Top surnames from the 1881 census in Acle, Norfolk

Acle is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Norfolk

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
CHURCH333.6026165.08
GOODRUM262.83842,131.15
HIGH212.2926507.25
ALLEN212.292612.14
SMITH212.29261.62
GEORGE202.183437.21
DANIELS192.074266.04
BLAND161.746784.25
WATERS151.637640.76
CUTLER141.5284122.81
GARROD131.4192270.27
HOLMES131.419211.65
CHASE121.3100234.38
WILKERSON121.31001,290.32
WHITE121.31004.08
RIX121.3100237.62
JAY121.3100149.81
READ121.310020.32
GRIFFIN121.310027.84
SQUIRE111.2009101.29
ELLIS111.20098.27
WRIGHT111.20093.74
WARD111.20095.50
CLARKE101.09175.39
ROSE90.982513.25
NICKOLSON90.9825937.50
BUNN90.9825100.78
OAKLEY90.982546.39
TURNER80.87343.14
RUMBOLD80.8734398.01
FOWLER80.873415.29
SUTTON80.873413.72
HALL70.76422.60
GREEN70.76422.71
HUNN70.7642551.18
SHREEVE70.7642397.73
TUNGATE70.76421,014.49
VARLEY70.764255.60
PARRY60.65508.61
LONG60.655010.10
BENNS60.6550705.88
BASHAM60.6550264.32
TAYLOR60.65501.02
COX60.65504.32
ALDERTON50.5459121.95
BATES50.54598.58
GALLANT50.5459326.80
LAMBERT50.545910.00
JACKSON50.54591.95
LEMMON50.5459301.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRIFFON0.929162307.6923
GOODRUM0.929162131.1475
WILKERSON0.929161290.3226
BESSEY0.929161025.6410
TUNGATE0.929161014.4928
NICKOLSON0.92916937.5000
COMAN0.92916740.7407
BENNS0.92916705.8824
HUNN0.92916551.1811
STARKE0.92916512.8205
HIGH0.92916507.2464
COREY0.92916425.5319
RUMBOLD0.92916398.0100
SHREEVE0.92916397.7273
DUNT0.92916344.8276
GALLANT0.92916326.7974
LEMMON0.92916301.2048
GALES0.92916285.7143
PLANE0.92916283.0189
GARROD0.92916270.2703
BASHAM0.92916264.3172
RIX0.92916237.6238
CHASE0.92916234.3750
RIGHT0.92916175.4386
SEAGO0.92916175.4386
CHURCH0.92916165.0825
JAY0.92916149.8127
COCKRILL0.92916133.3333
CUTLER0.92916122.8070
ALDERTON0.92916121.9512
YOUNGS0.92916114.6132
COCKERILL0.92916113.1222
SQUIRE0.92916101.2891
BUNN0.92916100.7839
GILLINGS0.9291692.5926
SHEARING0.9291690.0901
BLAND0.9291684.2549
WIGG0.9291679.3651
HINCHCLIFFE0.9291671.5564
DANIELS0.9291666.0410
KNIGHTS0.9291662.2665
VARLEY0.9291655.5997
MONEY0.9291654.8446
TULLEY0.9291652.9101
EASON0.9291651.0204
LARK0.9291650.0000
DYE0.9291649.3421
OAKLEY0.9291646.3918
FITCH0.9291641.8410
WATERS0.9291640.7609

