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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Happisburgh, Norfolk

Happisburgh 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
GREEN183.208611.39
CUTTING183.2086629.37
WISEMAN162.8520207.79
COLE152.673829.35
HOWES142.4955142.71
MASON142.495518.56
GIBBS132.317347.17
WATTS122.139025.51
BATES111.960830.81
HARMER111.9608197.84
WILKINS91.604336.31
EATON81.426050.92
KEMP81.426025.72
PURDY71.2478218.75
THOMPSON71.24784.17
GOOCH71.2478142.28
MEARS71.2478132.33
READ71.247819.35
SLIPPER71.24781,627.91
CURTIS71.247821.98
SALMON71.247854.73
COOPER71.24785.13
ELLIS61.06957.37
HEMP61.06952,307.69
STRIKE61.0695645.16
DUCKER61.0695454.55
BARNEY50.8913381.68
BULMAN50.8913245.10
BLACKBURN50.891323.64
CANNON50.891349.21
BRAMBLE50.8913476.19
RUMP50.8913649.35
SPOONER50.891361.80
CANHAM50.8913200.00
STOREY50.891335.06
STAFF50.8913349.65
SMITH40.71300.51
ALLARD40.7130203.05
COOKE40.713012.92
BECKETT40.713035.78
SPURR40.7130170.94
HARVEY40.71306.68
SMERDON40.7130459.77
SANDELL40.7130388.35
WRIGHT40.71302.22
HAYNES40.713019.98
BOND40.713013.47
CASTON30.5348545.45
SLATER30.53488.83
GOULD30.534814.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEMP0.565612307.6923
GALBREATH0.565611666.6667
SLIPPER0.565611627.9070
RUMP0.56561649.3506
STRIKE0.56561645.1613
CUTTING0.56561629.3706
CASTON0.56561545.4545
BRAMBLE0.56561476.1905
GALER0.56561476.1905
SMERDON0.56561459.7701
DUCKER0.56561454.5455
BANE0.56561434.7826
PILCH0.56561400.0000
SANDELL0.56561388.3495
BARNEY0.56561381.6794
STAFF0.56561349.6503
GRIMMER0.56561277.7778
BULMAN0.56561245.0980
WARDER0.56561240.9639
ARTIS0.56561232.5581
PURDY0.56561218.7500
WISEMAN0.56561207.7922
ALLARD0.56561203.0457
HAYLETT0.56561202.0202
CANHAM0.56561200.0000
HARMER0.56561197.8417
MORPHEW0.56561175.4386
SPURR0.56561170.9402
PEGGS0.56561169.4915
HOWES0.56561142.7115
GOOCH0.56561142.2764
MEARS0.56561132.3251
MARTINS0.56561108.6957
GOTTS0.56561107.5269
KELSEY0.5656172.2892
SPOONER0.5656161.8047
TURRELL0.5656158.8235
SALMON0.5656154.7303
WARNES0.5656154.0541
EATON0.5656150.9230
CANNON0.5656149.2126
GIBBS0.5656147.1698
CULLEY0.5656142.0168
STIMPSON0.5656139.6825
MAYCOCK0.5656138.4615
WILKINS0.5656136.3050
BECKETT0.5656135.7782
STOREY0.5656135.0631
GOSLING0.5656134.1686
RUDD0.5656133.8983

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 561 people called HEMP in Happisburgh 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 2307.6923 in Happisburgh means that 2307.6923% of the people in Happisburgh on census day were called HEMP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEMP 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 HEMP 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 HEMP 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 HEMP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.56 in Happisburgh means that you are 0.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEMP in Happisburgh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Happisburgh in 1881

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

ABIGAIL (1)  ALLARD (4)  AMIES (3)  ARTIS (1)  BANE (3)  BARNEY (5)  BARTRAIM (2)  BATES (11)  BECKETT (4)  BELL (2)  BESFORD (4)  BIRD (1)  BLACKBURN (5)  BOND (4)  BRAMBLE (5)  BULLIMORE (2)  BULMAN (5)  CANNON (5)  CANHAM (5)  CASTON (3)  LADD (CASTON) (4)  CAUTMAN (10)  CLIPPERTON (5)  CLARKE (2)  CLAXTON (1)  CLEMENTS (2)  COLE (15)  COOKE (4)  COOPER (7)  COSH (1)  COX (2)  CULLEY (1)  CURTIS (7)  CUTTING (18)  DALE (1)  DYBALL (8)  DUCKER (6)  EATON (8)  ELLIS (6)  EVANS (2)  FAUDEN (1)  FLAXELL (1)  FLOWERDAY (3)  FAULKE (2)  FRAREY (5)  GALBREATH (2)  GAME (1)  GALER (2)  GIBBS (13)  JIMPSON (7)  SANDELL ((JIMPSON)) (2)  GOOCH (7)  GOODBODY (1)  GOSLING (3)  GOTTS (1)  GOULD (3)  GRAVES (1)  GREEN (18)  GRIMMER (2)  HANNANH (6)  HANNANT (1)  HARMER (11)  HARVEY (4)  HAYLETT (2)  HAYNES (4)  HELESDEN (6)  HEMP (6)  HEWITT (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOWES (14)  HUBBARD (2)  HUMPHRIES (3)  HURST (1)  KELSEY (3)  KEMP (8)  KERRISON (4)  KING (1)  LACEY (2)  LAMBERT (1)  LARTER (10)  LINES (2)  MARTINS (1)  MASON (14)  MAYCOCK (1)  MYHILL (1)  MORPHEW (1)  MOWLE (2)  MEARS (7)  NEALE (1)  NOBBS (SUFFLING) (4)  PALMER (2)  PORRETT (2)  PAYNE (1)  PEGGS (1)  PILCH (1)  PURDY (7)  RASBURN (1)  READ (7)  RODGERS (2)  RUDD (3)  RUMP (5)  SADLER (1)  SALMON (7)  SANDELL (4)  SIELY (15)  SLATER (3)  SLIPPER (7)  SMERDON (4)  SMITH (4)  SPOONER (5)  SPURR (4)  STAFF (5)  STEWART (2)  STIMPSON (1)  STOREY (5)  STRIKE (6)  SUFFLING (5)  THOMPSON (7)  TIGHT (1)  TUCK (1)  THIRTLE (3)  TURRELL (1)  WARDER (2)  WARNES (1)  WATTS (12)  WEGG (6)  WHITBY (1)  WILKINS (9)  WILLIS (1)  WISEMAN (16)  WRIGHT (4)  YOUNG (1)