.40105.6180
CLAXTON619.4773.9326
FIRMAN444.4421.1236
BLYTHE370.3752.8090
ROLF322.5810.5618
LANG176.3273.9326
BALLS175.4442.2472
LAST140.8521.1236
WESTLEY136.9910.5618
GIFFORD129.0321.1236
EMMERSON113.6421.1236
FARTHING106.3810.5618
SCALES95.2410.5618
FOREMAN85.8421.1236
LONG77.9295.0562
CROOKS72.9910.5618
BLYTH71.1721.1236
GOOCH64.1010.5618
LING59.5210.5618
JARMAN58.8210.5618
BAIN45.2521.1236
OSBORNE35.2931.6854
HOWES32.1510.5618
GARDENER31.3510.5618
MOFFAT31.0610.5618
HOLMES23.0652.8090
FROST19.9821.1236
FORD17.3031.6854
STONE15.5421.1236
COOK14.1452.8090
DAVEY13.6610.5618
SHARP13.4921.1236
DAWSON5.1010.5618
GREEN2.0010.5618
SMITH1.1931.6854

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called SELVAGE in Flempton 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 1.1236 in Flempton means that 1.1236% of the people in Flempton on census day were called SELVAGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SELVAGE 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 SELVAGE 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 SELVAGE 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 SELVAGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Flempton means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SELVAGE in Flempton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Flempton in 1881

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

ASHEN (9)  BAIN (2)  BALLS (4)  BARBROOKE (3)  BLYTH (2)  BLYTHE (5)  BOREHAM (3)  CANNOM (1)  CLAXTON (7)  COCKSEDGE (3)  COOK (5)  CRASKE (6)  CROOKS (1)  DAVEY (1)  DAWSON (1)  EMMERSON (2)  FARTHING (1)  FIRMAN (2)  FORD (3)  FOREMAN (2)  FROST (2)  GALLANT (4)  GARDENER (1)  GASKE (3)  GIFFORD (2)  GOOCH (1)  GREEN (1)  HERRINGTON (10)  HINGLES (3)  HOLMES (5)  HOWES (1)  JARMAN (1)  LANG (7)  LAST (2)  LOVICK (7)  LING (1)  LONG (9)  MARTOM (8)  MOFFAT (1)  MOUSER (5)  MUSK (6)  OSBORNE (3)  PRYKE (3)  ROLF (1)  SELVAGE (2)  SCUTCHON (6)  SHARP (2)  SCALES (1)  SMITH (3)  SPALDING (10)  STONE (2)  VARO (1)  WESTLEY (1)