1881 census place

Bury St Edmunds St James surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bury St Edmunds St James, 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

559 surnames are listed for Bury St Edmunds St James, Suffolk, covering 4,120 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Nunn, with 62 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bury St Edmunds St James

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	Nunn	62	0.650%	37.25x
2	Hammond	55	0.580%	10.16x
3	Frost	51	0.540%	9.54x
4	Long	51	0.540%	8.27x
5	Snell	51	0.540%	28.34x
6	Wells	51	0.540%	6.45x
7	Brabrook	48	0.510%	845.07x
8	Pettit	45	0.470%	59.88x
9	Petch	40	0.420%	94.99x
10	Last	39	0.410%	51.55x
11	Crick	38	0.400%	66.85x
12	Balls	37	0.390%	30.38x
13	Dorling	32	0.340%	198.88x
14	Goldsmith	32	0.340%	21.68x
15	Hayward	32	0.340%	7.90x
16	Osborne	31	0.330%	6.83x
17	Parish	31	0.330%	21.14x
18	Gooch	30	0.320%	36.00x
19	Pettitt	30	0.320%	59.01x
20	Peck	29	0.310%	18.06x
21	Rayner	28	0.290%	11.81x
22	Reach	28	0.290%	351.32x
23	Rolfe	28	0.290%	22.72x
24	Bloomfield	25	0.260%	20.70x
25	Coe	25	0.260%	16.19x
26	Copping	25	0.260%	65.98x
27	Pawsey	25	0.260%	150.88x
28	Roper	25	0.260%	12.64x
29	Melton	24	0.250%	71.56x
30	Ely	23	0.240%	46.02x
31	Garwood	23	0.240%	49.47x
32	Middleditch	23	0.240%	132.26x
33	Partridge	23	0.240%	9.26x
34	Bass	22	0.230%	20.47x
35	Drake	22	0.230%	7.95x
36	Cobbold	21	0.220%	100.72x
37	Southgate	21	0.220%	28.21x
38	Elliston	20	0.210%	108.87x
39	Pamment	20	0.210%	194.55x
40	Ransom	20	0.210%	38.88x
41	Boggis	19	0.200%	143.94x
42	Canham	19	0.200%	44.92x
43	Chenery	19	0.200%	85.28x
44	Cutting	19	0.200%	39.21x
45	Footer	19	0.200%	464.55x
46	Sturgeon	19	0.200%	49.48x
47	Wilkin	19	0.200%	36.48x
48	Argent	18	0.190%	39.86x
49	Betts	18	0.190%	8.86x
50	Deeks	18	0.190%	59.21x
51	Hearn	18	0.190%	14.32x
52	Pask	18	0.190%	70.37x
53	Borley	17	0.180%	116.44x
54	Fakes	17	0.180%	564.78x
55	Flack	17	0.180%	25.40x
56	Ranson	17	0.180%	36.17x
57	Ridley	17	0.180%	9.26x
58	Spall	17	0.180%	94.81x
59	Baldry	16	0.170%	35.83x
60	Buckle	16	0.170%	15.47x
61	Leech	16	0.170%	10.33x
62	Pulfer	16	0.170%	391.20x
63	Staff	16	0.170%	66.25x
64	Alderton	15	0.160%	35.30x
65	Arbon	15	0.160%	152.91x
66	Beeton	15	0.160%	50.93x
67	Brewster	15	0.160%	16.30x
68	Burroughs	15	0.160%	49.23x
69	Clarry	15	0.160%	323.97x
70	Hayhoe	15	0.160%	152.91x
71	Mothersole	15	0.160%	146.34x
72	Sparrow	15	0.160%	12.45x
73	Whiting	15	0.160%	8.20x
74	Woodroffe	15	0.160%	78.66x
75	Ablett	14	0.150%	69.93x
76	Avis	14	0.150%	30.67x
77	Channell	14	0.150%	186.92x
78	Double	14	0.150%	74.63x
79	East	14	0.150%	9.47x
80	Faiers	14	0.150%	321.84x
81	Firman	14	0.150%	57.90x
82	Foreman	14	0.150%	11.27x
83	Harrold	14	0.150%	32.66x
84	Howes	14	0.150%	8.43x
85	Leathers	14	0.150%	166.47x
86	Lomax	14	0.150%	10.43x
87	Pattle	14	0.150%	252.25x
88	Pearl	14	0.150%	70.60x
89	Rouse	14	0.150%	10.27x
90	Boughton	13	0.140%	33.11x
91	Boyce	13	0.140%	9.14x
92	Browne	13	0.140%	7.47x
93	Bumpstead	13	0.140%	282.61x
94	Elmer	13	0.140%	40.20x
95	Elsey	13	0.140%	44.47x
96	Fake	13	0.140%	241.19x
97	Howlett	13	0.140%	10.20x
98	Prigg	13	0.140%	149.43x
99	Sexton	13	0.140%	15.87x
100	Spalding	13	0.140%	19.11x