Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barsham, Suffolk

Barsham 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
FISK216.88521,304.35
WEST216.885271.53
PIPE196.22951,407.41
ALDRED175.5738648.86
SPALDING165.2459733.95
MARTIN134.262317.30
READ103.278750.86
ENGLISH103.2787174.52
SAUNDERS92.950832.18
WILLIAMS92.95084.11
GREY82.6230121.03
WINTER72.295164.70
MOORE61.96729.84
BUTCHER61.967246.69
POLL61.96721,224.49
BOND51.639330.98
ELVIN41.3115373.83
GRICE41.3115127.39
HAMMOND30.983617.28
GOOCH30.9836112.36
BUSHMAN30.98367,500.00
BARBER30.983616.34
PAGE30.983612.31
GODBOLD30.9836555.56
WRIGHT30.98363.07
BALLS30.983676.73
GEORGE20.655711.17
LEIGHTON20.655760.98
MANNING20.655720.62
FOWLER20.655711.48
DYER20.655716.93
GRAY20.65574.59
WATSON20.65572.83
MATTHEWS20.65577.52
LINDER20.65571,428.57
RICHES20.655757.31
DAVY10.327926.60
ABBOTT10.32797.43
GOODING10.327938.76
VENN10.327972.46
BASS10.327928.99
ELLIS10.32792.26
ALEXANDER10.32796.20
CHASE10.327958.82
MAYS10.327957.47
TYRRELL10.327944.64
BIRD10.32794.29
KEMP10.32795.91
PRESTON10.32796.57
HALL10.32791.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUSHMAN7,500.0030.9836
LINDER1,428.5720.6557
PIPE1,407.41196.2295
FISK1,304.35216.8852
POLL1,224.4961.9672
SPALDING733.95165.2459
ALDRED648.86175.5738
GODBOLD555.5630.9836
ELVIN373.8341.3115
BICKERS285.7110.3279
BORMAN243.9010.3279
ENGLISH174.52103.2787
HURRY156.2510.3279
GRICE127.3941.3115
GREY121.0382.6230
GOOCH112.3630.9836
BALLS76.7330.9836
VENN72.4610.3279
WEST71.53216.8852
WINTER64.7072.2951
LEIGHTON60.9820.6557
CHASE58.8210.3279
MAYS57.4710.3279
RICHES57.3120.6557
READ50.86103.2787
BUTCHER46.6961.9672
TYRRELL44.6410.3279
GOODING38.7610.3279
SAUNDERS32.1892.9508
BOND30.9851.6393
BASS28.9910.3279
BUTTON27.6210.3279
DAVY26.6010.3279
FOREMAN25.0610.3279
MANNING20.6220.6557
MARTIN17.30134.2623
HAMMOND17.2830.9836
DYER16.9320.6557
BARBER16.3430.9836
PAGE12.3130.9836
FOWLER11.4820.6557
GEORGE11.1720.6557
MOORE9.8461.9672
MATTHEWS7.5220.6557
ABBOTT7.4310.3279
PRESTON6.5710.3279
ALEXANDER6.2010.3279
KEMP5.9110.3279
GRAY4.5920.6557
BIRD4.2910.3279

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called BUSHMAN in Barsham 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 0.9836 in Barsham means that 0.9836% of the people in Barsham on census day were called BUSHMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUSHMAN 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 BUSHMAN 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 BUSHMAN 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 BUSHMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,500.00 in Barsham means that you are 7,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUSHMAN in Barsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barsham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALDRED (17)  ALEXANDER (1)  BALLS (3)  BARBER (3)  BASS (1)  BICKERS (1)  BIRD (1)  BOND (5)  BORMAN (1)  BUSHMAN (3)  BUTCHER (6)  BOUTTELL (6)  BUTTON (1)  CHASE (1)  DAVY (1)  DOWNE (1)  DYER (2)  ELLIS (1)  ELVIN (4)  FISK (21)  FOREMAN (1)  FOWLER (2)  GEORGE (2)  GODBOLD (3)  GOOCH (3)  GOODING (1)  GRAY (2)  GREY (8)  GRICE (4)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (3)  ENGLISH (10)  JACQMAIN (3)  KEMP (1)  LEIGHTON (2)  LEONOLD (1)  LINDER (2)  MEEN (2)  MANNING (2)  MARTIN (13)  MATTHEWS (2)  MAYS (1)  MOORE (6)  MUTTETT (4)  PAGE (3)  PEARSONS (3)  PIPE (19)  POLL (6)  PRESTON (1)  PUNCHARD (1)  RANT (1)  READ (10)  RICHES (2)  SEELS (1)  SAUNDERS (9)  SHELDRAKE (2)  SILLETT (1)  SPALDING (16)  STROWGER (14)  STEBBINGS (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TOLWORTHY (5)  TYRRELL (1)  HURRY (1)  VENN (1)  WATSON (2)  WEST (21)  WILLIAMS (9)  WILSON (1)  WINTER (7)  WITHERLY (2)  WRIGHT (3) 

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