1881 census place

Stowmarket surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stowmarket, 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

230 surnames are listed for Stowmarket, Suffolk, covering 1,843 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Barnard, with 91 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stowmarket

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	Barnard	91	2.21%	89.15x
2	Tricker	69	1.68%	749.19x
3	Hammond	37	0.900%	15.80x
4	Suttle	35	0.850%	683.59x
5	Brett	30	0.730%	38.43x
6	Pryke	30	0.730%	205.20x
7	Markwell	27	0.660%	357.62x
8	Farrow	26	0.630%	33.69x
9	Barrell	25	0.610%	160.26x
10	Diaper	25	0.610%	355.11x
11	Prentice	24	0.580%	49.59x
12	Manning	23	0.560%	17.59x
13	Runeckles	23	0.560%	3066.67x
14	Chinery	21	0.510%	245.61x
15	Earthy	21	0.510%	1615.38x
16	Ranson	21	0.510%	103.30x
17	Southgate	21	0.510%	65.20x
18	Banham	20	0.490%	95.51x
19	Dent	20	0.490%	25.53x
20	Stammers	20	0.490%	180.67x
21	Welham	20	0.490%	126.02x
22	Felgate	19	0.460%	306.95x
23	Keeble	19	0.460%	67.33x
24	Gooderham	18	0.440%	254.96x
25	Jeffery	18	0.440%	20.16x
26	Steggall	17	0.410%	498.53x
27	Gosling	16	0.390%	24.85x
28	Rozier	16	0.390%	941.18x
29	Jessup	15	0.360%	130.89x
30	Nunn	15	0.360%	20.83x
31	Tydeman	15	0.360%	427.35x
32	Codd	14	0.340%	79.37x
33	Cuthbert	14	0.340%	23.70x
34	Durrant	14	0.340%	21.75x
35	Fiske	14	0.340%	303.69x
36	Rosier	14	0.340%	178.57x
37	Stiff	14	0.340%	98.04x
38	Elmer	13	0.320%	92.92x
39	Fisk	13	0.320%	59.85x
40	Horrex	13	0.320%	488.72x
41	Lillistone	13	0.320%	3250.00x
42	Trudgett	13	0.320%	426.23x
43	Groom	12	0.290%	20.82x
44	Haxell	12	0.290%	519.48x
45	Mayhew	12	0.290%	35.37x
46	Bloomfield	11	0.270%	21.05x
47	Copping	11	0.270%	67.11x
48	Culley	11	0.270%	63.15x
49	Godbold	11	0.270%	150.68x
50	Hayhoe	11	0.270%	259.43x
51	Hogger	11	0.270%	691.82x
52	Thurlow	11	0.270%	55.53x
53	Wenham	11	0.270%	80.76x
54	Ames	10	0.240%	35.32x
55	Catchpole	10	0.240%	37.74x
56	Chittock	10	0.240%	249.38x
57	Colthorpe	10	0.240%	709.22x
58	Colton	10	0.240%	72.67x
59	Ely	10	0.240%	46.23x
60	Pegg	10	0.240%	24.78x
61	Pettit	10	0.240%	30.76x
62	Sheldrake	10	0.240%	73.69x
63	Wyncoll	10	0.240%	1234.57x
64	Barbrook	9	0.220%	596.03x
65	Cracknell	9	0.220%	31.56x
66	Frewer	9	0.220%	370.37x
67	Pawsey	9	0.220%	125.52x
68	Pearsons	9	0.220%	532.54x
69	Pooley	9	0.220%	27.11x
70	Pyke	9	0.220%	63.38x
71	Rampley	9	0.220%	592.11x
72	Syer	9	0.220%	203.62x
73	Thing	9	0.220%	900.00x
74	Bedwell	8	0.190%	49.97x
75	Clutterbuck	8	0.190%	55.91x
76	Cobbold	8	0.190%	88.69x
77	Cubitt	8	0.190%	78.74x
78	Double	8	0.190%	98.64x
79	Durrell	8	0.190%	250.78x
80	Greengrass	8	0.190%	144.14x
81	Reddish	8	0.190%	101.52x
82	Rope	8	0.190%	255.59x
83	Seaman	8	0.190%	25.09x
84	Tarrant	8	0.190%	27.58x
85	Capon	7	0.170%	42.37x
86	Fison	7	0.170%	429.45x
87	Gilson	7	0.170%	54.86x
88	Gostling	7	0.170%	127.74x
89	Lebon	7	0.170%	1166.67x
90	Lummis	7	0.170%	324.07x
91	Moye	7	0.170%	263.16x
92	Parke	7	0.170%	71.94x
93	Royce	7	0.170%	98.18x
94	Spurgeon	7	0.170%	53.44x
95	Stockings	7	0.170%	307.02x
96	Tillott	7	0.170%	291.67x
97	Alderton	6	0.150%	32.63x
98	Canham	6	0.150%	32.79x
99	Copsey	6	0.150%	68.26x
100	Druce	6	0.150%	56.44x