Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wenhaston, Suffolk

Wenhaston 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
SMITH343.87242.74
CANHAM303.4169767.26
MAYHEW262.9613359.12
BROWN242.73354.15
BIRD182.050126.83
YOUNG182.05019.54
MILES182.050134.75
FRIEND171.9362170.85
ALDRED171.9362225.46
BURROWS161.822341.63
GRAY151.708411.97
ROBERTS121.36673.63
FARRINGTON121.3667159.15
PEARCE111.252813.64
KETT111.2528956.52
ADAMS111.25288.50
CALVER101.1390255.10
BUTCHER101.139027.03
SPENCER91.025111.23
HAWARD91.0251750.00
ROBINSON91.02513.21
CLARKE91.02515.06
LEECH80.911255.91
SELF80.9112128.21
YOUNGS80.9112238.81
SPALL80.9112481.93
BUTTON70.797367.18
NUNN70.797345.51
ETHERIDGE70.7973134.10
COOPER70.79733.28
HURREN70.7973479.45
LIST70.7973472.97
ELLIS70.79735.49
BLOWERS70.7973313.90
PULFORD70.7973309.73
TAYLOR70.79731.25
SPOOR70.7973729.17
MILLS70.79736.15
GOLDSMITH60.683443.99
TUTHILL60.6834857.14
THORPE60.683417.29
REYNOLDS60.68347.89
FLATT60.6834309.28
FINCH60.683420.53
WICKENS60.6834108.50
CRISP60.683449.18
ADAM50.569533.16
RACKHAM50.5695208.33
MANSER50.5695251.26
DENNY50.569567.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CROFFORD10,000.0040.4556
CROWFORD1,818.1840.4556
SPORE1,739.1340.4556
KETT956.52111.2528
BLANDON869.5720.2278
TUTHILL857.1460.6834
CANHAM767.26303.4169
HAWARD750.0091.0251
SPOOR729.1770.7973
LEVERS555.5650.5695
SCACE526.3210.1139
SPALL481.9380.9112
HURREN479.4570.7973
LIST472.9770.7973
MAYHEW359.12262.9613
BAGGETT357.1420.2278
BLOWERS313.9070.7973
SEAMONS312.5010.1139
PULFORD309.7370.7973
FLATT309.2860.6834
DANFORD263.1610.1139
CALVER255.10101.1390
MANSER251.2650.5695
REMINGTON241.9430.3417
YOUNGS238.8180.9112
ALDRED225.46171.9362
BECKET224.7240.4556
RACKHAM208.3350.5695
LYNES176.2140.4556
FRIEND170.85171.9362
FARRINGTON159.15121.3667
ETHERIDGE134.1070.7973
SELF128.2180.9112
SPINDLER114.9410.1139
WICKENS108.5060.6834
FISKE101.0110.1139
KNEE73.5310.1139
GIRLING71.5640.4556
DENNY67.7550.5695
BUTTON67.1870.7973
WESTGATE67.1110.1139
ROW66.5230.3417
MARRIOT66.2310.1139
CRACKNELL65.6840.4556
CLEVELAND58.4810.1139
BAYLES57.4710.1139
LEECH55.9180.9112
CRISP49.1860.6834
GARWOOD46.5120.2278
NUNN45.5170.7973

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called CROFFORD in Wenhaston 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 0.4556 in Wenhaston means that 0.4556% of the people in Wenhaston on census day were called CROFFORD.

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

All the surnames recorded in Wenhaston in 1881

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

ABLETT (2)  ADAMS (11)  ADAM (5)  ALDOUS (1)  ALDRED (17)  ALLUED (2)  ALP (4)  ANDERSON (3)  ANDREWS (3)  ASHFORD (1)  BAGGETT (2)  BARBER (5)  BATES (1)  BALES (1)  BAYLES (1)  BEADMAN (1)  BECKET (4)  BENSTEAD (2)  BETTS (1)  BIRD (18)  BLACK (2)  BLANDON (2)  BLOOMFIELD (4)  BLOWERS (7)  BOULTON (3)  BRABBEN (1)  BRABBING (3)  BRIDGMAN (1)  BROWN (24)  BRUNNING (3)  BURGESS (4)  BURRELS (3)  BURROWS (16)  BUTCHER (10)  BUTTON (7)  BYE (2)  BINE (1)  CALVER (10)  CANHAM (30)  CARTER (5)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLARKE (9)  CLEVELAND (1)  COMWELL (3)  COOPER (7)  COTTON (1)  CRACKNELL (4)  CROWFORD (4)  CRAWFORD (3)  CRISP (6)  CROFFORD (4)  CULLINGFORD (5)  DAMANT (2)  DAVY (3)  DAY (3)  DEEK (5)  DENNY (5)  DICKINSON (1)  DANFORD (1)  DUNNETT (5)  DUSMETT (2)  EASTAUGH (2)  EASTHAUGH (13)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIS (7)  ETHERIDGE (7)  FARRINGTON (12)  FARROW (1)  FENN (1)  FINCH (6)  FISKER (5)  FISK (2)  FISKE (1)  FLATT (6)  FOWLER (1)  FREEMAN (2)  FREESTONE (1)  FRIEND (17)  GARDENER (1)  GARWOOD (2)  GATES (1)  GATHORNE (3)  GAYFER (1)  GIRLING (4)  GODDARD (3)  GOLDSMITH (6)  GOWER (1)  GRAY (15)  HALL (1)  HAMMOD (2)  HAMMOND (3)  HARDING (1)  HARVEY (3)  HAWARD (9)  HOLMES (1)  HOWARD (1)  HOWLETT (1)  HUBBARD (4)  HUGHES (1)  HURREN (7)  JACKSON (3)  JACOBS (5)  JUDD (1)  KEMP (3)  KETT (11)  KING (1)  KNIGHTS (3)  LARTER (2)  LEECH (8)  LEFFLEY (2)  LEVERS (5)  LYNES (4)  LIST (7)  LODGE (2)  LOW (1)  LOWE (2)  MANN (1)  MINNES (1)  MANSER (5)  MARRIOT (1)  MARSHLAND (1)  MATTIN (1)  MAYHEW (26)  MILES (18)  MILLS (7)  NEWSON (1)  NOLLOTH (23)  NUNN (7)  KNEE (1)  PAGE (1)  PEARCE (11)  PECK (3)  PIPE (1)  PLANT (1)  PRICE (3)  PULFORD (7)  PUTTOCK (2)  QUADLING (2)  RACKHAM (5)  RANDALL (5)  RAVEN (1)  RASEN (11)  RAYNOR (1)  REMINGTON (3)  REYNOLDS (6)  ROBERTS (12)  ROBINSON (9)  ROW (3)  SAKER (1)  SCACE (1)  SEAMONS (1)  SEARLL (1)  SELF (8)  SHARMAN (5)  SIKETT (1)  SILLETT (6)  SKINNER (2)  SMITH (34)  SPALL (8)  SPENCER (9)  SPINDLER (1)  SPOORE (11)  SPORE (4)  SPOOR (7)  STAFF (1)  STAMMERS (3)  TAYLOR (7)  THORPE (6)  TIBBENHAM (1)  TURNER (3)  TUTHILL (6)  TURRELL (1)  WADE (2)  WOLLAGE (2)  WOLLEDGE (1)  WOOLEDGE (1)  WATLING (2)  WATSON (2)  WEBB (2)  WEBBER (2)  WESTGATE (1)  WICKINS (2)  WICKENS (6)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOLNOUGH (2)  YOUNG (18)  YOUNGS (8)