Top surnames from the 1881 census in Smallburgh, Norfolk

Smallburgh 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
PRATT366.7925118.23
JAY275.0943583.15
KNIGHTS264.9057560.34
LONG203.773658.17
HARMER152.8302285.71
GIBSON142.641521.76
JONES112.07551.83
BROOKS112.075521.23
HAYNE112.0755833.33
SHREEVE112.07551,078.43
FOX101.886820.32
SOUTHGATE91.6981216.87
COX91.698111.20
COLMAN81.5094161.94
CURTIS81.509426.60
HOWSE81.5094390.24
FISKE71.32081,186.44
LAMBERT71.320824.20
COVEL71.32083,888.89
MILEHAM61.13211,333.33
DIX61.1321114.72
WATTS50.943411.25
SAUL40.7547147.60
DUGDALE40.7547109.59
HUBBARD40.754731.03
MARTINS40.7547459.77
LONDON40.7547151.52
COOKE40.754713.68
WEBSTER40.75478.68
COLE40.75478.29
STARLING40.7547102.56
LUBBOCK40.7547571.43
WEN40.754713,333.33
COOK40.75473.80
MASON40.75475.61
HARDING30.56607.82
EMERY30.566025.93
WALPOLE30.5660144.23
CHAPMAN30.56603.99
STOREY30.566022.27
BRISTO30.56601,428.57
BALDWIN30.566013.27
NORMAN30.566012.22
POSTLE30.5660483.87
PLUMMER30.566042.37
WELLS20.37744.54
LACEY20.377420.47
ADAMS20.37742.56
GREEN20.37741.34
MAYHEW20.377445.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEN0.5353013333.3333
COVEL0.535303888.8889
BRISTO0.535301428.5714
MILEHAM0.535301333.3333
FISKE0.535301186.4407
SHREEVE0.535301078.4314
BREAD0.53530909.0909
HAYNE0.53530833.3333
JAY0.53530583.1533
LUBBOCK0.53530571.4286
KNIGHTS0.53530560.3448
POSTLE0.53530483.8710
MARTINS0.53530459.7701
HOWSE0.53530390.2439
FLOREY0.53530344.8276
HAWS0.53530338.9831
SPANTON0.53530289.8551
HARMER0.53530285.7143
SHEPHEARD0.53530217.3913
SOUTHGATE0.53530216.8675
GILDING0.53530208.3333
COLMAN0.53530161.9433
LONDON0.53530151.5152
SAUL0.53530147.6015
WALPOLE0.53530144.2308
KETT0.53530142.8571
PRATT0.53530118.2266
DIX0.53530114.7228
DUGDALE0.53530109.5890
HAYLETT0.53530107.5269
STARLING0.53530102.5641
RAYSON0.5353065.7895
LONG0.5353058.1734
MAYHEW0.5353045.7666
BEALES0.5353044.2478
PLUMMER0.5353042.3729
NEAVE0.5353040.1606
GRIMES0.5353032.6797
HUBBARD0.5353031.0318
CLAXTON0.5353029.7619
CURTIS0.5353026.5957
EMERY0.5353025.9291
MORE0.5353024.2718
LAMBERT0.5353024.1963
STOREY0.5353022.2717
GIBSON0.5353021.7628
BROOKS0.5353021.2314
LACEY0.5353020.4708
FOX0.5353020.3211
RICHES0.5353016.5017

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 530 people called WEN in Smallburgh 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 13333.3333 in Smallburgh means that 13333.3333% of the people in Smallburgh on census day were called WEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEN 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 WEN 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 WEN 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 WEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Smallburgh means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEN in Smallburgh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Smallburgh in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALCOCK (1)  AMIES (2)  BALDWIN (3)  BAMBRIDGE (3)  BARGEWELL (1)  BARKER (1)  BEALES (1)  BOWERS (1)  BOWLES (1)  BRACONBURY (4)  BREAD (1)  BRISTO (3)  BROOKS (11)  BUSH (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  CLAXTON (1)  COLE (4)  COLMAN (8)  COOKE (4)  COOK (4)  COVEL (7)  COX (9)  CUBITT (1)  CURTIS (8)  DYBALL (6)  DIX (6)  DRAKE (1)  DUGDALE (4)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIOTT (1)  EMERY (3)  EMPEON (3)  FISHER (2)  FISKE (7)  FLOREY (1)  FOX (10)  FREESTON (1)  FROSTTICK (1)  FUTON (1)  GEDGE (8)  JAY (27)  GAZE (2)  GEORGE (1)  GIBBS (1)  GIBSON (14)  GILDING (1)  GOLEBY (3)  GOOSE (7)  GRACE (1)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (2)  GRIMES (2)  HALL (1)  HANNAT (1)  HARDING (3)  HARDINGHAM (3)  HARMAR (1)  HARMER (15)  HARRIS (1)  HARWOOD (1)  HAWS (2)  HAYLETT (1)  HAYNE (11)  HILLENDON (7)  HOWSE (8)  HUBBARD (4)  JONES (11)  KETT (1)  KIRBY (1)  KNIGHTS (26)  LACEY (2)  LAMBERT (7)  LEGETT (1)  LITTLEBOY (1)  LONDON (4)  LONG (20)  LOWNE (2)  LUBBOCK (4)  MARTINS (4)  MASON (4)  MATHEWS (1)  MAYHEW (2)  MILEHAM (6)  MYHILL (4)  MORE (1)  MORTAR (5)  NEAL (1)  NEAVE (1)  NOCKOLDS (1)  NOBBS (6)  NORMAN (3)  NUNN (1)  PALMER (1)  PAYNE (2)  PLUMMER (3)  PORRETS (2)  POSTLE (3)  PRATT (36)  RAYSON (1)  READ (1)  RICHERS (4)  RICHES (1)  ROGERS (2)  ROLE (1)  SADLER (1)  SAUL (4)  SCOTCHMER (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHEPHEARD (2)  SHEVIL (1)  SHREEVE (11)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHGATE (9)  SPANTON (2)  STARLING (4)  STOREY (3)  SWAN (1)  THURTLE (1)  ULPH (1)  VINCENT (2)  WALPOLE (3)  WATTS (5)  WELLS (2)  WEN (4)  WEBSTER (4)  WHITLETON (13)  WILDE (1)  WILLIS (1)  WODES (2)  YAXLY (5)  YAXLEY (2)  YELLOP (1)