Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Raynham, Norfolk

East Raynham 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
READ128.2759128.34
LAMBERT106.8966126.42
STAPLETON74.8276479.45
BARBER74.827680.18
SMITH64.13792.93
FOX64.137944.58
CAWTHORN64.13792,222.22
GRAVER64.13793,333.33
BURTON64.137948.58
TAYLOR53.44835.39
MOORE53.448317.24
WILKIN42.7586506.33
MARTIN42.758611.20
HART32.069024.25
WHITE32.06906.44
TUCKER32.069037.41
DYE32.0690312.50
HILL21.37935.42
FULLER21.379334.07
WEST21.379314.33
BONE21.379374.35
WATTS21.379316.45
JACKSON21.37934.94
SOUTHGATE21.3793175.44
WHICKER21.37932,000.00
BOOTH10.68976.99
WATSON10.68972.97
ALLISON10.689724.27
DUFFY10.689731.55
BROUGHTON10.689737.04
WARNES10.6897208.33
RICKETTS10.689770.92
BREWSTER10.689771.43
LONG10.689710.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRAVER0.151453333.3333
CAWTHORN0.151452222.2222
WHICKER0.151452000.0000
WILKIN0.15145506.3291
STAPLETON0.15145479.4521
DYE0.15145312.5000
WARNES0.15145208.3333
SOUTHGATE0.15145175.4386
READ0.15145128.3422
LAMBERT0.15145126.4223
BARBER0.1514580.1833
BONE0.1514574.3494
BREWSTER0.1514571.4286
RICKETTS0.1514570.9220
BURTON0.1514548.5830
FOX0.1514544.5765
TUCKER0.1514537.4065
BROUGHTON0.1514537.0370
FULLER0.1514534.0716
DUFFY0.1514531.5457
ALLISON0.1514524.2718
HART0.1514524.2522
MOORE0.1514517.2414
WATTS0.1514516.4474
WEST0.1514514.3266
MARTIN0.1514511.1982
LONG0.1514510.6270
BOOTH0.151456.9930
WHITE0.151456.4364
HILL0.151455.4157
TAYLOR0.151455.3920
JACKSON0.151454.9358
WATSON0.151452.9727
SMITH0.151452.9307

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 145 people called GRAVER in East Raynham 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 3333.3333 in East Raynham means that 3333.3333% of the people in East Raynham on census day were called GRAVER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRAVER 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 GRAVER 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 GRAVER 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 GRAVER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in East Raynham means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRAVER in East Raynham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Raynham in 1881

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

ALLISON (1)  ANNISON (1)  BARBER (7)  BONE (2)  BOOTH (1)  BREWSTER (1)  BROUGHTON (1)  BURTON (6)  CAWTHORN (6)  CUSHION (1)  DYE (3)  DUFFY (1)  DUNGER (10)  FULLER (2)  FOX (6)  GAYFORD (3)  GRAVER (6)  HART (3)  HILL (2)  JACKSON (2)  LAMBERT (10)  LONG (1)  MARTIN (4)  MOORE (5)  READ (12)  RICKETTS (1)  MACRO (3)  SEGON (1)  SMITH (6)  SOUTHGATE (2)  STAPLETON (7)  TAYLOR (5)  TUCKER (3)  W... (4)  WARNES (1)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (2)  WEST (2)  WHICKER (2)  WHITE (3)  WILKIN (4)  YAXLEY (1)