Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bressingham, Norfolk

Bressingham 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
FAIRWEATHER173.3399431.47
HOLDEN163.143457.39
DOWNING152.9470169.49
CRICK152.9470493.42
SCOTT142.750510.87
MURTON132.5540755.81
ROLFE132.5540196.97
FORTES122.357612,000.00
FISHER122.357620.14
NOBLE112.161152.06
HOSKINS101.9646201.61
BAILEY101.964613.04
PORCHER101.96465,882.35
MAIDEN91.7682642.86
STYLES91.7682167.29
SHEPHERD91.768224.13
MORLEY81.571739.31
JOLLY81.5717110.96
ATKINS81.571741.91
SMITH71.37520.97
BOND71.375225.98
FRANCIS71.375223.09
WARD71.37526.30
BOYCE71.375291.86
HUBBARD71.375256.54
GARLAND71.3752103.70
BLOOMFIELD61.178892.74
LOVELESS61.1788566.04
ORFORD61.1788472.44
HALL61.17884.01
KENT61.178827.99
GOODCHILD50.9823101.01
HAWES50.982379.62
SPURLING50.9823666.67
SAGE50.9823110.62
RICHES40.785968.73
ADAMS40.78595.33
BRAN40.78591,250.00
PAGE40.78599.83
LAST40.785998.77
DOVE40.785968.73
ELLWOOD40.7859141.84
LEVIS40.78592,000.00
NEWSTEAD40.7859225.99
EATON40.785928.07
BOULTON40.785943.62
BIDWELL40.7859320.00
WADE30.589414.73
LAGE30.589410,000.00
REEVE30.589425.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FORTES0.5150912000.0000
LAGE0.5150910000.0000
PORCHER0.515095882.3529
LEVIS0.515092000.0000
BRAN0.515091250.0000
RIPPER0.51509909.0909
MURTON0.51509755.8140
SPURLING0.51509666.6667
MAIDEN0.51509642.8571
LOVELESS0.51509566.0377
BELT0.51509508.4746
CRICK0.51509493.4211
GODBOLT0.51509476.1905
ORFORD0.51509472.4409
FAIRWEATHER0.51509431.4721
BIDWELL0.51509320.0000
WOLSEY0.51509294.1176
NEWSTEAD0.51509225.9887
PAWLEY0.51509206.8966
HOSKINS0.51509201.6129
ROLFE0.51509196.9697
HUSON0.51509188.6792
DOWNING0.51509169.4915
STYLES0.51509167.2862
ELLWOOD0.51509141.8440
KENDELL0.51509138.8889
LIST0.51509116.2791
WOMACK0.51509111.1111
HAYLETT0.51509111.1111
JOLLY0.51509110.9570
SAGE0.51509110.6195
MATHEW0.51509104.7120
GARLAND0.51509103.7037
YOUNGS0.51509103.0928
GOODCHILD0.51509101.0101
LAST0.5150998.7654
COPPING0.5150998.5222
BLOOMFIELD0.5150992.7357
BOYCE0.5150991.8635
LEEDER0.5150990.9091
HAWES0.5150979.6178
DOGGETT0.5150976.3359
JESSUP0.5150970.4225
RICHES0.5150968.7285
DOVE0.5150968.7285
KNIGHTS0.5150967.2646
HOLDEN0.5150957.3888
HUBBARD0.5150956.5428
SELF0.5150955.2486
NOBLE0.5150952.0587

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 509 people called FORTES in Bressingham 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 12000.0000 in Bressingham means that 12000.0000% of the people in Bressingham on census day were called FORTES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FORTES 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 FORTES 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 FORTES 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 FORTES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Bressingham means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FORTES in Bressingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bressingham in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ORFORD (6)  ARMSLEY (1)  ATKINS (8)  BAILEY (10)  BALDRY (2)  BARKER (1)  BATTLEY (1)  BELT (3)  BETTS (2)  BIDWELL (4)  BLOOMFIELD (6)  BLOOMFIST (7)  BOULTON (4)  BOND (7)  BOYCE (7)  BRAN (4)  BRANCH (1)  BUCKKLE (1)  BURNS (1)  CATCHPOLE (1)  CHAPLIN (1)  COBB (1)  COOPER (2)  COT (15)  COPPING (2)  COX (1)  CRICK (15)  CROSBY (1)  DENNY (1)  DOGGETT (1)  DOVE (4)  DOWNING (15)  EATON (4)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELLIS (2)  ELLWOOD (4)  FAIRWEATHER (17)  FELLINGHAM (2)  FISHER (12)  FLATMAN (5)  FORTES (12)  FRANCIS (7)  GARLAND (7)  GARROOD (7)  GODBOLT (1)  GOODCHILD (5)  GOODERHAM (2)  GOOLDSTORME (1)  HALL (6)  HAWES (5)  HAYLETT (1)  HUSON (1)  HOLDEN (16)  HOSKINS (10)  HOWLETT (1)  HUBBARD (7)  JESSUP (1)  JOLLY (8)  KENDELL (1)  KENT (6)  KNIGHTS (3)  LAND (1)  LANDEMANE (1)  LAST (4)  LEEDER (1)  LAGE (3)  LEVIS (4)  LIST (1)  LONG (2)  LOVELESS (6)  MAIDEN (9)  MURTON (13)  MASON (2)  MATHEW (2)  MILLS (1)  MOORE (2)  MORLEY (8)  MULLINGER (1)  MUSK (4)  NEWSTEAD (4)  NOBLE (11)  NURSE (1)  PAGE (4)  PAWLEY (3)  PEREVETT (3)  PERRIN (1)  PITCHER (1)  PONTIFER (3)  PORCHER (10)  PRINCE (1)  REEVE (3)  READ (1)  REED (2)  RICHES (4)  RIPPER (3)  ROLFE (13)  SAGE (5)  SCOTT (14)  SEAGON (1)  SELF (2)  SHEPHERD (9)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (7)  SPURDENS (2)  SPURLING (5)  STYLES (9)  TALBOT (1)  THOMSON (1)  THURSTON (1)  WADE (3)  WALTON (1)  WARD (7)  WASE (2)  WILLIS (1)  WOLSEY (1)  WOMACK (1)  WOODWARD (2)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNGS (2)