Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Barningham, Norfolk

Little Barningham 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
WELLS2311.3300136.18
ROUSE115.4187378.01
RIX83.9409714.29
HARMER73.4483348.26
PEGG62.9557301.51
EKE62.95571,666.67
RIGHT52.46313,846.15
BARTRAM52.4631495.05
PYE52.4631164.47
TUCK41.9704153.26
FORD41.970420.23
WILLIAMSON41.970421.98
NORTON41.970459.26
RICHES31.4778129.31
GRAND31.47781,363.64
LEE20.98526.03
HARDY20.985216.45
COE20.985260.61
PEARSON20.98528.48
BELL20.98525.24
LAXTON20.9852322.58
RINGWOOD20.9852833.33
CAR20.98523,333.33
BAXTER10.49268.26
AMES10.492671.43
DAWSON10.49264.47
BUNTING10.492644.05
STARLING10.492667.11
WATTS10.49265.88
AMIS10.4926384.62
SLIPPER10.4926666.67
EARLE10.492679.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RIGHT0.202033846.1538
CAR0.202033333.3333
EKE0.202031666.6667
GRAND0.202031363.6364
RINGWOOD0.20203833.3333
RIX0.20203714.2857
SLIPPER0.20203666.6667
BARTRAM0.20203495.0495
AMIS0.20203384.6154
ROUSE0.20203378.0069
HARMER0.20203348.2587
LAXTON0.20203322.5806
PEGG0.20203301.5075
PYE0.20203164.4737
TUCK0.20203153.2567
WELLS0.20203136.1753
RICHES0.20203129.3103
EARLE0.2020379.3651
AMES0.2020371.4286
STARLING0.2020367.1141
COE0.2020360.6061
NORTON0.2020359.2593
BUNTING0.2020344.0529
WILLIAMSON0.2020321.9780
FORD0.2020320.2327
HARDY0.2020316.4474
PEARSON0.202038.4818
BAXTER0.202038.2645
LEE0.202036.0277
WATTS0.202035.8754
BELL0.202035.2425
DAWSON0.202034.4683

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 203 people called RIGHT in Little Barningham 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 3846.1538 in Little Barningham means that 3846.1538% of the people in Little Barningham on census day were called RIGHT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RIGHT 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 RIGHT 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 RIGHT 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 RIGHT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Little Barningham means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RIGHT in Little Barningham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Barningham in 1881

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

AMIS (1)  BARTRAM (5)  BAXTER (1)  BAYFIELD (6)  BELL (2)  BUNTING (1)  CAR (2)  COE (2)  CUBITT (2)  DAWSON (1)  AMES (1)  EARLE (1)  AYTON (4)  EKE (6)  FORD (4)  GRAND (3)  GREENACRE (1)  HANNANT (8)  HARDAY (3)  HARDY (2)  HARMER (7)  HEUSTEAD (12)  HEVSTEAD (1)  LANBERT (4)  LAXAN (4)  LAXTON (2)  LEE (2)  NEVSTEAD (1)  NEUSTEAD (13)  NORTON (4)  PEARSON (2)  PEGG (6)  PYE (5)  PYGALL (8)  RICHES (3)  RINGWOOD (2)  RIX (8)  ROUSE (11)  SCARF (8)  SCOTTOW (3)  SLIPPER (1)  STARLING (1)  TEALY (1)  TUCK (4)  THURTLE (1)  WATTS (1)  WELLS (23)  WILLIAMSON (4)  RIGHT (5)