Top surnames from the 1881 census in Redisham, Suffolk

Redisham 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
BROOKS2413.2597135.67
LEECH2212.1547745.76
WELLS105.524966.40
LAY84.4199592.59
SAMPSON84.4199258.90
COLE73.867442.45
PULFORD73.86741,489.36
BOAST73.86741,944.44
ALDRED63.3149387.10
HOWELL63.314978.64
BUTTON63.3149279.07
CHAPMAN63.314923.34
BLAZER52.762425,000.00
CLARK42.20997.35
CAMPBELL31.65759.79
HAIGHT21.105020,000.00
REYNOLDS21.105012.76
GOODING10.552565.36
PAGE10.55256.91
MEREDITH10.552527.32
WARD10.55252.53
ALGER10.5525243.90
FOWLER10.55259.67
MYALL10.5525434.78
MANNING10.552517.39
LAKE10.552524.94
ALEXANDER10.552510.44
PARSLEY10.5525416.67
FISK10.5525104.17
MILLS10.55254.26
BUTCHER10.552513.11
WATLING10.5525106.38
KURR10.552510,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLAZER25,000.0052.7624
HAIGHT20,000.0021.1050
KURR10,000.0010.5525
BOAST1,944.4473.8674
PULFORD1,489.3673.8674
LEECH745.762212.1547
LAY592.5984.4199
MYALL434.7810.5525
PARSLEY416.6710.5525
ALDRED387.1063.3149
BUTTON279.0763.3149
SAMPSON258.9084.4199
ALGER243.9010.5525
BROOKS135.672413.2597
WATLING106.3810.5525
FISK104.1710.5525
HOWELL78.6463.3149
WELLS66.40105.5249
GOODING65.3610.5525
COLE42.4573.8674
MEREDITH27.3210.5525
LAKE24.9410.5525
CHAPMAN23.3463.3149
MANNING17.3910.5525
BUTCHER13.1110.5525
REYNOLDS12.7621.1050
ALEXANDER10.4410.5525
CAMPBELL9.7931.6575
FOWLER9.6710.5525
CLARK7.3542.2099
PAGE6.9110.5525
MILLS4.2610.5525
WARD2.5310.5525

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called BLAZER in Redisham 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 2.7624 in Redisham means that 2.7624% of the people in Redisham on census day were called BLAZER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLAZER 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 BLAZER 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 BLAZER 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 BLAZER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 25,000.00 in Redisham means that you are 25,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLAZER in Redisham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Redisham in 1881

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

ALDRED (6)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALGER (1)  BLAZER (5)  BOAST (7)  BROOKS (24)  BUTCHER (1)  BUTTON (6)  CAMPBELL (3)  KURR (1)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHIPPERFIELD (4)  CLARK (4)  COLE (7)  FISK (1)  FOWLER (1)  GOODING (1)  HOWELL (6)  HAIGHT (2)  LAKE (1)  LEECH (22)  LAY (8)  LAYS (2)  LIFFEN (10)  LOTON (1)  MANNING (1)  MEREDITH (1)  MYALL (1)  MILLS (1)  PAGE (1)  PARSLEY (1)  PIERSONS (3)  PULFORD (7)  REYNOLDS (2)  SAMPSON (8)  SARBOTH (8)  TUTTHILL (4)  WARD (1)  WATLING (1)  WELLS (10) 

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