Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westley, Suffolk

Westley 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
SHARPE2817.5000593.22
BROWN1610.000015.17
BULLEN116.8750647.06
WRIGHT106.250019.48
HAYWARD85.0000117.30
GOLDSMITH74.3750282.26
RAYSON74.37501,521.74
HAMBLIN63.7500833.33
FLOWERS63.7500461.54
HOWLETT53.1250232.56
SPARROW53.1250246.31
GRANGER53.1250304.88
TUFFIN42.50001,481.48
PALMER42.500021.21
CLAREY42.50002,666.67
BURRELL31.8750144.23
FINCH31.875056.29
NUNN21.250071.43
SEWELL21.250059.17
HOLDEN21.250022.83
DEACON10.625036.76
SCOTT10.62502.47
COTTINGHAM10.6250232.56
ROGERS10.62504.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLAREY2,666.6742.5000
RAYSON1,521.7474.3750
TUFFIN1,481.4842.5000
HAMBLIN833.3363.7500
BULLEN647.06116.8750
SHARPE593.222817.5000
FLOWERS461.5463.7500
GRANGER304.8853.1250
GOLDSMITH282.2674.3750
SPARROW246.3153.1250
COTTINGHAM232.5610.6250
HOWLETT232.5653.1250
BURRELL144.2331.8750
HAYWARD117.3085.0000
NUNN71.4321.2500
SEWELL59.1721.2500
FINCH56.2931.8750
DEACON36.7610.6250
HOLDEN22.8321.2500
PALMER21.2142.5000
WRIGHT19.48106.2500
BROWN15.171610.0000
ROGERS4.8110.6250
SCOTT2.4710.6250

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called CLAREY in Westley 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 2.5000 in Westley means that 2.5000% of the people in Westley on census day were called CLAREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLAREY 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 CLAREY 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 CLAREY 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 CLAREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,666.67 in Westley means that you are 2,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLAREY in Westley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westley in 1881

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

BROWN (16)  BULLEN (11)  BURRELL (3)  CLAREY (4)  COTTINGHAM (1)  DORLING (1)  DEACON (1)  FINCH (3)  FLOWERS (6)  GOLDSMITH (7)  GRANGER (5)  HAGREEN (4)  HAMBLIN (6)  HAYWARD (8)  HOLDEN (2)  HOWLETT (5)  MINGAY (11)  NUNN (2)  PALMER (4)  RAYSON (7)  ROGERS (1)  RUSHBROOK (2)  SCOTT (1)  SEWELL (2)  SHARPE (28)  SPARROW (5)  TUFFIN (4)  WRIGHT (10) 

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