Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wingfield, Suffolk

Wingfield 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
BARBER316.6955111.23
BROWN153.23974.91
HART143.023835.45
BATLEY122.5918600.00
MOBBS112.3758632.18
FILBY102.1598990.10
REEDER102.1598793.65
MARTIN102.15988.77
WOODCOCK91.943868.13
LEATHERS91.94382,195.12
RUSE91.9438967.74
WATSON81.72797.45
BRYANT81.727940.44
GREEN81.72796.14
MASON81.727912.85
BRIGGS71.511927.83
WINGFIELD71.5119327.10
FARROW71.511980.55
DAVY71.5119122.59
JAMES71.51197.70
REVELL71.5119261.19
CRISP61.295993.31
GOWING61.2959526.32
GIRLING61.2959203.39
BIRCH61.295931.63
FOX61.295913.96
BULLOCK51.079933.20
TYE51.0799187.27
COATS51.0799239.23
MASTERSON51.0799515.46
RAYNER40.863934.63
HURREN40.8639519.48
WHITING40.863944.84
READ40.863913.40
BRIDGES40.863954.27
WATERWORTH40.8639199.01
BAXTER40.863914.50
ALDOUS30.6479160.43
COLLINS30.64794.52
KEMP30.647911.68
BLOOMFIELD30.647951.02
GARDINER30.647922.54
MOSS30.647910.51
CRACKNELL30.647993.46
HOWARD30.64796.60
PATRICK30.647932.50
KNIGHTS30.647973.89
HARRIS20.43201.70
LING20.432045.66
BOWEN20.432010.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEATHERS2,195.1291.9438
SHANK2,000.0020.4320
FILBY990.10102.1598
RUSE967.7491.9438
REEDER793.65102.1598
MOBBS632.18112.3758
BATLEY600.00122.5918
GOWING526.3261.2959
HURREN519.4840.8639
MASTERSON515.4651.0799
WINGFIELD327.1071.5119
REVELL261.1971.5119
COATS239.2351.0799
GIRLING203.3961.2959
WATERWORTH199.0140.8639
TYE187.2751.0799
BARNEY185.1920.4320
BLOWERS169.4920.4320
ALDOUS160.4330.6479
DAVY122.5971.5119
NOTLEY116.2810.2160
ALLUM113.6420.4320
BARBER111.23316.6955
CRACKNELL93.4630.6479
CRISP93.3161.2959
FARROW80.5571.5119
SPELLER78.1310.2160
KNIGHTS73.8930.6479
WOODCOCK68.1391.9438
WARNE59.1720.4320
BRIDGES54.2740.8639
BLOOMFIELD51.0230.6479
LING45.6620.4320
WHITING44.8440.8639
GARROD41.1510.2160
FISK40.8210.2160
BRYANT40.4481.7279
HART35.45143.0238
RAYNER34.6340.8639
BALLS33.7320.4320
BULLOCK33.2051.0799
PATRICK32.5030.6479
BIRCH31.6361.2959
KEEBLE31.4510.2160
BRIGGS27.8371.5119
DURRANT27.5920.4320
GARDINER22.5430.6479
MORTIMER20.6620.4320
BAXTER14.5040.8639
FOX13.9661.2959

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called LEATHERS in Wingfield 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 1.9438 in Wingfield means that 1.9438% of the people in Wingfield on census day were called LEATHERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEATHERS 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 LEATHERS 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 LEATHERS 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 LEATHERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,195.12 in Wingfield means that you are 2,195.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEATHERS in Wingfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wingfield in 1881

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

ALDOUS (3)  ALLUM (2)  BALLS (2)  BARBER (31)  BARNEY (2)  BATLEY (12)  BAXTER (4)  BIRCH (6)  BLOOMFIELD (3)  BLOMFIELD (1)  BLOWERS (2)  BOND (1)  BOWEN (2)  BRIGGS (7)  BRIDGES (4)  BROWN (15)  BRYANT (8)  BULLOCK (5)  BURGESS (1)  CARRADUS (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLEMENTS (1)  COATS (5)  COATES (1)  COLLINS (3)  CONNOLD (1)  COOPER (1)  CRACKNELL (3)  CRISP (6)  DALLENGER (1)  DAVY (7)  DAWSON (1)  DURRANT (2)  FARROW (7)  FEAVEAYEAR (13)  FELLINGHAM (3)  FEAVEARYEAR (5)  FILBY (10)  FISK (1)  FLEGG (8)  FOX (6)  GARDINER (3)  GARROD (1)  GIRLING (6)  GOBBETT (7)  GOWING (6)  GREEN (8)  HALL (1)  HARRIS (2)  HART (14)  HOLMES (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOWARD (3)  HULKS (1)  HURREN (4)  JAMES (7)  KEEBLE (1)  KEMP (3)  KNIGHTS (3)  LEATHERS (9)  LEFLEY (10)  LING (2)  MARJEORAM (2)  MARSH (2)  MARTIN (10)  MASON (8)  MASTERSON (5)  MILLS (1)  MOBBS (11)  MORTIMER (2)  MOSS (3)  MUTTICK (8)  NOBLE (2)  NORMAN (1)  NOTLEY (1)  PATRICK (3)  PREICIOUS (1)  PRICE (2)  RAYNER (4)  REEDER (10)  READ (4)  REVELL (7)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROPER (1)  RUSE (9)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHANK (2)  SOWTER (12)  SPAUL (1)  SPELLER (1)  STYGALL (9)  THREDGALL (1)  TYE (5)  WALNE (3)  WARNE (2)  WATERWORTH (4)  WATSON (8)  WHITE (1)  WHITING (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (1)  WINGFIELD (7)  WOODS (1)  WOODCOCK (9)  WRIGHT (1)