Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chelsworth, Suffolk

Chelsworth 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
GAGE176.93881,231.88
LISTER145.7143200.57
GOSLING135.3061338.54
BROWN124.89807.43
HARVEY124.898045.87
CUTTER93.67351,304.35
MANN83.265361.97
FORKER83.265326,666.67
STOW83.2653740.74
JOHNSON72.85718.50
HAZELL72.8571368.42
BLOOMFIELD72.8571225.08
PLUM62.44901,538.46
SMITH62.44901.73
POCKLINGTON62.44901,714.29
HERBERT52.040854.64
SCOTT52.04088.07
HOLDER41.6327121.58
BRUCE41.632734.84
ABBOTT31.224527.78
BENNET31.224588.76
UNDERWOOD31.224545.39
FARTHING31.2245232.56
POLSON31.2245526.32
BLACKBURN31.224532.47
JONES20.81630.72
DENT20.816342.83
POOLE20.816316.95
GILLAM20.8163212.77
BARTON20.816315.11
GLADDEN10.4082476.19
WATTS10.40824.87
WISEMAN10.408229.76
NICHOLAS10.408220.92
PIGGOTT10.408256.18
WHITE10.40821.27
MILNE10.40829.18
TAYLOR10.40820.64
KETTLE10.408246.73
ENNELS10.40825,000.00
HAYLETT10.4082232.56
WRIGHT10.40821.27
PALLANT10.4082303.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FORKER26,666.6783.2653
ENNELS5,000.0010.4082
POCKLINGTON1,714.2962.4490
PLUM1,538.4662.4490
CUTTER1,304.3593.6735
GAGE1,231.88176.9388
STOW740.7483.2653
POLSON526.3231.2245
GLADDEN476.1910.4082
HAZELL368.4272.8571
GOSLING338.54135.3061
PALLANT303.0310.4082
HAYLETT232.5610.4082
FARTHING232.5631.2245
BLOOMFIELD225.0872.8571
GILLAM212.7720.8163
LISTER200.57145.7143
HOLDER121.5841.6327
BENNET88.7631.2245
MANN61.9783.2653
PIGGOTT56.1810.4082
HERBERT54.6452.0408
KETTLE46.7310.4082
HARVEY45.87124.8980
UNDERWOOD45.3931.2245
DENT42.8320.8163
BRUCE34.8441.6327
BLACKBURN32.4731.2245
WISEMAN29.7610.4082
ABBOTT27.7831.2245
NICHOLAS20.9210.4082
POOLE16.9520.8163
BARTON15.1120.8163
MILNE9.1810.4082
JOHNSON8.5072.8571
SCOTT8.0752.0408
BROWN7.43124.8980
WATTS4.8710.4082
SMITH1.7362.4490
WRIGHT1.2710.4082
WHITE1.2710.4082
JONES0.7220.8163
TAYLOR0.6410.4082

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called FORKER in Chelsworth 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 3.2653 in Chelsworth means that 3.2653% of the people in Chelsworth on census day were called FORKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FORKER 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 FORKER 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 FORKER 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 FORKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 26,666.67 in Chelsworth means that you are 26,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FORKER in Chelsworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chelsworth in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  BARTON (2)  BENNET (3)  BENWITH (2)  BLACKBURN (3)  BLOOMFIELD (7)  BOGGIS (2)  BROWN (12)  BRUCE (4)  CHINERY (8)  CLAYDON (6)  CUTTER (9)  CUTTERS (1)  DENT (2)  EGGELING (1)  ENNELS (1)  FARTHING (3)  FORKER (8)  GAGE (17)  GILLAM (2)  GLADDEN (1)  GOSLING (13)  GOYMOUR (5)  HARVEY (12)  HAZELL (7)  HAYLETT (1)  HERBERT (5)  HOLDER (4)  JANNES (1)  JOHNSON (7)  JONES (2)  KETTLE (1)  LISTER (14)  MANN (8)  MILNE (1)  NICHOLAS (1)  PALLANT (1)  PIGGOTT (1)  PLUM (6)  POCKLINGTON (6)  POLSON (3)  POOLE (2)  RAYNHAM (11)  SAVELE (1)  SCOTT (5)  SMITH (6)  STOW (8)  STRUTT (3)  TAYLOR (1)  TINGCOMBE (4)  TRICKER (1)  UNDERWOOD (3)  WATTS (1)  WHITE (1)  WISEMAN (1)  WRIGHT (1) 

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