Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shadingfield, Suffolk

Shadingfield 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
ALEXANDER169.7561184.33
LEWIS127.317127.83
ALDRED116.7073780.14
WHITE116.707320.86
CABLE116.70731,341.46
OAKES106.0976420.17
SMITH84.87803.45
SCOTT84.878019.28
GIRLING74.2683673.08
PINKNEY74.26831,093.75
BALLS63.6585285.71
FROST53.048854.23
BROWN42.43903.70
BOWERS42.4390133.78
BLOWERS42.4390952.38
GRAY31.829312.82
JOHNSON31.82935.44
CURTIS31.829332.22
HARPER31.829328.57
PECK21.219572.20
KEMP10.609810.99
PEIRSON10.6098384.62
MARKHAM10.609851.28
NORMAN10.609813.16
UNDERWOOD10.609822.57
GARDNER10.60988.98
PAGE10.60987.63
MARTEN10.6098200.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CABLE1,341.46116.7073
PINKNEY1,093.7574.2683
BLOWERS952.3842.4390
ALDRED780.14116.7073
GIRLING673.0874.2683
OAKES420.17106.0976
PEIRSON384.6210.6098
BALLS285.7163.6585
MARTEN200.0010.6098
ALEXANDER184.33169.7561
BOWERS133.7842.4390
PECK72.2021.2195
FROST54.2353.0488
MARKHAM51.2810.6098
CURTIS32.2231.8293
HARPER28.5731.8293
LEWIS27.83127.3171
UNDERWOOD22.5710.6098
WHITE20.86116.7073
SCOTT19.2884.8780
NORMAN13.1610.6098
GRAY12.8231.8293
KEMP10.9910.6098
GARDNER8.9810.6098
PAGE7.6310.6098
JOHNSON5.4431.8293
BROWN3.7042.4390
SMITH3.4584.8780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called CABLE in Shadingfield 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 6.7073 in Shadingfield means that 6.7073% of the people in Shadingfield on census day were called CABLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CABLE 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 CABLE 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 CABLE 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 CABLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,341.46 in Shadingfield means that you are 1,341.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CABLE in Shadingfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shadingfield in 1881

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

ALDRED (11)  ALEXANDER (16)  BALLS (6)  BLOWERS (4)  BOWERS (4)  BROWN (4)  CABLE (11)  CURTIS (3)  FROST (5)  GARDNER (1)  GAYFER (1)  GIRLING (7)  GRAY (3)  HARPER (3)  JOHNSON (3)  KEMP (1)  LEWIS (12)  MARKHAM (1)  MARTEN (1)  NORMAN (1)  OAKES (10)  PAGE (1)  PEIRSON (1)  PECK (2)  PINKNEY (7)  RANT (4)  SCOTT (8)  SMITH (8)  STAMMERS (4)  UNDERWOOD (1)  HADINGHAM (1)  WAUNOLL (3)  WEASERS (3)  WHITE (11)  WHITEING (2) 

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