1881 census place

Haverhill surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Haverhill, 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

120 surnames are listed for Haverhill, Suffolk, covering 1,852 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Farrant, with 141 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Haverhill

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	Farrant	141	4.46%	752.40x
2	Webb	102	3.23%	23.81x
3	Basham	94	2.97%	1202.05x
4	Backler	92	2.91%	4299.07x
5	Whiting	77	2.44%	126.50x
6	Sizer	53	1.68%	960.14x
7	Page	44	1.39%	17.41x
8	Poole	44	1.39%	28.89x
9	Beavis	42	1.33%	324.58x
10	Jobson	42	1.33%	226.05x
11	Nunn	41	1.30%	74.06x
12	Mead	40	1.27%	54.29x
13	Bigmore	36	1.14%	1558.44x
14	Gowers	36	1.14%	418.12x
15	Iron	35	1.11%	2121.21x
16	Radford	32	1.01%	53.39x
17	Argent	31	0.980%	206.39x
18	Cracknell	31	0.980%	141.42x
19	Thake	31	0.980%	717.59x
20	Rash	30	0.950%	1935.48x
21	Darking	28	0.890%	5000.00x
22	Mizon	28	0.890%	1794.87x
23	Kiddy	27	0.850%	1000.00x
24	Pannell	27	0.850%	285.71x
25	Ship	25	0.790%	511.25x
26	Wiseman	25	0.790%	57.59x
27	Challis	23	0.730%	115.00x
28	Ince	21	0.660%	133.33x
29	Claydon	19	0.600%	95.29x
30	Shipp	19	0.600%	192.50x
31	Whybrow	19	0.600%	308.94x
32	Pool	17	0.540%	46.41x
33	Clayden	16	0.510%	160.97x
34	Sparrow	16	0.510%	39.94x
35	Spicer	16	0.510%	37.63x
36	Medcalf	14	0.440%	113.64x
37	Turpin	14	0.440%	82.55x
38	Pledger	13	0.410%	167.10x
39	Rowlinson	12	0.380%	121.70x
40	Buttle	11	0.350%	133.98x
41	Cornell	11	0.350%	52.08x
42	Halls	11	0.350%	44.00x
43	Plumb	11	0.350%	43.02x
44	Boreham	10	0.320%	79.68x
45	Callow	10	0.320%	51.02x
46	Hickford	10	0.320%	312.50x
47	Coote	9	0.280%	57.77x
48	Ewin	9	0.280%	514.29x
49	Griggs	9	0.280%	36.56x
50	Wash	9	0.280%	274.39x
51	Westrope	9	0.280%	562.50x
52	Ager	8	0.250%	64.72x
53	Bloom	8	0.250%	74.98x
54	Gurteen	8	0.250%	1454.55x
55	Rowlingson	8	0.250%	606.06x
56	Amey	7	0.220%	79.28x
57	Eves	7	0.220%	52.99x
58	Fifield	7	0.220%	152.17x
59	Freestone	7	0.220%	51.55x
60	Gilby	7	0.220%	59.42x
61	Gissing	7	0.220%	250.00x
62	Graveling	7	0.220%	555.56x
63	Pask	7	0.220%	82.26x
64	Playford	7	0.220%	106.54x
65	Ruffle	7	0.220%	141.41x
66	Siggs	7	0.220%	419.16x
67	Alderton	6	0.190%	42.46x
68	Ashard	6	0.190%	821.92x
69	Clover	6	0.190%	66.37x
70	Hepher	6	0.190%	705.88x
71	Starns	6	0.190%	1052.63x
72	Tilbrook	6	0.190%	148.51x
73	Legerton	5	0.160%	354.61x
74	Midson	5	0.160%	423.73x
75	Mynott	5	0.160%	131.58x
76	Osbourne	5	0.160%	42.99x
77	Overall	5	0.160%	76.10x
78	Pople	5	0.160%	76.92x
79	Purkis	5	0.160%	59.03x
80	Tuffin	5	0.160%	93.99x
81	Woolsey	5	0.160%	131.58x
82	Bareham	4	0.130%	91.74x
83	Berger	4	0.130%	215.05x
84	Blanden	4	0.130%	645.16x
85	Forge	4	0.130%	141.34x
86	Mayse	4	0.130%	412.37x
87	Missen	4	0.130%	158.10x
88	Mothersole	4	0.130%	117.30x
89	Norfolk	4	0.130%	45.82x
90	Shelly	4	0.130%	54.27x
91	Albon	3	0.090%	72.82x
92	Arber	3	0.090%	107.91x
93	Atterton	3	0.090%	211.27x
94	Cowle	3	0.090%	81.74x
95	Diggins	3	0.090%	58.48x
96	Elles	3	0.090%	140.19x
97	Jewett	3	0.090%	151.52x
98	Josh	3	0.090%	441.18x
99	Alley	2	0.060%	46.51x
100	Burleigh	2	0.060%	50.00x