Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ridlington, Norfolk

Ridlington 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
BURTON115.612265.87
WOODHOUSE94.5918193.97
OSBORN84.0816196.08
BECK73.5714152.84
CHAMBERLAIN73.5714131.33
BARKER73.571427.29
NEWSTEAD73.57141,029.41
FURNESS73.5714445.86
SMITH73.57142.53
MOORE73.571417.86
RICHES63.0612267.86
NEWMAN63.061241.18
GOOCH52.5510290.70
FIELDS52.5510531.91
PAYNE52.551028.34
KIRK42.040847.11
COLE42.040822.41
CLEMENTS42.040861.54
FLAVELL42.0408677.97
YOUNGMAN31.5306526.32
NEAVE31.5306326.09
BELSON31.53061,578.95
SHREEVE31.5306789.47
LEACH31.530637.08
BALLS31.5306119.52
KNOWLES31.530628.65
HOWES31.530687.46
DACK21.0204333.33
PURDY21.0204178.57
MARLER21.0204869.57
REYNOLDS21.020411.78
WATSON21.02044.40
NEAL21.020434.48
BELL21.02045.43
LAWSON10.51028.66
ALLEN10.51022.70
HOLMES10.51024.19
WILD10.510212.52
BROWN10.51020.77
SIMPSON10.51022.92
LACEY10.510227.70
POSTLE10.5102434.78
KEMP10.51029.20
CANNON10.510228.17
HARMER10.510251.55
BLOOMFIELD10.510240.16
DUGDALE10.510274.07
READ10.51027.91
WILSON10.51021.11
GREEN10.51021.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BELSON0.201961578.9474
NEWSTEAD0.201961029.4118
MARLER0.20196869.5652
SHREEVE0.20196789.4737
FLAVELL0.20196677.9661
FIELDS0.20196531.9149
YOUNGMAN0.20196526.3158
FURNESS0.20196445.8599
POSTLE0.20196434.7826
DACK0.20196333.3333
NEAVE0.20196326.0870
GOOCH0.20196290.6977
BLOGG0.20196277.7778
RICHES0.20196267.8571
OSBORN0.20196196.0784
WOODHOUSE0.20196193.9655
PURDY0.20196178.5714
BECK0.20196152.8384
CHAMBERLAIN0.20196131.3321
BALLS0.20196119.5219
HOWES0.2019687.4636
DUGDALE0.2019674.0741
BURTON0.2019665.8683
CLEMENTS0.2019661.5385
HARMER0.2019651.5464
KIRK0.2019647.1143
NEWMAN0.2019641.1805
BLOOMFIELD0.2019640.1606
LEACH0.2019637.0828
NEAL0.2019634.4828
KNOWLES0.2019628.6533
PAYNE0.2019628.3447
CANNON0.2019628.1690
LACEY0.2019627.7008
BARKER0.2019627.2904
COLE0.2019622.4090
MOORE0.2019617.8617
WILD0.2019612.5156
REYNOLDS0.2019611.7786
KEMP0.201969.1996
LAWSON0.201968.6580
READ0.201967.9114
BELL0.201965.4304
WATSON0.201964.3985
HOLMES0.201964.1894
SIMPSON0.201962.9172
ALLEN0.201962.7012
SMITH0.201962.5295
GREEN0.201961.8119
WILSON0.201961.1109

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 196 people called BELSON in Ridlington 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 1578.9474 in Ridlington means that 1578.9474% of the people in Ridlington on census day were called BELSON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Ridlington in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  BALLS (3)  BARKER (7)  BECK (7)  BELL (2)  BELSON (3)  BLOGG (1)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BROWN (1)  BURTON (11)  CANNON (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (7)  CLEMENTS (4)  COLE (4)  DACK (2)  DYBALL (2)  DUGDALE (1)  FIELDS (5)  FLAVELL (4)  FURNESS (7)  GOOCH (5)  GOTTS (GOULT) (2)  GOULT (2)  GREEN (1)  HANNANT (1)  HARMER (1)  HASPLING (4)  HOLMES (1)  HOWES (3)  ENGALL (4)  KEMP (1)  KIRK (4)  KNOWLES (3)  LACEY (1)  LAWSON (1)  LEACH (3)  MARLER (2)  MOORE (7)  NEAL (2)  NEAVE (3)  NEWMAN (6)  NEWSTEAD (7)  OSBORN (8)  PAYNE (5)  POSTLE (1)  PURDY (2)  READ (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  RICHES (6)  SHREEVE (3)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (7)  SPRINGALL (6)  WATSON (2)  WILD (1)  WILSON (1)  WOODHOUSE (9)  YOUNGMAN (3)