Top surnames from the 1881 census in Beechamwell, Norfolk

Beechamwell 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
MORLEY154.7771119.52
PARKER144.458623.44
NORMAN134.140189.35
BANK123.82174,000.00
BYWATER103.1847632.91
WATTS92.866234.18
ANDERSON92.866214.51
MASON92.866221.32
STANNARD92.8662410.96
LAMBERT82.547846.67
CREED72.2293400.00
EVERITT72.2293266.16
ALLCOCK72.2293206.49
WEST72.229323.16
SPINKS61.9108283.02
DENNY61.9108227.27
CORNWELL61.9108331.49
HOWARD51.592416.23
TRUNDLE51.59241,666.67
ALEXANDER51.592430.08
STRACHAN51.592492.42
BUTTERS51.5924324.68
RIX51.5924289.02
FLATT51.5924724.64
BALES41.2739341.88
PEARCE41.273913.87
SMITH41.27390.90
MCLEAN30.9554375.00
ROBERTS30.95542.54
HOVELL30.95541,200.00
HAWES30.955477.52
HAROLD20.6369294.12
BURRELL20.636948.90
BROWN20.63690.97
MADDY20.63691,000.00
HUDSON20.63697.78
BURROWS20.636914.56
RIPPER20.63691,000.00
BATTLE20.6369208.33
RACKHAM10.3185116.28
OSBOURNE10.318586.21
GITTENS10.3185204.08
MAJOR10.318523.58
REEVE10.318513.62
BARRETT10.31854.74
JONES10.31850.28
GRIMES10.318527.55
FOWLE10.3185128.21
EAGLETON10.3185263.16
RANSOM10.318558.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BANK0.313144000.0000
TRUNDLE0.313141666.6667
HOVELL0.313141200.0000
RIPPER0.313141000.0000
MADDY0.313141000.0000
FLATT0.31314724.6377
BYWATER0.31314632.9114
GRAPES0.31314555.5556
STANNARD0.31314410.9589
CREED0.31314400.0000
MCLEAN0.31314375.0000
BALES0.31314341.8803
CORNWELL0.31314331.4917
BUTTERS0.31314324.6753
HAROLD0.31314294.1176
RIX0.31314289.0173
SPINKS0.31314283.0189
EVERITT0.31314266.1597
EAGLETON0.31314263.1579
DENNY0.31314227.2727
BATTLE0.31314208.3333
ALLCOCK0.31314206.4897
GITTENS0.31314204.0816
FOWLE0.31314128.2051
MORLEY0.31314119.5219
RACKHAM0.31314116.2791
STRACHAN0.3131492.4214
NORMAN0.3131489.3471
OSBOURNE0.3131486.2069
HAWES0.3131477.5194
CATER0.3131466.2252
RANSOM0.3131458.8235
BURRELL0.3131448.8998
LAMBERT0.3131446.6744
WATTS0.3131434.1815
ALEXANDER0.3131430.0842
GRIMES0.3131427.5482
MAJOR0.3131423.5849
PARKER0.3131423.4427
WEST0.3131423.1558
MASON0.3131421.3169
DURRANT0.3131420.3666
HOWARD0.3131416.2285
BURROWS0.3131414.5560
ANDERSON0.3131414.5114
PEARCE0.3131413.8696
REEVE0.3131413.6240
CROOK0.3131411.0865
WATERS0.313147.9239
HUDSON0.313147.7791

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 314 people called BANK in Beechamwell 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 4000.0000 in Beechamwell means that 4000.0000% of the people in Beechamwell on census day were called BANK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BANK 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 BANK 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 BANK 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 BANK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Beechamwell means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BANK in Beechamwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Beechamwell in 1881

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

ALLCOCK (7)  ALEXANDER (5)  ANDERSON (9)  ATTOR (1)  BELHAM (4)  BANK (12)  BARRETT (1)  BATLER (7)  BALES (4)  BATTLE (2)  BETHAM (1)  BROWN (2)  BARKHAM (2)  BURRELL (2)  BURROWS (2)  BUTTERS (5)  BYWATER (10)  CATER (1)  CLESTON (1)  COCKSEDGE (6)  CORNWELL (6)  CREED (7)  CROOK (1)  DENNY (6)  DURRANT (1)  EAGLETON (1)  EVERITT (7)  FLATT (5)  FOWLE (1)  GITTENS (1)  GRAPES (1)  GREEF (15)  GRIMES (1)  GRUGHT (1)  HAROLD (2)  HAWES (3)  HEMPSON (4)  HOVELL (3)  HOWARD (5)  HOWLET (4)  HUDSON (2)  JONES (1)  LAMBERT (8)  MADDY (2)  MAJOR (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (9)  MCLEAN (3)  MENDHAM (1)  MINGAY (1)  MORLEY (15)  MUSKET (1)  NORMAN (13)  OSBOURNE (1)  OXBURGH (2)  PARKER (14)  PEARCE (4)  PRYKE (1)  RACKHAM (1)  RANSOM (1)  REEMAN (6)  REESON (1)  REEVE (1)  RIPPER (2)  RIX (5)  ROBERTS (3)  SHEPHERD (1)  SMITH (4)  SPINKS (6)  STANNARD (9)  STARTON (7)  STRACHAN (5)  TRUNDLE (5)  WATERS (1)  WATTS (9)  WEST (7)  WHALEBELLY (1)