Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bracon Ash, Norfolk

Bracon Ash 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
DYE186.3830962.57
FOX144.964553.48
POTTLE124.25533,243.24
COPEMAN103.54611,492.54
HAMMOND93.191556.07
FUTTER82.83691,904.76
RANDLE82.8369338.98
SMITH82.83692.01
BLYTH72.4823157.30
MALLETT72.4823278.88
RICE72.482379.91
BROWN72.48233.77
DAWSON72.482322.52
CANHAM72.4823555.56
MOORE72.482312.41
COOPER62.12778.75
PEEL51.773098.81
JEFFRIES51.7730141.24
MIDDLETON41.418427.03
SPURGEON41.4184444.44
FELTHAM41.4184322.58
HOWLETT41.4184105.82
WHITING41.418473.66
THOMPSON41.41844.73
CHURCH41.418465.04
CRISP31.063876.53
CLARKE31.06385.25
LAWN31.0638422.54
FRYER31.063857.36
BUTTERFIELD31.063879.58
DENT31.063855.87
CHANEY20.7092338.98
OSBORNE20.709214.86
SAWYER20.709238.46
THROWER20.7092222.22
KING20.70923.25
PYLE20.7092173.91
HAYLETT20.7092400.00
MILLER10.35461.98
WRIGHT10.35461.11
SAMPSON10.354620.79
BARKER10.35462.71
WAKEFIELD10.354619.80
GODDARD10.35468.82
LAST10.354644.64
SUTTON10.35465.57
HUBBARD10.354614.58
SPANTON10.3546270.27
HAYLES10.3546138.89
BERNEY10.3546909.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRATE0.282823333.3333
POTTLE0.282823243.2432
FUTTER0.282821904.7619
COPEMAN0.282821492.5373
DYE0.28282962.5668
BERNEY0.28282909.0909
BASEY0.28282833.3333
MEEKINS0.28282833.3333
GOTH0.28282769.2308
CREMER0.28282625.0000
CANHAM0.28282555.5556
DUNT0.28282555.5556
SPURGEON0.28282444.4444
LAWN0.28282422.5352
HAYLETT0.28282400.0000
RANDLE0.28282338.9831
CHANEY0.28282338.9831
FELTHAM0.28282322.5806
MALLETT0.28282278.8845
SPANTON0.28282270.2703
THROWER0.28282222.2222
PYLE0.28282173.9130
BLYTH0.28282157.3034
JEFFRIES0.28282141.2429
HAYLES0.28282138.8889
HOWLETT0.28282105.8201
PEEL0.2828298.8142
RICE0.2828279.9087
BUTTERFIELD0.2828279.5756
CRISP0.2828276.5306
WHITING0.2828273.6648
CHURCH0.2828265.0407
SPRATT0.2828263.6943
SCALES0.2828259.8802
FRYER0.2828257.3614
HAMMOND0.2828256.0748
DENT0.2828255.8659
FOX0.2828253.4759
LAST0.2828244.6429
SAWYER0.2828238.4615
RICHES0.2828231.0559
MIDDLETON0.2828227.0270
DAWSON0.2828222.5225
SAMPSON0.2828220.7900
WAKEFIELD0.2828219.8020
RICHMOND0.2828216.1812
OSBORNE0.2828214.8588
HUBBARD0.2828214.5773
MOORE0.2828212.4135
GODDARD0.282828.8183

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 282 people called GRATE in Bracon Ash 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 3333.3333 in Bracon Ash means that 3333.3333% of the people in Bracon Ash on census day were called GRATE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRATE 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 GRATE 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 GRATE 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 GRATE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Bracon Ash means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRATE in Bracon Ash than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bracon Ash in 1881

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

ALLBREY (2)  BARKER (1)  BASEY (1)  BLYTH (7)  BONSLY (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BROWN (7)  BUTTERFIELD (3)  BERNEY (1)  CANHAM (7)  CHANEY (2)  CHURCH (4)  CLARKE (3)  COOPER (6)  COPEMAN (10)  CREMER (1)  CRISP (3)  CURTIS (1)  DAWSON (7)  DYE (18)  DENT (3)  DUNT (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FELTHAM (4)  FOX (14)  FRYER (3)  FUNELL (8)  FUTTER (8)  GODDARD (1)  GOTH (1)  HAYLES (1)  HAMMOND (9)  HARRIS (1)  HAYLETT (2)  HEAZLE (4)  HOWLETT (4)  HUBBARD (1)  JEFFRIES (5)  KING (2)  LACON (2)  LAST (1)  LATHERS (5)  LAWN (3)  LUCAS (1)  MALLETT (7)  GRATE (1)  MEEKINS (1)  MIDDLETON (4)  MILLER (1)  MOORE (7)  OSBORNE (2)  PEARCE (1)  PEEL (5)  PYLE (2)  POTTLE (12)  RANDLE (8)  RICE (7)  RICHES (1)  RICHMOND (1)  SAMPSON (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAWYER (2)  SHELBOURNE (6)  SCALES (1)  SHULDHAM (1)  SMITH (8)  SPANTON (1)  SPRATT (1)  SPURGEON (4)  STACKYARD (2)  STUBBINGS (8)  SUTTON (1)  THOMPSON (4)  THROWER (2)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WHITING (4)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (1)