Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hemingstone, Suffolk

Hemingstone 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
EDWARDS165.369119.27
WEBB134.362432.19
SMITH113.69132.61
BREWSTER103.3557346.02
GARNHAM93.0201638.30
RICHER93.02012,093.02
LEE93.020118.48
EVENS82.68461,025.64
PALMER82.684622.77
MOYSE82.68461,142.86
OFFORD82.6846851.06
SAVAGE82.684669.87
POTTER72.349036.21
CARR72.349032.56
FENN72.3490231.02
WOOD72.34907.37
HALLS62.0134254.24
TAYLOR62.01343.15
ADAMS62.013413.66
BURCH62.0134266.67
MAY51.677926.36
FLEMING51.677940.39
BROOK51.677943.52
RAMSEY51.6779154.32
CRESSWELL41.3423127.39
HARDWICK41.342387.72
CHAPLIN41.342393.68
HAMMOND41.342323.57
PEPPER41.342395.47
PARKER31.00675.29
SEAMAN31.0067129.87
CARPENTER31.006729.35
ROSE31.006713.57
BROWN31.00671.53
WHITING31.006752.26
GLADWELL31.0067365.85
QUINTON20.6711144.93
CHAPMAN20.67114.73
BLAZIER20.67113,333.33
ELLIOTT20.67117.91
DAVEY20.671116.33
COOPER20.67112.76
LAST20.671184.39
ABBOTT10.33567.61
TURNER10.33561.21
NUNN10.335619.16
DURRANT10.335621.46
RANDLE10.335640.00
COPPING10.335684.03
GODBOLD10.3356188.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLAZIER3,333.3320.6711
RICHER2,093.0293.0201
MOYSE1,142.8682.6846
EVENS1,025.6482.6846
OFFORD851.0682.6846
GARNHAM638.3093.0201
GLADWELL365.8531.0067
BREWSTER346.02103.3557
BURCH266.6762.0134
HALLS254.2462.0134
FENN231.0272.3490
GODBOLD188.6810.3356
RAMSEY154.3251.6779
QUINTON144.9320.6711
SEAMAN129.8731.0067
CRESSWELL127.3941.3423
PEPPER95.4741.3423
CHAPLIN93.6841.3423
HARDWICK87.7241.3423
LAST84.3920.6711
COPPING84.0310.3356
SAVAGE69.8782.6846
WHITING52.2631.0067
BROOK43.5251.6779
FLEMING40.3951.6779
RANDLE40.0010.3356
POTTER36.2172.3490
CARR32.5672.3490
WEBB32.19134.3624
CARPENTER29.3531.0067
BUTTON28.2510.3356
MAY26.3651.6779
HAMMOND23.5741.3423
PALMER22.7782.6846
DURRANT21.4610.3356
EDWARDS19.27165.3691
NUNN19.1610.3356
LEE18.4893.0201
DAVEY16.3320.6711
ADAMS13.6662.0134
ROSE13.5731.0067
ELLIOTT7.9120.6711
ABBOTT7.6110.3356
WOOD7.3772.3490
PARKER5.2931.0067
CHAPMAN4.7320.6711
TAYLOR3.1562.0134
COOPER2.7620.6711
SMITH2.61113.6913
RICHARDSON1.9710.3356

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called BLAZIER in Hemingstone 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 0.6711 in Hemingstone means that 0.6711% of the people in Hemingstone on census day were called BLAZIER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Hemingstone in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ADAMS (6)  BANYARD (1)  BURCH (6)  BLAZIER (2)  BLOMFIELD (4)  BREWSTER (10)  BROOK (5)  BROWN (3)  BUTTON (1)  CALTHORP (2)  CARPENTER (3)  CARR (7)  CHAPLIN (4)  CHAPMAN (2)  COLEBY (1)  COOPER (2)  COPPING (1)  CRESSWELL (4)  DAVEY (2)  DURRANT (1)  EDWARDS (16)  ELLIETT (4)  ELLIOTT (2)  EVENS (8)  FENN (7)  FENNING (21)  FINBOW (1)  FLEMING (5)  GARNHAM (9)  GLADWELL (3)  GODBOLD (1)  HALLS (6)  HAMMOND (4)  HARDWICK (4)  LAST (2)  LEE (9)  MAY (5)  MOORE (1)  MOYSE (8)  NUNN (1)  OFFORD (8)  PALMER (8)  PARKER (3)  PEPPER (4)  POTTER (7)  QUINTON (2)  RAMSEY (5)  RANDLE (1)  RICHER (9)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROSE (3)  SAVAGE (8)  SCOTT (1)  SEAMAN (3)  SHELDRAKE (3)  SMITH (11)  SPORL (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THOPSON (1)  TURNER (1)  WOLTON (4)  WEBB (13)  WHITING (3)  WOOD (7) 

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