Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ampton, Suffolk

Ampton 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
VINCE99.27841,525.42
BUCKEL99.278422,500.00
HARVEY88.247477.22
SMITH44.12372.92
SIMMONDS44.1237154.44
AGER33.0928789.47
BLOOMFIELD33.0928243.90
STUART33.0928129.87
RAMPLEY33.09287,500.00
BLAKE33.092863.83
STEWARD33.0928240.00
RODWELL22.0619384.62
OVERALL22.06191,000.00
FOOTER22.06195,000.00
PARISH22.0619133.33
BONE22.0619111.11
NUNN11.030958.82
GODDARD11.030925.64
COE11.030963.29
BONNETT11.0309416.67
HOLMES11.03098.47
SIMMONS11.030925.25
CHANNEL11.03095,000.00
BONNET11.03092,000.00
OTLEY11.0309625.00
WICKENS11.0309163.93
FENNER11.0309243.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUCKEL22,500.0099.2784
RAMPLEY7,500.0033.0928
CHANNEL5,000.0011.0309
FOOTER5,000.0022.0619
BONNET2,000.0011.0309
VINCE1,525.4299.2784
OVERALL1,000.0022.0619
AGER789.4733.0928
OTLEY625.0011.0309
BONNETT416.6711.0309
RODWELL384.6222.0619
FENNER243.9011.0309
BLOOMFIELD243.9033.0928
STEWARD240.0033.0928
WICKENS163.9311.0309
SIMMONDS154.4444.1237
PARISH133.3322.0619
STUART129.8733.0928
BONE111.1122.0619
HARVEY77.2288.2474
BLAKE63.8333.0928
COE63.2911.0309
NUNN58.8211.0309
GODDARD25.6411.0309
SIMMONS25.2511.0309
HOLMES8.4711.0309
SMITH2.9244.1237

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called BUCKEL in Ampton 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 9.2784 in Ampton means that 9.2784% of the people in Ampton on census day were called BUCKEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUCKEL 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 BUCKEL 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 BUCKEL 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 BUCKEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 22,500.00 in Ampton means that you are 22,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUCKEL in Ampton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ampton in 1881

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

AGER (3)  BLAKE (3)  BLOOMFIELD (3)  BONE (2)  BONNETT (1)  BONNET (1)  BUCKEL (9)  CHANNEL (1)  CLUTTERHAM (1)  COCKSEDGE (3)  COE (1)  FENNER (1)  FLATMAN (1)  FOOTER (2)  GODDARD (1)  GOYMER (4)  HARVEY (8)  HOLMES (1)  MOTHERSOLE (2)  NUNN (1)  OVERALL (2)  PALFREY (7)  PARISH (2)  RAMPLEY (3)  RICKWOOD (3)  RODWELL (2)  SIMMONDS (4)  SIMMONS (1)  SMITH (4)  STUART (3)  STEWARD (3)  SYRE (1)  OTLEY (1)  WEEDING (1)  WICKENS (1)  VINCE (9)  WORBY (1) 

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