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 Staff, with 121 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
601	Staff	121	0.030%	13.38x
602	Stebbings	121	0.030%	12.71x
603	Sterry	121	0.030%	20.83x
604	Tydeman	121	0.030%	39.78x
605	Webster	121	0.030%	0.39x
606	Bass	120	0.030%	2.98x
607	Easter	120	0.030%	8.36x
608	Jessup	120	0.030%	12.10x
609	Scales	120	0.030%	5.70x
610	Stow	120	0.030%	7.64x
611	Bolton	119	0.030%	0.78x
612	Cady	119	0.030%	38.82x
613	Gissing	118	0.030%	37.48x
614	Grimwade	118	0.030%	33.22x
615	Suttle	118	0.030%	26.63x
616	Bareham	117	0.030%	23.84x
617	Godfrey	117	0.030%	1.11x
618	Humphrey	117	0.030%	1.23x
619	Randall	117	0.030%	1.05x
620	Starling	117	0.030%	4.47x
621	Birch	116	0.030%	0.80x
622	Bradbrook	116	0.030%	26.39x
623	Challis	116	0.030%	5.15x
624	Emmerson	116	0.030%	3.30x
625	Mingay	116	0.030%	24.47x
626	Patrick	116	0.030%	1.64x
627	Ayers	115	0.030%	5.38x
628	Bumstead	115	0.030%	24.88x
629	Chipperfield	115	0.030%	12.52x
630	Fish	115	0.030%	1.74x
631	Heffer	115	0.030%	18.40x
632	Mutimer	115	0.030%	48.64x
633	Orriss	115	0.030%	39.51x
634	Ransom	115	0.030%	5.97x
635	Stollery	115	0.030%	43.40x
636	Winter	115	0.030%	0.91x
637	Bardwell	114	0.030%	30.27x
638	Bush	114	0.030%	1.30x
639	Eley	114	0.030%	5.18x
640	Gould	114	0.030%	0.89x
641	Hume	114	0.030%	2.26x
642	Bean	113	0.030%	2.45x
643	Chittock	113	0.030%	32.57x
644	Creasy	113	0.030%	15.64x
645	Dye	113	0.030%	4.79x
646	Hales	113	0.030%	2.21x
647	Hewitt	113	0.030%	0.65x
648	Horrex	113	0.030%	49.03x
649	Oakley	113	0.030%	1.50x
650	Soanes	113	0.030%	23.78x
651	Wardley	113	0.030%	12.66x
652	Airey	112	0.030%	4.14x
653	Caley	112	0.030%	8.13x
654	Dade	112	0.030%	21.97x
655	Goody	112	0.030%	10.94x
656	Grice	112	0.030%	3.05x
657	Spurling	112	0.030%	21.42x
658	Tyler	112	0.030%	1.07x
659	Wallis	112	0.030%	0.93x
660	Webber	112	0.030%	1.03x
661	Damant	111	0.030%	51.33x
662	Dyson	111	0.030%	0.96x
663	Lincoln	111	0.030%	4.14x
664	Lovett	111	0.030%	3.41x
665	Nicholls	111	0.030%	0.60x
666	Watkinson	111	0.030%	2.66x
667	Wightman	111	0.030%	4.74x
668	Burman	110	0.030%	7.77x
669	Chamberlain	110	0.030%	1.14x
670	Fincham	110	0.030%	11.05x
671	Jeffries	110	0.030%	2.46x
672	Marriott	110	0.030%	1.38x
673	Cresswell	109	0.030%	2.90x
674	Crickmore	109	0.030%	27.55x
675	Fiske	109	0.030%	27.30x
676	Gillings	109	0.030%	12.99x
677	Hambling	109	0.030%	14.97x
678	Ince	109	0.030%	6.15x
679	Keable	109	0.030%	23.46x
680	Sizer	109	0.030%	17.54x
681	Wicks	109	0.030%	2.18x
682	Ablett	108	0.030%	14.41x
683	Crawford	108	0.030%	0.62x
684	Lamb	108	0.030%	0.58x
685	Medcalf	108	0.030%	7.79x
686	Mouser	108	0.030%	60.20x
687	Spencer	108	0.030%	0.33x
688	Tuffs	108	0.030%	34.30x
689	Battle	107	0.030%	9.81x
690	Herring	107	0.030%	2.93x
691	Jackaman	107	0.030%	47.40x
692	Mansfield	107	0.030%	1.60x
693	Sargeant	107	0.030%	3.82x
694	Warnes	107	0.030%	9.11x
695	Young	107	0.030%	0.14x
696	Field	106	0.030%	0.60x
697	Fleming	106	0.030%	0.72x
698	Garner	106	0.030%	0.94x
699	Mead	106	0.030%	1.28x
700	Scarfe	106	0.030%	15.28x