Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Massingham, Norfolk

Little Massingham 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
BARNES1610.884490.45
CURRY85.4422379.15
BELL64.081621.72
TURNER64.081614.66
HERD53.4014462.96
STRATTON53.4014393.70
NICHOLLS53.401465.10
HOWARD42.721127.72
GREEVES42.72112,500.00
RUST42.7211512.82
ARTER32.04081,764.71
CHILVERS32.0408517.24
JAMES32.040810.39
CHAPMAN32.040814.37
COE32.0408125.52
BURCHAM32.04083,000.00
PICKERELL21.36054,000.00
WALLER21.360554.05
CAPPS21.3605666.67
ATKINS21.360536.30
CHAMPION21.3605129.87
WALKER21.36054.06
STARLING21.3605185.19
RANSOME10.6803217.39
DICKS10.6803138.89
MILLS10.68035.25
WEST10.68037.07
CHAMBERLAIN10.680325.00
BRUNTON10.680386.96
SKIPPER10.6803181.82
GAGE10.6803120.48
LINFORD10.6803256.41
BOYCE10.680345.45
FULLER10.680316.81
LEE10.68034.16
HEWITT10.680313.97
GREEN10.68032.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PICKERELL0.151474000.0000
BURCHAM0.151473000.0000
GREEVES0.151472500.0000
ARTER0.151471764.7059
CAPPS0.15147666.6667
CHILVERS0.15147517.2414
RUST0.15147512.8205
HERD0.15147462.9630
STRATTON0.15147393.7008
CURRY0.15147379.1469
LINFORD0.15147256.4103
RANSOME0.15147217.3913
STARLING0.15147185.1852
SKIPPER0.15147181.8182
DICKS0.15147138.8889
CHAMPION0.15147129.8701
COE0.15147125.5230
GAGE0.15147120.4819
BARNES0.1514790.4466
BRUNTON0.1514786.9565
NICHOLLS0.1514765.1042
WALLER0.1514754.0541
BOYCE0.1514745.4545
ATKINS0.1514736.2976
HOWARD0.1514727.7200
CHAMBERLAIN0.1514725.0000
BELL0.1514721.7234
FULLER0.1514716.8067
TURNER0.1514714.6628
CHAPMAN0.1514714.3678
HEWITT0.1514713.9665
JAMES0.1514710.3914
WEST0.151477.0671
MILLS0.151475.2466
LEE0.151474.1632
WALKER0.151474.0642
GREEN0.151472.4160

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 147 people called PICKERELL in Little Massingham 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 4000.0000 in Little Massingham means that 4000.0000% of the people in Little Massingham on census day were called PICKERELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PICKERELL 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 PICKERELL 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 PICKERELL 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 PICKERELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Little Massingham means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PICKERELL in Little Massingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Massingham in 1881

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

ARTER (3)  ASKER (1)  ATKINS (2)  BARNES (16)  BELCHAM (2)  BELL (6)  BOYCE (1)  BRUNTON (1)  BUNNETT (1)  BURCHAM (3)  CALLABY (15)  CAPPS (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAMPION (2)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHILVERS (3)  COE (3)  CURRY (8)  DICKS (1)  FULLER (1)  GAGE (1)  GIRDLESTONE (1)  GREEVES (4)  GREEN (1)  HALLAND (1)  HARNERY (1)  HERD (5)  HEWITT (1)  HOWARD (4)  HILLINGS (1)  JAMES (3)  LEE (1)  LINFORD (1)  LUSHA (3)  MC LEOD (2)  MILLS (1)  MULLINGER (1)  NICHOLLS (5)  PATFIELD (2)  PICKERELL (2)  PICKESELL (4)  PIGGETT (1)  RANSOME (1)  RUST (4)  SKIPPER (1)  STAMFORD (2)  STARLING (2)  STRATTON (5)  TURNER (6)  WALKER (2)  WALLER (2)  WEST (1)