Top surnames from the 1881 census in Spexhall, Suffolk

Spexhall 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
THURLOW157.35291,530.61
PAGE136.372579.71
WARD104.902022.44
STANNARD104.9020704.23
SELF94.4118620.69
ELWOOD83.92162,105.26
BAXTER73.431457.57
FINNEY73.4314395.48
MARTIN62.941211.94
SMITH62.94122.08
ALLEN62.941215.57
CLEVELAND52.45101,250.00
BLOOMFIELD52.4510193.05
PRETTY52.4510694.44
ALDOUS41.9608481.93
BRIDGES41.9608123.08
SAUNDERS41.960821.38
WATERS41.960848.78
BAKER31.47066.71
COSSEY31.47061,071.43
HOWLETT31.4706109.49
HARVEY31.470613.77
HARPER20.980415.31
STANLEY20.980425.51
FLAXMAN20.9804555.56
CHILVERS20.9804250.00
GEORGE20.980416.71
BIRD20.980412.83
BARRETT20.980414.60
CRISP10.490235.21
KNIGHTS10.490255.87
BEDWELL10.4902126.58
STEWARD10.490238.17
FISHER10.49024.19
ELLWOOD10.490288.50
LING10.490251.81
COLYER10.4902188.68
BUNN10.490250.25
FREESTONE10.4902113.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELWOOD2,105.2683.9216
THURLOW1,530.61157.3529
CLEVELAND1,250.0052.4510
COSSEY1,071.4331.4706
STANNARD704.23104.9020
PRETTY694.4452.4510
SELF620.6994.4118
FLAXMAN555.5620.9804
ALDOUS481.9341.9608
FINNEY395.4873.4314
CHILVERS250.0020.9804
BLOOMFIELD193.0552.4510
COLYER188.6810.4902
BEDWELL126.5810.4902
BRIDGES123.0841.9608
FREESTONE113.6410.4902
HOWLETT109.4931.4706
ELLWOOD88.5010.4902
PAGE79.71136.3725
BAXTER57.5773.4314
KNIGHTS55.8710.4902
LING51.8110.4902
BUNN50.2510.4902
WATERS48.7841.9608
STEWARD38.1710.4902
CRISP35.2110.4902
STANLEY25.5120.9804
WARD22.44104.9020
SAUNDERS21.3841.9608
GEORGE16.7120.9804
ALLEN15.5762.9412
HARPER15.3120.9804
BARRETT14.6020.9804
HARVEY13.7731.4706
BIRD12.8320.9804
MARTIN11.9462.9412
BAKER6.7131.4706
FISHER4.1910.4902
SMITH2.0862.9412

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called ELWOOD in Spexhall 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 3.9216 in Spexhall means that 3.9216% of the people in Spexhall on census day were called ELWOOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELWOOD 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 ELWOOD 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 ELWOOD 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 ELWOOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,105.26 in Spexhall means that you are 2,105.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELWOOD in Spexhall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Spexhall in 1881

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

ALDOUS (4)  ALLEN (6)  BAKER (3)  BALDRY (3)  BARRETT (2)  BAXTER (7)  BEDWELL (1)  BIRD (2)  BLOOMFIELD (5)  BRIDGES (4)  BRIGHTEN (1)  BUNN (1)  CHILVERS (2)  CLEVELAND (5)  COLYER (1)  COSSEY (3)  CRISP (1)  ELWOOD (8)  ELLWOOD (1)  FINNEY (7)  FISHER (1)  FLAXMAN (2)  FREESTONE (1)  GEORGE (2)  GREENARD (2)  HARPER (2)  HARVEY (3)  HOWLETT (3)  JEAFFRESON (2)  KERRISON (8)  KNIGHTS (1)  LING (1)  MARTIN (6)  OWLES (3)  PAGE (13)  PRETTY (5)  PRITTY (1)  PUNCHARD (1)  SAUNDERS (4)  SCARLE (3)  SELF (9)  SILLETT (1)  SMITH (6)  STANLEY (2)  STANNARD (10)  STEWARD (1)  THURLOW (15)  HADINGHAM (7)  WARD (10)  WATERS (4)  WOOLNOUGH (8)