Top surnames from the 1881 census in Helmingham, Suffolk

Helmingham 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
WHITING175.0000259.54
THEOBALD154.4118694.44
LAST154.4118553.51
THURLOW123.5294731.71
DYE102.9412442.48
HOW92.6471405.41
ROSE92.647135.70
BALAAM82.35291,777.78
WEEDEN82.35291,142.86
FULCHER82.3529465.12
GOWING82.3529952.38
BUTTON82.3529198.51
SAWYER72.0588111.64
WILBY72.0588351.76
SCOT72.05881,891.89
WOOD72.05886.46
ORCHARD61.7647166.21
CREASY61.7647869.57
OSBORN51.470670.72
HAILES51.47061,063.83
KERSEY51.4706769.23
MOSS51.470623.86
HART51.470617.24
PIPE51.4706331.13
KNIGHT41.17659.54
MITCHELL41.17655.80
PILGRIM41.1765209.42
EDWARDS41.17654.22
OXBORROW41.17651,290.32
PRETTY30.8824247.93
CARLTON30.8824172.41
KNIGHTS30.8824100.67
DYER30.882422.78
MOORE30.88244.41
GLADWELL20.5882215.05
MOUSER20.58821,176.47
LOCKWOOD20.588226.63
WARNE20.588280.65
SHARMAN20.588242.74
CURTIS20.588210.37
HAYWARD20.588213.79
CALVER20.5882131.58
WEBB20.58824.34
LUCAS20.588212.72
WAYMAN20.5882224.72
FAIRWEATHER10.294138.02
KEEBLE10.294142.92
WILLIS10.29415.53
BURROWS10.29416.72
ORFORD10.2941117.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCOT1,891.8972.0588
BALAAM1,777.7882.3529
LUFKIN1,428.5710.2941
OXBORROW1,290.3241.1765
MOUSER1,176.4720.5882
WEEDEN1,142.8682.3529
HAILES1,063.8351.4706
GOWING952.3882.3529
CREASY869.5761.7647
KERSEY769.2351.4706
THURLOW731.71123.5294
THEOBALD694.44154.4118
LAST553.51154.4118
LENNY476.1910.2941
FULCHER465.1282.3529
DYE442.48102.9412
HOW405.4192.6471
WILBY351.7672.0588
PIPE331.1351.4706
WHITING259.54175.0000
PRETTY247.9330.8824
WAYMAN224.7220.5882
GLADWELL215.0520.5882
PILGRIM209.4241.1765
BUTTON198.5182.3529
CARLTON172.4130.8824
ORCHARD166.2161.7647
CALVER131.5820.5882
ORFORD117.6510.2941
SAWYER111.6472.0588
KNIGHTS100.6730.8824
BENDALL80.6510.2941
WARNE80.6520.5882
OSBORN70.7251.4706
FISK55.5610.2941
RIVERS47.3910.2941
KEEBLE42.9210.2941
SHARMAN42.7420.5882
FAIRWEATHER38.0210.2941
ROSE35.7092.6471
LOCKWOOD26.6320.5882
MOSS23.8651.4706
DYER22.7830.8824
HART17.2451.4706
HAYWARD13.7920.5882
LUCAS12.7220.5882
CURTIS10.3720.5882
KNIGHT9.5441.1765
HOWE7.4910.2941
BURROWS6.7210.2941

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called SCOT in Helmingham 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 2.0588 in Helmingham means that 2.0588% of the people in Helmingham on census day were called SCOT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCOT 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 SCOT 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 SCOT 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 SCOT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,891.89 in Helmingham means that you are 1,891.89 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCOT in Helmingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Helmingham in 1881

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

ORFORD (1)  BALAAM (8)  BENDALL (1)  BORLEY (7)  BRUNNING (3)  BURROWS (1)  BUTTON (8)  CALVER (2)  CARLTON (3)  COLTHORPE (4)  CREASY (6)  CURTIS (2)  DAMANT (11)  DYE (10)  DOOEL (6)  DYER (3)  EDWARDS (4)  EMENEY (11)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  FISK (1)  FULCHER (8)  GLADWELL (2)  GOWING (8)  HAILES (5)  HART (5)  HAYWARD (2)  HOW (9)  HOWE (1)  JONES (1)  KEEBLE (1)  KEMP (1)  KERSEY (5)  KNIGHTS (3)  KNIGHT (4)  LAST (15)  LAWRENCE (1)  LENNY (1)  LENNEY (5)  LOCKWOOD (2)  LORKING (6)  LUCAS (2)  LUFKIN (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MOORE (3)  MOSS (5)  MOUSER (2)  ORCHARD (6)  OSBORN (5)  OXBORROW (4)  PILGRIM (4)  PIPE (5)  POTTER (1)  POSFORD (2)  PRETTY (3)  RIVERS (1)  ROSE (9)  RUFFLES (3)  SAWYER (7)  SCOT (7)  SHARMAN (2)  STOCKINGS (4)  THEOBALD (15)  THURKETTLE (8)  THURLOW (12)  WARNE (2)  WEBB (2)  WEEDEN (8)  WAYMAN (2)  WHITING (17)  WILLIS (1)  WILBY (7)  WOOD (7)  WOODS (1)