Top surnames from the 1881 census in Babingley, Norfolk

Babingley 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
LANE1831.0345450.00
GREGORY712.0690171.99
DYE610.34481,578.95
STEELE58.6207322.58
COLMAN35.1724555.56
BARKER23.448326.35
SMART23.448375.76
RICHES23.4483303.03
BETTS23.4483161.29
CANDLER11.7241909.09
WRIGHT11.72415.37
BUCK11.724180.65
SMITH11.72411.22
RAYNES11.7241833.33
GIBSON11.724114.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DYE0.06581578.9474
CANDLER0.0658909.0909
RAYNES0.0658833.3333
COLMAN0.0658555.5556
LANE0.0658450.0000
STEELE0.0658322.5806
RICHES0.0658303.0303
GREGORY0.0658171.9902
BETTS0.0658161.2903
BUCK0.065880.6452
SMART0.065875.7576
BARKER0.065826.3505
GIBSON0.065814.2045
WRIGHT0.06585.3735
SMITH0.06581.2212

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 58 people called DYE in Babingley 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 1578.9474 in Babingley means that 1578.9474% of the people in Babingley on census day were called DYE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DYE 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 DYE 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 DYE 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 DYE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Babingley means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DYE in Babingley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Babingley in 1881

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

BARKER (2)  BETTS (2)  BLAXTER (3)  BUCK (1)  CANDLER (1)  COLMAN (3)  DYE (6)  FIDDAMAN (2)  GIBSON (1)  GREGORY (7)  LANE (18)  RAYNES (1)  RICHES (2)  SMART (2)  SMITH (1)  STEELE (5)  WRIGHT (1)