Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brettenham, Norfolk

Brettenham 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
CARTER1010.752764.06
DENNY77.5269897.44
GODDARD77.5269187.17
WYATT77.5269256.41
STONE66.451689.29
RAYNOR55.3763781.25
HAILSTONE55.37632,941.18
GARROD44.3011816.33
REEVE44.3011184.33
SMITH44.30113.05
CROOK33.2258112.36
MORRISS22.1505350.88
CRACKNELL22.1505312.50
BARFIELD11.0753526.32
SWINGER11.07535,000.00
SAUNDERS11.075311.72
BIDWELL11.0753434.78
PLUMMER11.075380.65
CHAPMAN11.07537.57
BAXTER11.075318.05
PECK11.075363.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SWINGER0.09935000.0000
HAILSTONE0.09932941.1765
DENNY0.0993897.4359
GARROD0.0993816.3265
RAYNOR0.0993781.2500
BARFIELD0.0993526.3158
BIDWELL0.0993434.7826
MORRISS0.0993350.8772
CRACKNELL0.0993312.5000
WYATT0.0993256.4103
GODDARD0.0993187.1658
REEVE0.0993184.3318
CROOK0.0993112.3596
STONE0.099389.2857
PLUMMER0.099380.6452
CARTER0.099364.0615
PECK0.099363.6943
BAXTER0.099318.0505
SAUNDERS0.099311.7233
CHAPMAN0.09937.5700
SMITH0.09933.0462

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 93 people called SWINGER in Brettenham 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 5000.0000 in Brettenham means that 5000.0000% of the people in Brettenham on census day were called SWINGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SWINGER 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 SWINGER 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 SWINGER 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 SWINGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Brettenham means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SWINGER in Brettenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brettenham in 1881

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

BARFIELD (1)  BAXTER (1)  BEGGIS (1)  BIDWELL (1)  CARTER (10)  CHAPMAN (1)  CRACKNELL (2)  CROOK (3)  DENNY (7)  FURGUSSON (9)  GARROD (4)  GODDARD (7)  GOODSUN (1)  HAILSTONE (5)  KERRIDGE (6)  MORRISS (2)  PECK (1)  PLUMMER (1)  RAYNOR (5)  REEVE (4)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCARFE (1)  SMITH (4)  STONE (6)  SWINGER (1)  UTTING (1)  WYATT (7)