Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornham Parva, Suffolk

Thornham Parva 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
DOGGETT1712.59264,857.14
BARFIELD128.88894,444.44
THURLOW118.14811,692.31
MARTIN96.666727.06
MOSS85.925996.15
GEORGE64.444475.76
RODWELL64.4444821.92
HAWES53.7037299.40
ROSE42.963039.96
NUNN42.9630169.49
WYLIE42.9630254.78
WHITING32.2222115.38
HOWARD32.222222.64
STAMMER32.22227,500.00
BARKER32.222216.98
TAYLOR21.48152.32
BIRT21.4815350.88
COE21.481591.32
SHARP21.481517.78
FOULGER10.7407312.50
ROWE10.740713.04
ROBINSON10.74072.32
WILTON10.740776.92
MILLER10.74074.14
WARNE10.7407101.01
FORD10.74077.60
WILLIAMS10.74071.03
DRAPER10.740731.45
BOWELL10.7407357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STAMMER7,500.0032.2222
DOGGETT4,857.141712.5926
BARFIELD4,444.44128.8889
THURLOW1,692.31118.1481
RODWELL821.9264.4444
BOWELL357.1410.7407
BIRT350.8821.4815
FOULGER312.5010.7407
HAWES299.4053.7037
WYLIE254.7842.9630
NUNN169.4942.9630
WHITING115.3832.2222
WARNE101.0110.7407
MOSS96.1585.9259
COE91.3221.4815
WILTON76.9210.7407
GEORGE75.7664.4444
ROSE39.9642.9630
DRAPER31.4510.7407
MARTIN27.0696.6667
HOWARD22.6432.2222
SHARP17.7821.4815
BARKER16.9832.2222
ROWE13.0410.7407
FORD7.6010.7407
MILLER4.1410.7407
ROBINSON2.3210.7407
TAYLOR2.3221.4815
WILLIAMS1.0310.7407

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called STAMMER in Thornham Parva 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 2.2222 in Thornham Parva means that 2.2222% of the people in Thornham Parva on census day were called STAMMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STAMMER 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 STAMMER 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 STAMMER 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 STAMMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,500.00 in Thornham Parva means that you are 7,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STAMMER in Thornham Parva than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornham Parva in 1881

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

BARFIELD (12)  BARKER (3)  BOWELL (1)  BIRT (2)  COE (2)  DOGGETT (17)  DRAPER (1)  FORD (1)  FOULGER (1)  GAZE (8)  GEORGE (6)  GOODERHAM (6)  HAWES (5)  HOWARD (3)  MARTIN (9)  MILLER (1)  MOSS (8)  NUNN (4)  ROBINSON (1)  RODWELL (6)  ROSE (4)  ROWE (1)  SHARP (2)  STAMMER (3)  TAYLOR (2)  THURLOW (11)  TUFFS (5)  WARNE (1)  WHITING (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILTON (1)  WYLIE (4) 

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