Top surnames from the 1881 census in Henham, Suffolk

Henham 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
REEVE85.2980226.63
SAWER74.63585,833.33
COPLEY74.6358598.29
CANHAM74.63581,044.78
ROBERTS74.635812.32
CREASEY63.9735983.61
WILKINSON53.311321.70
SMITH53.31132.35
COTTON53.3113138.89
RIGGS42.6490800.00
GOODCHILD42.6490272.11
CHAMBERS42.649046.57
ANDREWS42.649027.64
ALDRED31.9868230.77
PETTITT31.9868370.37
HUNT31.986814.96
STARLING31.9868270.27
BALLS31.9868154.64
BIRD21.324517.33
FISKE21.32451,176.47
ROUS21.32451,818.18
CATCHPOLE21.3245206.19
PHILLIPS21.32457.40
MOORE21.32456.62
CROWTHER10.662322.17
KING10.66233.04
HILLING10.6623500.00
RAVEN10.662378.74
WALKER10.66231.98
ATKIN10.662349.51
MINSTER10.66233,333.33
KETT10.6623500.00
WOODYARD10.66231,250.00
REYNOLDS10.66237.65
HART10.66237.76
WEEKS10.662330.96
CAN10.66231,666.67
RAMSAY10.662325.71
FRANCIS10.662311.11
TROLLOPE10.6623312.50
BETTS10.662330.96
MORRIS10.66232.98
EDEN10.662365.36
SHADE10.6623769.23
KNIGHT10.66235.37
WINK10.6623769.23
HARRIS10.66232.61
WARD10.66233.03
BRADSHAW10.662316.13
FOWLER10.662311.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAWER5,833.3374.6358
MINSTER3,333.3310.6623
ROUS1,818.1821.3245
CAN1,666.6710.6623
WOODYARD1,250.0010.6623
FISKE1,176.4721.3245
CANHAM1,044.7874.6358
CREASEY983.6163.9735
RIGGS800.0042.6490
WINK769.2310.6623
SHADE769.2310.6623
COPLEY598.2974.6358
KETT500.0010.6623
HILLING500.0010.6623
PETTITT370.3731.9868
TROLLOPE312.5010.6623
GOODCHILD272.1142.6490
STARLING270.2731.9868
ALDRED230.7731.9868
REEVE226.6385.2980
CATCHPOLE206.1921.3245
BALLS154.6431.9868
COTTON138.8953.3113
RAVEN78.7410.6623
EDEN65.3610.6623
ATKIN49.5110.6623
CHAMBERS46.5742.6490
BETTS30.9610.6623
WEEKS30.9610.6623
ANDREWS27.6442.6490
RAMSAY25.7110.6623
CROWTHER22.1710.6623
WILKINSON21.7053.3113
BIRD17.3321.3245
BRADSHAW16.1310.6623
HUNT14.9631.9868
ROBERTS12.3274.6358
FOWLER11.6010.6623
FRANCIS11.1110.6623
HART7.7610.6623
REYNOLDS7.6510.6623
PHILLIPS7.4021.3245
MOORE6.6221.3245
KNIGHT5.3710.6623
KING3.0410.6623
WARD3.0310.6623
MORRIS2.9810.6623
HARRIS2.6110.6623
SMITH2.3553.3113
WALKER1.9810.6623

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called SAWER in Henham 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 4.6358 in Henham means that 4.6358% of the people in Henham on census day were called SAWER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAWER 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 SAWER 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 SAWER 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 SAWER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,833.33 in Henham means that you are 5,833.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAWER in Henham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Henham in 1881

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

ALDRED (3)  ANDREWS (4)  ATKIN (1)  BALLS (3)  BETTS (1)  BIRD (2)  BRADSHAW (1)  CAN (1)  CANHAM (7)  CATCHPOLE (2)  CAULDWILL (1)  CHAMBERS (4)  CHARLISH (1)  CHART (1)  COPLEY (7)  COTTON (5)  CREASEY (6)  CROWTHER (1)  EDEN (1)  EMMANS (2)  FISKE (2)  FOWLER (1)  FRANCIS (1)  GOODCHILD (4)  HARRIS (1)  HART (1)  HOWELD (1)  HUNT (3)  HILLING (1)  KETT (1)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (1)  MINSTER (1)  MOORE (2)  MORRIS (1)  NAPTHINE (10)  PETTITT (3)  PHILLIPS (2)  RAMSAY (1)  RAVEN (1)  REEVE (8)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIGGS (4)  ROBERTS (7)  ROUS (2)  SAINSBURY (1)  SAWER (7)  SHADE (1)  SMITH (5)  STARLING (3)  TROLLOPE (1)  VYSE (1)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WEEKS (1)  WILKINSON (5)  WILLSHIRE (4)  WINK (1)  WOODYARD (1)  WOOLNOUGH (3)