Top surnames from the 1881 census in Breckles, Norfolk

Breckles 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
GODDARD1914.6154363.29
CLARKE118.461541.76
VINCENT75.3846172.84
OLDFIELD64.6154279.07
AYRES64.6154333.33
BARRETT64.615468.73
THORPE53.846297.28
WRIGHT53.846211.99
KERRY53.8462568.18
BAILEY43.076920.43
DEXTER43.0769421.05
DRAKE43.0769105.54
PARKER43.076916.17
HOUCHEN32.30774,285.71
HARWIN32.30776,000.00
WARD21.53857.04
ALEXANDER21.538529.07
PRENTICE21.5385130.72
DOWNS21.538586.58
CHAPMAN21.538510.83
MARTIN21.53856.25
FOX21.538516.57
PARNELL21.5385158.73
MOORE21.53857.69
TURNER21.53855.53
STOTT10.769224.63
WATERS10.769219.16
ARNOLD10.769214.27
GREEN10.76922.73
SAUNDERS10.76928.39
MASON10.76925.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARWIN0.131306000.0000
HOUCHEN0.131304285.7143
KERRY0.13130568.1818
DEXTER0.13130421.0526
GODDARD0.13130363.2887
AYRES0.13130333.3333
OLDFIELD0.13130279.0698
VINCENT0.13130172.8395
PARNELL0.13130158.7302
PRENTICE0.13130130.7190
DRAKE0.13130105.5409
THORPE0.1313097.2763
DOWNS0.1313086.5801
BARRETT0.1313068.7285
CLARKE0.1313041.7616
ALEXANDER0.1313029.0698
STOTT0.1313024.6305
BAILEY0.1313020.4290
WATERS0.1313019.1571
FOX0.1313016.5700
PARKER0.1313016.1747
ARNOLD0.1313014.2653
WRIGHT0.1313011.9904
CHAPMAN0.1313010.8342
SAUNDERS0.131308.3893
MOORE0.131307.6923
WARD0.131307.0423
MARTIN0.131306.2461
MASON0.131305.7208
TURNER0.131305.5264
GREEN0.131302.7315

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 130 people called HARWIN in Breckles 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 6000.0000 in Breckles means that 6000.0000% of the people in Breckles on census day were called HARWIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARWIN 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 HARWIN 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 HARWIN 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 HARWIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Breckles means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARWIN in Breckles than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Breckles in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (2)  ARNOLD (1)  BAILEY (4)  BANHAM (1)  BARRETT (6)  BRUNDELL (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHASTON (1)  CLARKE (11)  DEXTER (4)  DOWNS (2)  DRAKE (4)  AYRES (6)  FOX (2)  GODDARD (19)  GREEN (1)  HARWIN (3)  HOUCHEN (3)  KERRY (5)  MARTIN (2)  MASON (1)  MOORE (2)  NOBBS (2)  OLDFIELD (6)  PARKER (4)  PARNELL (2)  PRENTICE (2)  PRUER (5)  SAUNDERS (1)  SPURRELL (2)  STOTT (1)  THORPE (5)  TURNER (2)  VINCENT (7)  WARD (2)  WATERS (1)  WRIGHT (5)