Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Ashfield, Suffolk

Great Ashfield 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
CARTER235.778934.43
WHITTEN215.27643,684.21
GOODWIN164.020176.30
LORD153.768881.74
WARREN143.517652.61
THOMPSON133.266310.90
BOUGHTON133.2663792.68
RODWELL102.5126465.12
REDDITT102.512650,000.00
ROOF92.261312,857.14
BARRELL92.2613596.03
HUNT92.261317.03
HAWES82.0101162.93
CURRIE82.010171.43
SIMPER61.50751,395.35
PULFORD61.5075588.24
PULFER61.50753,529.41
GARROD61.5075287.08
FOX51.256313.53
MORLEY41.005025.14
COLEMAN41.005020.17
MATTHEWS41.005011.52
TYRELL41.0050273.97
HEWES41.0050833.33
WRIGHT41.00503.13
GEORGE41.005017.13
SALMON41.005044.05
PICKERING30.753820.89
CAGE30.75381,034.48
FISHER30.75386.44
HILL20.50251.97
EVERETT20.502528.01
HAYES20.50258.08
BRIDGES20.502531.60
BOLTON20.502511.67
SCOTT20.50251.99
ANDREWS20.50255.24
OSBOURN20.5025317.46
HAMMOND20.50258.83
MILES20.50258.52
FLATT20.5025227.27
BUTT10.251319.49
ABBOTT10.25135.70
SPRATT10.251345.25
BOND10.25134.75
DEWEY10.251359.52
BIRD10.25133.29
WILDING10.251321.37
REYNOLDS10.25132.90
ARNOLD10.25134.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REDDITT50,000.00102.5126
ROOF12,857.1492.2613
WHITTEN3,684.21215.2764
PULFER3,529.4161.5075
SIMPER1,395.3561.5075
CAGE1,034.4830.7538
HEWES833.3341.0050
BOUGHTON792.68133.2663
WOOL714.2910.2513
BARRELL596.0392.2613
PULFORD588.2461.5075
RODWELL465.12102.5126
OSBOURN317.4620.5025
GARROD287.0861.5075
TYRELL273.9741.0050
FLATT227.2720.5025
BISS163.9310.2513
HAWES162.9382.0101
DORWARD136.9910.2513
MILLICAN133.3310.2513
LORD81.74153.7688
GOODWIN76.30164.0201
BEVIS72.4610.2513
CURRIE71.4382.0101
DEWEY59.5210.2513
QUINTON54.0510.2513
WARREN52.61143.5176
SPRATT45.2510.2513
SALMON44.0541.0050
CARTER34.43235.7789
BRIDGES31.6020.5025
KNIGHTS28.6510.2513
EVERETT28.0120.5025
MORLEY25.1441.0050
FENN24.7510.2513
WILDING21.3710.2513
PICKERING20.8930.7538
COLEMAN20.1741.0050
BALLS19.6110.2513
BUTT19.4910.2513
SPOONER17.4210.2513
GEORGE17.1341.0050
HUNT17.0392.2613
BUXTON16.7210.2513
FOX13.5351.2563
BOLTON11.6720.5025
MATTHEWS11.5241.0050
THOMPSON10.90133.2663
BEVAN10.2710.2513
HAMMOND8.8320.5025

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called REDDITT in Great Ashfield 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 2.5126 in Great Ashfield means that 2.5126% of the people in Great Ashfield on census day were called REDDITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REDDITT 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 REDDITT 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 REDDITT 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 REDDITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 50,000.00 in Great Ashfield means that you are 50,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REDDITT in Great Ashfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Ashfield in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ANDREWS (2)  ARNOLD (1)  BAILEY (1)  BALLS (1)  BEVAN (1)  BEVIS (1)  BIRD (1)  BISS (1)  BLOMFIELD (8)  BOLTON (2)  BOND (1)  BORLEAU (1)  BOUGHTON (13)  BRADBROOK (1)  BRIDGES (2)  BARRELL (9)  BUTT (1)  BUXTON (1)  CAGE (3)  CARTER (23)  CAWSTON (1)  CLARKE (1)  COLEMAN (4)  CROSS (1)  CURRIE (8)  DORLING (3)  DEWEY (1)  DORWARD (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLINER (2)  ELINER (3)  EVERETT (2)  FAIERS (14)  FENN (1)  FINTER (16)  FISHER (3)  FLATT (2)  FOSTER (1)  FOX (5)  GARROD (6)  GEORGE (4)  GOODWIN (16)  HAMMOND (2)  HAWES (8)  HAYES (2)  HAYWARD (1)  HILL (2)  HOWARD (1)  HEWES (4)  HUNT (9)  JOLLYE (1)  KERRIDGE (3)  KNIGHTS (1)  LEATHERDALE (2)  LE GRYE (2)  LORD (15)  MULLEY (9)  MATTHEWS (4)  MILES (2)  MILLICAN (1)  MORLEY (4)  MOULE (2)  OSBOURN (2)  PATTLE (1)  PEARSONS (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKERING (3)  PLANTON (1)  PRIKE (1)  PULFER (6)  PULFORD (6)  QUINTON (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICE (1)  REDDITT (10)  RODWELL (10)  ROOF (9)  SALMON (4)  SCASE (14)  SCOTT (2)  SEADON (1)  SIMPER (6)  SMITH (1)  SPOONER (1)  SPRATT (1)  STEGGALL (1)  SWANBOROUGH (1)  THOMPSON (13)  TYRELL (4)  WAKELIN (6)  WARREN (14)  WHITTERS (2)  WHITTEN (21)  WILDING (1)  WOOL (1)  WRIGHT (4)