Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kesgrave, Suffolk

Kesgrave 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
WATSON88.163335.20
SMITH77.14295.06
KENT77.1429169.49
CANDLER77.14293,684.21
COOK55.102025.68
ALLUM55.10201,351.35
SPURLING55.10203,571.43
OSBORN44.0816196.08
ADAMS22.040813.85
CALVERT22.0408100.00
ATKINS22.040854.35
BROWN22.04083.10
WIGGINS22.0408188.68
BREWER22.040876.92
TRUDE11.02043,333.33
HOOPER11.020424.10
STOPHER11.02042,000.00
DAVY11.020482.64
PINNER11.0204416.67
WAINWRIGHT11.020448.31
MILLS11.02047.87
THORNE11.020448.31
HAYWARD11.020423.92
STIFF11.0204294.12
SHUTT11.0204285.71
WATLING11.0204196.08
PATRICK11.020451.28
VIGO11.020410,000.00
SWEETING11.0204256.41
EADE11.0204212.77
READ11.020415.82
WATKINS11.020416.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VIGO10,000.0011.0204
CANDLER3,684.2177.1429
SPURLING3,571.4355.1020
TRUDE3,333.3311.0204
STOPHER2,000.0011.0204
ALLUM1,351.3555.1020
PINNER416.6711.0204
STIFF294.1211.0204
SHUTT285.7111.0204
SWEETING256.4111.0204
EADE212.7711.0204
OSBORN196.0844.0816
WATLING196.0811.0204
WIGGINS188.6822.0408
KENT169.4977.1429
CALVERT100.0022.0408
DAVY82.6411.0204
BREWER76.9222.0408
ATKINS54.3522.0408
PATRICK51.2811.0204
THORNE48.3111.0204
WAINWRIGHT48.3111.0204
WATSON35.2088.1633
COOK25.6855.1020
HOOPER24.1011.0204
HAYWARD23.9211.0204
WATKINS16.8411.0204
READ15.8211.0204
ADAMS13.8522.0408
MILLS7.8711.0204
SMITH5.0677.1429
BROWN3.1022.0408

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called VIGO in Kesgrave 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 1.0204 in Kesgrave means that 1.0204% of the people in Kesgrave on census day were called VIGO.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kesgrave in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALLUM (5)  ATKINS (2)  BEEDON (1)  BREWER (2)  BROWN (2)  CALVERT (2)  CANDLER (7)  CHENERY (4)  COOK (5)  DAVY (1)  EADE (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HOOPER (1)  KENT (7)  KUDLAND (1)  MC INTYRE (1)  MILLS (1)  OFFIN (1)  OSBORN (4)  PATRICK (1)  PELLS (2)  PIBEL (2)  PINNER (1)  READ (1)  RONALDSON (1)  SHUTT (1)  SLESSOR (1)  SMITH (7)  SPURLING (5)  STIFF (1)  STOPHER (1)  SWEETING (1)  THORNE (1)  TRUDE (1)  VIGO (1)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WATKINS (1)  WATLING (1)  WATSON (8)  WELHAM (5)  WIGGINS (2)  WOOBY (1)