Top surnames from the 1881 census in Worlingham, Suffolk

Worlingham 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
COLE157.978787.57
BENNETT147.446845.31
FOREMAN126.3830487.80
SMITH115.85114.14
FARROW73.7234198.30
PETTIT73.7234469.80
DRAKE73.7234127.74
PLUMB63.1915394.74
CANN52.6596287.36
GARDENER52.6596148.37
READ52.659641.25
HOWELL42.127750.51
ALDRED31.5957186.34
WATERFIELD31.5957389.61
WYATT21.063836.30
HUNTING21.06381,052.63
SNELL21.063856.18
SELF21.0638149.25
EDWARDS21.06383.82
RACKHAM21.0638392.16
SUTTON21.063816.71
HARVEY10.53194.98
SHINN10.5319312.50
ROGERS10.53194.10
DAY10.53195.65
BARTON10.53199.84
CORNISH10.531936.90
BLAKE10.531910.98
AYERS10.531988.50
SAVAGE10.531913.85
KIRBY10.531914.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUNTING1,052.6321.0638
FOREMAN487.80126.3830
PETTIT469.8073.7234
PLUMB394.7463.1915
RACKHAM392.1621.0638
WATERFIELD389.6131.5957
SHINN312.5010.5319
CANN287.3652.6596
FARROW198.3073.7234
ALDRED186.3431.5957
SELF149.2521.0638
GARDENER148.3752.6596
DRAKE127.7473.7234
AYERS88.5010.5319
COLE87.57157.9787
SNELL56.1821.0638
HOWELL50.5142.1277
BENNETT45.31147.4468
READ41.2552.6596
CORNISH36.9010.5319
WYATT36.3021.0638
SUTTON16.7121.0638
KIRBY14.0310.5319
SAVAGE13.8510.5319
BLAKE10.9810.5319
BARTON9.8410.5319
DAY5.6510.5319
HARVEY4.9810.5319
SMITH4.14115.8511
ROGERS4.1010.5319
EDWARDS3.8221.0638

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called HUNTING in Worlingham 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 1.0638 in Worlingham means that 1.0638% of the people in Worlingham on census day were called HUNTING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUNTING 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 HUNTING 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 HUNTING 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 HUNTING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,052.63 in Worlingham means that you are 1,052.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUNTING in Worlingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Worlingham in 1881

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

ALDRED (3)  BARTON (1)  BEDLER (1)  BENNETT (14)  BLAKE (1)  BRINDED (2)  CANN (5)  CHASTON (1)  COLE (15)  CORNISH (1)  CUTCHY (1)  DAY (1)  DENNENT (1)  DRAKE (7)  EDWARDS (2)  AYERS (1)  FARROW (7)  FOREMAN (12)  FRESTONE (4)  GARDENER (5)  GARROD (?) (1)  GAWLER (1)  GOLDBY (3)  HADENHAM (2)  HADENINGHAM (5)  HARVEY (1)  HOWELL (4)  HUNTING (2)  IREMONGER (4)  JUBY (2)  KIRBY (1)  MIALL (3)  MOONY (1)  MUSK (2)  OLDMAN (4)  PARSQUE ((PASRQUE)) (8)  PETTIT (7)  PLUMB (6)  RACKHAM (2)  READ (5)  ROGERS (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SELF (2)  SHINN (1)  SMALLPAGE (1)  SMITH (11)  SNELL (2)  SNOWLING (3)  SUTTON (2)  TILLS (3)  TOOK (3)  TURTELL (2)  HADINGHAM (2)  WATERFIELD (3)  WYATT (2)