Top surnames from the 1881 census in Battisford, Suffolk

Battisford 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
COOPER4410.114941.58
WILLIAMS255.74718.00
CLOVER214.82761,693.55
MUDD184.1379978.26
CHAPLIN122.7586192.31
PAYNE112.528728.10
BAKER92.06909.44
CROOKS81.8391238.81
GREEN81.83916.53
GOSLING81.8391117.47
HEWS71.60922,333.33
RUFFELL71.6092804.60
BUGG71.6092355.33
RICE71.609251.81
DURRANT61.379388.11
KNOCK61.3793722.89
DENNY61.3793163.93
LAFLIN51.14942,500.00
DICKERSON51.1494282.49
MULLETT51.1494367.65
LEWIS51.14944.37
BATTLE51.1494375.94
PALMER51.14949.75
GREENWOOD40.919511.84
SPARROW40.919572.60
BERRY40.919511.59
WRIGHT40.91952.87
HARWOOD40.919534.33
MAKINS30.6897681.82
SOUTHGATE30.689787.98
REYNOLDS30.68977.96
HOUSTON30.689754.15
PRENTICE20.459839.06
THORPE20.459811.63
CRACKNELL20.459866.23
SMITH20.45980.33
BURTON20.45985.40
LAST20.459857.80
HUGHES20.45981.64
TYLER10.22997.79
NEWTON10.22993.00
GODBOLD10.2299129.87
FINCH10.22996.91
HOWELL10.22995.45
FULLER10.22995.68
ROUSE10.229916.03
BRAME10.2299277.78
EDWARD10.229924.75
GRIMWOOD10.229955.87
SWAN10.22998.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOLLER10,000.0010.2299
LAFLIN2,500.0051.1494
HEWS2,333.3371.6092
CLOVER1,693.55214.8276
MUDD978.26184.1379
RUFFELL804.6071.6092
KNOCK722.8961.3793
MAKINS681.8230.6897
BATTLE375.9451.1494
MULLETT367.6551.1494
BUGG355.3371.6092
DICKERSON282.4951.1494
BRAME277.7810.2299
CROOKS238.8181.8391
BILSON196.0810.2299
CHAPLIN192.31122.7586
DENNY163.9361.3793
GODBOLD129.8710.2299
GOSLING117.4781.8391
DURRANT88.1161.3793
SOUTHGATE87.9830.6897
SPARROW72.6040.9195
CRACKNELL66.2320.4598
LAST57.8020.4598
GRIMWOOD55.8710.2299
HOUSTON54.1530.6897
RICE51.8171.6092
COOPER41.584410.1149
PRENTICE39.0620.4598
HARWOOD34.3340.9195
PAYNE28.10112.5287
EDWARD24.7510.2299
ROUSE16.0310.2299
GREENWOOD11.8440.9195
THORPE11.6320.4598
BERRY11.5940.9195
PALMER9.7551.1494
BAKER9.4492.0690
SWAN8.8710.2299
WILLIAMS8.00255.7471
REYNOLDS7.9630.6897
TYLER7.7910.2299
FINCH6.9110.2299
GREEN6.5381.8391
FULLER5.6810.2299
HOWELL5.4510.2299
BURTON5.4020.4598
LEWIS4.3751.1494
ROSE3.1010.2299
NEWTON3.0010.2299

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called FOLLER in Battisford 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 0.2299 in Battisford means that 0.2299% of the people in Battisford on census day were called FOLLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOLLER 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 FOLLER 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 FOLLER 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 FOLLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Battisford means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOLLER in Battisford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Battisford in 1881

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

BAKER (9)  BAUMONT (1)  BERRY (4)  BATTLE (5)  BILSON (1)  BOTWRIGHT (11)  BRAME (1)  BUGG (7)  BURTON (2)  CHAPLIN (12)  CLOVER (21)  COBBOLD (11)  COOPER (44)  CRACKNELL (2)  CROOKS (8)  DEATH (9)  DENNY (6)  DICKERSON (5)  DURRANT (6)  EDWARD (1)  EMSDEN (1)  FELLINGHAM (1)  FINBOW (4)  FINCH (1)  FOLLER (1)  FULLER (1)  GODBOLD (1)  GOSLING (8)  GREEN (8)  GREENWOOD (4)  GRIMWOOD (1)  HARWOOD (4)  HAXELL (33)  HICOCK (2)  HOUSTON (3)  HOWELL (1)  HUGHES (2)  HEWS (7)  JACKAMAN (4)  KNOCK (6)  LAFLIN (5)  LAST (2)  LEGGELL (1)  LEWIS (5)  MAKINS (3)  MUDD (18)  MULLETT (5)  NEWTON (1)  PALMER (5)  PAYNE (11)  POWL (5)  PRENTICE (2)  REYNOLDS (3)  RICE (7)  ROSE (1)  ROUSE (1)  RUFFLES (4)  RUFFELL (7)  SCOPES (1)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHGATE (3)  SPARROW (4)  STAMMERS (6)  SWAN (1)  THORPE (2)  TYLER (1)  WELHAM (33)  WILLIAMS (25)  WORLEDGE (8)  WRIGHT (4) 

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