Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wangford, Suffolk

Wangford 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
SMITH345.08223.60
COOPER182.690611.06
BICKERS172.54112,236.84
ANDREWS152.242223.40
BROWN152.24223.40
GALER142.09272,800.00
WRIGHT111.64425.13
KING111.64427.54
REEVE101.494863.94
BARDWELL91.34531,267.61
BLOWERS81.1958470.59
DYER81.195830.86
NEWBERRY81.1958291.97
SAMPSON81.195870.11
WYTHE81.19581,600.00
CARTER81.19587.12
RAVEN81.1958142.35
BALLARD81.195879.68
SAUNDERS81.195813.04
BROOM71.046384.85
HALIFAX71.04631,206.90
BUTTON71.046388.16
FENN71.0463103.09
BARBER71.046317.38
SYER71.0463972.22
LEWIS60.89693.41
HALLS60.8969113.42
BLACKETT60.8969234.38
SELF60.8969126.32
MOORE60.89694.49
HURREN60.8969540.54
CROFT60.896937.97
ALDRED50.747486.96
SPALL50.7474396.83
WESTGATE50.7474442.48
KENT50.747417.74
CLEVELAND50.7474384.62
TERRY50.747429.24
CHAMBERS50.747413.14
CROWE50.747474.96
LAMBERT50.747413.69
COLEMAN50.747415.00
EADE50.7474155.28
GAGE50.7474132.98
BARFOOT50.7474241.55
COBB50.747452.58
GIRLING50.7474117.37
MANNING40.597918.81
BAXTER40.597910.03
LAST40.597975.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GALER2,800.00142.0927
BICKERS2,236.84172.5411
SPORE1,764.7130.4484
WYTHE1,600.0081.1958
BARDWELL1,267.6191.3453
HALIFAX1,206.9071.0463
SYER972.2271.0463
SNARE727.2740.5979
HUTCHINGSON666.6710.1495
HURREN540.5460.8969
CLEMENCE517.2430.4484
BLOWERS470.5981.1958
WESTGATE442.4850.7474
SPALL396.8350.7474
CLEVELAND384.6250.7474
GOODRUM337.0830.4484
NEWBERRY291.9781.1958
JARMIN270.2710.1495
BARFOOT241.5550.7474
BLACKETT234.3860.8969
BICKER175.4410.1495
BARTRUM166.6710.1495
EADE155.2850.7474
RAVEN142.3581.1958
GAGE132.9850.7474
SELF126.3260.8969
GIRLING117.3750.7474
GARROD113.9640.5979
HALLS113.4260.8969
CULLEY106.0130.4484
FENN103.0971.0463
BUTTON88.1671.0463
ALDRED86.9650.7474
BYLES86.2110.1495
BROOM84.8571.0463
BALLARD79.6881.1958
ELLISTON77.5210.1495
CARD76.5330.4484
LAST75.0540.5979
CROWE74.9650.7474
DRANE72.9910.1495
SAMPSON70.1181.1958
REEVE63.94101.4948
CABLE59.5220.2990
COBB52.5850.7474
LEVITT44.8410.1495
CARMAN44.8410.1495
SHARMAN43.4340.5979
YOUNGS39.2210.1495
PRENTICE38.1230.4484

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called GALER in Wangford 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 2.0927 in Wangford means that 2.0927% of the people in Wangford on census day were called GALER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GALER 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 GALER 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 GALER 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 GALER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,800.00 in Wangford means that you are 2,800.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GALER in Wangford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wangford in 1881

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

ALDRED (5)  ALLEN (4)  ANDREWS (15)  BALDRY (1)  BALLARD (8)  BARBER (7)  BARDWELL (9)  BARFOOT (5)  BARTRUM (1)  BAXTER (4)  BECK (1)  BENSTEAD (1)  BICKERS (17)  BICKER (1)  BYLES (1)  BIRD (3)  BLACKETT (6)  BLOMFIELD (3)  BLOWERS (8)  BOVAST (1)  BOYCE (2)  BRIDCOTT (1)  BROOM (7)  BROWN (15)  BRUCKSHAW (1)  BRUNNING (2)  BRUNNEY (1)  BUTTON (7)  CABLE (2)  CARD (3)  CARMAN (1)  CARTER (8)  CHAMBERS (5)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHASTON (1)  CHIPPERFIELD (4)  CLEMENCE (3)  CLEVELAND (5)  COBB (5)  COLEMAN (5)  COOK (2)  COOPER (18)  COPPING (1)  COURT (1)  CROFT (6)  CROWE (5)  CROWFOOT (8)  CULLEY (3)  CULLINGFORD (3)  DORLING (12)  DAY (1)  DODDINGTON (2)  DOY (7)  DRANE (1)  DYER (8)  EASTAUGH (1)  EADE (5)  ELLIS (2)  ELLISTON (1)  FENN (7)  FISHER (1)  FISK (1)  FLOGDALE (2)  FULLER (2)  FOWLER (3)  GAGE (5)  GARDNER (1)  GARROD (4)  GALER (14)  GILBERT (2)  GIRLING (5)  GOODRUM (3)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIN (1)  HALIFAX (7)  HALLS (6)  HERRING (1)  HODSON (1)  HORNER (1)  HOWELD (4)  HURREN (6)  HUTCHINGSON (1)  IFE (12)  JACKSON (2)  JARMIN (1)  KEABLE (3)  KENT (5)  KING (11)  LACON (1)  LAMBERT (5)  LAST (4)  LEECH (3)  LEGGATE (2)  LEVITT (1)  LEWIS (6)  LING (1)  LOCKWOOD (4)  LUSTHILL (5)  MANNING (4)  MAY (4)  METCALF (3)  MILLER (1)  MOORE (6)  MORLING (2)  WELTON OR NELSON (14)  NEWBERRY (8)  NICHOLLS (1)  NOLLOTH (2)  NORMAN (4)  PARKER (1)  PEARCE (3)  PRENTICE (3)  PRICE (1)  RAVEN (8)  REDGRAVE (7)  REEVE (10)  RICHES (1)  RUSSELL (3)  SAMPSON (8)  SAUNDERS (8)  SYER (7)  SELF (6)  SHARMAN (4)  SIBBONS (3)  SMITH (34)  SNARE (4)  SPALL (5)  SPORE (3)  STAGOLL (4)  STAINTON (1)  STEELE (3)  STOLLERY (1)  STOPDALE (3)  STROWGER (4)  SWAN (3)  TEBBENHAM (2)  TERRY (5)  TODD (1)  THOMSETT (9)  TERRINGTON (1)  TURNER (4)  VYSE (2)  HADINGHAM (5)  WALES (1)  WATLING (1)  WATSON (1)  WEBDALE (2)  WESTGATE (5)  WESTRIP (1)  WINYARD (5)  WOOLNOUGH (5)  WRIGHT (11)  WYTHE (8)  YOUNGS (1) 

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