Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buckenham, Norfolk

Buckenham 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
ETHERIDGE1412.38942,089.55
HORSLEY76.1947660.38
MARSHALL65.309731.66
STEWARD65.3097413.79
BALLS54.4248344.83
DAWSON43.539832.10
SKIPPER32.6549714.29
GILBERT32.654946.58
NICHOLS21.769954.35
SMITH21.76991.25
HEWETT21.7699152.67
KEMP10.885015.95
HOLROYD10.885079.37
GERHARDT10.885010,000.00
JOHN10.885024.45
FULCHER10.8850175.44
BECK10.885037.88
LEGGETT10.8850112.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GERHARDT0.1111310000.0000
ETHERIDGE0.111132089.5522
SKIPPER0.11113714.2857
HORSLEY0.11113660.3774
STEWARD0.11113413.7931
BALLS0.11113344.8276
FULCHER0.11113175.4386
HEWETT0.11113152.6718
LEGGETT0.11113112.3596
HOLROYD0.1111379.3651
NICHOLS0.1111354.3478
GILBERT0.1111346.5839
BECK0.1111337.8788
DAWSON0.1111332.1027
MARSHALL0.1111331.6623
JOHN0.1111324.4499
KEMP0.1111315.9490
SMITH0.111131.2535

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 113 people called GERHARDT in Buckenham 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 10000.0000 in Buckenham means that 10000.0000% of the people in Buckenham on census day were called GERHARDT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GERHARDT 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 GERHARDT 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 GERHARDT 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 GERHARDT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Buckenham means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GERHARDT in Buckenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buckenham in 1881

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

AYLETT (7)  BALLS (5)  BANETT (1)  BECK (1)  CALUER (1)  CAMMELL (1)  DAWSON (4)  ELINGHAM (1)  ELWIN (11)  ETHERIDGE (14)  FORDERS (1)  FULCHER (1)  GERHARDT (1)  GILBERT (3)  GROODRUM (2)  HEWETT (2)  HILLINGTON (2)  HOLROYD (1)  HORSLEY (7)  JOHN (1)  KEMP (1)  KILLINGTON (3)  LEGGETT (1)  LOADES (10)  MARSHALL (6)  MYHILL (7)  NICHOLS (2)  NICHOLDS (2)  SKIPPER (3)  SMITH (2)  STEWARD (6)  TRAXON (2)  EWLES (1)