Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gunton, Suffolk

Gunton 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
BOON1011.36361,219.51
GRAY910.227371.66
FOWLER89.0909159.05
PRETTYMAN77.954523,333.33
RACKHAM66.81822,500.00
HARRIS55.681822.36
READ33.409152.91
LEEDS33.40911,764.71
MOBBS22.2727606.06
WARD22.272710.41
ENGLAND22.2727110.50
TAYLOR22.27273.55
PLUMMER11.136484.75
LAKE11.136451.28
HALL11.13643.86
STOKES11.136426.88
BUSSEY11.1364333.33
KNIGHTS11.1364129.87
PORTER11.136415.15
BRAY11.136433.78
GARRETT11.136450.00
DONNELLY11.136490.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRETTYMAN23,333.3377.9545
RACKHAM2,500.0066.8182
LEEDS1,764.7133.4091
BOON1,219.511011.3636
MOBBS606.0622.2727
BUSSEY333.3311.1364
FOWLER159.0589.0909
KNIGHTS129.8711.1364
ENGLAND110.5022.2727
DONNELLY90.0911.1364
PLUMMER84.7511.1364
GRAY71.66910.2273
READ52.9133.4091
LAKE51.2811.1364
GARRETT50.0011.1364
BRAY33.7811.1364
STOKES26.8811.1364
HARRIS22.3655.6818
PORTER15.1511.1364
WARD10.4122.2727
HALL3.8611.1364
TAYLOR3.5522.2727

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called PRETTYMAN in Gunton 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 7.9545 in Gunton means that 7.9545% of the people in Gunton on census day were called PRETTYMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PRETTYMAN 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 PRETTYMAN 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 PRETTYMAN 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 PRETTYMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 23,333.33 in Gunton means that you are 23,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PRETTYMAN in Gunton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gunton in 1881

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

BALDRY (1)  BOBBET (3)  BOON (10)  BRAY (1)  BROCKMEAY (4)  BUSSEY (1)  DONNELLY (1)  ENGLAND (2)  FOWLER (8)  GARRETT (1)  GRAY (9)  GRINT (3)  HABBORD (4)  HALL (1)  HARRIS (5)  INNS (1)  KNIGHTS (1)  LAKE (1)  LEEDS (3)  MOBBS (2)  NOBBS (1)  NUNSE (1)  PLUMMER (1)  PORTER (1)  PRETTYMAN (7)  RACKHAM (6)  READ (3)  SOANES (1)  STOKES (1)  TAYLOR (2)  WARD (2)