Top surnames from the 1881 census in Levington, Suffolk

Levington 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
SMITH116.58684.67
BROWN95.38928.18
DOUBLE84.79042,424.24
MARKHAM84.7904402.01
GILLINGHAM74.1916933.33
COWIE63.5928295.57
CLARK63.592811.95
DALE63.592884.99
SHEPPARD63.5928103.81
BALDWIN52.994070.22
KETTLE52.9940342.47
ROBINSON52.99409.39
RALPH52.9940196.85
FISK42.3952454.55
MARTIN42.39529.72
SKELTON31.7964123.46
WILLIAMS31.79642.50
LEWIS31.79646.83
PAGE31.796422.47
LEE21.19767.33
HERRING21.1976116.96
REEDER21.1976444.44
CATCHPOLE21.1976185.19
SIMMONS21.197629.33
BARNARD21.197648.19
SEAMANS10.59883,333.33
COOK10.59883.01
FULCHER10.5988119.05
MOUSER10.59881,250.00
TURNEY10.5988169.49
BETTS10.598828.01
DINWIDDIE10.59882,500.00
COPPING10.5988149.25
FROST10.598810.65
BUTCHER10.598814.20
MOFFAT10.598833.00
FARTHING10.5988113.64
KEEN10.598829.85
COOPER10.59882.46
RIVETT10.5988161.29
GARNHAM10.5988126.58
CHEESEMAN10.598875.76
FRANKS10.598848.08
WATERMAN10.598876.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEAMANS3,333.3310.5988
DINWIDDIE2,500.0010.5988
DOUBLE2,424.2484.7904
MOUSER1,250.0010.5988
GILLINGHAM933.3374.1916
FISK454.5542.3952
REEDER444.4421.1976
MARKHAM402.0184.7904
KETTLE342.4752.9940
COWIE295.5763.5928
RALPH196.8552.9940
CATCHPOLE185.1921.1976
TURNEY169.4910.5988
RIVETT161.2910.5988
COPPING149.2510.5988
GARNHAM126.5810.5988
SKELTON123.4631.7964
FULCHER119.0510.5988
HERRING116.9621.1976
FARTHING113.6410.5988
SHEPPARD103.8163.5928
DALE84.9963.5928
WATERMAN76.9210.5988
CHEESEMAN75.7610.5988
BALDWIN70.2252.9940
BARNARD48.1921.1976
FRANKS48.0810.5988
MOFFAT33.0010.5988
KEEN29.8510.5988
SIMMONS29.3321.1976
BETTS28.0110.5988
PAGE22.4731.7964
BUTCHER14.2010.5988
CLARK11.9563.5928
FROST10.6510.5988
MARTIN9.7242.3952
ROBINSON9.3952.9940
BROWN8.1895.3892
LEE7.3321.1976
LEWIS6.8331.7964
SMITH4.67116.5868
COOK3.0110.5988
WILLIAMS2.5031.7964
COOPER2.4610.5988

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called SEAMANS in Levington 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 0.5988 in Levington means that 0.5988% of the people in Levington on census day were called SEAMANS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Levington in 1881

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

ABLITT (2)  ANNISS (1)  BALDWIN (5)  BARNARD (2)  BETTS (1)  BROWN (9)  BUTCHER (1)  CATCHPOLE (2)  CHEESEMAN (1)  CLARK (6)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  COPPING (1)  COWIE (6)  DALE (6)  DINWIDDIE (1)  DOUBLE (8)  FARTHING (1)  FISK (4)  FRANKS (1)  FROST (1)  FRYETT (6)  FULCHER (1)  GARNHAM (1)  GILLINGHAM (7)  HERRING (2)  KEEN (1)  KETTLE (5)  LEE (2)  LEWIS (3)  LILLISTONE (2)  MARKHAM (8)  MARTIN (4)  MATTIN (1)  MOFFAT (1)  MOUSER (1)  PAGE (3)  PRINT (4)  REEDER (2)  RIVETT (1)  ROBINSON (5)  RALPH (5)  RUFFORD (7)  SEAMANS (1)  SHELBOURNE (6)  SHEPPARD (6)  SIMMONS (2)  SKELTON (3)  SMITH (11)  TURNEY (1)  WATERMAN (1)  WILLIAMS (3)