Top surnames from the 1881 census in Foulsham, Norfolk

Foulsham 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
BARBER485.058084.03
LAMBERT384.004273.37
GIRLING353.6881579.47
PRIOR242.5290109.24
SEAMAN222.3182298.91
TAYLOR192.00213.13
CHAPMAN181.896713.36
BIRD171.791423.44
DACK151.5806513.70
PALMER141.475212.52
AUSTIN121.264525.87
BELL111.15916.17
WILLIAMSON101.053711.76
MONEY101.0537176.37
EKE101.0537588.24
HENDRY90.948459.88
BUNTING90.948484.99
SMITH90.94840.67
BALLS90.948474.01
SPOONER90.948465.74
BULLOCK90.948429.15
HAGAN80.8430168.78
WOODHOUSE80.843035.57
LONG80.843013.00
BLADE70.73761,166.67
COOPER70.73763.03
GEE70.737628.90
DOUGHTY70.737658.00
TUCKER70.737613.33
KEELER70.7376249.11
SAUNDERS60.63226.89
COLLINS60.63224.41
WAYMAN60.6322240.00
BERWICK60.6322157.07
GROOM60.632245.11
POTTER60.63229.75
CLARKE60.63223.12
MILDENHALL60.6322800.00
WELLS60.63227.60
TEMPLE60.632248.15
LYNN50.526960.39
PRICE50.52693.01
LEAMON50.52691,470.59
HOWLETT50.526939.28
GRAY50.52693.69
GRAVER50.5269423.73
CHESNEY50.5269416.67
FROST50.52699.37
ISBILL50.52695,000.00
DURRANT40.421526.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ISBILL0.959495000.0000
LEAMON0.959491470.5882
BLADE0.959491166.6667
MILDENHALL0.95949800.0000
ROOFE0.95949750.0000
EKE0.95949588.2353
GIRLING0.95949579.4702
HAGON0.95949519.4805
DACK0.95949513.6986
MEYERS0.95949459.7701
HOLSEY0.95949434.7826
GRAVER0.95949423.7288
CHESNEY0.95949416.6667
WINNER0.95949303.0303
SEAMAN0.95949298.9130
TIMBERS0.95949256.4103
GEDNEY0.95949250.0000
KEELER0.95949249.1103
WAYMAN0.95949240.0000
FARMAN0.95949224.7191
REYNER0.95949192.3077
MONEY0.95949176.3668
HAGAN0.95949168.7764
BERWICK0.95949157.0681
GALER0.95949142.8571
BRADFIELD0.95949132.8904
BRANFORD0.95949120.4819
BALEY0.95949113.6364
EMMS0.95949111.7318
PRIOR0.95949109.2399
CHILVERS0.95949107.5269
COLLISON0.95949102.8278
TOWLER0.9594994.5626
CROWN0.9594985.4701
BUNTING0.9594984.9858
BARBER0.9594984.0336
BALLS0.9594974.0132
LAMBERT0.9594973.3732
ROOTS0.9594972.2022
SPOONER0.9594965.7414
JONAS0.9594961.3497
LYNN0.9594960.3865
HENDRY0.9594959.8802
DOUGHTY0.9594957.9950
STARLING0.9594957.3888
RIX0.9594957.3614
SAVORY0.9594957.1429
FAIRMAN0.9594948.5437
TEMPLE0.9594948.1541
GROOM0.9594945.1128

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 949 people called ISBILL in Foulsham 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 Foulsham means that 5000.0000% of the people in Foulsham on census day were called ISBILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ISBILL 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 ISBILL 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 ISBILL 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 ISBILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.95 in Foulsham means that you are 0.95 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ISBILL in Foulsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Foulsham in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  AMIES (14)  AUSTIN (12)  BALEY (1)  BAKER (3)  BALLS (9)  BILHAM (5)  BAMBRIDGE (6)  BARBER (48)  BARTLETT (1)  BERWICK (6)  BALES (1)  BECK (1)  BELL (11)  BINKS (2)  BIRD (17)  BISHOP (1)  BLADE (7)  BLYTH (4)  BOULTER (2)  BOWMAN (1)  BOYLE (1)  BRADFIELD (4)  BRANFORD (1)  BUDREY (1)  BUDDREY (9)  BULLOCK (9)  BUNTING (9)  BURRELL (1)  BURTON (2)  BUSH (4)  BUSHELL (4)  CAWSTON (1)  CHAPLIN (2)  CHAPMAN (18)  CHESNEY (5)  CHILVERS (4)  CHIPPERFIELD (3)  CLARKE (6)  CLAXTON (1)  CLITHERO (5)  COLLINS (6)  COOPER (7)  COLLISON (4)  CRASKE (4)  CROOK (1)  CROWE (2)  CROWN (1)  DACK (15)  DAMANT (2)  DOUGHTY (7)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUNNETT (1)  DURRANT (4)  EBBAGE (4)  EGMORE (8)  EKE (10)  EMMS (4)  EVERETT (1)  FAIRMAN (1)  FARMAN (4)  FENN (3)  FOX (2)  FRANKS (1)  FROST (5)  GALER (1)  GEAGEN (7)  GEDNEY (1)  GEE (7)  JEARY (2)  GIBBS (3)  GIRLING (35)  GRAVER (5)  GRAY (5)  GRICE (3)  GROOM (6)  GUYMER (14)  GUYONEN (1)  HAGAN (8)  HAGON (4)  HALL (2)  HAMBLING (1)  HANCOCK (2)  HARDING (2)  HARMER (1)  HENDRY (9)  HEWITT (2)  HOLSEY (1)  HOWARD (1)  HOWES (4)  HOWLETT (5)  HUBBARD (2)  HUDSON (1)  HURRELL (2)  ISBILL (5)  JACOB (2)  JACOBS (1)  JEFFRIES (1)  JONAS (1)  KERRISON (3)  KING (1)  LAKE (3)  LAMBERT (38)  LAURENCE (3)  LEGGATT (3)  LEAMON (5)  LONG (8)  LUCK (1)  LYNN (5)  MAIDSTONE (4)  MARTIN (1)  MASSINGHAM (10)  MATTHEWS (1)  MAYES (3)  KEELER (7)  MESNEY (4)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILDENHALL (6)  MYHILL (14)  MONEY (10)  MONTGOMERIE (3)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (1)  MURRAY (2)  MEYERS (4)  NEALE (4)  NEWMAN (2)  NEWPORT (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  NOBBS (18)  NOBLE (4)  NORTON (2)  OVERTON (2)  PALMER (14)  PANTON (1)  PATFIELD (7)  PEASE (1)  PEARCE (4)  PEGG (2)  PHILLIPO (3)  POTTER (6)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (5)  PRIOR (24)  PURDY (1)  RABY (1)  RANDALL (1)  RAVEN (3)  REYNER (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHES (2)  RISEBOROUGH (3)  RIX (3)  ROBINSON (1)  RODWELL (1)  ROOTS (2)  ROSHIER (6)  ROOFE (3)  RUSSELL (3)  SADLER (3)  SAINTY (4)  SANDS (1)  SAUNDERS (6)  SAVORY (2)  SAWYER (1)  SEAMAN (22)  SHIELDS (1)  SMITH (9)  SOUTHGATE (2)  SPOONER (9)  SPRATT (1)  SPRAGG (1)  SPRINGALL (2)  STARLING (4)  STOKES (1)  STRINGER (1)  STROULGER (12)  TAYLOR (19)  TEMPLE (6)  THOMPSON (4)  THROWER (1)  THURLING (4)  TIMBERS (1)  TOWL (1)  TOWLER (4)  TUCK (2)  TUCKER (7)  TURNER (3)  THURTELL (1)  WINNER (1)  WADE (1)  WALLER (1)  WARD (3)  WARNES (1)  WATSON (2)  WAYMAN (6)  WELLS (6)  WHALEBELLY (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLIAMSON (10)  WILLOUGHBY (1)  WILSON (2)  WINGFIELD (1)  WOODHOUSE (8)  WRIGHT (3)