1881 census county

Suffolk surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Suffolk in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

8,130 surnames are listed for Suffolk, covering 327,405 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 7,649 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Suffolk

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	7,649	2.15%	1.52x
2	Brown	2,560	0.720%	1.09x
3	Clarke	2,455	0.690%	3.40x
4	Wright	2,219	0.620%	1.94x
5	Cook	1,995	0.560%	2.82x
6	Taylor	1,973	0.550%	0.87x
7	King	1,971	0.550%	2.54x
8	Turner	1,722	0.480%	1.74x
9	Cooper	1,638	0.460%	1.89x
10	Baker	1,635	0.460%	2.10x
11	Green	1,514	0.430%	1.51x
12	Nunn	1,364	0.380%	21.89x
13	Hammond	1,248	0.350%	6.16x
14	Woods	1,234	0.350%	5.50x
15	Ward	1,224	0.340%	1.57x
16	Last	1,220	0.340%	43.07x
17	Moore	1,196	0.340%	1.68x
18	Webb	1,144	0.320%	2.37x
19	Bird	1,105	0.310%	4.06x
20	Frost	1,072	0.300%	5.36x
21	Harvey	1,072	0.300%	2.82x
22	Parker	1,067	0.300%	1.58x
23	Read	1,039	0.290%	4.53x
24	Butcher	1,031	0.290%	6.88x
25	Page	1,008	0.280%	3.54x
26	Hunt	985	0.280%	2.08x
27	Mills	976	0.270%	2.12x
28	Barber	952	0.270%	4.44x
29	Knights	940	0.260%	30.15x
30	Palmer	937	0.260%	2.23x
31	Clark	935	0.260%	0.87x
32	Chapman	908	0.260%	1.80x
33	Bloomfield	871	0.240%	19.26x
34	Martin	846	0.240%	0.97x
35	Rose	836	0.230%	3.17x
36	Andrews	835	0.230%	2.45x
37	Robinson	834	0.230%	0.74x
38	Kemp	833	0.230%	4.22x
39	Balls	832	0.230%	18.24x
40	Day	831	0.230%	2.48x
41	Barker	815	0.230%	1.75x
42	Johnson	809	0.230%	0.68x
43	Carter	808	0.230%	1.35x
44	Adams	807	0.230%	1.54x
45	Ling	801	0.230%	23.82x
46	Reeve	788	0.220%	9.47x
47	Allen	774	0.220%	1.15x
48	Lambert	773	0.220%	3.98x
49	Durrant	772	0.220%	13.86x
50	Peck	770	0.220%	12.80x
51	Edwards	769	0.220%	0.78x
52	Thompson	762	0.210%	0.71x
53	Hart	744	0.210%	2.45x
54	Simpson	743	0.210%	1.19x
55	Scott	737	0.210%	0.82x
56	Hayward	732	0.210%	4.82x
57	Mayhew	732	0.210%	24.93x
58	Stannard	731	0.210%	29.44x
59	Howard	716	0.200%	2.05x
60	White	709	0.200%	0.62x
61	Farrow	699	0.200%	10.47x
62	Potter	696	0.200%	3.02x
63	Keeble	693	0.190%	28.38x
64	Newson	680	0.190%	30.26x
65	Mann	679	0.190%	3.62x
66	Garnham	674	0.190%	39.95x
67	Girling	670	0.190%	29.57x
68	Abbott	667	0.190%	4.25x
69	Fisher	666	0.190%	1.60x
70	Manning	656	0.180%	5.80x
71	Catchpole	626	0.180%	27.30x
72	Moss	623	0.180%	2.84x
73	Reynolds	612	0.170%	1.99x
74	Cole	611	0.170%	1.88x
75	Fuller	605	0.170%	4.20x
76	Collins	600	0.170%	1.18x
77	Grimwood	593	0.170%	40.48x
78	Fisk	590	0.170%	31.39x
79	Howlett	588	0.170%	12.32x
80	Bailey	584	0.160%	1.09x
81	Warren	584	0.160%	2.45x
82	Wilson	579	0.160%	0.35x
83	Garrod	573	0.160%	30.68x
84	Miller	569	0.160%	0.89x
85	Burrows	566	0.160%	3.63x
86	Long	566	0.160%	2.45x
87	Cracknell	559	0.160%	22.65x
88	Gooch	555	0.160%	17.79x
89	Welham	555	0.160%	40.41x
90	Southgate	553	0.160%	19.84x
91	Watson	551	0.150%	0.67x
92	Hall	546	0.150%	0.52x
93	Goddard	544	0.150%	3.80x
94	Wells	541	0.150%	1.83x
95	Payne	534	0.150%	1.67x
96	Ellis	532	0.150%	1.03x
97	Leggett	529	0.150%	18.91x
98	Phillips	526	0.150%	0.83x
99	Bennett	519	0.150%	0.89x
100	Finch	511	0.140%	4.31x