Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Cressingham, Norfolk

Great Cressingham 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
SUTTON388.0679126.71
NEWTON347.218794.21
SWINGER214.458623,333.33
MATTHEWS194.034046.25
ALDERTON183.8217853.08
ARCHER132.760166.74
GARROD132.7601526.32
MOORE112.335511.68
OVERTON102.1231218.82
BARNARD102.123185.54
MATHEWS81.698546.00
POWLEY81.6985547.95
BIRD71.486219.45
HOWARD61.273912.98
SAYER61.273997.24
PRATT61.273922.17
WILSON61.27392.77
NEWELL61.273980.65
MACK61.2739126.58
HUDSON51.061612.97
HARROD51.0616316.46
GREEN51.06163.77
JAMES51.06165.40
CURTIS51.061618.71
ADCOCK40.849386.02
COOK40.84934.28
COUZENS40.8493341.88
KNIGHTS40.849396.85
NEWBY30.636963.69
LOVICK30.6369483.87
BULLER30.6369194.81
WHITMORE30.636972.64
CHILVERS30.6369162.16
TAYLOR30.63691.00
COCKERILL30.6369132.16
OAKLEY30.636930.06
BACON20.424616.89
SECKER20.4246185.19
COPPING20.4246106.38
REE20.4246714.29
GIRLING20.424666.67
FRANCES20.424667.34
KING20.42461.95
SPINKS20.424662.89
HAWES20.424634.42
RICHARDSON20.42462.49
CARLTON20.424682.64
GAMBLE20.424629.67
BRETT20.424622.37
MATTHES10.21232,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SWINGER0.4747123333.3333
MATTHES0.474712000.0000
ALDERTON0.47471853.0806
REE0.47471714.2857
POWLEY0.47471547.9452
GARROD0.47471526.3158
LOVICK0.47471483.8710
COUZENS0.47471341.8803
HARROD0.47471316.4557
OVERTON0.47471218.8184
BULLER0.47471194.8052
SECKER0.47471185.1852
CHILVERS0.47471162.1622
COCKERILL0.47471132.1586
SUTTON0.47471126.7089
MACK0.47471126.5823
COPPING0.47471106.3830
KIDDLE0.4747198.0392
SAYER0.4747197.2447
KNIGHTS0.4747196.8523
NEWTON0.4747194.2089
ADCOCK0.4747186.0215
BARNARD0.4747185.5432
CARLTON0.4747182.6446
NEWELL0.4747180.6452
WHITMORE0.4747172.6392
FRANCES0.4747167.3401
ARCHER0.4747166.7351
GIRLING0.4747166.6667
NEWBY0.4747163.6943
SPINKS0.4747162.8931
MATTHEWS0.4747146.2512
MATHEWS0.4747146.0035
EAGLE0.4747138.3142
HAWES0.4747134.4234
WING0.4747133.7838
KIRKMAN0.4747133.2226
OAKLEY0.4747130.0601
GAMBLE0.4747129.6736
BRETT0.4747122.3714
PRATT0.4747122.1729
CROWE0.4747121.2766
BUCKLE0.4747119.4932
BIRD0.4747119.4498
CURTIS0.4747118.7056
BACON0.4747116.8919
HOWARD0.4747112.9814
HUDSON0.4747112.9668
MOORE0.4747111.6785
JAMES0.474715.4042

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 471 people called SWINGER in Great Cressingham 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 23333.3333 in Great Cressingham means that 23333.3333% of the people in Great Cressingham on census day were called SWINGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SWINGER 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 SWINGER 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 SWINGER 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 SWINGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Great Cressingham means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SWINGER in Great Cressingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Cressingham in 1881

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

ADCOCK (4)  ALDERTON (18)  ALDERTON (RUDLING) (6)  ARCHER (13)  BACON (2)  FOX (BACON) (4)  BARNARD (10)  BILVERSTONE (17)  BIRD (7)  BOUGHEN (5)  BRETT (2)  BUCKENHAM (20)  BUCKLE (1)  BULLER (3)  CARLTON (2)  CHILVERS (3)  CLARKE (1)  COCKERILL (3)  COGGLES (5)  COOK (4)  COPPING (2)  COUZENS (4)  CRASKE (4)  CROWE (1)  CURTIS (5)  EAGLE (1)  JOHNSON (EAGLE) (2)  EASTICK (4)  FRANCES (2)  GAMBLE (2)  GARROD (13)  GETHENG (2)  GIRLING (2)  GOODWIN (1)  GOULDES (4)  GREEN (5)  HOWARD (GREEN) (4)  HARROD (5)  HAWES (2)  HOGGETT (2)  HOWARD (6)  HUDSON (5)  JAMES (5)  JOHNSON (1)  KIDDLE (1)  KING (2)  KIRKMAN (1)  KNIGHTS (4)  LOVICK (3)  LEWIS (1)  MATTHEWS (19)  MATHEWS (8)  MATTHES (1)  MACK (6)  MOORE (11)  NELTHORPE (7)  NEWBY (3)  NEWELL (6)  NEWTON (34)  OAKLEY (3)  ORSBORNE (2)  OVERTON (10)  PAGE (1)  PAPWORTH (5)  POWLEY (8)  PRATT (6)  REE (2)  REATT (4)  RI...MAN (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  MACRO (6)  RUDLING (4)  SAYER (6)  SECKER (2)  SPINKS (2)  SUTTON (38)  SWINGER (21)  TAYLOR (3)  TEDDAR (1)  THURSLINGS (3)  THURSTINGS (8)  WHITMORE (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (6)  WING (1)  WRENFORD (1)