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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Garboldisham, Norfolk

Garboldisham 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
REEVE274.2056179.88
SMITH233.58262.54
BROCK172.6480227.88
BARRETT162.492237.11
SHAW162.492213.57
TYLER132.024968.60
COOKE132.024936.69
KIDD121.869291.81
TURNER111.71346.16
BLIZZARD111.71341,666.67
BARNES111.713414.23
TOWELL101.5576546.45
JOLLY101.5576109.89
EDWARDS91.40195.03
SHEARING91.4019580.65
BENNETT81.24617.58
LING81.2461131.80
EADE81.2461258.90
DOE71.0903228.01
MAYHEW71.0903132.08
CORNELL71.0903163.17
PORCHER71.09033,333.33
SELLS71.0903642.20
BRETT71.090357.42
SELF71.0903153.51
REYNOLDS71.090312.59
LONG71.090316.81
HOWLETT71.090381.30
HUNT60.93467.04
ROLFE60.934672.03
RICE60.934630.11
BUGG60.9346206.90
LEGGETT60.9346118.81
FORDHAM50.778896.90
WHITEHEAD50.778811.52
BARKLEY50.7788595.24
HOLDEN50.778814.22
HUTSON50.7788198.41
WEST50.77888.09
CLARKE50.77883.84
FOREMAN50.778859.59
HURRELL50.7788130.89
WOODS40.62319.88
CROOKS40.623180.81
REED40.62318.54
EVERSON40.6231191.39
WHITNEY40.6231120.12
SIMMONS40.623115.26
ENGLISH30.467324.86
OSBORNE30.46739.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PORCHER0.646423333.3333
BLIZZARD0.646421666.6667
SELLS0.64642642.2018
BARKLEY0.64642595.2381
SHEARING0.64642580.6452
ONG0.64642571.4286
TOWELL0.64642546.4481
BOBBY0.64642333.3333
COCKRELL0.64642298.5075
EADE0.64642258.8997
DOE0.64642228.0130
BROCK0.64642227.8820
COLL0.64642208.3333
BUGG0.64642206.8966
HUTSON0.64642198.4127
EVERSON0.64642191.3876
REEVE0.64642179.8801
CORNELL0.64642163.1702
SELF0.64642153.5088
OTTAWAY0.64642150.3759
PLUME0.64642147.0588
MAYHEW0.64642132.0755
LING0.64642131.7957
HURRELL0.64642130.8901
WHITNEY0.64642120.1201
LEGGETT0.64642118.8119
JOLLY0.64642109.8901
FORDHAM0.6464296.8992
KIDD0.6464291.8133
LITTLETON0.6464286.9565
CAWTHORN0.6464282.6446
HOWLETT0.6464281.3008
CROOKS0.6464280.8081
FREESTONE0.6464272.4638
ROLFE0.6464272.0288
BATLEY0.6464271.9424
TYLER0.6464268.6016
FLACK0.6464266.3717
FULCHER0.6464261.5385
FOREMAN0.6464259.5948
BRETT0.6464257.4241
HUGGINS0.6464255.5556
JACQUES0.6464255.1471
BUSSEY0.6464245.8716
RIVETT0.6464241.8410
BARRETT0.6464237.1058
COOKE0.6464236.6921
SHEPPERD0.6464235.9712
AVIS0.6464232.4675
RICE0.6464230.1054

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 642 people called PORCHER in Garboldisham 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 Garboldisham means that 3333.3333% of the people in Garboldisham on census day were called PORCHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PORCHER 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 PORCHER 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 PORCHER 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 PORCHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Garboldisham means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PORCHER in Garboldisham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Garboldisham in 1881

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

ALLSOPP (5)  AMOS (2)  AVIS (1)  BAKER (1)  BALDRY (11)  BALLS (2)  BARKLEY (5)  BARNARD (1)  BARNES (11)  BARRETT (16)  BASSON (12)  BASIN (1)  BATLEY (2)  BEETON (8)  BENNETT (8)  BETTS (1)  BIRD (2)  BLIZZARD (11)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BOBBY (1)  BRETT (7)  BROOK (1)  BROCK (17)  BUCKLE (2)  BUGG (6)  BULLOCK (1)  BUSSEY (1)  BUTTON (1)  CAUDWELL (3)  CAWTHORN (1)  CHENERY (5)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARKE (5)  COBB (1)  COCKRELL (2)  COLL (1)  COLMAN (1)  COOKE (13)  COOK (1)  CORNELL (7)  CROOK (3)  CROOKS (4)  DAVY (1)  DEANE (1)  DODD (1)  DOE (7)  EADE (8)  EDWARDS (9)  ELSY (3)  EVERSON (4)  AYRES (2)  FARR (1)  FISHER (3)  FLACK (3)  FORDHAM (5)  FOREMAN (5)  FOSTER (1)  FREESTONE (2)  FROST (3)  FULCHER (2)  GREEN (2)  HACKELMANN (1)  HAMMOND (2)  HIPPERSON (1)  HOLDEN (5)  HOWLETT (7)  HOUSIN (1)  HUTSON (5)  HUGGINS (3)  HUNT (6)  HURRELL (5)  ENGLISH (3)  JACQUES (3)  JOLLY (10)  KENNADEY (3)  KENT (2)  KERRIDGE (1)  KIDD (12)  KING (1)  LAMBERT (2)  LAND (1)  LANGLY (2)  LANGLEY (3)  LAWRENCE (3)  LEGGETT (6)  LING (8)  LINGWOOD (2)  LINSTEAD (5)  LITTLETON (1)  LONG (7)  MARGINSON (3)  MASKALL (1)  MASON (1)  MAYHEW (7)  MALLOWS (8)  MYHILL (1)  MONTGOMERIE (7)  MULLENGER (6)  NAPTHIN (5)  NUNN (1)  ONG (2)  OSBORNE (3)  OTTAWAY (2)  PAGE (1)  PERCY (1)  PLUME (1)  PORCHER (7)  QUANTRILL (3)  RAMSBOTHAM (4)  REEVE (27)  REED (4)  READ (2)  REED (READ) (2)  REYNOLDS (7)  RICE (6)  RIVETT (1)  RODWELL (1)  ROLFE (6)  ROWE (1)  RUFFLEY (1)  SEAKINS (1)  SELF (7)  SELLS (7)  SHAW (16)  SHEANING (2)  SHEARING (9)  SHEPPERD (1)  SIMMONS (4)  SMITH (23)  STEVENS (3)  STUART (1)  STOCKINGS (5)  STUBBINGS (3)  STEBBINGS (11)  TANAT (1)  TAYLOR (3)  TAYLER (1)  TILLOTT (1)  TOWELL (10)  TURNER (11)  TYLER (13)  WALTON (1)  WAREHAM (1)  WATTS (1)  WEST (5)  WHITTAKER (1)  WHITEHEAD (5)  WHITNEY (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)  WOODS (4)  WOODCOCK (2)  WOODWARD (1)