Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brooke, Norfolk

Brooke 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
MOORE182.549612.75
BOND121.699732.11
MATTHEWS121.699719.49
NUNN121.699797.09
SAYER121.6997129.73
GARRARD111.5581372.88
FROST111.558127.71
COOPER111.55816.41
MIDDLETON111.558129.68
BARTON111.558128.84
EVERETT101.416478.93
JOHNSON91.27483.79
FULLER91.274831.51
ELLIS91.27488.78
HUNTING91.27481,267.61
STEWARD91.274899.23
BURR81.1331141.09
HARBER81.1331493.83
NORMAN81.133124.45
GOLDSMITH81.133172.99
LIGHTNING81.13314,705.88
DUNT70.99151,555.56
WELLS70.991511.92
PARKER70.99155.21
WRIGHT60.84992.65
COSSEY60.8499612.24
BECKETT60.849942.64
HOLMES60.84996.98
GILLETT60.849980.54
LEEDER60.8499394.74
BROWN60.84991.29
TURNER60.84993.05
DOWNTON60.8499451.13
BUNN60.849987.21
ANDREW50.708222.35
BRIGHAM50.7082335.57
MINNS50.7082161.29
THROWER50.7082222.22
ROSE50.70829.55
MARSTON50.708276.10
PALMER50.70826.01
TAYLOR50.70821.11
DICKERSON50.7082173.61
RIVETT50.7082190.84
BAKER50.70823.23
SPURGEON40.5666177.78
SMITH40.56660.40
LUSHER40.5666350.88
WESTON40.566613.89
HAZELL40.566672.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIGHTNING0.717064705.8824
DUNT0.717061555.5556
ATMORE0.717061363.6364
HUNTING0.717061267.6056
RUSHMORE0.71706714.2857
COSSEY0.71706612.2449
HARBER0.71706493.8272
DOWNTON0.71706451.1278
LENT0.71706416.6667
LEEDER0.71706394.7368
GARRARD0.71706372.8814
HARWIN0.71706370.3704
LUSHER0.71706350.8772
BRIGHAM0.71706335.5705
VANN0.71706254.7771
GOWEN0.71706227.2727
THROWER0.71706222.2222
SIVYER0.71706204.0816
CORN0.71706192.3077
RIVETT0.71706190.8397
SPURGEON0.71706177.7778
DICKERSON0.71706173.6111
MINNS0.71706161.2903
BURR0.71706141.0935
SAYER0.71706129.7297
BRACKENBURY0.71706129.0323
SHORTEN0.71706128.2051
DAINES0.71706119.7605
TRUE0.71706104.1667
STEWARD0.7170699.2282
NUNN0.7170697.0874
GILMAN0.7170694.7867
BUNN0.7170687.2093
DIGBY0.7170681.9672
ABBS0.7170680.6452
GILLETT0.7170680.5369
EVERETT0.7170678.9266
MARSTON0.7170676.1035
GOLDSMITH0.7170672.9927
HAZELL0.7170672.8597
FLEET0.7170663.2911
PARFITT0.7170658.1395
GROUT0.7170654.9451
BULLEN0.7170653.4045
ETHERIDGE0.7170647.6190
WORTLEY0.7170646.7290
HAZEL0.7170644.2478
BECKETT0.7170642.6439
SAYERS0.7170638.4615
RICHES0.7170637.1747

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 706 people called LIGHTNING in Brooke 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 4705.8824 in Brooke means that 4705.8824% of the people in Brooke on census day were called LIGHTNING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIGHTNING 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 LIGHTNING 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 LIGHTNING 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 LIGHTNING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Brooke means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIGHTNING in Brooke than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brooke in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALBOROUGH (2)  ALEXANDER (3)  ANDREW (5)  ABBS (1)  ATMORE (3)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (5)  BALDWIN (1)  BARLEE (4)  BARNES (1)  BARTON (11)  BECKETT (6)  BLAZEY (3)  BLOFIELD (2)  BOND (12)  BOWEN (2)  BRACKENBURY (2)  BRIGHAM (5)  BROWN (6)  BULLEN (4)  BUNN (6)  BURGESS (4)  BURR (8)  CANNELL (1)  CHAPLIN (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHARLISH (2)  CHITTOCK (4)  CLEMENTS (1)  COLE (3)  COOPER (11)  CORN (1)  COSSEY (6)  CRASKE (5)  CURTEIS (1)  DAINES (2)  DICKERSON (5)  DIGBY (3)  DOWNTON (6)  DUNT (7)  EARL (2)  ELLIS (9)  ETHERIDGE (2)  EVERETT (10)  FAIRHEAD (3)  FELGATE (8)  FINCH (1)  FLEET (3)  FLEGG (2)  FOLKARD (3)  FORDER (7)  FULLER (9)  FROST (11)  FRYER (2)  GARRARD (11)  GILLETT (6)  GILMAN (2)  GOLDSMITH (8)  GOODERSON (4)  GOWEN (3)  GREECE (1)  GREENACRE (1)  GREENGRASS (3)  GREENSLADE (5)  GROUT (1)  HAGGITH (10)  HAMMOND (1)  HARRIS (2)  HARVEY (2)  HARWIN (1)  HAZELL (4)  HAZEL (1)  HAWES (1)  HEMBLEN (6)  HARBER (8)  HILL (4)  HOLMES (6)  HOWLETT (1)  HUPTON (21)  HUNTING (9)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JOHNSON (9)  KENT (3)  KNIGHTS (1)  KNIGHT (2)  LEAK (1)  LAND (1)  LEACH (1)  LEEDER (6)  LENT (1)  LIGHTNING (8)  LOYD (1)  LOVEWELL (1)  LUSHER (4)  MARSHALL (4)  MARSTON (5)  MATTHEWS (12)  MAYES (1)  MEALHAM (1)  MICKLEBURGH (3)  MIDDLETON (11)  MINNS (5)  MOORE (18)  MOSS (3)  NICHOLS (1)  NORMAN (8)  NUDDS (3)  NUNN (12)  PAGE (1)  PALMER (5)  PARFITT (3)  PARKER (7)  PEARSE (1)  PEARCE (1)  PITELIN (4)  PITT (2)  POPPY (1)  PUNCHARD (1)  REDGRAVE (1)  RICHES (3)  RICHMOND (1)  RIVETT (5)  ROSE (5)  RUSHMORE (2)  RUSHMER (2)  SANDS (2)  SAVAGE (2)  SAYERS (3)  SAYER (12)  SCHWARTZENBACK (1)  SHARMAN (1)  SHEAT (1)  SHORTEN (1)  SIVYER (1)  SMITH (4)  SPENCER (4)  SPOONER (1)  SPURGEON (4)  STACKARD (2)  STANLEY (3)  STANNARD (1)  STEWARD (9)  TAYLOR (5)  THROWER (5)  THURLOW (1)  THURSTON (1)  TIBBENHAM (8)  TOLVER (5)  TOPEY (1)  TRUE (1)  TURNER (6)  UTTING (18)  VANN (4)  WARD (1)  WARREN (2)  WASEY (2)  WATSON (3)  WATT (1)  WELLS (7)  WENCUP (6)  WESTON (4)  WHITTAKER (3)  WHITE (1)  WHITTINGTON (1)  WHURR (8)  WILLIAMS (2)  WOOLTERTON (5)  WORTLEY (1)  WRIGHT (6)  YALLOP (19)