Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brampton, Norfolk

Brampton 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
WILSON179.340720.34
SMITH137.14295.06
SEAMAN137.1429921.99
SPINKS126.5934975.61
KENDLE116.04405,789.47
MACK73.8462382.51
BLOOM52.7473819.67
BUCK52.7473128.21
HOWARD52.747328.00
HUDSON42.197826.85
DOUGHTY42.1978173.16
IVES31.6484140.85
NEAL31.648455.66
HOOK31.6484111.11
WRIGHT31.64845.14
MITCHELL31.64848.13
HOWLETT21.098981.97
RICHES21.098996.15
RUSHWORTH21.0989133.33
EDRIDGE21.09891,818.18
SUTTON10.54958.63
ASHTON10.549511.21
SAYERS10.549549.75
HALL10.54951.87
WOODS10.54958.71
MATTHEWS10.54956.30
BEANE10.5495769.23
STOKES10.549513.00
SILVEY10.5495625.00
BROWN10.54950.83
BACON10.549521.88
ROLL10.5495526.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KENDLE0.181825789.4737
EDRIDGE0.181821818.1818
SPINKS0.18182975.6098
SEAMAN0.18182921.9858
BLOOM0.18182819.6721
BEANE0.18182769.2308
SILVEY0.18182625.0000
ROLL0.18182526.3158
MACK0.18182382.5137
DOUGHTY0.18182173.1602
IVES0.18182140.8451
RUSHWORTH0.18182133.3333
BUCK0.18182128.2051
HOOK0.18182111.1111
RICHES0.1818296.1538
HOWLETT0.1818281.9672
NEAL0.1818255.6586
SAYERS0.1818249.7512
HOWARD0.1818227.9955
HUDSON0.1818226.8456
BACON0.1818221.8818
WILSON0.1818220.3374
STOKES0.1818213.0039
ASHTON0.1818211.2108
WOODS0.181828.7108
SUTTON0.181828.6281
MITCHELL0.181828.1257
MATTHEWS0.181826.2972
WRIGHT0.181825.1379
SMITH0.181825.0590
HALL0.181821.8678
BROWN0.181820.8335

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 182 people called KENDLE in Brampton 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 5789.4737 in Brampton means that 5789.4737% of the people in Brampton on census day were called KENDLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KENDLE 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 KENDLE 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 KENDLE 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 KENDLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Brampton means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KENDLE in Brampton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brampton in 1881

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

ARTHERTON (7)  ARTHURTON (1)  ASHTON (1)  BACON (1)  BEANE (1)  BLOOM (5)  BROWN (1)  BUCK (5)  BIRCHAM (16)  DYBALL (4)  DOUGHTY (4)  EDRIDGE (2)  GAMHAM (2)  GOULTY (8)  HALL (1)  VON HALLE (1)  HOWARD (5)  HOWLETT (2)  HUDSON (4)  HOOK (3)  IVES (3)  KENDLE (11)  MARSHAM (12)  MATTHEWS (1)  MACK (7)  MITCHELL (3)  NEAL (3)  RICHES (2)  ROLL (1)  RUSHWORTH (2)  SAYERS (1)  SEAMAN (13)  SILVEY (1)  SMITH (13)  SPINKS (12)  STOKES (1)  SUTTON (1)  WILSON (17)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (3)