Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kessingland, Suffolk

Kessingland 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
CATCHPOLE635.1261795.45
BLOWERS493.98701,565.50
KNIGHTS493.9870454.97
DURRANT463.7429239.21
WIGG342.76651,002.95
BROWN342.76654.20
KEMP241.952835.21
HART241.952822.89
WRIGHT211.70875.33
MALLETT211.7087191.78
SMITH191.54601.09
THOMPSON181.46464.89
BROCK171.3832119.05
TRIPP141.1391233.33
DOWDING141.1391266.67
DAVIE120.9764106.01
ALLEN120.97645.17
CURTIS120.976417.21
BLOCK120.9764491.80
CAPPS120.9764474.31
MITCHELL110.89504.41
BLAKE110.895018.48
HOLBROOK110.8950124.15
BUTCHER100.813719.31
WELSH100.813720.56
HUNTER100.81377.92
MOYSE100.8137344.83
FARROW90.732339.03
HAMMOND90.732312.86
COOPER90.73233.01
SEWELL90.732334.64
BROOM90.732359.41
EDWARDS90.73232.63
FORSTER80.650919.85
RACKHAM80.6509238.81
WEAVERS80.6509329.22
GIRLING70.569689.40
LAURIE70.569666.29
WAUGH70.569641.79
BEAMISH70.5696370.37
CATTON70.5696175.88
ADAMS60.48823.31
WALKER60.48821.46
PEARSE60.488245.91
KING60.48822.24
SAMPSON60.488228.61
THACHER60.48823,157.89
WOODWARD60.48829.90
CORNISH60.488233.84
RAVEN50.406848.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLOK3,333.3330.2441
THACHER3,157.8960.4882
BLOWERS1,565.50493.9870
WIGG1,002.95342.7665
CATCHPOLE795.45635.1261
BLOCK491.80120.9764
BRYDGES476.1920.1627
CAPPS474.31120.9764
BEANE470.5940.3255
KNIGHTS454.97493.9870
COON454.5530.2441
BEAMISH370.3770.5696
MOYSE344.83100.8137
WEAVERS329.2280.6509
DOWDING266.67141.1391
HAIL256.4120.1627
DURRANT239.21463.7429
RACKHAM238.8180.6509
TRIPP233.33141.1391
MALLETT191.78211.7087
CATTON175.8870.5696
WINSOR135.5050.4068
SILLS129.5350.4068
BULLER124.6950.4068
HOLBROOK124.15110.8950
WIGGETT121.2120.1627
BROCK119.05171.3832
TURRELL107.8240.3255
DAVIE106.01120.9764
COWLES101.6930.2441
GIRLING89.4070.5696
WARNES73.8930.2441
STURMAN73.2620.1627
LAURIE66.2970.5696
RIVETT65.6530.2441
WATLING62.8940.3255
BROOM59.4190.7323
FARRER49.1440.3255
RAVEN48.4550.4068
WHALEY48.4320.1627
GARROD46.5130.2441
PEARSE45.9160.4882
WAUGH41.7970.5696
FARROW39.0390.7323
BEALES38.2420.1627
KEMP35.21241.9528
SEWELL34.6490.7323
CORNISH33.8460.4882
SAMPSON28.6160.4882
HART22.89241.9528

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called BLOK in Kessingland 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 0.2441 in Kessingland means that 0.2441% of the people in Kessingland on census day were called BLOK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLOK 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 BLOK 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 BLOK 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 BLOK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Kessingland means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLOK in Kessingland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kessingland in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  ALDRED (2)  ALLEN (12)  ANDREWS (2)  BARTON (4)  BASSEY (1)  BAXTER (2)  BEALES (2)  BEAMISH (7)  BEANE (4)  BIRD (4)  BLACK (4)  BLAKE (11)  BLOCK (12)  BLOK (3)  BLOWERS (49)  BORRETT (3)  BRECKMORE (5)  BRYDGES (2)  BROCK (17)  BROOM (9)  BROWN (34)  BULLARD (1)  BULLER (5)  BURGES (1)  BUTCHER (10)  CABEL (5)  CAPON (6)  CAPPS (12)  CARTER (4)  CATCHPOLE (63)  CATTON (7)  CHAMBERS (3)  CHAPLIN (1)  CHILDS (2)  CHIPPERFIELD (5)  CLARKE (2)  CLARK (4)  COON (3)  COOPER (9)  CORNISH (6)  COWLES (3)  CROW (2)  CULLOCH (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  CURTIS (12)  CUSK (1)  CUTTING (1)  DANN (1)  DAVIS (2)  DAVIE (12)  DODDINGTON (10)  DOWDING (14)  DRIVER (2)  DUNNETT (1)  DURRANT (46)  EDWARDS (9)  ETHERIDGE (1)  FARRER (4)  FARRELL (1)  FARROW (9)  FENN (1)  FORSTER (8)  FOSTER (2)  FRANCIS (2)  FROST (1)  GARDNER (4)  GARROD (3)  GIRLING (7)  GOFFIN (1)  GOULDBY (12)  GOULDER (1)  GOOD (2)  HAIL (2)  HAMMOND (9)  HART (24)  HARVEY (3)  HEMBLERY (2)  HINDS (1)  HITCHAM (12)  HOLBROOK (11)  HOLMES (2)  HOWLETT (1)  HUBBARD (1)  HUNT (1)  HUNTER (10)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JESSOP (2)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (2)  JULLINGS (17)  JULINGS (6)  KEMP (24)  KENT (4)  KERRISON (2)  KESSINGTON (7)  KING (6)  KNIGHTS (49)  NIVETT (4)  LAMBERT (1)  LAURIE (7)  LEACH (1)  LONG (2)  MALLETT (21)  MALLET (1)  MANTHORPE (1)  MARCH (1)  MARJORAM (19)  MASON (1)  MC GHEE (3)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC LUYS (3)  MENDHAM (1)  MENTHORPE (1)  MYHILL (7)  MILLIGAN (1)  MILLS (2)  MITCHELL (11)  MONTHORPE (9)  MOORE (2)  MORSE (1)  MOYSE (10)  MUDDIT (9)  NEAVE (1)  NEWBISK (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NURSEY (2)  OSBORNE (2)  PARKER (1)  PEARSE (6)  PECKHAM (1)  FILLET (1)  POTTS (5)  PYE (1)  RACKHAM (8)  RASHLEIGH (4)  RASKILLEY (2)  RAVEN (5)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIVETT (3)  RICKS (1)  ROGENSON (2)  ROSS (1)  RUMSBY (3)  SAMPSON (6)  SEWELL (9)  SHIPLEY (1)  SHOMENS (2)  SILLS (5)  SIMS (4)  SLADE (1)  SMITH (19)  SOANES (5)  SPATCHET (2)  STANNARD (1)  STOWE (1)  STROWGER (22)  STUDD (5)  STURMAN (2)  TAYLOR (1)  THACHER (6)  THACKER (1)  THOMPSON (18)  TILLET (9)  TOVAN (8)  TRIPP (14)  TURNER (3)  TURRELL (4)  UTTING (52)  UTTINGS (1)  VICKERS (1)  WHEELS (5)  WALKER (6)  WHALEY (2)  WALLER (5)  WARD (2)  WARNES (3)  WATLING (4)  WAUGH (7)  WEAVERS (8)  WELSH (10)  WELCH (4)  WHITE (2)  WIGG (34)  WIGGETT (2)  WINSOR (5)  WINTER (1)  WOODWARD (6)  WOOLNOUGH (2)  WORLEDGE (1)  WRIGHT (21)  WHYETT (2)