Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fakenham Magna, Suffolk

Fakenham Magna 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
LOVELACE157.89476,521.74
ALLEN115.789530.65
BROWNING105.2632258.40
SUTTON105.263282.64
SMITH105.26323.73
GOULD94.7368131.00
BIDWELL84.21051,702.13
GODDARD84.2105104.71
DAVEY73.684289.63
BERRY73.684246.42
SAYER73.6842281.12
CARTER63.157918.81
CLARKE63.157915.58
HUBBARD63.1579129.87
THORPE52.631666.58
WILDING52.6316224.22
DAVY42.1053170.94
WOODS31.578925.04
MACK31.5789157.07
WAINWRIGHT31.578974.63
BUCKLE31.5789144.93
PADLEY31.5789588.24
MORGAN21.05265.29
CASTOR21.05265,000.00
LEVETT21.0526240.96
LAURANCE21.0526400.00
MOSS21.052617.08
WHITE10.52631.64
STEVENS10.52635.04
HAILSTONE10.5263294.12
ROBINSON10.52631.65
BAILEY10.52633.49
OXBOROUGH10.5263769.23
WEBSTER10.52636.05
BOLTON10.526312.22
GRIMWOOD10.5263128.21
POLLARD10.526314.43
FOULGER10.5263222.22
ANDREWS10.52635.49
STEVENSON10.52637.50
BIRD10.52636.89
BALAAM10.5263400.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOVELACE6,521.74157.8947
CASTOR5,000.0021.0526
BIDWELL1,702.1384.2105
OXBOROUGH769.2310.5263
PADLEY588.2431.5789
BALAAM400.0010.5263
LAURANCE400.0021.0526
HAILSTONE294.1210.5263
SAYER281.1273.6842
BROWNING258.40105.2632
LEVETT240.9621.0526
WILDING224.2252.6316
FOULGER222.2210.5263
DAVY170.9442.1053
MACK157.0731.5789
BUCKLE144.9331.5789
GOULD131.0094.7368
HUBBARD129.8763.1579
GRIMWOOD128.2110.5263
GODDARD104.7184.2105
DAVEY89.6373.6842
SUTTON82.64105.2632
WAINWRIGHT74.6331.5789
THORPE66.5852.6316
BERRY46.4273.6842
ALLEN30.65115.7895
WOODS25.0431.5789
CARTER18.8163.1579
MOSS17.0821.0526
CLARKE15.5863.1579
POLLARD14.4310.5263
BOLTON12.2210.5263
STEVENSON7.5010.5263
BIRD6.8910.5263
WEBSTER6.0510.5263
ANDREWS5.4910.5263
MORGAN5.2921.0526
STEVENS5.0410.5263
SMITH3.73105.2632
BAILEY3.4910.5263
ROBINSON1.6510.5263
WHITE1.6410.5263

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 15 people called LOVELACE in Fakenham Magna 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 7.8947 in Fakenham Magna means that 7.8947% of the people in Fakenham Magna on census day were called LOVELACE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LOVELACE 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 LOVELACE 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 LOVELACE 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 LOVELACE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,521.74 in Fakenham Magna means that you are 6,521.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LOVELACE in Fakenham Magna than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fakenham Magna in 1881

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

ALLEN (11)  ANDREWS (1)  BAILEY (1)  BALAAM (1)  BERRY (7)  BIDWELL (8)  BIRD (1)  BOLTON (1)  BROWNING (10)  BRUNNING (3)  BUCKLE (3)  CARTER (6)  CASTOR (2)  CLARKE (6)  COGGLES (2)  DAVY (4)  DAVEY (7)  FAYERS (1)  FOULGER (1)  GODDARD (8)  GOULD (9)  GRIMWOOD (1)  HAILSTONE (1)  HUBBARD (6)  LASHAM (1)  LAURANCE (2)  LEVETT (2)  LIDDAMORE (2)  LILLINGTON (6)  LOVELACE (15)  MACK (3)  MORGAN (2)  MOSS (2)  NEAKER (1)  OXBOROUGH (1)  PADLEY (3)  POLLARD (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SAYER (7)  SMITH (10)  STEVENS (1)  STEVENSON (1)  SUTTON (10)  THORPE (5)  WAINWRIGHT (3)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (1)  WILDING (5)  WOODS (3) 

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