Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arminghall, Norfolk

Arminghall 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
SHINGLES1210.00009,230.77
PARKER119.166748.20
NEWTON97.500097.83
RANDALL75.8333186.17
GALL75.8333909.09
WALKER65.000014.94
HOWLETT54.1667310.56
ROBERTS54.166711.07
FORSTER43.3333101.78
WATTS43.333339.76
WATERS43.333382.99
HARDESTY32.50004,285.71
IRELAND21.666771.68
TRETT21.66672,500.00
SHERWOOD21.6667130.72
HALL21.66675.67
REEVE21.666771.17
WILSON21.66673.63
GODFREY21.666756.18
ADAMS10.83335.66
RICHES10.833372.99
DOUGHTY10.833365.36
YOUNGS10.8333217.39
SPINKS10.8333123.46
SAUL10.8333163.93
FROST10.833314.81
BRIGGS10.833315.34
HILL10.83333.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHINGLES0.121209230.7692
HARDESTY0.121204285.7143
TRETT0.121202500.0000
GALL0.12120909.0909
HOWLETT0.12120310.5590
YOUNGS0.12120217.3913
RANDALL0.12120186.1702
SAUL0.12120163.9344
SHERWOOD0.12120130.7190
SPINKS0.12120123.4568
FORSTER0.12120101.7812
NEWTON0.1212097.8261
WATERS0.1212082.9876
RICHES0.1212072.9927
IRELAND0.1212071.6846
REEVE0.1212071.1744
DOUGHTY0.1212065.3595
GODFREY0.1212056.1798
PARKER0.1212048.2033
WATTS0.1212039.7614
BRIGGS0.1212015.3374
WALKER0.1212014.9365
FROST0.1212014.8148
ROBERTS0.1212011.0742
HALL0.121205.6657
ADAMS0.121205.6561
WILSON0.121203.6291
HILL0.121203.2723

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 120 people called SHINGLES in Arminghall 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 9230.7692 in Arminghall means that 9230.7692% of the people in Arminghall on census day were called SHINGLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHINGLES 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 SHINGLES 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 SHINGLES 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 SHINGLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Arminghall means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHINGLES in Arminghall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arminghall in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  EASTELL (11)  BRIGGS (1)  DOUGHTY (1)  DUNNETT (1)  FOLKARD (3)  FORSTER (4)  FROSDICK (1)  FROST (1)  GALL (7)  GODFREY (2)  HALL (2)  HARDESTY (3)  HILL (1)  HOWLETT (5)  IRELAND (2)  NEWTON (9)  PARKER (11)  RANDALL (7)  REEVE (2)  RICHES (1)  ROBERTS (5)  SAUL (1)  SHERWOOD (2)  SHINGLES (12)  SPINKS (1)  TRETT (2)  WALKER (6)  WATERS (4)  WATTS (4)  WITTHAM (4)  WILSON (2)  YOUNGS (1)