Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brandon Parva, Norfolk

Brandon Parva 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
BENNINGTON169.75616,666.67
PALLANT106.09764,545.45
STEARMAN95.48786,923.08
PINCH95.48783,214.29
NEVE84.87801,860.47
ALLEN63.658519.37
HOWARD53.048831.08
GIRLING53.0488480.77
COLEMAN42.439048.96
DOBBS42.4390360.36
WIGHT42.4390476.19
LEEDS31.8293937.50
GWYN21.21951,538.46
SUTTON21.219519.16
HOLLAND21.219517.12
MARSH21.219517.09
JACOBS10.609825.45
RICHES10.609853.19
DIXON10.60985.56
MINISTER10.60981,111.11
CHAPMAN10.60984.29
THOMSON10.60984.56
LENTON10.6098121.95
BALES10.6098163.93
SPINKS10.609890.09
MAYHEW10.609874.07
BLAKE10.609812.59
ATMORE10.60982,000.00
SMITH10.60980.43
PEASE10.6098161.29
NELSON10.609812.59
CLARKE10.60983.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STEARMAN0.161646923.0769
BENNINGTON0.161646666.6667
PALLANT0.161644545.4545
PINCH0.161643214.2857
ATMORE0.161642000.0000
NEVE0.161641860.4651
GWYN0.161641538.4615
MINISTER0.161641111.1111
LEEDS0.16164937.5000
GIRLING0.16164480.7692
WIGHT0.16164476.1905
DOBBS0.16164360.3604
BALES0.16164163.9344
PEASE0.16164161.2903
LENTON0.16164121.9512
SPINKS0.1616490.0901
MAYHEW0.1616474.0741
RICHES0.1616453.1915
COLEMAN0.1616448.9596
HOWARD0.1616431.0752
JACOBS0.1616425.4453
ALLEN0.1616419.3673
SUTTON0.1616419.1571
HOLLAND0.1616417.1233
MARSH0.1616417.0940
NELSON0.1616412.5945
BLAKE0.1616412.5945
DIXON0.161645.5648
THOMSON0.161644.5641
CHAPMAN0.161644.2937
CLARKE0.161643.0093
SMITH0.161640.4319

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 164 people called STEARMAN in Brandon Parva 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 6923.0769 in Brandon Parva means that 6923.0769% of the people in Brandon Parva on census day were called STEARMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STEARMAN 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 STEARMAN 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 STEARMAN 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 STEARMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Brandon Parva means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STEARMAN in Brandon Parva than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brandon Parva in 1881

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

ALLEN (6)  OLLEY (ALLEN) (2)  ATMORE (1)  BATTERBEE (4)  BALES (1)  BENNINGTON (16)  BLAKE (1)  CURSONS (3)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARKE (1)  COLEMAN (4)  DIXON (1)  DOBBS (4)  DRING (9)  GIRLING (5)  GRISTON (1)  GUILDWAKE (1)  GWYN (2)  HOLLAND (2)  HOWARD (5)  JACOBS (1)  KEIGHTLEY (4)  LEEDS (3)  LENTON (1)  MARSH (2)  MAYHEW (1)  MINISTER (1)  NEVE (8)  NELSON (1)  NELAND (2)  NORTON (STEARMAN) (2)  OFFICE (1)  PALLANT (10)  PARLING (1)  PEASE (1)  PEGNALL (15)  PINCH (9)  PURLING (7)  RICHES (1)  SCASE (1)  SMITH (1)  SPINKS (1)  STACKWOOD (4)  STEARMAN (9)  SUTTON (2)  THOMSON (1)  WIGHT (4)