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 Elsey, with 91 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
801	Elsey	91	0.030%	8.32x
802	Pickess	91	0.030%	62.27x
803	Reed	91	0.030%	0.35x
804	Rushbrook	91	0.030%	15.89x
805	Beamish	90	0.030%	16.43x
806	Bickers	90	0.030%	22.28x
807	Cardy	90	0.030%	16.54x
808	Hynard	90	0.030%	57.83x
809	Moye	90	0.030%	39.05x
810	Pattle	90	0.030%	43.29x
811	Pearse	90	0.030%	2.38x
812	Alston	89	0.030%	3.84x
813	Bye	89	0.030%	4.97x
814	Clayton	89	0.030%	0.46x
815	Honeywood	89	0.030%	40.49x
816	Jeffery	89	0.030%	1.15x
817	Mendham	89	0.030%	18.05x
818	Rumsby	89	0.030%	29.03x
819	Tatum	89	0.030%	28.81x
820	Benstead	88	0.020%	9.59x
821	Hockley	88	0.020%	4.59x
822	Jarmin	88	0.020%	44.89x
823	Allerton	87	0.020%	10.69x
824	Askew	87	0.020%	2.17x
825	Codling	87	0.020%	6.96x
826	Doy	87	0.020%	28.60x
827	Fryett	87	0.020%	30.51x
828	Glanfield	87	0.020%	20.06x
829	Gostling	87	0.020%	18.35x
830	Holder	87	0.020%	1.82x
831	Masterson	87	0.020%	11.66x
832	Morling	87	0.020%	23.70x
833	Nobbs	87	0.020%	5.90x
834	Pells	87	0.020%	20.23x
835	Snowden	87	0.020%	2.75x
836	Strowger	87	0.020%	60.52x
837	Wilden	87	0.020%	18.31x
838	Algar	86	0.020%	9.40x
839	Jarman	86	0.020%	2.53x
840	Mee	86	0.020%	3.18x
841	Mobbs	86	0.020%	6.43x
842	Trudgett	86	0.020%	32.61x
843	Banks	85	0.020%	0.47x
844	Bloom	85	0.020%	7.08x
845	Honeyball	85	0.020%	22.36x
846	Kitson	85	0.020%	2.99x
847	Moyes	85	0.020%	5.57x
848	Ratcliff	85	0.020%	3.71x
849	Seely	85	0.020%	24.42x
850	Ship	85	0.020%	15.45x
851	Tripp	85	0.020%	4.89x
852	Catling	84	0.020%	9.93x
853	Chaston	84	0.020%	19.91x
854	Goymer	84	0.020%	37.61x
855	Jacob	84	0.020%	3.03x
856	Pike	84	0.020%	0.81x
857	Rattle	84	0.020%	34.32x
858	Richards	84	0.020%	0.16x
859	Syer	84	0.020%	21.96x
860	Wales	84	0.020%	2.91x
861	Walton	84	0.020%	0.34x
862	Brundle	83	0.020%	30.37x
863	Cage	83	0.020%	32.49x
864	Cowles	83	0.020%	9.70x
865	Doe	83	0.020%	4.87x
866	Elsden	83	0.020%	19.09x
867	Emsden	83	0.020%	69.86x
868	Flowers	83	0.020%	2.88x
869	Forsdike	83	0.020%	40.86x
870	Harrington	83	0.020%	1.23x
871	Haste	83	0.020%	12.79x
872	Huggins	83	0.020%	2.77x
873	Orbell	83	0.020%	23.29x
874	Pleasants	83	0.020%	34.58x
875	Thomas	83	0.020%	0.06x
876	Anderson	82	0.020%	0.12x
877	Barfield	82	0.020%	11.41x
878	Eady	82	0.020%	10.13x
879	Flegg	82	0.020%	16.13x
880	Goffin	82	0.020%	14.97x
881	Hadingham	82	0.020%	53.50x
882	Morphew	82	0.020%	22.70x
883	Rosier	82	0.020%	12.09x
884	Sadd	82	0.020%	15.58x
885	Springett	82	0.020%	7.56x
886	Alger	81	0.020%	9.95x
887	Backhouse	81	0.020%	3.06x
888	Bendall	81	0.020%	6.25x
889	Drury	81	0.020%	1.43x
890	Jobson	81	0.020%	3.87x
891	Lofts	81	0.020%	10.03x
892	Mace	81	0.020%	2.58x
893	Reeman	81	0.020%	35.51x
894	Tuck	81	0.020%	1.77x
895	Bidwell	80	0.020%	9.15x
896	Lane	80	0.020%	0.33x
897	Norris	80	0.020%	0.52x
898	Ransome	80	0.020%	7.12x
899	Ridgeon	80	0.020%	57.06x
900	Sillitoe	80	0.020%	15.92x