Top surnames from the 1881 census in Briningham, Norfolk

Briningham 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
COLMAN3111.92311,280.99
OLIVER238.8462123.99
CLARK155.769219.19
POINTER145.38461,272.73
BARWICK103.8462900.90
GROOM103.8462274.73
RICHMOND83.0769140.35
LOOSE83.07693,076.92
JARVIS72.692359.98
WOODROW72.6923434.78
BUNTING62.3077206.90
MOORE51.92319.62
BRERETON41.5385370.37
TUFTS41.53855,714.29
DACK41.5385500.00
TODD31.153822.68
LONG31.153817.78
SOUTHGATE31.1538147.06
LAWTON31.153844.78
WATERSON31.1538275.23
PAYNE20.76928.55
WALLER20.769230.53
WOODS20.769212.20
CODLING20.7692219.78
BUNN20.769279.05
SMITH20.76920.54
PIGOTT20.7692200.00
HARMER20.769277.52
GRIFFITHS20.76924.70
BECKETT10.384619.31
MALLET10.3846188.68
FREEMAN10.38466.02
SKIPPER10.3846102.04
ALMAN10.3846909.09
WILKIN10.384670.42
HALL10.38461.31
GOLDSMITH10.384624.75
LOYNES10.3846454.55
EATON10.384613.74
SKILLINGS10.38461,000.00
LEEDER10.3846178.57
HIGH10.384684.75
WATLING10.384674.07
BOOTH10.38463.90
MASON10.38462.86
GILL10.38465.43
ASHBY10.384622.94
SHEPHERD10.38465.25
BRETT10.384620.24
NEAL10.384613.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TUFTS0.262605714.2857
LOOSE0.262603076.9231
COLMAN0.262601280.9917
POINTER0.262601272.7273
SKILLINGS0.262601000.0000
ALMAN0.26260909.0909
BARWICK0.26260900.9009
DACK0.26260500.0000
LOYNES0.26260454.5455
WOODROW0.26260434.7826
BRERETON0.26260370.3704
WATERSON0.26260275.2294
GROOM0.26260274.7253
CODLING0.26260219.7802
BUNTING0.26260206.8966
PIGOTT0.26260200.0000
MALLET0.26260188.6792
LEEDER0.26260178.5714
SOUTHGATE0.26260147.0588
RICHMOND0.26260140.3509
OLIVER0.26260123.9892
SKIPPER0.26260102.0408
HIGH0.2626084.7458
BUNN0.2626079.0514
HARMER0.2626077.5194
WATLING0.2626074.0741
WILKIN0.2626070.4225
JARVIS0.2626059.9829
LAWTON0.2626044.7761
WALLER0.2626030.5344
GOLDSMITH0.2626024.7525
ASHBY0.2626022.9358
TODD0.2626022.6757
BRETT0.2626020.2429
BECKETT0.2626019.3050
CLARK0.2626019.1939
LONG0.2626017.7830
EATON0.2626013.7363
NEAL0.2626013.0039
WOODS0.2626012.2026
MOORE0.262609.6172
PAYNE0.262608.5470
FREEMAN0.262606.0241
GILL0.262605.4348
SHEPHERD0.262605.2493
GRIFFITHS0.262604.7004
BOOTH0.262603.8986
MASON0.262602.8604
HALL0.262601.3074
SMITH0.262600.5448

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 260 people called TUFTS in Briningham 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 5714.2857 in Briningham means that 5714.2857% of the people in Briningham on census day were called TUFTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TUFTS 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 TUFTS 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 TUFTS 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 TUFTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Briningham means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TUFTS in Briningham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Briningham in 1881

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

ALMAN (1)  ANTHONEY (9)  ASHBY (1)  BARWICK (10)  WHITE (BARWICK) (2)  BAYFIELD (2)  BECKETT (1)  BOOTH (1)  BRERETON (4)  BRETT (1)  BUNN (2)  BUNTING (6)  CLARK (15)  CLARK (COLMAN) (2)  OLIVER (CLARK) (6)  CODLING (2)  COLMAN (31)  DACK (4)  DODMAN (3)  DULY (2)  EATON (1)  FITT (3)  FREEMAN (1)  GILL (1)  GOLDSMITH (1)  GOOSE (1)  GRIFFITHS (2)  GROOM (10)  HALL (1)  HARMER (2)  HIGH (1)  JARVIS (7)  LARTER (1)  LAWTON (3)  LEEDER (1)  LOCKSMITH (1)  LONG (3)  LOYNES (1)  LOOSE (8)  MALLET (1)  MASON (1)  MOORE (5)  NEAL (1)  OLLEY (3)  OLIVER (23)  PAYNE (2)  PHILLIPO (9)  PIGOTT (2)  POINTER (14)  RICHMOND (8)  SHEPHERD (1)  SKILLINGS (1)  SKIPPER (1)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHGATE (3)  THAILER (1)  TODD (3)  TUFTS (4)  WALLER (2)  WATERSON (3)  WATLING (1)  WHITTAM (1)  WILKIN (1)  WONES (1)  WOODS (2)  WOODGETT (3)  WOODROW (7)