Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stoke, Suffolk

Stoke 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
JAY299.09091,039.43
SMITH268.15055.77
MEARS175.3292564.78
TATHAM165.01571,481.48
PERRY165.015768.20
FIRMIN123.76182,857.14
FORD103.134832.19
INCE103.1348628.93
STEWARD92.8213219.51
BROWN92.82134.28
PLEDGER82.50781,012.66
KING72.194410.07
FRENCH61.880938.54
TURNER61.88096.76
REED61.880925.76
MARTIN51.56746.36
SHORE51.5674145.77
BOWERS51.567485.91
BEAVIS51.5674381.68
CORNELL41.2539187.79
NEWTON41.253916.36
EVERITT41.2539149.81
CHAPMAN41.25398.83
KIMMONS41.253910,000.00
FITCH30.9404120.00
STIFF30.9404270.27
REEVE20.627026.81
SHARPE20.627021.28
GIBBONS20.627019.51
PANNELL20.6270210.53
BACON10.313512.47
FARMSWORTH10.313510,000.00
JORDAN10.31357.10
SALTER10.313513.70
HUGHES10.31351.12
BRAZIER10.313533.44
BLAND10.313515.13
HAYNES10.31358.79
FELTON10.313545.66
DRANE10.3135153.85
BONES10.3135106.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KIMMONS10,000.0041.2539
FARMSWORTH10,000.0010.3135
FIRMIN2,857.14123.7618
TATHAM1,481.48165.0157
JAY1,039.43299.0909
PLEDGER1,012.6682.5078
INCE628.93103.1348
MEARS564.78175.3292
BEAVIS381.6851.5674
STIFF270.2730.9404
STEWARD219.5192.8213
PANNELL210.5320.6270
CORNELL187.7941.2539
DRANE153.8510.3135
EVERITT149.8141.2539
SHORE145.7751.5674
FITCH120.0030.9404
BONES106.3810.3135
BOWERS85.9151.5674
PERRY68.20165.0157
FELTON45.6610.3135
FRENCH38.5461.8809
BRAZIER33.4410.3135
FORD32.19103.1348
REEVE26.8120.6270
REED25.7661.8809
SHARPE21.2820.6270
GIBBONS19.5120.6270
NEWTON16.3641.2539
BLAND15.1310.3135
SALTER13.7010.3135
BACON12.4710.3135
KING10.0772.1944
CHAPMAN8.8341.2539
HAYNES8.7910.3135
JORDAN7.1010.3135
TURNER6.7661.8809
MARTIN6.3651.5674
SMITH5.77268.1505
BROWN4.2892.8213
HUGHES1.1210.3135

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called KIMMONS in Stoke 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 1.2539 in Stoke means that 1.2539% of the people in Stoke on census day were called KIMMONS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Stoke in 1881

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

AYLEN (6)  ATTERTON (6)  AYLE (1)  BACON (1)  BALSHAM (1)  BEAVIS (5)  BLAND (1)  BONES (1)  BOWERS (5)  BRAZIER (1)  BROWN (9)  BRUTY (23)  CHAPMAN (4)  CORNELL (4)  DRANE (1)  EVERITT (4)  FARMSWORTH (1)  FELTON (1)  FIRMIN (12)  FITCH (3)  FORD (10)  FRENCH (6)  JAY (29)  GIBBONS (2)  JORDAN (1)  HAYNES (1)  HEFFER (3)  OUTING (4)  HUGHES (1)  INCE (10)  KING (7)  KIMMONS (4)  KINMONS (3)  MARTIN (5)  MEEKING (4)  MEEKINGS (5)  MURKIN (1)  MEARS (17)  NEWTON (4)  PANNELL (2)  PASK (1)  PERRY (16)  PLEDGER (8)  REEVE (2)  REED (6)  SALTER (1)  SHARPE (2)  SHORE (5)  SMITH (26)  STEWARD (9)  STIFF (3)  TATHAM (16)  TURNER (6)  WELHAM (1)  WIFFEN (6)  YELDHAM (2) 

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