Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Wenham, Suffolk

Great Wenham 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
SMITH3012.82059.08
BALDWIN239.8291230.46
COLE156.410370.36
CHEVERTON145.98296,086.96
GODDARD135.5556138.15
RATCLIFF135.5556860.93
GARNHAM125.12821,081.08
BEAUMONT93.8462129.68
COOK83.418817.21
CHAPLIN62.5641178.57
ABBOTT52.136848.45
LOTT52.1368555.56
DOUBLE41.7094869.57
HICKS41.709440.86
ROUT41.70941,111.11
GIBBONS41.709453.19
STOCK31.2821103.09
ALLEN31.28216.79
LLYOD31.28216,000.00
BAKER31.28215.85
AKERS31.2821263.16
KEEBLE31.2821186.34
CHIVERTON20.8547465.12
SONGER20.85474,000.00
ROOF10.42742,500.00
BROWN10.42740.65
RENOLDS10.4274666.67
BREWSTER10.427444.05
STEVENS10.42744.09
FARTHING10.427481.30
STOREY10.427416.81
ATTWOOD10.427443.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHEVERTON6,086.96145.9829
LLYOD6,000.0031.2821
SONGER4,000.0020.8547
ROOF2,500.0010.4274
ROUT1,111.1141.7094
GARNHAM1,081.08125.1282
DOUBLE869.5741.7094
RATCLIFF860.93135.5556
RENOLDS666.6710.4274
LOTT555.5652.1368
CHIVERTON465.1220.8547
AKERS263.1631.2821
BALDWIN230.46239.8291
KEEBLE186.3431.2821
CHAPLIN178.5762.5641
GODDARD138.15135.5556
BEAUMONT129.6893.8462
STOCK103.0931.2821
FARTHING81.3010.4274
COLE70.36156.4103
GIBBONS53.1941.7094
ABBOTT48.4552.1368
BREWSTER44.0510.4274
ATTWOOD43.1010.4274
HICKS40.8641.7094
COOK17.2183.4188
STOREY16.8110.4274
SMITH9.083012.8205
ALLEN6.7931.2821
BAKER5.8531.2821
STEVENS4.0910.4274
BROWN0.6510.4274

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called CHEVERTON in Great Wenham 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 5.9829 in Great Wenham means that 5.9829% of the people in Great Wenham on census day were called CHEVERTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHEVERTON 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 CHEVERTON 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 CHEVERTON 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 CHEVERTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,086.96 in Great Wenham means that you are 6,086.96 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHEVERTON in Great Wenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Wenham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (5)  ABLITT (14)  AKERS (3)  ALLEN (3)  ATTWOOD (1)  BAKER (3)  BALDWIN (23)  BEAUMONT (9)  BREWSTER (1)  BROWN (1)  CHAPLIN (6)  CHEVERTON (14)  CHIVERTON (2)  COLE (15)  COOK (8)  DEATH (4)  DOUBLE (4)  FARTHING (1)  GARNHAM (12)  GIBBONS (4)  GODDARD (13)  HICKS (4)  KEEBLE (3)  LLYOD (3)  LOTT (5)  MADDER (6)  MULLEY (1)  POWLING (1)  PITTOCK (4)  RATCLIFF (13)  RENOLDS (1)  ROUT (4)  ROOF (1)  SIBBONS (3)  SMITH (30)  SONGER (2)  STEVENS (1)  STOCK (3)  STOREY (1)  WHYATT (2)