1881 census place

Long Melford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Long Melford, 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

171 surnames are listed for Long Melford, Suffolk, covering 1,726 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Salter, with 80 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Long Melford

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	Salter	80	2.42%	105.78x
2	Ambrose	76	2.30%	260.90x
3	Rising	51	1.54%	1722.97x
4	Whittle	49	1.48%	68.01x
5	Cadge	47	1.42%	2732.56x
6	Piper	46	1.39%	70.39x
7	Younger	45	1.36%	251.40x
8	Theobald	41	1.24%	194.77x
9	Drury	39	1.18%	74.24x
10	Parmenter	39	1.18%	443.69x
11	Deeks	38	1.15%	359.17x
12	Howe	29	0.880%	22.33x
13	Steed	29	0.880%	182.28x
14	Byford	26	0.790%	174.03x
15	Stanhope	24	0.730%	302.65x
16	Eady	23	0.700%	305.85x
17	Snell	23	0.700%	36.74x
18	Leeks	22	0.670%	503.43x
19	Prigg	22	0.670%	726.07x
20	Ranson	22	0.670%	134.56x
21	Albon	20	0.600%	464.04x
22	Chinnery	20	0.600%	501.25x
23	Gridley	18	0.540%	340.26x
24	Totman	18	0.540%	1005.59x
25	Hines	17	0.510%	60.33x
26	Lilly	17	0.510%	84.45x
27	Bixby	16	0.480%	1212.12x
28	Oakley	16	0.480%	22.84x
29	Rutter	16	0.480%	31.76x
30	Sparrow	16	0.480%	38.18x
31	Bowers	15	0.450%	24.86x
32	Keeble	15	0.450%	66.11x
33	Mothersole	15	0.450%	420.17x
34	Duce	14	0.420%	188.17x
35	Grice	14	0.420%	41.06x
36	Pleasants	14	0.420%	627.80x
37	Downey	13	0.390%	55.60x
38	Malton	13	0.390%	309.52x
39	March	13	0.390%	36.51x
40	Brockwell	12	0.360%	189.27x
41	Silver	12	0.360%	63.39x
42	Copsey	11	0.330%	155.59x
43	Elmer	11	0.330%	97.78x
44	Ponder	11	0.330%	294.12x
45	Sillitoe	11	0.330%	235.55x
46	Sycamore	11	0.330%	504.59x
47	Clover	10	0.300%	105.82x
48	Grimwood	10	0.300%	73.42x
49	Lingley	10	0.300%	252.53x
50	Pearman	10	0.300%	63.17x
51	Salvage	10	0.300%	284.90x
52	Crisell	9	0.270%	803.57x
53	Pettitt	9	0.270%	50.88x
54	Sansum	9	0.270%	313.59x
55	Shave	9	0.270%	123.63x
56	Whent	9	0.270%	731.71x
57	Beales	8	0.240%	56.82x
58	Boggis	8	0.240%	174.29x
59	Boreham	8	0.240%	60.93x
60	Coley	8	0.240%	40.73x
61	Dare	8	0.240%	56.02x
62	Hurrell	8	0.240%	40.67x
63	Jonas	8	0.240%	140.60x
64	Lumley	8	0.240%	39.70x
65	Race	8	0.240%	44.40x
66	Ringer	8	0.240%	140.11x
67	Spilling	8	0.240%	571.43x
68	Tuffs	8	0.240%	273.04x
69	Walford	8	0.240%	39.39x
70	Welham	8	0.240%	62.65x
71	Allies	7	0.210%	875.00x
72	Border	7	0.210%	250.00x
73	Chinery	7	0.210%	101.74x
74	Coker	7	0.210%	44.93x
75	Elms	7	0.210%	55.60x
76	Hempstead	7	0.210%	339.81x
77	Honeywood	7	0.210%	343.14x
78	Martyn	7	0.210%	52.91x
79	Meggs	7	0.210%	351.76x
80	Mortlock	7	0.210%	68.09x
81	Neave	7	0.210%	45.05x
82	Stearns	7	0.210%	686.27x
83	Bensley	6	0.180%	105.45x
84	Boarder	6	0.180%	441.18x
85	Bradman	6	0.180%	394.74x
86	Byham	6	0.180%	535.71x
87	Gowers	6	0.180%	66.59x
88	Grear	6	0.180%	397.35x
89	Horrex	6	0.180%	280.37x
90	Moat	6	0.180%	93.90x
91	Pawsey	6	0.180%	104.17x
92	Pleasance	6	0.180%	138.89x
93	Reeman	6	0.180%	283.02x
94	Scrivener	6	0.180%	41.47x
95	Simonds	6	0.180%	70.09x
96	Sore	6	0.180%	465.12x
97	Tatum	6	0.180%	209.06x
98	Warnes	6	0.180%	54.95x
99	Ardley	5	0.150%	138.89x
100	Aust	5	0.150%	134.77x