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 Scopes, with 106 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
701	Scopes	106	0.030%	44.39x
702	Haxell	105	0.030%	52.61x
703	Lilley	105	0.030%	2.13x
704	Minter	105	0.030%	8.14x
705	Murkin	105	0.030%	48.03x
706	Snelling	105	0.030%	3.64x
707	Edmonds	104	0.030%	1.53x
708	Hardwick	104	0.030%	1.91x
709	Lummis	104	0.030%	55.76x
710	Preston	104	0.030%	0.59x
711	Spindler	104	0.030%	29.37x
712	Albon	103	0.030%	22.23x
713	Copeman	103	0.030%	12.24x
714	Crosby	103	0.030%	2.45x
715	Gibbons	103	0.030%	0.90x
716	Greenwood	103	0.030%	0.37x
717	Horne	103	0.030%	1.33x
718	Minns	103	0.030%	6.58x
719	Short	103	0.030%	0.74x
720	Tillett	103	0.030%	13.50x
721	Tyrrell	103	0.030%	3.94x
722	Whitmore	103	0.030%	3.30x
723	Wolton	103	0.030%	36.58x
724	Elvin	102	0.030%	8.14x
725	Pitt	102	0.030%	1.34x
726	Swann	102	0.030%	2.63x
727	Beeton	101	0.030%	9.16x
728	Bonnett	101	0.030%	11.24x
729	Brewer	101	0.030%	1.07x
730	Burroughs	101	0.030%	8.85x
731	Emerson	101	0.030%	4.10x
732	Newby	101	0.030%	2.84x
733	Parsons	101	0.030%	0.37x
734	Wythe	101	0.030%	37.95x
735	Dowsing	100	0.030%	25.50x
736	Emery	100	0.030%	1.29x
737	Leathers	100	0.030%	31.76x
738	Lingley	100	0.030%	23.44x
739	Pulford	100	0.030%	10.92x
740	Ratcliffe	100	0.030%	1.02x
741	Bedingfield	99	0.030%	33.33x
742	Holt	99	0.030%	0.42x
743	Laflin	99	0.030%	61.73x
744	Percy	99	0.030%	2.98x
745	Raynham	99	0.030%	33.87x
746	Rowland	99	0.030%	0.98x
747	Carpenter	98	0.030%	0.80x
748	Cleveland	98	0.030%	14.15x
749	Cullingford	98	0.030%	23.57x
750	London	98	0.030%	5.53x
751	Pledger	98	0.030%	11.19x
752	Rudland	98	0.030%	16.63x
753	Woodcock	98	0.030%	0.97x
754	Cadge	97	0.030%	52.33x
755	Jillings	97	0.030%	44.37x
756	Langley	97	0.030%	1.24x
757	Lister	97	0.030%	0.96x
758	Mumford	97	0.030%	2.82x
759	Neal	97	0.030%	0.92x
760	Claxton	96	0.030%	4.26x
761	Smyth	96	0.030%	2.89x
762	Sparke	96	0.030%	16.03x
763	Steggall	96	0.030%	32.58x
764	Wyatt	96	0.030%	0.92x
765	Amos	95	0.030%	1.62x
766	Bray	95	0.030%	0.79x
767	Cutts	95	0.030%	3.40x
768	Flory	95	0.030%	30.87x
769	Greengrass	95	0.030%	19.79x
770	Gunn	95	0.030%	1.09x
771	Hatcher	95	0.030%	4.55x
772	Lanham	95	0.030%	10.55x
773	Lomax	95	0.030%	1.89x
774	Punchard	95	0.030%	21.10x
775	Brighton	94	0.030%	7.46x
776	Crowfoot	94	0.030%	35.48x
777	Etheridge	94	0.030%	4.44x
778	Gage	94	0.030%	4.70x
779	Goult	94	0.030%	36.80x
780	Richer	94	0.030%	18.31x
781	Snowling	94	0.030%	38.22x
782	Alcock	93	0.030%	1.81x
783	Backler	93	0.030%	38.56x
784	Burrell	93	0.030%	2.01x
785	Leach	93	0.030%	0.63x
786	Murrell	93	0.030%	3.67x
787	Orford	93	0.030%	10.51x
788	Philpot	93	0.030%	3.89x
789	Ralph	93	0.030%	1.72x
790	Ray	93	0.030%	1.32x
791	Thorndike	93	0.030%	32.75x
792	Brand	92	0.030%	1.75x
793	Gathercole	92	0.030%	12.63x
794	Haggar	92	0.030%	17.09x
795	Melton	92	0.030%	7.33x
796	Russell	92	0.030%	0.21x
797	Spurgeon	92	0.030%	8.12x
798	Worledge	92	0.030%	40.97x
799	Avis	91	0.030%	5.33x
800	Brabrook	91	0.030%	42.79x