1881 census place

Beccles surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Beccles, Suffolk in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

339 surnames are listed for Beccles, Suffolk, covering 2,737 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Balls, with 58 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Beccles

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Balls	58	1.01%	79.03x
2	Aldous	52	0.910%	224.33x
3	Barber	51	0.890%	14.79x
4	Woolnough	46	0.800%	258.43x
5	Goffin	44	0.770%	498.87x
6	Read	43	0.750%	11.65x
7	Copeman	42	0.730%	310.19x
8	George	40	0.700%	11.90x
9	Larke	36	0.630%	601.00x
10	Baldry	35	0.610%	130.06x
11	Davey	33	0.580%	14.02x
12	Spalding	33	0.580%	80.49x
13	Knights	29	0.510%	57.79x
14	Ling	28	0.490%	51.74x
15	Oxborough	28	0.490%	700.00x
16	Woolner	28	0.490%	459.02x
17	Barkway	27	0.470%	775.86x
18	Betts	27	0.470%	22.05x
19	Lockwood	27	0.470%	21.35x
20	Sampson	26	0.450%	26.61x
21	Girling	25	0.440%	68.55x
22	Buck	24	0.420%	19.55x
23	Calver	22	0.380%	86.04x
24	Charlish	21	0.370%	731.71x
25	Hindes	21	0.370%	356.54x
26	Riches	21	0.370%	32.07x
27	Elvin	20	0.350%	99.11x
28	Farrow	20	0.350%	18.61x
29	Mayhew	20	0.350%	42.33x
30	Piper	20	0.350%	17.67x
31	Beales	19	0.330%	77.93x
32	Crisp	19	0.330%	23.87x
33	Fisk	19	0.330%	62.81x
34	Laws	19	0.330%	29.84x
35	Prime	19	0.330%	84.56x
36	Stimpson	19	0.330%	73.99x
37	Aldred	18	0.310%	36.59x
38	Borrett	18	0.310%	211.52x
39	Spall	18	0.310%	166.67x
40	Tyrrell	18	0.310%	42.72x
41	Dennington	17	0.300%	280.53x
42	Gower	17	0.300%	28.29x
43	Hadingham	17	0.300%	688.26x
44	Pells	17	0.300%	245.66x
45	Hurren	16	0.280%	168.07x
46	Rushmer	16	0.280%	406.09x
47	Youell	16	0.280%	372.09x
48	Bullen	15	0.260%	24.70x
49	Cattermole	15	0.260%	98.04x
50	Chilvers	15	0.260%	66.76x
51	Delf	15	0.260%	510.20x
52	Foyster	15	0.260%	356.29x
53	Grice	15	0.260%	25.40x
54	Lark	15	0.260%	119.90x
55	Linder	15	0.260%	563.91x
56	Tracy	15	0.260%	94.94x
57	Benns	14	0.240%	262.17x
58	Chaston	14	0.240%	206.19x
59	Darby	14	0.240%	15.23x
60	Keable	14	0.240%	187.17x
61	Welham	14	0.240%	63.32x
62	Alden	13	0.230%	88.20x
63	Dowe	13	0.230%	369.32x
64	Pain	13	0.230%	25.26x
65	Playford	13	0.230%	109.34x
66	Seago	13	0.230%	367.23x
67	Allcock	12	0.210%	19.40x
68	Bellward	12	0.210%	1428.57x
69	Kerridge	12	0.210%	57.09x
70	Pluck	12	0.210%	164.38x
71	Poll	12	0.210%	131.29x
72	Spratt	12	0.210%	37.66x
73	Warnes	12	0.210%	63.46x
74	Candler	11	0.190%	99.73x
75	Cleveland	11	0.190%	98.65x
76	Copping	11	0.190%	48.18x
77	Fenn	11	0.190%	18.92x
78	Foulger	11	0.190%	80.88x
79	Goff	11	0.190%	29.73x
80	Gooch	11	0.190%	21.90x
81	Jude	11	0.190%	104.07x
82	Newson	11	0.190%	30.42x
83	Raven	11	0.190%	22.88x
84	Tuthill	11	0.190%	239.65x
85	Weavers	11	0.190%	97.35x
86	Caston	10	0.170%	179.21x
87	Chase	10	0.170%	31.26x
88	Cracknell	10	0.170%	25.18x
89	Freestone	10	0.170%	40.63x
90	Neech	10	0.170%	595.24x
91	Nursey	10	0.170%	244.50x
92	Pitchers	10	0.170%	239.81x
93	Soanes	10	0.170%	130.72x
94	Bardwell	9	0.160%	148.51x
95	Crowfoot	9	0.160%	211.27x
96	Drewell	9	0.160%	360.00x
97	Ecclestone	9	0.160%	122.62x
98	Frankland	9	0.160%	21.21x
99	Garrod	9	0.160%	29.94x
100	Lay	9	0.160%	21.12x