Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Lexham, Norfolk

East Lexham 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
SEAMAN3116.23042,094.59
OLDFIELD157.8534474.68
GREEN84.188514.87
BAILEY84.188527.81
PARKER63.141416.52
MASON63.141423.36
WEBB63.141423.18
FULCHER52.6178515.46
BELLING52.61785,555.56
FICKLING42.09422,352.94
GRIX42.09423,333.33
MATTHEWS31.570718.01
HILLEN31.57073,333.33
BURTON31.570718.44
PHILPOT31.5707234.38
GODDARD31.570739.06
SYER31.57071,428.57
KEPPEL31.57076,000.00
RALLISON31.57075,000.00
WALKER21.04713.13
EDWARDS21.04713.76
HOWARD21.047110.67
PRESTON21.047120.96
FRANKLIN21.047131.55
DUNHAM21.0471206.19
WRIGHT10.52361.63
BARRET10.5236185.19
PARNELL10.523654.05
AMOS10.523631.85
STAGG10.523678.74
CROFT10.523622.17
HANDLEY10.523631.06
BIRD10.52366.85
WHITE10.52361.63
THURSTON10.523674.07
SPALDING10.523672.99
RAYNER10.523621.01
HALL10.52361.78
ANDREWS10.52365.46
DIGBY10.5236101.01
SHAW10.52362.85
HEWITT10.523610.75
BROOKS10.52365.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KEPPEL0.191916000.0000
BELLING0.191915555.5556
RALLISON0.191915000.0000
GRIX0.191913333.3333
HILLEN0.191913333.3333
FICKLING0.191912352.9412
SEAMAN0.191912094.5946
SYER0.191911428.5714
FULCHER0.19191515.4639
OLDFIELD0.19191474.6835
PHILPOT0.19191234.3750
DUNHAM0.19191206.1856
BARRET0.19191185.1852
DIGBY0.19191101.0101
STAGG0.1919178.7402
THURSTON0.1919174.0741
SPALDING0.1919172.9927
PARNELL0.1919154.0541
GODDARD0.1919139.0625
AMOS0.1919131.8471
FRANKLIN0.1919131.5457
HANDLEY0.1919131.0559
BAILEY0.1919127.8067
MASON0.1919123.3645
WEBB0.1919123.1750
CROFT0.1919122.1729
RAYNER0.1919121.0084
PRESTON0.1919120.9644
BURTON0.1919118.4388
MATTHEWS0.1919118.0072
PARKER0.1919116.5153
GREEN0.1919114.8727
HEWITT0.1919110.7527
HOWARD0.1919110.6724
BIRD0.191916.8540
ANDREWS0.191915.4645
BROOKS0.191915.3562
EDWARDS0.191913.7573
WALKER0.191913.1279
SHAW0.191912.8506
HALL0.191911.7797
WRIGHT0.191911.6321
WHITE0.191911.6289

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 191 people called KEPPEL in East Lexham 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 East Lexham means that 6000.0000% of the people in East Lexham on census day were called KEPPEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KEPPEL 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 KEPPEL 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 KEPPEL 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 KEPPEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in East Lexham means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KEPPEL in East Lexham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Lexham in 1881

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

AMOS (1)  ANDREWS (1)  BAILEY (8)  BALDISTONE (6)  BARRET (1)  BELLING (5)  BILLINS (2)  BIRD (1)  BROOKS (1)  BUBBINGS (3)  BUNNINGS (7)  BURTON (3)  CROFT (1)  CUDDIRCH (1)  DIGBY (1)  DUNHAM (2)  EDWARDS (2)  FICKLING (4)  FRANKLIN (2)  FULCHER (5)  GODDARD (3)  GREEN (8)  GRIX (4)  GUILLAMIN (1)  HALBY (1)  HALL (1)  HANDLEY (1)  HEAVERS (9)  HEWITT (1)  HODDS (1)  HOWARD (2)  HILLEN (3)  KEPPEL (3)  MASON (6)  MATTHEWS (3)  OLDFIELD (15)  OXBAURER (1)  PARKER (6)  PARNELL (1)  PHILPOT (3)  PRESTON (2)  RALLISON (3)  RAYNER (1)  RENNY (2)  SYER (3)  SEAMAN (31)  SHAW (1)  SPALDING (1)  STAGG (1)  THURSTON (1)  WALKER (2)  WEBB (6)  WHISKARD (4)  WHITE (1)  WITE (1)  WRIGHT (1)