1881 census place

Mendham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Mendham, 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

48 surnames are listed for Mendham, Suffolk, covering 316 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Sowter, with 19 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Mendham

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	Sowter	19	2.52%	1158.54x
2	Fairhead	18	2.38%	1258.74x
3	Riches	17	2.25%	196.99x
4	Emmerson	16	2.12%	214.77x
5	Rodwell	15	1.99%	367.65x
6	Flatt	14	1.85%	838.32x
7	Warden	13	1.72%	240.74x
8	Chenery	12	1.59%	677.97x
9	Beaument	10	1.32%	9090.91x
10	Corbyn	10	1.32%	1886.79x
11	Pipe	10	1.32%	298.51x
12	Punchard	10	1.32%	1041.67x
13	Swann	10	1.32%	121.36x
14	Boast	9	1.19%	592.11x
15	Jay	9	1.19%	136.36x
16	Staff	9	1.19%	468.75x
17	Notley	8	1.06%	567.38x
18	Barnaby	7	0.930%	463.58x
19	Juby	7	0.930%	1000.00x
20	Sadd	7	0.930%	625.00x
21	Bonett	6	0.790%	3529.41x
22	Chaston	6	0.790%	674.16x
23	Leeder	6	0.790%	368.10x
24	Munnings	6	0.790%	779.22x
25	Rumsby	6	0.790%	923.08x
26	Elsey	5	0.660%	215.52x
27	Gilman	5	0.660%	221.24x
28	Mobbs	5	0.660%	176.06x
29	Revel	5	0.660%	704.23x
30	Donnison	3	0.400%	288.46x
31	Haward	3	0.400%	291.26x
32	Ingate	3	0.400%	1153.85x
33	Kenison	3	0.400%	3750.00x
34	Millican	3	0.400%	209.79x
35	Ringer	3	0.400%	230.77x
36	Debenham	2	0.260%	142.86x
37	Feaviour	2	0.260%	3333.33x
38	Godbold	2	0.260%	149.25x
39	Poppy	2	0.260%	625.00x
40	Snowling	2	0.260%	384.62x
41	Alders	1	0.130%	476.19x
42	Drewell	1	0.130%	303.03x
43	Fleck	1	0.130%	117.65x
44	Freston	1	0.130%	434.78x
45	Loane	1	0.130%	1000.00x
46	Parn	1	0.130%	10000.00x
47	Plume	1	0.130%	126.58x
48	Wollard	1	0.130%	270.27x