Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wickmere, Norfolk

Wickmere 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
LAMBERT4618.9300346.91
CARR145.761379.86
GRAY114.526731.71
AMES93.7037538.92
LEE72.880717.63
HOOK62.4691166.67
KEELEY41.6461404.04
ROUSE41.6461114.61
GILLAM41.6461425.53
LAXTON31.2346405.41
SLAUGHTER20.8230166.67
WILLIAMSON20.82309.18
HALL20.82302.80
GRAND20.8230769.23
PEARSON20.82307.08
BARTRAM20.8230166.67
LEECH20.823050.51
BROWN10.41150.62
WARD10.41151.88
PRICE10.41152.35
FRANCES10.411565.36
BARWICK10.411597.09
TICE10.4115416.67
WEST10.41154.27
JARRETT10.411544.84
SYMONDS10.411534.13
GREEN10.41151.46
REYNOLDS10.41154.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRAND0.24243769.2308
AMES0.24243538.9222
GILLAM0.24243425.5319
TICE0.24243416.6667
LAXTON0.24243405.4054
KEELEY0.24243404.0404
LAMBERT0.24243346.9080
BARTRAM0.24243166.6667
HOOK0.24243166.6667
SLAUGHTER0.24243166.6667
ROUSE0.24243114.6132
BARWICK0.2424397.0874
CARR0.2424379.8631
FRANCES0.2424365.3595
LEECH0.2424350.5051
JARRETT0.2424344.8430
SYMONDS0.2424334.1297
GRAY0.2424331.7094
LEE0.2424317.6278
WILLIAMSON0.242439.1827
PEARSON0.242437.0847
REYNOLDS0.242434.7506
WEST0.242434.2735
HALL0.242432.7976
PRICE0.242432.3513
WARD0.242431.8836
GREEN0.242431.4613
BROWN0.242430.6243

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 243 people called GRAND in Wickmere 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 769.2308 in Wickmere means that 769.2308% of the people in Wickmere on census day were called GRAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRAND 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 GRAND 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 GRAND 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 GRAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Wickmere means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRAND in Wickmere than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wickmere in 1881

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

BARTRAM (2)  BARWICK (1)  BAYFIELD (1)  BEAUCHANPT (3)  BROWN (1)  CARR (14)  DAVSON (4)  DAVERSON (6)  AMES (9)  FRANCES (1)  JARRETT (1)  GILLAM (4)  GRAND (2)  GRAY (11)  GREEN (1)  HALL (2)  HANNENT (2)  HOOK (6)  KEELEY (4)  LAMBERT (46)  LAXTON (3)  LEECH (2)  LEE (7)  NEUSTEAD (49)  PEARSON (2)  PRICE (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROUSE (4)  SHARPIN (4)  SYMONDS (1)  SLAUGHTER (2)  TICE (1)  THURTLE (15)  WARD (1)  WEST (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WINTERBARING (1)  WITTRED (1)  WAYTE (24)