Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fordham, Norfolk

Fordham 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
HOLMAN168.7432615.38
BOWMAN126.5574251.05
ANDERSON105.464527.66
EVERETT94.9180273.56
HUMPHREY84.3716164.27
CROSS84.371663.54
MATTHEWS73.825143.86
SCOTT63.278712.96
COOK42.185811.00
FISHER42.185818.67
ROGERS42.185816.84
BLAND42.1858105.54
RANSOME42.1858689.66
HALL31.63935.57
CLARK31.63935.45
BROWN31.63932.49
LEWIS31.63936.24
HARVEY31.639315.35
CLARKE31.63938.09
PELL21.0929194.17
TUCK21.092985.11
BULLEN21.0929103.09
DAWSON21.09299.92
VEAL21.0929178.57
GAY21.092981.97
CARNELL21.0929363.64
EVERITT21.0929130.72
EDWARDS10.54641.96
COATES10.546414.66
GAYTON10.5464322.58
CARTER10.54643.26
FELTHAM10.5464123.46
ENGLISH10.546429.07
BELL10.54642.91
SAVAGE10.546414.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RANSOME0.18183689.6552
HOLMAN0.18183615.3846
CARNELL0.18183363.6364
GAYTON0.18183322.5806
EVERETT0.18183273.5562
BOWMAN0.18183251.0460
PELL0.18183194.1748
VEAL0.18183178.5714
HUMPHREY0.18183164.2710
EVERITT0.18183130.7190
FELTHAM0.18183123.4568
BLAND0.18183105.5409
BULLEN0.18183103.0928
TUCK0.1818385.1064
GAY0.1818381.9672
CROSS0.1818363.5425
MATTHEWS0.1818343.8596
ENGLISH0.1818329.0698
ANDERSON0.1818327.6625
FISHER0.1818318.6741
ROGERS0.1818316.8350
HARVEY0.1818315.3531
COATES0.1818314.6628
SAVAGE0.1818314.2248
SCOTT0.1818312.9590
COOK0.1818311.0041
DAWSON0.181839.9157
CLARKE0.181838.0906
LEWIS0.181836.2357
HALL0.181835.5721
CLARK0.181835.4545
CARTER0.181833.2552
BELL0.181832.9078
BROWN0.181832.4869
EDWARDS0.181831.9608

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 183 people called RANSOME in Fordham 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 689.6552 in Fordham means that 689.6552% of the people in Fordham on census day were called RANSOME.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RANSOME 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 RANSOME 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 RANSOME 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 RANSOME here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Fordham means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RANSOME in Fordham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fordham in 1881

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

AKRED (7)  MIDDLETON (AKRED) (2)  ANDERSON (10)  BELL (1)  BLAND (4)  BOWMAN (12)  BROWN (3)  BULLEN (2)  BUTTERWICK (1)  CARNELL (2)  CARTER (1)  CHEVILL (1)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (3)  COATES (1)  COOK (4)  CROSS (8)  CULLING (2)  DAWSON (2)  DUNGAY (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ENGLEDOW (9)  EVERITT (2)  EVERETT (9)  FELTHAM (1)  FISHER (4)  FRYATT (3)  GAY (2)  GAYTON (1)  HALL (3)  HARVEY (3)  HOLMAN (16)  HUMPHREY (8)  ENGLISH (1)  LEFLEY (3)  LEWIS (3)  MATTHEWS (7)  MORTLOCK (1)  OVERMENT (2)  PELL (2)  RANSOME (4)  ROGERS (4)  SAVAGE (1)  SCOTT (6)  TAYLOR (UFFANDIEL) (4)  TITMARSH (4)  TUCK (2)  UFFENDIEL (5)  VEAL (2)