1881 census place

Gorleston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Gorleston, 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

488 surnames are listed for Gorleston, Suffolk, covering 3,720 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Woods, with 152 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Gorleston

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	Woods	152	1.68%	26.67x
2	Leggett	77	0.850%	108.36x
3	Durrant	47	0.520%	33.22x
4	Kemp	47	0.520%	9.37x
5	Blyth	46	0.510%	32.28x
6	Todd	45	0.500%	9.78x
7	Newson	44	0.490%	77.08x
8	Fleming	43	0.480%	11.45x
9	Read	43	0.480%	7.38x
10	Hewett	41	0.450%	39.00x
11	Whiley	39	0.430%	272.54x
12	Fuller	35	0.390%	9.57x
13	Howes	35	0.390%	22.15x
14	Burrage	34	0.380%	192.85x
15	Garwood	33	0.370%	74.63x
16	Nelson	33	0.370%	7.54x
17	Gates	32	0.350%	22.86x
18	Salmon	32	0.350%	15.52x
19	Hurrell	31	0.340%	57.66x
20	Langley	30	0.330%	15.12x
21	Gosling	29	0.320%	20.49x
22	Bullock	28	0.310%	9.52x
23	Chilvers	26	0.290%	73.30x
24	Woodcock	25	0.280%	9.69x
25	Cockrill	24	0.270%	324.76x
26	Crow	24	0.270%	17.59x
27	Farman	24	0.270%	141.76x
28	Roll	24	0.270%	249.22x
29	Bonney	23	0.250%	101.46x
30	Hubbard	23	0.250%	10.47x
31	Thurston	23	0.250%	36.04x
32	Bacon	22	0.240%	9.68x
33	Hills	22	0.240%	8.80x
34	Rouse	21	0.230%	16.20x
35	Cubitt	20	0.220%	89.53x
36	Downing	20	0.220%	12.72x
37	Mallett	19	0.210%	23.58x
38	Atherton	18	0.200%	11.08x
39	Beck	18	0.200%	8.52x
40	Bracey	18	0.200%	75.57x
41	Childs	18	0.200%	10.84x
42	Major	18	0.200%	14.76x
43	Fisk	17	0.190%	35.60x
44	Lockett	17	0.190%	25.89x
45	Thrower	17	0.190%	59.03x
46	Brett	16	0.180%	9.32x
47	Chalk	16	0.180%	26.84x
48	Denton	16	0.180%	9.63x
49	Shaul	16	0.180%	707.96x
50	Spurgeon	16	0.180%	55.56x
51	Websdale	16	0.180%	253.57x
52	Youngs	16	0.180%	46.42x
53	Amos	15	0.170%	10.10x
54	Gooch	15	0.170%	18.92x
55	Howlett	15	0.170%	12.37x
56	Larkins	15	0.170%	55.64x
57	Manthorpe	15	0.170%	292.40x
58	Marjoram	15	0.170%	113.46x
59	Plane	15	0.170%	144.09x
60	Skeet	15	0.170%	87.46x
61	Spashett	15	0.170%	955.41x
62	Bartholomew	14	0.150%	19.13x
63	Bass	14	0.150%	13.69x
64	Bensley	14	0.150%	90.03x
65	Bowles	14	0.150%	9.47x
66	Hunn	14	0.150%	111.47x
67	Rising	14	0.150%	173.05x
68	Rolling	14	0.150%	160.55x
69	Sayer	14	0.150%	11.82x
70	Shreeve	14	0.150%	80.37x
71	Spooner	14	0.150%	10.74x
72	Symonds	14	0.150%	12.85x
73	Wiseman	14	0.150%	11.28x
74	Duffield	13	0.140%	16.58x
75	Hastings	13	0.140%	11.29x
76	Layton	13	0.140%	17.97x
77	Lowne	13	0.140%	384.62x
78	Rivett	13	0.140%	38.69x
79	Southey	13	0.140%	75.80x
80	Weavers	13	0.140%	72.87x
81	Chamberlin	12	0.130%	39.91x
82	Dawkins	12	0.130%	18.33x
83	Dye	12	0.130%	20.01x
84	Ellett	12	0.130%	133.48x
85	Fenn	12	0.130%	13.07x
86	Gambling	12	0.130%	184.05x
87	Hadgraft	12	0.130%	641.71x
88	Hawes	12	0.130%	10.76x
89	Hoggett	12	0.130%	119.40x
90	Leak	12	0.130%	34.39x
91	Mace	12	0.130%	15.06x
92	Sheen	12	0.130%	19.88x
93	Tricker	12	0.130%	59.26x
94	Cockerill	11	0.120%	25.24x
95	Cockrell	11	0.120%	116.77x
96	Cottee	11	0.120%	139.59x
97	Darnell	11	0.120%	42.62x
98	Dunnett	11	0.120%	40.04x
99	Frosdick	11	0.120%	195.04x
100	Godbold	11	0.120%	68.49x