Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wilby, Suffolk

Wilby 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
COLLETT214.4776348.84
CRACKNELL153.1983461.54
CHAPMAN142.985121.02
BARDWELL142.98512,800.00
WEAVERS112.34541,182.80
CHAMBERS112.345441.24
RUMSEY102.1322636.94
COPPING102.1322534.76
STEARN91.9190927.84
SHARMAN91.9190139.32
SKINNER81.705833.60
LENNY81.70582,857.14
BICKERS81.70581,509.43
JOHNSON71.49254.44
ADAMS71.492510.13
ALLUM71.4925393.26
TAYLOR71.49252.33
OSBORN71.492571.72
KEMP61.279323.07
CUNINGHAM61.27931,818.18
RUSH61.2793119.28
GREEN51.06613.79
GODBOLD51.0661602.41
WATLING51.0661205.76
GOWER51.0661101.63
JACOBS51.066144.52
HALL51.06613.62
KNIGHTS51.0661121.65
ATKINS51.066128.43
SCALES40.8529143.88
HAWES40.852969.08
MARRIOTT40.852938.06
GOODEN40.8529754.72
SMITH30.63970.45
EVERETT30.639735.63
CODLING30.6397181.82
MARSHALL30.63973.81
OSBORNE30.639713.40
GIRLING30.6397100.33
FISHER30.63975.47
FULCHER20.426484.39
PIPE20.426496.15
JEFFRIES20.426433.96
FISK20.426480.65
BLOOMFIELD20.426433.56
HARDING20.42645.89
BALDWIN20.426410.00
COOK20.42642.15
STANNARD20.426461.16
HOWES20.426424.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LENNY2,857.1481.7058
BARDWELL2,800.00142.9851
CUNINGHAM1,818.1861.2793
BICKERS1,509.4381.7058
WEAVERS1,182.80112.3454
STEARN927.8491.9190
GOODEN754.7240.8529
RUMSEY636.94102.1322
GODBOLD602.4151.0661
COPPING534.76102.1322
CRACKNELL461.54153.1983
ALLUM393.2671.4925
COLLETT348.84214.4776
COSSEY307.6920.4264
CRANMER246.9120.4264
WATLING205.7651.0661
CODLING181.8230.6397
SCALES143.8840.8529
SHARMAN139.3291.9190
KNIGHTS121.6551.0661
RUSH119.2861.2793
GOWER101.6351.0661
GIRLING100.3330.6397
PIPE96.1520.4264
MOYSE90.0910.2132
FULCHER84.3920.4264
FISK80.6520.4264
OSBORN71.7271.4925
HAWES69.0840.8529
THROWER67.1110.2132
STANNARD61.1620.4264
ALDOUS52.6310.2132
JACOBS44.5251.0661
CHAMBERS41.24112.3454
MARRIOTT38.0640.8529
EVERETT35.6330.6397
JEFFRIES33.9620.4264
SKINNER33.6081.7058
BLOOMFIELD33.5620.4264
CATCHPOLE33.1110.2132
KEEBLE31.0610.2132
ATKINS28.4351.0661
LINCOLN28.3310.2132
LAST26.8110.2132
MAYHEW25.8410.2132
HOWES24.3920.4264
WHITMORE24.2710.2132
KEMP23.0761.2793
CHAPMAN21.02142.9851
STEWARD16.5810.2132

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called LENNY in Wilby 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 1.7058 in Wilby means that 1.7058% of the people in Wilby on census day were called LENNY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LENNY 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 LENNY 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 LENNY 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 LENNY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,857.14 in Wilby means that you are 2,857.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LENNY in Wilby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wilby in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  ALDOUS (1)  ALLUM (7)  ATKINS (5)  BALDWIN (2)  BARDWELL (14)  BATTRY (1)  BICKERS (8)  BILBAY (1)  BIXTON (1)  BLOMEFIELD (2)  BLOMFIELD (2)  BLOOMFIELD (2)  BOTWRIGHT (8)  BRIGGS (1)  BRUNNING (2)  CAPON (6)  CATCHPOLE (1)  CATLING (1)  CHAMBERS (11)  CHAPMAN (14)  CHENERY (10)  CLARKE (1)  CODLING (3)  COLLETT (21)  COOK (2)  COPPING (10)  COSSEY (2)  CRACKNELL (15)  CRANE (1)  CRANMER (2)  CUNNELL (9)  CUNINGHAM (6)  ELVISH (5)  EMENY (6)  EVERETT (3)  FEVEYEAR (5)  FISHER (3)  FISK (2)  FULCHER (2)  GIRLING (3)  GODBOLD (5)  GOLDSPINK (3)  GOODEN (4)  GOWER (5)  GREEN (5)  HALL (5)  HARDING (2)  HAWES (4)  HOLDEON (1)  HOWES (2)  HUBBARD (1)  JACKSON (1)  JACOBS (5)  JEFFRIES (2)  JOHNSON (7)  KEEBLE (1)  KEABLE (3)  KEMP (6)  KNIGHTS (5)  LANCEKI (3)  LAST (1)  LEECH (1)  LENNY (8)  LINCOLN (1)  LOCKWOOD (1)  MEEN (1)  MARRIOTT (4)  MARSHALL (3)  MAY (1)  MAYHEW (1)  MOYSE (1)  MUTIMER (58)  OSBORNE (3)  OSBORN (7)  PIPE (2)  POLLARD (2)  RAY (1)  RUMSEY (10)  RUMSBY (6)  RUSH (6)  SAWYER (1)  SHARMAN (9)  SCALES (4)  SKINNER (8)  SMITH (3)  STAMMERS (6)  STANNARD (2)  STEARN (9)  STEWARD (1)  TAYLOR (7)  THROWER (1)  TURNER (2)  WALLACE (1)  WARD (1)  WARNER (1)  WATLING (5)  WEAVERS (11)  WHITMORE (1) 

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