Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornham Magna, Suffolk

Thornham Magna 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
WIGHTMAN134.5614695.19
ABBOTT103.508879.55
BLAKE103.508872.46
KNOTT93.1579159.29
CLARKE93.157915.58
JACOB82.8070360.36
LAURENCE82.8070197.53
BARNARD82.8070113.15
COPPING72.4561614.04
BAKER72.456111.21
GOOLD72.45611,400.00
HAILES62.10531,500.00
BALDWIN62.105349.38
GREEN62.10537.48
SPALDING62.1053294.12
MAYS51.7544306.75
ROBINSON51.75445.50
COE41.403586.39
ROSE41.403518.92
LAMB41.403526.61
BELLAMY41.403596.39
BARFIELD41.4035689.66
MINTER31.0526291.26
MILLER31.05265.88
WOOLLARD31.0526300.00
CRACKNELL31.0526151.52
PERKINS31.052623.40
SMITH20.70180.50
MARTIN20.70182.85
REYNOLDS20.70188.10
DEAN20.701810.11
PEAKE20.701872.73
HOWARD20.70187.15
DURRANT20.701844.84
LEVEL20.70186,666.67
GOODENOUGH20.7018243.90
ALDRICH20.7018434.78
WHITING20.701836.43
BUCKINGHAM20.701852.63
ELLIS20.70184.83
HAYWARD20.701816.46
FULCHER20.7018138.89
WHITEMAN10.350954.35
FINCH10.350910.54
BLUNDEN10.3509105.26
EGAN10.350942.37
BASHFORD10.3509105.26
MACDONALD10.35098.84
WISE10.350916.84
GOODSON10.350970.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEVEL6,666.6720.7018
HAILES1,500.0062.1053
GOOLD1,400.0072.4561
WIGHTMAN695.19134.5614
BARFIELD689.6641.4035
COPPING614.0472.4561
ALDRICH434.7820.7018
JACOB360.3682.8070
MAYS306.7551.7544
WOOLLARD300.0031.0526
SPALDING294.1262.1053
MINTER291.2631.0526
GOODENOUGH243.9020.7018
LAURENCE197.5382.8070
MARKWELL192.3110.3509
KNOTT159.2993.1579
CRACKNELL151.5231.0526
FULCHER138.8920.7018
PULFORD136.9910.3509
DOGGETT135.1410.3509
MACKLIN125.0010.3509
BARNARD113.1582.8070
BASHFORD105.2610.3509
BLUNDEN105.2610.3509
BELLAMY96.3941.4035
COE86.3941.4035
ABBOTT79.55103.5088
PEAKE72.7320.7018
BLAKE72.46103.5088
GOODSON70.4210.3509
WILBY59.8810.3509
WHITEMAN54.3510.3509
LAWRANCE53.7610.3509
BUCKINGHAM52.6320.7018
BALDWIN49.3862.1053
AUSTEN45.6610.3509
DURRANT44.8420.7018
EGAN42.3710.3509
WHITING36.4320.7018
WILDING29.8510.3509
LAMB26.6141.4035
REDFERN25.1910.3509
PERKINS23.4031.0526
ROSE18.9241.4035
WISE16.8410.3509
HAYWARD16.4620.7018
CLARKE15.5893.1579
BAKER11.2172.4561
FINCH10.5410.3509
DEAN10.1120.7018

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called LEVEL in Thornham Magna 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 0.7018 in Thornham Magna means that 0.7018% of the people in Thornham Magna on census day were called LEVEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEVEL 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 LEVEL 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 LEVEL 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 LEVEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Thornham Magna means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEVEL in Thornham Magna than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornham Magna in 1881

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

ABBOTT (10)  ALDRICH (2)  ARCHER (1)  AUSTEN (1)  BAKER (7)  BALDWIN (6)  BARFIELD (4)  BARNARD (8)  BASHFORD (1)  BECCUPT (1)  BELLAMY (4)  BLAKE (10)  BLUNDEN (1)  BUCKINGHAM (2)  CATTERMOLE (1)  CLARKE (9)  COE (4)  COOK (1)  COPPING (7)  CRACKNELL (3)  DAVIS (1)  DEAN (2)  DOGGETT (1)  DURRANT (2)  EGAN (1)  ELLIS (2)  EVANS (1)  FIDDAMAN (1)  FINCH (1)  FORD (1)  FROST (1)  FULCHER (2)  GOODENOUGH (2)  GOODSON (1)  GOOLD (7)  GREEN (6)  HAILES (6)  HAYWARD (2)  HENNIKER (9)  HOWARD (2)  JACOB (8)  JOHNSON (1)  KEMP (1)  KNOTT (9)  LAMB (4)  LAURENCE (8)  LAWRANCE (1)  LEVEL (2)  LUMMAS (16)  MARKWELL (1)  MARTIN (2)  MAYS (5)  MACDONALD (1)  MACKLIN (1)  MILLER (3)  MINTER (3)  MORRIS (1)  MULLINGER (8)  PEAKE (2)  PURT (1)  PERKINS (3)  PHILLIPS (1)  PULFORD (1)  REDFERN (1)  READ (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROBINSON (5)  ROSE (4)  SMITH (2)  SPALDING (6)  STAMMERS (16)  STEEDE (3)  STERNE (1)  STOCKINGS (4)  WALKER (1)  WHITING (2)  WIGHTMAN (13)  WHITEMAN (1)  WILDING (1)  WILBY (1)  WISE (1)  WOOLLARD (3)