Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Beckham, Norfolk

West Beckham 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
STARLING165.3333727.27
GRAY155.000035.02
WRIGHT134.333313.51
MANN124.000075.95
BROUGHTON113.6667196.78
GOTTS113.66672,200.00
BREESE113.66671,375.00
EVERETT93.0000166.98
HOWELL82.666763.24
EMERY82.6667122.14
MACE62.0000227.27
RANDALL62.000063.83
THORNTON62.000039.79
COOPER62.00008.22
BIRD51.666721.82
STEWARD51.6667129.87
CROWE51.6667167.22
LEEDER51.6667769.23
ALLARD51.6667476.19
DENNIS51.666756.37
BURTON41.333315.65
THOMPSON41.33334.45
HOPPER41.333393.24
PIKE41.333345.87
DAWSON31.00009.07
WESTON31.000024.51
CRASK31.00002,500.00
DOUGHTY31.000078.53
WEST31.000010.39
WELLS31.000012.02
COLMAN31.0000107.53
LAXEN20.66676,666.67
CODLING20.6667190.48
LAWRANCE20.6667102.04
FARROW20.666735.52
NEWSTEAD20.6667192.31
FRANKLAND20.666790.09
LAKE10.333315.04
ANTHONY10.333328.65
STIMPSON10.333374.07
NEWMAN10.33334.48
CABLE10.333366.23
HURN10.3333128.21
ABRAM10.333392.59
EKE10.3333185.19
MOORE10.33331.67
HOLMES10.33332.74
SHEPHERD10.33334.55
BOND10.33336.30
FISHER10.33332.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STARY0.3030010000.0000
LAXEN0.303006666.6667
CRASK0.303002500.0000
GOTTS0.303002200.0000
BREESE0.303001375.0000
HUTCHEN0.303001250.0000
MILDRED0.30300833.3333
LEEDER0.30300769.2308
STARLING0.30300727.2727
CRASS0.30300625.0000
ALLARD0.30300476.1905
GOODRICK0.30300243.9024
MACE0.30300227.2727
BROUGHTON0.30300196.7800
NEWSTEAD0.30300192.3077
CODLING0.30300190.4762
EKE0.30300185.1852
BLOGG0.30300181.8182
CROWE0.30300167.2241
EVERETT0.30300166.9759
STEWARD0.30300129.8701
HURN0.30300128.2051
EMERY0.30300122.1374
COLMAN0.30300107.5269
LAWRANCE0.30300102.0408
HOPPER0.3030093.2401
ABRAM0.3030092.5926
FRANKLAND0.3030090.0901
DOUGHTY0.3030078.5340
MANN0.3030075.9494
STIMPSON0.3030074.0741
CABLE0.3030066.2252
RANDALL0.3030063.8298
HOWELL0.3030063.2411
DENNIS0.3030056.3698
CLAXTON0.3030052.6316
SELF0.3030046.9484
MURRELL0.3030046.7290
PIKE0.3030045.8716
THORNTON0.3030039.7878
FARROW0.3030035.5240
GRAY0.3030035.0222
MUMFORD0.3030034.4828
EMMERSON0.3030033.7838
ANTHONY0.3030028.6533
WESTON0.3030024.5098
SQUIRES0.3030023.5294
BIRD0.3030021.8150
BLYTH0.3030021.1416
BURTON0.3030015.6495

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 300 people called STARY in West Beckham 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 10000.0000 in West Beckham means that 10000.0000% of the people in West Beckham on census day were called STARY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STARY 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 STARY 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 STARY 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 STARY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in West Beckham means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STARY in West Beckham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Beckham in 1881

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

ABRAM (1)  ALLARD (5)  ALLEN (1)  AMIES (1)  ANTHONY (1)  BACON (1)  BIRD (5)  BLOGG (1)  BLYTH (1)  BOND (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BREESE (11)  BROUGHTON (11)  BUMFREY (6)  BUMREY (2)  BURGESS (1)  BURTON (4)  CABLE (1)  CADAMY (1)  CHINERY (1)  CHESTNEY (5)  CLAXTON (1)  CODLING (2)  COLMAN (3)  COOPER (6)  CRASK (3)  CROWE (5)  CUBITT (2)  DAWSON (3)  DENNIS (5)  DYBALL (1)  DOUGHTY (3)  EKE (1)  EMMERSON (1)  EMERY (8)  EVERETT (9)  FARROW (2)  FISHER (1)  FLOWERDEW (3)  FRANKLAND (2)  GOODRICK (1)  GOOSE (1)  GOTTS (11)  CRASS (1)  GRAY (15)  GREEN (1)  HANNANT (5)  HARDINGHAM (2)  HURN (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOPPER (4)  HOWELL (8)  HUTCHEN (1)  JARVIS (1)  KERRISON (1)  LAKE (1)  LAWRANCE (2)  LAXEN (2)  LEEDER (5)  LEE (1)  MANN (12)  MACE (6)  MILDRED (1)  MOORE (1)  MURRELL (1)  MUMFORD (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NEWSTEAD (2)  OLLEY (3)  PAYNE (1)  PIKE (4)  PULL (6)  POTTER (1)  RANDALL (6)  RISEBOROUGH (1)  SCOTT (1)  SELF (1)  SHARPEN (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHORT (1)  SQUIRES (1)  STARY (1)  STEWARD (5)  STIMPSON (1)  STARLING (16)  THOMPSON (4)  THORNTON (6)  WELLS (3)  WEST (3)  WESTON (3)  WISBY (1)  WRIGHT (13)  YALLOP (1)  YARHAM (2)