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 916 people called GRIFFON in Acle at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2307.6923 in Acle means that 2307.6923% of the people in Acle on census day were called GRIFFON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRIFFON in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called GRIFFON as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called GRIFFON here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called GRIFFON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.92 in Acle means that you are 0.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRIFFON in Acle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Acle in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALDERTON (5)  ALDIS (1)  ALLEN (21)  AMOS (3)  ARNUP (3)  BAILEY (4)  BAKER (3)  BALDRY (1)  BARKER (4)  BARTON (1)  BARWOOD (3)  BASHAM (6)  BATES (5)  BAWLS (1)  BEASLEY (1)  BESSEY (4)  BENNS (6)  BLAKE (1)  BLANCHARD (1)  BLAND (16)  BRIGGS (2)  BROOM (3)  BROWNE (2)  BUCK (1)  BUCKENDAHL (1)  BUNN (9)  BARCHAM (1)  BUSTENS (1)  BYE (1)  CAPON (4)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHASE (12)  CHURCH (33)  CLARE (1)  CLARKE (10)  COCKERILL (5)  COCKRILL (1)  COE (1)  COLMAN (1)  COOPER (3)  CORNHAM (1)  COREY (2)  CORY (1)  COX (6)  CROWE (1)  CUFANDE (1)  CUFAUDE (5)  COMAN (4)  CUSHION (2)  CUTLER (14)  DANIELS (19)  DAVIES (1)  DYE (3)  DUNT (2)  DURRANT (4)  EASON (2)  EASTON (1)  ELGOOD (1)  ELLIS (11)  EVANS (1)  FELMINGHAM (2)  FINCH (2)  FITCH (3)  FAULKE (2)  FULLER (1)  FOWLER (8)  FRANCES (1)  FROSDICK (10)  FURRANCE (10)  GALLANT (5)  GARROD (13)  JAY (12)  GEORGE (20)  GIBSON (2)  GILLINGS (2)  GISSING (5)  GOOK (6)  GOOKE (1)  GOODRUM (26)  GOULTY (1)  GREEN (7)  GREENACRE (6)  GRIFFIN (12)  GRIFFON (3)  HACON (2)  HALL (7)  HARDING (2)  HARDMAN (1)  HARRINGTON (2)  HARRISON (5)  HENEGHAR (1)  HIGH (21)  HINCHCLIFFE (4)  HOARS (1)  HOLMES (13)  HUNN (7)  IVES (1)  JACKSON (5)  JAMES (2)  KERRISON (2)  KING (1)  KIRBY (1)  KNIGHTS (5)  LAMBERT (5)  LARK (1)  LEFFAGE (4)  LEMMON (5)  LIFFAGE (1)  LAIGHT (11)  LONG (6)  LUDER (2)  MAHONEY (3)  MANTHORPE (8)  MARNPRICE (3)  MARSH (2)  MASON (2)  MERCHUSON (1)  MILLER (5)  MEALE (5)  MINGAY (1)  MITCHELL (3)  MITCHLEY (3)  MONEY (3)  MOORE (5)  NEWBY (1)  NICKOLSON (9)  OAKLEY (9)  OLDMAN (1)  OSWALD (1)  PAGE (1)  PALMER (1)  PURT (10)  PINFOLD (2)  PARRY (6)  PINIFER (1)  PLANE (3)  PORTER (4)  RACKHAM (1)  READ (12)  RICHES (4)  RIX (12)  ROPER (2)  ROSE (9)  RUMBOLD (8)  RUSHMER (11)  RUSSELL (1)  SALTER (1)  SAYER (1)  SCRIVENER (1)  SEAGO (1)  SHARMAN (2)  SHAW (1)  SHEARING (2)  SHREEVE (7)  SIMMONS (1)  SKOYLES (1)  SMITH (21)  SPARKS (1)  SQUIRE (11)  STARKE (4)  STEEL (2)  STRIPE (1)  SUTTON (8)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (3)  TILLS (15)  TULLEY (1)  TUNGATE (7)  TURNER (8)  UTTING (6)  VARLEY (7)  GALES (4)  WARD (11)  WARNER (3)  WARREN (1)  WATERS (15)  WATSON (2)  WATTS (2)  WHITTAKER (1)  WHITE (12)  WIGG (2)  WILGRESS (9)  WILKINS (2)  WILKINGS (2)  WILKERSON (12)  WILTON (1)  WINFIELD (3)  WOODS (2)  WOODROWER (1)  WRIGHT (11)  RIGHT (1)  YOUNGS (4)