Top surnames from the 1881 census in Heveningham, Suffolk

Heveningham 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
MOWER268.22783,421.05
HART113.481040.82
BARNES113.481028.92
NUNN103.1646180.83
STONE92.848139.40
WINGFIELD92.8481616.44
WILBY92.8481486.49
MILLS82.531619.52
PRIME82.5316645.16
BONE82.5316136.52
HAWARD82.53161,860.47
TODD72.215243.53
KING72.215210.16
OAKLEY72.2152104.63
PECK72.2152131.09
MOORE61.89879.50
BROWN61.89872.88
DALE61.898744.94
WALKER51.58234.73
UPSON51.5823735.29
TAYLOR51.58232.47
BELCHER51.5823131.23
BARWICK41.2658296.30
JOLLY41.265889.29
GOODWIN41.265824.02
WELTON41.2658350.88
RODWELL41.2658233.92
LIPSCOMB41.26581,025.64
GIRLING30.9494149.25
BOAST30.9494476.19
LAMBERT30.949417.39
GILLINGS30.9494405.41
DOWNING30.949454.64
ROW30.9494185.19
STANNARD30.9494135.75
CARTER20.63293.77
WYNDHAM20.63291,000.00
SAWYER20.632934.31
CROWE20.632963.49
BANKS20.632912.34
WICKS20.632944.94
CLOWES20.6329113.64
RICHES20.632955.40
HALIFAX20.6329740.74
GODDARD20.632915.74
BARKER20.63294.84
COE10.316519.49
ALLEN10.31651.68
WARNES10.316596.15
GOWER10.316530.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOWER3,421.05268.2278
HAWARD1,860.4782.5316
LIPSCOMB1,025.6441.2658
WYNDHAM1,000.0020.6329
HALIFAX740.7420.6329
UPSON735.2951.5823
PRIME645.1682.5316
WINGFIELD616.4492.8481
WILBY486.4992.8481
BOAST476.1930.9494
ROUS454.5510.3165
GILLINGS405.4130.9494
WELTON350.8841.2658
BARWICK296.3041.2658
SYRETT256.4110.3165
RODWELL233.9241.2658
ROW185.1930.9494
NUNN180.83103.1646
OAKS175.4410.3165
GIRLING149.2530.9494
FLATT142.8610.3165
BONE136.5282.5316
STANNARD135.7530.9494
BELCHER131.2351.5823
PECK131.0972.2152
CLOWES113.6420.6329
OAKLEY104.6372.2152
ELSEY103.0910.3165
WARNES96.1510.3165
BLOOM93.4610.3165
NEWSTEAD90.9110.3165
JOLLY89.2941.2658
CROWE63.4920.6329
RICHES55.4020.6329
DOWNING54.6430.9494
CLAXTON50.0010.3165
WICKS44.9420.6329
DALE44.9461.8987
TODD43.5372.2152
LAY42.5510.3165
HART40.82113.4810
STONE39.4092.8481
SAWYER34.3120.6329
GOWER30.1210.3165
BARNES28.92113.4810
GOODWIN24.0241.2658
MILLS19.5282.5316
COE19.4910.3165
LAMBERT17.3930.9494
ROE16.2310.3165

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 26 people called MOWER in Heveningham 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 8.2278 in Heveningham means that 8.2278% of the people in Heveningham on census day were called MOWER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOWER 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 MOWER 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 MOWER 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 MOWER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,421.05 in Heveningham means that you are 3,421.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOWER in Heveningham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Heveningham in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (1)  BANKS (2)  BARKER (2)  BARNES (11)  BARWICK (4)  BELCHER (5)  BLOOM (1)  BOAST (3)  BONE (8)  BRAICITIN (1)  BROWN (6)  CARTER (2)  CLAXTON (1)  CLOWES (2)  COE (1)  COLLIER (1)  CORDROY (1)  CROWE (2)  DALE (6)  DOWNING (3)  ELSEY (1)  FLATT (1)  GILLINGS (3)  GIRLING (3)  GODDARD (2)  GOODWIN (4)  GOWER (1)  GRAYSTON (4)  LE GRYS (16)  HALIFAX (2)  HART (11)  HAWARD (8)  HOARE (1)  HOOKES (1)  JOLLY (4)  JONES (1)  KEABLE (9)  KENT (1)  KING (7)  KNOTT (1)  LAMBERT (3)  LAY (1)  LIPSCOMB (4)  MILLS (8)  MOORE (6)  MOWER (26)  NEWSTEAD (1)  NEWTON (1)  NUNN (10)  OAKS (1)  OAKLEY (7)  PECK (7)  PRICE (1)  PRIME (8)  RANSBY (1)  RICHES (2)  ROBINSON (1)  RODWELL (4)  ROW (3)  ROUS (1)  ROE (1)  RUSTED (2)  SAWYER (2)  SILLETT (4)  SNETTERTON (1)  STANNARD (3)  STONE (9)  SYRETT (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (1)  TODD (7)  UPSON (5)  VANNECK (2)  WALKER (5)  WARNES (1)  WELTON (4)  WYNDHAM (2)  WICKS (2)  WILBY (9)  WINGFIELD (9) 

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