Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boughton, Norfolk

Boughton 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
ENGLISH3414.4068765.77
BAILEY166.779745.01
RIX145.93221,076.92
FINCHAM135.50851,969.70
COOPER104.237317.42
CLARKE104.237320.91
BURRELL104.2373325.73
STIMPSON83.3898754.72
HARRISON83.389815.27
HATTON83.3898172.79
ORFORD72.96611,186.44
YEOMANS72.9661358.97
CHURCHILL52.1186178.57
BROWN52.11863.21
PETTITT52.1186396.83
SMITH52.11861.50
WRIGHT31.27123.96
INGRAM31.271241.61
BRAMBLE31.2712681.82
SAVAGE31.271233.08
HALL31.27124.32
LAMBERT20.847515.53
HARWIN20.84752,222.22
BARKER10.42373.24
OSTLER10.4237200.00
FOX10.42374.56
ANDERSON10.42372.15
DALE10.423710.03
GREEN10.42371.50
BALDING10.4237227.27
WALKER10.42371.27
KID10.42373,333.33
HOLMAN10.423729.85
CASBURN10.42371,000.00
REEVE10.423718.12
PARTRIDGE10.423716.21
FRYER10.423722.83
MURRAY10.42373.42
TENANT10.4237769.23
JACKSON10.42371.52
PHILLIPS10.42372.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KID0.242363333.3333
HARWIN0.242362222.2222
FINCHAM0.242361969.6970
ORFORD0.242361186.4407
RIX0.242361076.9231
CASBURN0.242361000.0000
TENANT0.24236769.2308
ENGLISH0.24236765.7658
STIMPSON0.24236754.7170
BRAMBLE0.24236681.8182
PETTITT0.24236396.8254
YEOMANS0.24236358.9744
BURRELL0.24236325.7329
BALDING0.24236227.2727
OSTLER0.24236200.0000
CHURCHILL0.24236178.5714
HATTON0.24236172.7862
BAILEY0.2423645.0070
INGRAM0.2423641.6089
SAVAGE0.2423633.0761
HOLMAN0.2423629.8507
FRYER0.2423622.8311
CLARKE0.2423620.9118
REEVE0.2423618.1159
COOPER0.2423617.4186
PARTRIDGE0.2423616.2075
LAMBERT0.2423615.5280
HARRISON0.2423615.2701
DALE0.2423610.0301
FOX0.242364.5641
HALL0.242364.3209
WRIGHT0.242363.9625
MURRAY0.242363.4176
BARKER0.242363.2383
BROWN0.242363.2140
PHILLIPS0.242362.3685
ANDERSON0.242362.1455
JACKSON0.242361.5163
GREEN0.242361.5047
SMITH0.242361.5005
WALKER0.242361.2658

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 236 people called KID in Boughton 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 3333.3333 in Boughton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Boughton on census day were called KID.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KID 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 KID 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 KID 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 KID here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Boughton means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KID in Boughton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Boughton in 1881

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

ORFORD (7)  ANDERSON (1)  BAILEY (16)  BALDING (1)  BARKER (1)  BOUGHEN (1)  BRAMBLE (3)  BROWN (5)  BURRELL (10)  CASBURN (1)  CHURCHILL (5)  CLARKE (10)  O CONNER (1)  COOPER (10)  COCK (2)  DALE (1)  FINCHAM (13)  FOX (1)  FRYER (1)  GREEN (1)  HALL (3)  HARRISON (8)  HARWIN (2)  HATTON (8)  HOLMAN (1)  ENGLISH (34)  INGRAM (3)  JACKSON (1)  KID (1)  LAIETT (1)  LAMBERT (2)  LEFLY (2)  LYNDOE (1)  MUFFET (1)  MURRAY (1)  OSTLER (1)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PETTITT (5)  PHILLIPS (1)  RANSAME (3)  REEVE (1)  RIX (14)  SAPEY (4)  SAVAGE (3)  SEAHER (1)  SEFTY (2)  SEAMORE (4)  SMITH (5)  STIMPSON (8)  STEBBING (4)  TENANT (1)  TILNEY (7)  WALKER (1)  WRIGHT (3)  YEOMANS (7)