Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bridgham, Norfolk

Bridgham 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
RIVETT145.05421,359.22
KEMP134.693184.64
KING124.332119.88
HUBBARD124.3321178.31
ALDERTON103.6101806.45
SHAW103.610119.65
SMITH93.24912.30
DAVEY93.249179.02
KENT72.527159.98
CUTTER72.5271897.44
HOLMES62.166117.79
NUNN62.1661123.71
THORNE62.1661102.74
REEVE51.805177.16
BAXTER51.805130.28
OVINGTON51.80512,500.00
CROOK51.805162.89
COOK51.80519.09
WALLACE51.805126.36
FOREMAN51.8051138.12
NEWBY41.4440144.40
WALPOLE41.4440366.97
BLACKBURN41.444038.31
BROWNE31.083059.17
ROPER31.083051.99
WILSON31.08302.36
BRAME31.08301,304.35
ELVIN20.7220204.08
MARCH20.722067.11
CURRIE20.722025.64
WILTON20.722074.91
BYE20.7220143.88
KERRY20.7220106.95
SAYER20.722055.10
LEGGETT20.722091.74
CREASY20.7220357.14
RIPPON10.3610104.17
BENNETT10.36102.20
WILBY10.361061.35
COLE10.36103.96
PARISH10.361023.42
TUCK10.361028.09
CARPENTER10.361010.53
BOWEN10.36108.73
COOPER10.36101.48
CHAPPELL10.361021.41
GILES10.36109.47
TREVOR10.3610116.28
NELSON10.36107.45
BROWN10.36100.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OVINGTON0.282772500.0000
RIVETT0.282771359.2233
BRAME0.282771304.3478
CUTTER0.28277897.4359
ALDERTON0.28277806.4516
LIMMER0.28277714.2857
CHANNELL0.28277454.5455
WALPOLE0.28277366.9725
CREASY0.28277357.1429
ELVIN0.28277204.0816
HUBBARD0.28277178.3061
PINNER0.28277144.9275
NEWBY0.28277144.4043
BYE0.28277143.8849
FOREMAN0.28277138.1215
NUNN0.28277123.7113
TREVOR0.28277116.2791
KERRY0.28277106.9519
RIPPON0.28277104.1667
THORNE0.28277102.7397
LEGGETT0.2827791.7431
KEMP0.2827784.6354
DAVEY0.2827779.0167
REEVE0.2827777.1605
WILTON0.2827774.9064
MARCH0.2827767.1141
CROOK0.2827762.8931
WILBY0.2827761.3497
KENT0.2827759.9829
BROWNE0.2827759.1716
SAYER0.2827755.0964
ROPER0.2827751.9931
BLACKBURN0.2827738.3142
BUNTING0.2827732.3625
MEEK0.2827731.0559
BAXTER0.2827730.2847
BALLS0.2827728.1690
TUCK0.2827728.0899
WALLACE0.2827726.3574
CURRIE0.2827725.6410
PARISH0.2827723.4192
CHAPPELL0.2827721.4133
KING0.2827719.8774
SHAW0.2827719.6541
HOLMES0.2827717.7883
WOODCOCK0.2827712.6582
CARPENTER0.2827710.5263
GILES0.282779.4697
COOK0.282779.0876
BOWEN0.282778.7336

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 277 people called OVINGTON in Bridgham 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 2500.0000 in Bridgham means that 2500.0000% of the people in Bridgham on census day were called OVINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OVINGTON 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 OVINGTON 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 OVINGTON 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 OVINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Bridgham means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OVINGTON in Bridgham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bridgham in 1881

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

ALDERTON (10)  BALLS (1)  BAXTER (5)  BENNETT (1)  BLACKBURN (4)  BOWEN (1)  BRAME (3)  BROWN (1)  BROWNE (3)  BRUNDLE (4)  BRUNDELL (3)  BUNTING (1)  BUTTERTON (1)  BYE (2)  CARPENTER (1)  CHANNELL (1)  CHAPPELL (1)  COLE (1)  COOK (5)  COOPER (1)  CREASY (2)  CROOK (5)  CURRIE (2)  CUTTER (7)  DAULEY (3)  DAVEY (9)  ELVIN (2)  FOREMAN (5)  GILES (1)  JILLINGS (4)  GOODERHAM (2)  HOLMES (6)  HUBBARD (12)  KEMP (13)  KENT (7)  KERRY (2)  KING (12)  LANCHESTER (1)  LEGGETT (2)  LIVOCK (8)  LIMMER (1)  MARCH (2)  MEEK (1)  NELSON (1)  NEWBY (4)  NUNN (6)  OVINGTON (5)  PARISH (1)  PINNER (1)  REEVE (5)  RIPPON (1)  RISEBEY (1)  RIVETT (14)  ROPER (3)  RYBIRD (2)  SAYER (2)  SHAW OR SHAN (2)  SHAN OR SHAW (4)  SHAW (10)  SHAWS (7)  SMITH (9)  THORNE (6)  TILLOTT (2)  TREVOR (1)  TUCK (1)  WALLACE (5)  WALPOLE (4)  WELLINGHAM (4)  WHITROD (10)  WILBY (1)  WILSON (3)  WILTON (2)  WOODCOCK (1)