1881 census place

Polstead surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Polstead, 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

44 surnames are listed for Polstead, Suffolk, covering 327 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Stow, with 37 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Polstead

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	Stow	37	4.46%	1010.93x
2	Humphrey	31	3.73%	140.21x
3	Bore	27	3.25%	4285.71x
4	Humphry	19	2.29%	739.30x
5	Baalham	18	2.17%	8181.82x
6	Lilley	18	2.17%	156.66x
7	Everett	15	1.81%	100.67x
8	Blomfield	12	1.45%	597.01x
9	Griggs	11	1.33%	170.02x
10	Sage	11	1.33%	149.25x
11	Keeble	9	1.08%	157.89x
12	Mattock	9	1.08%	418.60x
13	Ellisdon	8	0.960%	4705.88x
14	Oxford	8	0.960%	278.75x
15	Tatum	8	0.960%	1111.11x
16	Sowman	7	0.840%	3181.82x
17	Beeston	6	0.720%	171.92x
18	Cundy	6	0.720%	277.78x
19	Wisken	6	0.720%	2400.00x
20	Garrard	5	0.600%	144.09x
21	Greenhow	5	0.600%	306.75x
22	Cranmer	4	0.480%	279.72x
23	Sidney	4	0.480%	245.40x
24	Boar	3	0.360%	1071.43x
25	Chisnall	3	0.360%	202.70x
26	Deaves	3	0.360%	600.00x
27	Grimsey	3	0.360%	319.15x
28	Kingsbury	3	0.360%	159.57x
29	Lingley	3	0.360%	303.03x
30	Pattle	3	0.360%	625.00x
31	Tricker	3	0.360%	161.29x
32	Bluett	2	0.240%	263.16x
33	Hews	2	0.240%	344.83x
34	Howlet	2	0.240%	259.74x
35	Munson	2	0.240%	107.53x
36	Scopes	2	0.240%	357.14x
37	Woolard	2	0.240%	168.07x
38	Brundell	1	0.120%	188.68x
39	Coyte	1	0.120%	625.00x
40	Ennals	1	0.120%	526.32x
41	Harraway	1	0.120%	357.14x
42	Lewsey	1	0.120%	131.58x
43	Moye	1	0.120%	185.19x
44	Tiffen	1	0.120%	144.93x