Top surnames from the 1881 census in Letheringham, Suffolk

Letheringham 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
PECK2311.3861674.49
SMITH157.42575.26
LAST104.9505621.12
HAYWARD94.4554104.53
BARKER83.960430.27
WALKER73.465310.35
HARVEY73.465332.45
FRIEND62.9703262.01
FRENCH62.970360.85
CATCHPOLE62.9703461.54
COOPER52.475210.18
CUTHBERT41.9802137.93
FOSTER31.485111.11
BROOM31.4851120.48
TOLLER31.48512,000.00
BURCH31.4851196.08
TILLETT31.4851697.67
CRISP31.4851106.76
FARROW20.990152.77
TAYLOR20.99011.55
PLANT20.990144.74
NICHOLS20.990130.40
KEEBLE20.9901143.88
PERRYMAN20.9901273.97
BRANTON20.9901555.56
FISHER20.99018.46
HURREN10.4950294.12
CAPPER10.495094.34
MAYS10.495086.96
FLETCHER10.49504.34
SWAN10.495019.12
HUNT10.49503.73
COLLINSON10.495042.19
HARDING10.49506.84
MOYES10.4950114.94
WILLIAMSON10.49505.52
LONG10.49507.63
JOHNSON10.49501.47
GOOCH10.495056.50
BUGG10.4950109.89
MILLS10.49503.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOLLER2,000.0031.4851
TILLETT697.6731.4851
PECK674.492311.3861
LAST621.12104.9505
BRANTON555.5620.9901
CATCHPOLE461.5462.9703
HURREN294.1210.4950
PERRYMAN273.9720.9901
FRIEND262.0162.9703
BURCH196.0831.4851
KEEBLE143.8820.9901
CUTHBERT137.9341.9802
BROOM120.4831.4851
MOYES114.9410.4950
BUGG109.8910.4950
CRISP106.7631.4851
HAYWARD104.5394.4554
CAPPER94.3410.4950
MAYS86.9610.4950
FRENCH60.8562.9703
GOOCH56.5010.4950
FARROW52.7720.9901
PLANT44.7420.9901
COLLINSON42.1910.4950
HARVEY32.4573.4653
NICHOLS30.4020.9901
BARKER30.2783.9604
SWAN19.1210.4950
FOSTER11.1131.4851
WALKER10.3573.4653
COOPER10.1852.4752
FISHER8.4620.9901
LONG7.6310.4950
HARDING6.8410.4950
WILLIAMSON5.5210.4950
SMITH5.26157.4257
FLETCHER4.3410.4950
MILLS3.8210.4950
HUNT3.7310.4950
TAYLOR1.5520.9901
JOHNSON1.4710.4950

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called TOLLER in Letheringham 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 1.4851 in Letheringham means that 1.4851% of the people in Letheringham on census day were called TOLLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOLLER 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 TOLLER 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 TOLLER 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 TOLLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Letheringham means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOLLER in Letheringham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Letheringham in 1881

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

BARKER (8)  BURCH (3)  BRANTON (2)  BROOM (3)  BUGG (1)  CAPPER (1)  CATCHPOLE (6)  CATTERMOLE (1)  COCHSEDGE (1)  COLLINSON (1)  COOPER (5)  CRISP (3)  CUTHBERT (4)  FARROW (2)  FISHER (2)  FLETCHER (1)  FOSTER (3)  FRENCH (6)  FRIEND (6)  FRYATT (11)  GOOCH (1)  GORMER (6)  GOYMER (1)  HARDING (1)  HARVEY (7)  HAYWARD (9)  HUNT (1)  HURREN (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KEEBLE (2)  LAST (10)  LONG (1)  MALINS (5)  MAYS (1)  MILLS (1)  MOYES (1)  NICHOLS (2)  PECK (23)  PERRYMAN (2)  PLANT (2)  REDGRAVE (9)  SMITH (15)  SOAR (1)  SWAN (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THREADKELL (5)  TILLETT (3)  TITSHALL (5)  TOLLER (3)  WALKER (7)  WARDLEY (2)  WILLIAMSON (1) 

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