Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Witchingham, Norfolk

Great Witchingham 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
GASKINS274.74525,744.68
DANN213.6907584.96
WOODS183.163450.17
NASH172.987764.81
FULLER172.987773.85
HOWARD162.812028.65
SMITH162.81201.99
NELSON152.636254.43
HALL142.46058.36
PUMMEL132.284721,666.67
RIX122.1090383.39
ANDREWS122.109022.01
SIGGINS122.10904,137.93
WARNES101.7575531.91
RAMM101.75751,204.82
WATERS101.757543.74
ROWE91.581727.86
CRANE81.406066.67
ELLIOTT81.406016.57
BROWN81.40602.13
FLOWERS71.2302151.84
OTTAWAY71.2302593.22
BARRETT71.230218.32
FARMAN71.2302654.21
HUNT61.05457.94
KEMP61.054519.01
FREESTONE61.0545244.90
BROWNE61.054557.58
RAYNER61.054542.28
HOWES61.054560.30
PEACHER61.05458,571.43
LARGE61.0545102.21
KING61.05454.84
BOWES50.878795.79
RAVEN50.8787104.60
BLANCH50.8787458.72
MARTIN50.87873.57
KNIGHTS50.8787100.20
HUTCHINS50.878786.96
WILKIN50.8787160.26
GRAVES40.703046.35
MASON40.70305.23
LAKY40.703040,000.00
LAWS40.703063.19
RUDD40.703044.59
DOVE40.703061.44
FICKLING40.7030769.23
WRIGHT30.52721.64
ARCHER30.527212.74
LEGGETT30.527267.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAKY0.5756940000.0000
PUMMEL0.5756921666.6667
PEACHER0.575698571.4286
GASKINS0.575695744.6809
BERFIELD0.575695000.0000
SIGGINS0.575694137.9310
RAMM0.575691204.8193
FICKLING0.57569769.2308
FARMAN0.57569654.2056
OTTAWAY0.57569593.2203
DANN0.57569584.9582
DUNT0.57569555.5556
WARNES0.57569531.9149
BLANCH0.57569458.7156
RIX0.57569383.3866
VERDON0.57569357.1429
FREESTONE0.57569244.8980
ASHE0.57569185.1852
SHREEVE0.57569181.8182
WILKIN0.57569160.2564
FLOWERS0.57569151.8438
BALES0.57569141.5094
KEELER0.57569119.0476
RAVEN0.57569104.6025
LARGE0.57569102.2147
KNIGHTS0.57569100.2004
BOWES0.5756995.7854
BODDY0.5756995.2381
HUTCHINS0.5756986.9565
BARHAM0.5756985.2273
STIMPSON0.5756978.4314
CURSON0.5756976.9231
FULLER0.5756973.8488
MCLEAN0.5756968.9655
DIGBY0.5756967.7966
LEGGETT0.5756967.1141
CRANE0.5756966.6667
NASH0.5756964.8113
LAWS0.5756963.1912
DOVE0.5756961.4439
HOWES0.5756960.3015
PIGG0.5756959.5238
RUTLAND0.5756957.8035
BROWNE0.5756957.5816
NELSON0.5756954.4267
WOODS0.5756950.1672
STARLING0.5756947.8469
RIVETT0.5756947.3934
LINCOLN0.5756946.6200
GRAVES0.5756946.3499

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 569 people called LAKY in Great Witchingham 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 40000.0000 in Great Witchingham means that 40000.0000% of the people in Great Witchingham on census day were called LAKY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAKY 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 LAKY 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 LAKY 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 LAKY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Great Witchingham means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAKY in Great Witchingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Witchingham in 1881

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

ABEL (1)  ALLWOOD (1)  ALWOOD (1)  ANDREWS (12)  ARCHER (3)  ARTHURTON (7)  ASHE (1)  BILHAM (4)  BARHAM (3)  BARRETT (7)  BERWICK (1)  BATEMAN (3)  BALES (3)  BLANCH (5)  BLYTHE (1)  BODDY (3)  BOWES (5)  BOYCE (1)  BROOKE (2)  BROWN (8)  BROWNE (6)  BUDREY (1)  BUGHAM (2)  BERFIELD (1)  BUSH (2)  CURSON (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHAMPION (2)  CLARK (1)  COLLINS (1)  CRANE (8)  CURTIS (1)  DANN (21)  DIGBY (2)  DOVE (4)  DUNT (2)  EAGLING (1)  ELLIOTT (8)  FARMAN (7)  FENN (1)  FICKLING (4)  FLETCHER (1)  FLOWERS (7)  FOSTER (1)  FULLER (17)  FREESTONE (6)  GASKINS (27)  GRANT (2)  GRAYSTON (8)  GRAVES (4)  GREEN (1)  HALL (14)  HAWKINS (1)  HEDGES (2)  HOWARD (16)  HOWES (6)  HOWLETT (2)  HUNT (6)  HUTCHINS (5)  HUTTON (3)  JEFFRIES (1)  KEMP (6)  KING (6)  KNIGHTS (5)  LAKY (4)  LARGE (6)  LAWS (4)  LEGGETT (3)  LINCOLN (2)  MARTIN (5)  MASON (4)  KEELER (2)  MCLEAN (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILK (2)  NASH (17)  NELSON (15)  OTTAWAY (7)  PAGE (3)  PALMER (1)  PATRICK (1)  PEACHER (6)  PIGG (1)  PRIOR (1)  PUMMEL (13)  RAMM (10)  RAVEN (5)  RAWLENSON (1)  RAWLINSON OR ROWLANDSON (8)  RAYNER (6)  REEVE (3)  RICHES (3)  RIVETT (1)  RIX (12)  ROWE (9)  ROUNCE (1)  RUDD (4)  RUTLAND (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHARPIN (9)  SHERWOOD (2)  SHREEVE (2)  SIGGINS (12)  SMITH (16)  SPOONER (1)  SPRINGALL (1)  STIMPSON (2)  STARLING (2)  TOMMAS (6)  VERDON (1)  WALKER (1)  WARNES (10)  WATERS (10)  WEBB (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKIN (5)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WOODS (18)  WOODBINE (3)  WRIGHT (3)