Top surnames from the 1881 census in Horham, Suffolk

Horham 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
WARD175.000022.89
SPARROW164.7059371.23
HERVEY123.52942,727.27
ALLUM123.5294930.23
KNIGHTS113.2353369.13
THROWER102.9412925.93
WHITTON102.9412478.47
HAWARD92.64711,956.52
THORNDIKE92.64713,333.33
FRERE92.64715,000.00
RUTH92.64712,250.00
BALDWIN82.352955.17
TURNER82.35298.45
BEECROFT72.0588489.51
LINCOLN72.0588273.44
PARKE72.0588875.00
JENNINGS61.764734.80
HAWES61.7647143.20
PIPE51.4706331.13
SMITH51.47061.04
ROE51.470675.53
CRACKNELL41.1765169.49
FISK41.1765222.22
ALDOUS30.8824217.39
SHARMAN30.882464.10
LAKE30.882439.79
COOK30.88244.44
POOLEY30.8824109.09
FRENCH30.882418.07
WOODS30.882413.99
BARFOOT30.8824285.71
CLARKE20.58822.90
BAYLES20.5882298.51
BURROWS20.588213.44
READ20.58829.12
COBB20.588241.41
PLANT20.588226.60
COX10.29411.94
PUTTY10.294110,000.00
HOLDEN10.29415.37
BOAST10.2941147.06
MARSHAL10.2941138.89
WILSON10.29410.64
DADE10.2941204.08
RODWELL10.294154.35
KEMP10.29415.30
WEST10.29413.06
PASKE10.2941909.09
HART10.29413.45
BAXTER10.29414.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PUTTY10,000.0010.2941
FRERE5,000.0092.6471
THORNDIKE3,333.3392.6471
HERVEY2,727.27123.5294
RUTH2,250.0092.6471
HAWARD1,956.5292.6471
ALLUM930.23123.5294
THROWER925.93102.9412
PASKE909.0910.2941
PARKE875.0072.0588
BEECROFT489.5172.0588
WHITTON478.47102.9412
SPARROW371.23164.7059
KNIGHTS369.13113.2353
BEDINGFIELD357.1410.2941
PIPE331.1351.4706
BAYLES298.5120.5882
BARFOOT285.7130.8824
LINCOLN273.4472.0588
FISK222.2241.1765
ALDOUS217.3930.8824
DADE204.0810.2941
CRACKNELL169.4941.1765
BOAST147.0610.2941
HAWES143.2061.7647
MARSHAL138.8910.2941
LANHAM116.2810.2941
POOLEY109.0930.8824
ROE75.5351.4706
GARRARD70.4210.2941
SHARMAN64.1030.8824
BALDWIN55.1782.3529
RODWELL54.3510.2941
COBB41.4120.5882
LAKE39.7930.8824
JENNINGS34.8061.7647
PLANT26.6020.5882
WARD22.89175.0000
FRENCH18.0730.8824
WILCOX15.6010.2941
WOODS13.9930.8824
BURROWS13.4420.5882
READ9.1220.5882
TURNER8.4582.3529
WARNER8.0610.2941
KENT6.9810.2941
BOND5.5610.2941
HOLDEN5.3710.2941
KEMP5.3010.2941
BAXTER4.9410.2941

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called PUTTY in Horham 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 0.2941 in Horham means that 0.2941% of the people in Horham on census day were called PUTTY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Horham in 1881

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

ABBLET (1)  ALDOUS (3)  ALLUM (12)  BALDRY (10)  BALDWIN (8)  BARFOOT (3)  BAXTER (1)  BAYLES (2)  BEDINGFIELD (1)  BEECROFT (7)  BLOMFIELD (1)  BOAST (1)  BOND (1)  BOTWRIGHT (8)  BRUNING (?) (2)  BURROWS (2)  CATTLING (1)  CLARKE (2)  COBB (2)  COLTHORPE (2)  COOK (3)  COX (1)  CRACKNELL (4)  CUNNELL (6)  DADE (1)  FISK (4)  FRENCH (3)  FRERE (9)  GARRARD (1)  HART (1)  HERVEY (12)  HAWBY (1)  HAWES (6)  HAWARD (9)  HOLDEN (1)  JENNINGS (6)  KEMP (1)  KENT (1)  KNIGHTS (11)  LAKE (3)  LANHAM (1)  LARTER (3)  LINCOLN (7)  MARSHAL (1)  MUSK (1)  MUTTIMER (4)  MUTTICK (1)  PARKE (7)  PASKE (1)  PIPE (5)  PLANT (2)  POOLEY (3)  PUTTY (1)  REDGRAVE (1)  READ (2)  RODWELL (1)  ROE (5)  RUGLISH (1)  RUTH (9)  SHARMAN (3)  SHELDRAKE (3)  SHRELDRAKE (5)  SMITH (5)  SPARROW (16)  THORNDIKE (9)  THORNEDIKE (1)  THROWER (10)  TURNER (8)  WARD (17)  WARNER (1)  WEST (1)  WHATLIING (8)  WHATLING (27)  WHITTON (10)  WILCOX (1)  WILSON (1)  WOODS (3)  WHAITS (1)