1881 census place

Lowestoft surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lowestoft, 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

880 surnames are listed for Lowestoft, Suffolk, covering 8,940 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Cook, with 167 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lowestoft

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	Cook	167	0.990%	5.00x
2	Wright	155	0.920%	2.87x
3	Clarke	140	0.830%	4.11x
4	Butcher	133	0.790%	18.78x
5	Balls	119	0.710%	55.24x
6	Knights	106	0.630%	71.97x
7	Saunders	102	0.610%	6.62x
8	Capps	95	0.570%	274.33x
9	Rose	94	0.560%	7.54x
10	Coleman	92	0.550%	10.98x
11	Day	77	0.460%	4.87x
12	Burwood	76	0.450%	340.20x
13	Newson	76	0.450%	71.60x
14	Ayers	70	0.420%	69.36x
15	Burgess	69	0.410%	5.91x
16	Barnard	66	0.390%	15.82x
17	Sterry	66	0.390%	240.44x
18	Harvey	62	0.370%	3.45x
19	Allerton	56	0.330%	145.64x
20	Barber	54	0.320%	5.34x
21	Yallop	54	0.320%	197.59x
22	Hood	53	0.320%	11.39x
23	Mewse	52	0.310%	834.67x
24	Crisp	50	0.300%	21.40x
25	Doy	49	0.290%	340.99x
26	Jenner	49	0.290%	24.55x
27	Woods	48	0.290%	4.53x
28	Gowing	47	0.280%	113.77x
29	Long	47	0.280%	4.31x
30	Nobbs	45	0.270%	64.55x
31	Thurston	44	0.260%	37.08x
32	Swan	40	0.240%	9.19x
33	Tyrrell	40	0.240%	32.35x
34	Gallant	39	0.230%	138.99x
35	Goldsmith	39	0.230%	14.94x
36	Beckett	38	0.230%	11.34x
37	Edmonds	38	0.230%	11.83x
38	Norman	38	0.230%	4.88x
39	Breach	37	0.220%	110.78x
40	Fisk	37	0.220%	41.67x
41	Osborne	37	0.220%	4.61x
42	Pye	37	0.220%	14.72x
43	Catchpole	36	0.210%	33.23x
44	Curtis	36	0.210%	3.77x
45	Waters	36	0.210%	5.33x
46	Fuller	35	0.210%	5.15x
47	Garner	35	0.210%	6.59x
48	Peck	35	0.210%	12.32x
49	Redgrave	35	0.210%	94.77x
50	Utting	35	0.210%	79.24x
51	Colby	34	0.200%	97.70x
52	Copeman	33	0.200%	83.04x
53	Armes	32	0.190%	125.84x
54	Hales	31	0.180%	12.85x
55	Aldred	30	0.180%	20.78x
56	Baldry	30	0.180%	37.99x
57	Colman	30	0.180%	19.16x
58	Farman	30	0.180%	95.27x
59	Gooch	30	0.180%	20.35x
60	Howlett	30	0.180%	13.31x
61	Kent	30	0.180%	4.24x
62	Munnings	30	0.180%	175.23x
63	Rackham	30	0.180%	65.43x
64	Youngman	30	0.180%	61.09x
65	Blowers	29	0.170%	67.80x
66	Manning	29	0.170%	5.43x
67	Nunn	29	0.170%	9.85x
68	Sharman	29	0.170%	12.53x
69	Tuttle	29	0.170%	134.20x
70	Chipperfield	28	0.170%	64.53x
71	Finch	28	0.170%	5.00x
72	Garrod	28	0.170%	31.74x
73	Ling	28	0.170%	17.63x
74	Plant	28	0.170%	7.53x
75	Chilvers	27	0.160%	40.94x
76	Garwood	27	0.160%	32.83x
77	Gower	27	0.160%	15.31x
78	Mallett	27	0.160%	18.02x
79	Mummery	27	0.160%	99.82x
80	Stannard	27	0.160%	23.02x
81	Woodrow	27	0.160%	25.93x
82	Boardley	26	0.150%	379.56x
83	Castleton	26	0.150%	182.33x
84	Durrant	26	0.150%	9.88x
85	Hook	26	0.150%	10.44x
86	Reeve	26	0.150%	6.62x
87	Tripp	26	0.150%	31.68x
88	Crowe	25	0.150%	14.91x
89	Howes	25	0.150%	8.51x
90	Neave	25	0.150%	31.66x
91	Scarff	25	0.150%	124.07x
92	Soanes	25	0.150%	111.36x
93	Bowles	24	0.140%	8.73x
94	Claxton	24	0.140%	22.54x
95	Dye	24	0.140%	21.52x
96	Langley	24	0.140%	6.51x
97	Marjoram	24	0.140%	97.64x
98	Calver	23	0.140%	30.65x
99	Dowsing	23	0.140%	124.19x
100	Riches	23	0.140%	11.97x