Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langham, Norfolk

Langham 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
BARNES226.853656.94
BURTON185.607565.81
ALLWOOD144.36141,068.70
GIDNEY134.04984,333.33
CLARKE123.738318.45
JARVIS113.426876.34
FARROW82.4922132.89
CLAXTON82.4922394.09
BONE72.1807117.65
BULLOCK72.180767.05
WRIGHT72.18076.80
GALL72.1807338.16
BIRD72.180728.54
BOAST61.8692937.50
CRANE61.869288.63
COE61.8692115.16
ALLEN61.86929.89
BAKER51.55767.11
GRIMES51.5576134.77
TWIDDY51.55762,083.33
SMITH51.55761.10
MONEY51.5576260.42
ELLWOOD51.5576280.90
SAVORY51.5576420.17
RICE41.246140.12
COMER41.2461481.93
HOWLETT41.246193.02
THOMPSON41.24614.16
MAY30.934614.68
YOUNGMAN30.9346319.15
SEELY30.9346967.74
STANFORD30.9346112.36
BROWN30.93461.42
DRAKE30.934632.09
COOPER30.93463.84
RANDALL20.623119.90
MURRELL20.623187.34
CURSON20.6231273.97
RINGWOOD20.6231512.82
KNIGHTS20.623171.17
HALL20.62312.12
WESTON20.623115.28
WITHERS10.311519.01
CODLING10.311588.50
ALCOCK10.311521.60
ROWE10.31155.49
BARRETT10.31154.64
LINFORD10.3115117.65
REYNOLDS10.31153.60
WICK10.3115178.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GIDNEY0.323214333.3333
TWIDDY0.323212083.3333
ALLWOOD0.323211068.7023
SEELY0.32321967.7419
BOAST0.32321937.5000
RINGWOOD0.32321512.8205
COMER0.32321481.9277
SAVORY0.32321420.1681
CLAXTON0.32321394.0887
GALL0.32321338.1643
YOUNGMAN0.32321319.1489
ELLWOOD0.32321280.8989
CURSON0.32321273.9726
MONEY0.32321260.4167
LUBBOCK0.32321238.0952
WICK0.32321178.5714
GRIMES0.32321134.7709
FARROW0.32321132.8904
LINFORD0.32321117.6471
BONE0.32321117.6471
COE0.32321115.1631
STANFORD0.32321112.3596
HOWLETT0.3232193.0233
CRANE0.3232188.6263
CODLING0.3232188.4956
MURRELL0.3232187.3362
JARVIS0.3232176.3359
KNIGHTS0.3232171.1744
BULLOCK0.3232167.0498
BURTON0.3232165.8135
POND0.3232164.1026
BARNES0.3232156.9358
RICE0.3232140.1204
DRAKE0.3232132.0856
BIRD0.3232128.5365
ALCOCK0.3232121.5983
RANDALL0.3232119.9005
WITHERS0.3232119.0114
CLARKE0.3232118.4502
WESTON0.3232115.2788
MAY0.3232114.6771
REEVE0.3232113.3333
PARTRIDGE0.3232111.9190
LOCK0.3232110.9409
ALLEN0.323219.8945
BAKER0.323217.1083
WRIGHT0.323216.7974
MIDDLETON0.323215.9347
ROWE0.323215.4855
BARRETT0.323214.6382

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 321 people called GIDNEY in Langham 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 4333.3333 in Langham means that 4333.3333% of the people in Langham on census day were called GIDNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GIDNEY 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 GIDNEY 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 GIDNEY 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 GIDNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Langham means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GIDNEY in Langham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Langham in 1881

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

ALCOCK (1)  ALLEN (6)  ALLWOOD (14)  AMIES (2)  BAKER (5)  BANGAY (2)  BARNES (22)  BARRETT (1)  BIRD (7)  BOAST (6)  BONE (7)  BROWN (3)  BULLOCK (7)  BURTON (18)  CURSON (2)  CLARKE (12)  CLAXTON (8)  CODLING (1)  COE (6)  COMER (4)  COOLEDGE (1)  COOPER (3)  CRAFER (2)  CRANE (6)  CUBITT (4)  DENEVILLA (1)  DRAKE (3)  ELLWOOD (5)  FARROW (8)  GALL (7)  GIDNEY (13)  GRIMES (5)  HALL (2)  HOWLETT (4)  JARVIS (11)  KNIGHTS (2)  LINFORD (1)  LOCK (1)  LUBBOCK (1)  MASSINGHAM (38)  MAY (3)  MIDDLETON (1)  MONEY (5)  MURRELL (2)  MORTRAME (1)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PELLS (4)  POND (1)  RANDALL (2)  REEVE (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICE (4)  RINGWOOD (2)  RIPPINGALL (1)  ROWE (1)  SAVORY (5)  SEELY (3)  SMITH (5)  STANFORD (3)  THOMPSON (4)  TWIDDY (5)  WESTON (2)  WICK (1)  WITHERS (1)  WRIGHT (7)  YOUNGMAN (3)