Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shimpling, Norfolk

Shimpling 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
CATCHPOLE1810.28571,592.92
LEEDER137.42863,421.05
WARNES95.14291,551.72
SPALDING84.5714640.00
BEVIS74.00001,166.67
GARNHAM74.0000843.37
HAWES74.0000324.07
PALMER63.428629.08
BRYANT52.857166.84
MILLARD52.8571172.41
HUBBARD52.8571117.65
FORD42.285723.46
WILTON42.2857238.10
THORPE42.285757.80
GREEN31.71436.09
BERRY31.714321.60
HARRIS21.14294.50
KNIGHTS21.1429130.72
CLARKE21.14295.64
HAMMOND21.142920.08
CULLUM21.1429289.86
BAKER10.57142.61
PEAKE10.571459.17
TURNER10.57142.05
SELF10.571480.65
HARDY10.57149.54
MARTIN10.57142.32
FAIRWEATHER10.571473.53
WELTON10.5714158.73
HURRY10.5714270.27
ROUT10.5714370.37
OAKES10.571439.53
FOREMAN10.571443.67
HUGGINS10.571468.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEEDER0.181753421.0526
CATCHPOLE0.181751592.9204
WARNES0.181751551.7241
BEVIS0.181751166.6667
GARNHAM0.18175843.3735
SPALDING0.18175640.0000
ROUT0.18175370.3704
HAWES0.18175324.0741
CULLUM0.18175289.8551
HURRY0.18175270.2703
WILTON0.18175238.0952
MILLARD0.18175172.4138
WELTON0.18175158.7302
KNIGHTS0.18175130.7190
HUBBARD0.18175117.6471
SELF0.1817580.6452
FAIRWEATHER0.1817573.5294
HUGGINS0.1817568.0272
BRYANT0.1817566.8449
PEAKE0.1817559.1716
THORPE0.1817557.8035
FOREMAN0.1817543.6681
OAKES0.1817539.5257
PALMER0.1817529.0839
FORD0.1817523.4604
BERRY0.1817521.5983
HAMMOND0.1817520.0803
HARDY0.181759.5420
GREEN0.181756.0877
CLARKE0.181755.6402
HARRIS0.181754.4974
BAKER0.181752.6076
MARTIN0.181752.3196
TURNER0.181752.0530

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 175 people called LEEDER in Shimpling 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 3421.0526 in Shimpling means that 3421.0526% of the people in Shimpling on census day were called LEEDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEEDER 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 LEEDER 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 LEEDER 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 LEEDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Shimpling means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEEDER in Shimpling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shimpling in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BERRY (3)  BEVIS (7)  BLOMEFIELD (2)  BRUNDLE (4)  BRYANT (5)  CATCHPOLE (18)  CLARKE (2)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  FLATMAN (2)  FORD (4)  FOREMAN (1)  GARHAM (4)  GARNHAM (7)  GORROD (14)  GOBETT (1)  GREEN (3)  HAMMOND (2)  HARDY (1)  HARRIS (2)  HAWES (7)  HUBBARD (5)  HUGGINS (1)  KNIGHTS (2)  LEEDER (13)  MARTIN (1)  CULLUM (2)  MILLARD (5)  MULLENGER (12)  OAKES (1)  PALMER (6)  PEAKE (1)  ROUT (1)  SELF (1)  SPALDING (8)  TACON (5)  THORPE (4)  TURNER (1)  HURRY (1)  WARNES (9)  WELTON (1)  WILTON (4)