Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gosbeck, Suffolk

Gosbeck 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
HAMMOND288.8050154.70
SCOTT175.345921.13
GRIMWOOD154.71701,145.04
WOOD123.773611.84
PAGE113.459143.27
WEBB103.144723.20
HOWE103.144780.06
SHARMAN92.8302205.48
BARRY82.5157139.13
HARDWICK82.5157164.61
WARD72.201310.08
NUNN72.2013125.67
PRIME61.8868480.00
LAST61.8868237.15
RANSON61.8868382.17
TAYLOR61.88682.95
BERRY51.572319.82
TURNER51.57235.65
CHAPMAN51.572311.07
BREWINGTON51.572310,000.00
EMERSON41.2579181.82
PALLANT41.2579930.23
EMMERSON41.2579127.39
WELLS41.257915.12
OSBORNE30.943419.76
MAYHEW30.9434114.50
FREEMAN30.943414.77
KEMP30.943417.01
GLADWELL30.9434344.83
FLEMING30.943422.71
ELLSON30.9434566.04
GARNHAM30.9434198.68
FEARING20.62896,666.67
HART20.62897.37
SHEPHERD20.62898.58
CLARKE20.62893.10
WALKINS20.62891,818.18
JENNING10.3145303.03
WILLIS10.31455.91
EMERY10.314514.41
DENNY10.314537.45
TYE10.314554.64
CATCHPOLE10.314548.78
EVERSON10.314597.09
SAWYER10.314517.06
WILBY10.314553.48
OSBORN10.314515.11
BURDEN10.314524.57
BATSON10.3145112.36
JENNINGS10.31456.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BREWINGTON10,000.0051.5723
FEARING6,666.6720.6289
WALKINS1,818.1820.6289
GRIMWOOD1,145.04154.7170
PALLANT930.2341.2579
ELLSON566.0430.9434
PRIME480.0061.8868
RANSON382.1761.8868
GLADWELL344.8330.9434
JENNING303.0310.3145
LAST237.1561.8868
SHARMAN205.4892.8302
GARNHAM198.6830.9434
EMERSON181.8241.2579
HARDWICK164.6182.5157
HAMMOND154.70288.8050
BARRY139.1382.5157
EMMERSON127.3941.2579
NUNN125.6772.2013
MAYHEW114.5030.9434
BATSON112.3610.3145
EVERSON97.0910.3145
HOWE80.06103.1447
TYE54.6410.3145
WILBY53.4810.3145
CATCHPOLE48.7810.3145
PAGE43.27113.4591
DENNY37.4510.3145
BURDEN24.5710.3145
WEBB23.20103.1447
FLEMING22.7130.9434
SCOTT21.13175.3459
BERRY19.8251.5723
OSBORNE19.7630.9434
SAWYER17.0610.3145
KEMP17.0130.9434
WELLS15.1241.2579
OSBORN15.1110.3145
FREEMAN14.7730.9434
EMERY14.4110.3145
WOOD11.84123.7736
CHAPMAN11.0751.5723
WARD10.0872.2013
SHEPHERD8.5820.6289
HART7.3720.6289
JENNINGS6.2010.3145
WILLIS5.9110.3145
LAMBERT5.7610.3145
TURNER5.6551.5723
HAWKINS4.3410.3145

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called BREWINGTON in Gosbeck 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 1.5723 in Gosbeck means that 1.5723% of the people in Gosbeck on census day were called BREWINGTON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Gosbeck in 1881

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

BATSON (1)  BARRY (8)  BERRY (5)  BILINEY (6)  BURDEN (1)  BREWINGTON (5)  CATCHPOLE (1)  CATHPOLE (2)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLARKE (2)  DAMANT (1)  DENNY (1)  ELLSON (3)  EMENERY (EMENRY) (10)  EMENRY (1)  EMENY (EMERY) (12)  EMERSON (4)  EMMERSON (4)  EMMERSON (EMERSON) (8)  EMERY (1)  EVERSON (1)  PHAROAH (1)  FEARING (2)  FINBOW (4)  FLEMING (3)  FREEMAN (3)  GARNHAM (3)  GYFORD (1)  GLADWELL (3)  GRIMWOOD (15)  HAMMOND (28)  HAMOND (HAMMOND) (2)  HARDWICK (8)  HART (2)  HAWKINS (1)  HOWE (10)  JENNING (1)  JENNINGS (1)  KEMP (3)  LAMBERT (1)  LASHAM (1)  LAST (6)  LORHING (1)  MAYHEW (3)  MULINER (3)  NUNN (7)  OSBORNE (3)  OSBORN (1)  PAGE (11)  PALLANT (4)  PIZZEY (2)  PRIME (6)  RANSON (6)  SAWYER (1)  SCOTT (17)  SHARMAN (9)  SHEMMAN (1)  SHEPHERD (2)  SYLBURN (1)  SOAR (7)  SULBYRN (2)  TAYLOR (6)  THREADKEN (1)  TURNER (5)  TYE (1)  WALKINS (2)  WARD (7)  WEBB (10)  WELLS (4)  WILLIS (1)  WILBY (1)  WOOD (12) 

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