Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barnham, Suffolk

Barnham 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
BAKER296.318128.84
DAVEY286.1002148.38
GANT275.88241,636.36
GIBBS183.921679.82
CHAMBERLAIN163.4858128.10
LUSHER153.26802,027.03
CLARK112.39657.97
DEBENHAM112.39651,294.12
CLARKE112.396511.83
SYMONDS102.1786180.83
WHITE91.96086.10
FULLER81.742943.08
DEVEREUX71.5251564.52
BIRD71.525119.96
FISKE71.52511,372.55
THOMPSON71.52515.09
KING61.30726.00
TURNER61.30724.70
SAYER61.307299.83
CATCHPOLE61.3072202.70
SCOTT51.08934.31
FLETCHER51.08939.54
LEACH51.089326.40
EDWARDS40.87153.13
RAMPLEY40.87152,352.94
NAYLOR40.871523.12
BELL30.65363.48
CLAREY30.6536714.29
MINNS30.6536148.51
WELLS30.65367.86
HOWLETT30.653648.70
HALL30.65362.22
SIDNEY30.6536333.33
LOVICK30.6536500.00
PEACHEY20.4357108.70
MATTHEWS20.43575.00
NUNN20.435724.88
SPRATT20.435778.43
BARKER20.43573.33
LANGHAM10.217949.75
ALLEN10.21791.15
FLOWERS10.217926.88
CAWLEY10.217941.15
TWEED10.217994.34
MOOR10.217915.55
BROWN10.21790.33
HAWS10.2179196.08
GOULD10.21796.03
CLIFT10.217939.84
LOCKE10.217924.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAMPLEY2,352.9440.8715
LUSHER2,027.03153.2680
GANT1,636.36275.8824
FISKE1,372.5571.5251
DEBENHAM1,294.12112.3965
CLAREY714.2930.6536
DEVEREUX564.5271.5251
LOVICK500.0030.6536
SIDNEY333.3330.6536
CATCHPOLE202.7061.3072
HAWS196.0810.2179
SYMONDS180.83102.1786
MINNS148.5130.6536
DAVEY148.38286.1002
CHAMBERLAIN128.10163.4858
PEACHEY108.7020.4357
SAYER99.8361.3072
TWEED94.3410.2179
ROWDEN90.9110.2179
GIBBS79.82183.9216
SPRATT78.4320.4357
DEEKS68.0310.2179
LANGHAM49.7510.2179
HOWLETT48.7030.6536
CATER45.4510.2179
FULLER43.0881.7429
CAWLEY41.1510.2179
CLIFT39.8410.2179
BAKER28.84296.3181
FLOWERS26.8810.2179
LEACH26.4051.0893
NUNN24.8820.4357
LOCKE24.2710.2179
NAYLOR23.1240.8715
GOODCHILD22.4210.2179
BIRD19.9671.5251
BALLS17.0110.2179
MOOR15.5510.2179
CROW14.4310.2179
BATCHELOR12.8510.2179
CLARKE11.83112.3965
ROE11.1910.2179
KNOTT10.9910.2179
BETTS10.1910.2179
FLETCHER9.5451.0893
CLARK7.97112.3965
WELLS7.8630.6536
WHITE6.1091.9608
GOULD6.0310.2179
KING6.0061.3072

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called RAMPLEY in Barnham 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 0.8715 in Barnham means that 0.8715% of the people in Barnham on census day were called RAMPLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAMPLEY 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 RAMPLEY 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 RAMPLEY 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 RAMPLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,352.94 in Barnham means that you are 2,352.94 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAMPLEY in Barnham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barnham in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  BAKER (29)  BALLS (1)  BANHAM (16)  BARKER (2)  BATCHELOR (1)  BELL (3)  BELSHAM (25)  BETTS (1)  BIRD (7)  BOGGIS (2)  BOLINGBROKE (6)  BORLEY (5)  BROWN (1)  CATCHPOLE (6)  CATER (1)  CHALLICE (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (16)  CHILDERHOUSE (6)  CHITTENHAM (7)  CLAREY (3)  CLARKE (11)  CLARK (11)  CLIFT (1)  COCKSEDGE (1)  CAWLEY (1)  CROW (1)  DAVEY (28)  DEBENHAM (11)  DEEKS (1)  DEVEREUX (7)  EDWARDS (4)  ELINERN (2)  FISKE (7)  FLETCHER (5)  FLOWERS (1)  FULLER (8)  GANT (27)  GIBBS (18)  GOODCHILD (1)  GOULD (1)  HALL (3)  HAMMOND (1)  HAWS (1)  HOGGER (8)  HOWLETT (3)  KEMP (1)  KING (6)  KNIGHT (1)  KNOTT (1)  LANGHAM (1)  LEACH (5)  LOVICK (3)  LOCKE (1)  LUSHER (15)  MATTHEWS (2)  MILLER (1)  MINNS (3)  MOOR (1)  NAYLOR (4)  NEWDICK (6)  NUGUS (2)  NUNN (2)  OLLEY (2)  PEACHEY (2)  PLOWS (4)  PRYKE (22)  RAMPLEY (4)  ROWDEN (1)  ROE (1)  RUDLAND (7)  SAYER (6)  SCOTT (5)  SIDNEY (3)  SYMONDS (10)  SPRATT (2)  STEGGLES (2)  TANDICK (1)  THOMPSON (7)  TURNER (6)  TWEED (1)  WELLS (3)  WHITE (9)  WINDED (2) 

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