Top surnames from the 1881 census in Freston, Suffolk

Freston 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
COULSON186.5693366.60
FENN103.6496359.71
WAGSTAFF93.2847263.93
WARDEN93.2847459.18
RANDS93.28471,125.00
SADLER82.9197123.84
OSBORNE82.919761.16
GOLDING82.9197165.63
BURCH82.9197386.47
BLOOMFIELD72.5547201.15
PECK72.5547151.19
RUSH72.5547238.10
NEWSTEAD72.5547736.84
DURRANT62.1898139.86
SKEET62.18981,153.85
BURGESS62.189831.53
POLLARD62.189860.06
SAGE62.1898246.91
YOUNGS62.1898576.92
LUCAS62.189847.36
EVERITT62.1898260.87
WEEDEN51.8248877.19
KENNEY51.8248331.13
WALTON51.824825.93
BARKER51.824813.94
ROWE41.459925.71
GARDNER41.459921.51
CRESWELL41.4599459.77
GRIMWOOD41.4599353.98
PHILPOT31.0949163.04
ADDISON31.094979.16
COLLINSON31.094993.17
HICKS31.094926.16
CATCHPOLE31.0949169.49
RALPH20.729947.96
HAHN20.72991,250.00
REED20.729910.00
BIRD20.72999.55
BAILEY20.72994.85
GIBBS20.729914.86
DODSON10.365047.17
HERVEY10.3650285.71
GRIGGS10.365046.95
CARNELL10.3650120.48
MATTHEWS10.36504.18
PINKNEY10.365092.59
BALL10.36504.42
HILLYARD10.3650142.86
CLARKE10.36501.80
MALTON10.3650285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POLING3,333.3310.3650
PICKENS1,666.6710.3650
HAHN1,250.0020.7299
SKEET1,153.8562.1898
RANDS1,125.0093.2847
WEEDEN877.1951.8248
NEWSTEAD736.8472.5547
YOUNGS576.9262.1898
CRESWELL459.7741.4599
WARDEN459.1893.2847
BURCH386.4782.9197
COULSON366.60186.5693
FENN359.71103.6496
GRIMWOOD353.9841.4599
KENNEY331.1351.8248
HERVEY285.7110.3650
MALTON285.7110.3650
WAGSTAFF263.9393.2847
EVERITT260.8762.1898
SAGE246.9162.1898
RUSH238.1072.5547
BLOOMFIELD201.1572.5547
CATCHPOLE169.4931.0949
GOLDING165.6382.9197
PHILPOT163.0431.0949
PECK151.1972.5547
HILLYARD142.8610.3650
DURRANT139.8662.1898
SADLER123.8482.9197
CARNELL120.4810.3650
RUMSEY109.8910.3650
STIFF105.2610.3650
COLLINSON93.1731.0949
PINKNEY92.5910.3650
VENN80.6510.3650
ADDISON79.1631.0949
OSBORNE61.1682.9197
POLLARD60.0662.1898
RALPH47.9620.7299
LUCAS47.3662.1898
DODSON47.1710.3650
GRIGGS46.9510.3650
DUNKLEY45.8710.3650
BURGESS31.5362.1898
HICKS26.1631.0949
WALTON25.9351.8248
ROWE25.7141.4599
GARDNER21.5141.4599
GIBBS14.8620.7299
BARKER13.9451.8248

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called POLING in Freston 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 0.3650 in Freston means that 0.3650% of the people in Freston on census day were called POLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POLING 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 POLING 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 POLING 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 POLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Freston means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POLING in Freston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Freston in 1881

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

ADDISON (3)  BAILEY (2)  BALL (1)  BARKER (5)  BURCH (8)  BIRD (2)  BLOOMFIELD (7)  BURGESS (6)  CARNELL (1)  DE CASTLEY (1)  CATCHPOLE (3)  CATTERMOLE (4)  CLARKE (1)  COLLINSON (3)  COULSON (18)  CRESWELL (4)  CULF (2)  DALDY (3)  DODSON (1)  DUNKLEY (1)  DURRANT (6)  EVERITT (6)  FENN (10)  GARDNER (4)  GIBBS (2)  GOLDING (8)  GRIGGS (1)  GRIMWOOD (4)  HERVEY (1)  HAHN (2)  HICKS (3)  HILLYARD (1)  HOWARD (1)  JENNINGS (1)  KENNEY (5)  LAIT (5)  LUCAS (6)  MATTHEWS (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MALTON (1)  NEWSTEAD (7)  OSBORNE (8)  PALMER (1)  PECK (7)  PHILPOT (3)  PICKENS (1)  PINKNEY (1)  POLLARD (6)  POLING (1)  RUMSEY (1)  REED (2)  RANDS (9)  RALPH (2)  ROWE (4)  RUSH (7)  SADLER (8)  SAGE (6)  SKEET (6)  STIFF (1)  VENN (1)  WAGSTAFF (9)  WALTON (5)  WARDEN (9)  WEEDEN (5)  WHINNEY (1)  WRINCH (2)  WHYATT (10)  YOUNGS (6) 

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