Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weston, Suffolk

Weston 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
HARMAN145.2434350.88
LING114.1199436.51
DAVY93.3708273.56
WATERS93.370883.88
SAUNDERS93.370836.75
NEWSON93.3708532.54
ALDRIDGE93.3708173.75
BACHELDER93.370845,000.00
KING82.996313.75
COLE72.621728.78
ELVIN72.6217744.68
CLOWES72.6217472.97
FENN72.6217258.30
MEADOWS72.6217187.67
SAYER62.2472171.43
GRIFFIN62.247247.77
CADY62.24722,608.70
ROUSE51.8727130.55
GODDARD51.872746.55
BLOWERS51.8727735.29
SIMMONS51.872745.87
BROWN51.87272.84
CALVER41.4981336.13
PAYNE41.498116.65
TEMPLE41.4981114.29
WOODS41.498123.75
PORTER41.498119.97
PECK41.498188.69
SMITH31.12360.80
ATKIN31.123684.03
SPALDING31.1236157.07
HARPER31.123617.55
RUDD31.123671.26
GOWER31.1236107.14
SELFE20.7491740.74
CANDLER20.7491392.16
WEAVERS20.7491377.36
ADAMS10.37452.54
COX10.37452.47
HEROD10.3745384.62
GANT10.3745104.17
THURSTON10.374553.19
BEAMISH10.3745243.90
ELDEN10.3745833.33
KNIGHTS10.374542.74
COUSENS10.3745151.52
THACKER10.374551.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BACHELDER45,000.0093.3708
CADY2,608.7062.2472
ELDEN833.3310.3745
ELVIN744.6872.6217
SELFE740.7420.7491
BLOWERS735.2951.8727
NEWSON532.5493.3708
CLOWES472.9772.6217
LING436.51114.1199
CANDLER392.1620.7491
HEROD384.6210.3745
WEAVERS377.3620.7491
HARMAN350.88145.2434
CALVER336.1341.4981
DAVY273.5693.3708
FENN258.3072.6217
BEAMISH243.9010.3745
MEADOWS187.6772.6217
ALDRIDGE173.7593.3708
SAYER171.4362.2472
SPALDING157.0731.1236
COUSENS151.5210.3745
ROUSE130.5551.8727
TEMPLE114.2941.4981
GOWER107.1431.1236
GANT104.1710.3745
PECK88.6941.4981
ATKIN84.0331.1236
WATERS83.8893.3708
RUDD71.2631.1236
THURSTON53.1910.3745
THACKER51.8110.3745
GRIFFIN47.7762.2472
GODDARD46.5551.8727
SIMMONS45.8751.8727
KNIGHTS42.7410.3745
SAUNDERS36.7593.3708
COLE28.7872.6217
WOODS23.7541.4981
PORTER19.9741.4981
HARPER17.5531.1236
PAYNE16.6541.4981
KING13.7582.9963
BROWN2.8451.8727
ADAMS2.5410.3745
COX2.4710.3745
SMITH0.8031.1236

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called BACHELDER in Weston 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 3.3708 in Weston means that 3.3708% of the people in Weston on census day were called BACHELDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BACHELDER 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 BACHELDER 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 BACHELDER 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 BACHELDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 45,000.00 in Weston means that you are 45,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BACHELDER in Weston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weston in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALDRIDGE (9)  ATKIN (3)  BALDRY (3)  BACHELDER (9)  BEYANT (2)  BEAMISH (1)  BLOWERS (5)  BRITSHAM (1)  BROWN (5)  CADY (6)  CALVER OR CLAVES (2)  CALVER OR CALVES (2)  CALVER (4)  CANDLER (2)  CLOWES (7)  COLE (7)  COUSENS (1)  COX (1)  DAVY (9)  ELDEN (1)  ELVIN (7)  FENN (7)  GANT (1)  GODDARD (5)  GOWER (3)  GRIFFIN (6)  HARMAN (14)  HARPER (3)  HEROD (1)  JARMY (2)  KERRISON (2)  KING (8)  KNIGHTS (1)  LING (11)  MADDIS (1)  MEADOWS (7)  NEWSON (9)  PAYNE (4)  PECK (4)  PORTER (4)  ROUSE (5)  RUDD (3)  RUNLANCE (?) (2)  RUSSELLS (3)  SARBUTT (2)  SAUNDERS (9)  SAYER (6)  SADD (2)  SELFE (2)  SIMMONS (5)  SMITH (3)  SPALDING (3)  SPATCHET (7)  SPATCHETT (5)  TEMPLE (4)  THACKER (1)  THURSTON (1)  TURREL (2)  HADINGHAM (6)  WATERS (9)  WEAVERS (2)  WOODS (4)