Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hempton, Norfolk

Hempton 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
WRIGHT8514.964846.65
BALLS234.0493315.93
COOPER152.640810.86
PAWLEY142.4648864.20
MEEK132.2887196.97
HUGGINS122.1127251.05
BARNES111.936616.09
SHARMAN101.7606127.88
COOKE91.584528.71
LANE91.584522.99
FISHER91.584513.54
GATES81.408590.91
THOMPSON81.40854.70
DUCKER71.2324526.32
CURSON71.2324538.46
BRUNTON71.2324156.95
DENNIS61.056335.71
BROWN61.05631.60
REEVE61.056345.18
MARSHALL61.05636.30
BURRELL61.056381.08
RICHES61.056392.45
MANN61.056320.05
BUTTERS61.0563215.05
ELLIS61.05637.27
LONG61.056316.28
JOHNSON50.88032.62
BRADFIELD50.8803277.78
HOWARD50.88038.97
WHITE40.70422.19
LANGLEY40.704232.10
BOYCE40.704247.06
MEDLER40.70421,600.00
COPLAND40.7042125.79
BARLEY40.7042126.58
CRANMER40.7042408.16
DYE30.528279.58
ALLCOCK30.528248.94
REEVES30.528212.90
PRATT30.52829.19
HARVEY30.52824.95
GRANGE30.528291.74
MORGAN30.52822.66
INGHAM20.352114.15
CHAPMAN20.35212.48
BUTCHER20.35218.35
PALMER20.35212.99
WOODHOUSE20.352114.86
CODLING20.3521100.00
MILLETT20.352188.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LYNG0.575681666.6667
MEDLER0.575681600.0000
JARRED0.575681428.5714
PAWLEY0.57568864.1975
CURSON0.57568538.4615
DUCKER0.57568526.3158
SMALLS0.57568500.0000
CRANMER0.57568408.1633
GENTLEMAN0.57568408.1633
BALLS0.57568315.9341
BRADFIELD0.57568277.7778
HUGGINS0.57568251.0460
EGGETT0.57568238.0952
BUTTERS0.57568215.0538
MEEK0.57568196.9697
BALEY0.57568188.6792
BRUNTON0.57568156.9507
SHARMAN0.57568127.8772
BARLEY0.57568126.5823
COPLAND0.57568125.7862
CODLING0.57568100.0000
RICHES0.5756892.4499
GRANGE0.5756891.7431
GATES0.5756890.9091
MILLETT0.5756888.4956
DRANE0.5756886.2069
LEEDER0.5756881.3008
BURRELL0.5756881.0811
DYE0.5756879.5756
SOLE0.5756876.3359
BASHAM0.5756870.9220
EAGLE0.5756863.4921
NEWLAND0.5756858.8235
COY0.5756856.4972
ALLCOCK0.5756848.9396
RAWLING0.5756848.3092
BALES0.5756847.1698
BOYCE0.5756847.0588
WRIGHT0.5756846.6469
REEVE0.5756845.1807
EASTER0.5756843.6681
DENNIS0.5756835.7143
CHRISTMAS0.5756832.6797
LANGLEY0.5756832.1027
MONEY0.5756829.4985
COOKE0.5756828.7081
WING0.5756828.0112
CLAXTON0.5756827.7778
GIRLING0.5756827.6243
CHAPLIN0.5756824.5399

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 568 people called LYNG in Hempton 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 1666.6667 in Hempton means that 1666.6667% of the people in Hempton on census day were called LYNG.

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

All the surnames recorded in Hempton in 1881

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

ALLCOCK (3)  ALLEN (1)  ARMATAGE (1)  ARNOLD (1)  ARTHERTON (27)  EASTELL (2)  BALEY (1)  BALLS (23)  BARKER (1)  BARLEY (4)  BARNARD (1)  BARNES (11)  BARNETT (2)  BASHAM (1)  BALES (1)  BELL (2)  BISHOP (1)  BLANCHFLOWER (5)  BOYCE (4)  BRADFIELD (5)  BRASNETT (9)  BROWN (6)  BRUNTON (7)  BURRELL (6)  BUTCHER (2)  BUTTERS (6)  BUTTERFORD (1)  CURSON (7)  CHAMBERLAINE (1)  CHAPLIN (2)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHRISTMAS (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLAXTON (1)  CLAYTON (1)  CODLING (2)  COOKE (9)  COOPER (15)  COPLAND (4)  CRANMER (4)  CROSS (1)  CURTIS (1)  DYE (3)  DENNIS (6)  DODMAN (20)  DRANE (1)  DUCKER (7)  EAGLE (2)  EARL (1)  EASTER (1)  EASTO (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EGGETT (1)  ELLIS (6)  EMMERSON (1)  EVANS (1)  FISHER (9)  FLURING (1)  FULLER (1)  GATES (8)  GENTLEMAN (2)  GIRLING (1)  GOOCH (1)  GRANGE (3)  GREEN (1)  HARDY (1)  HARVEY (3)  HENDRY (1)  HOWARD (5)  HUGGINS (12)  INGHAM (2)  JARRED (2)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSON (5)  COY (1)  KETTELBURGH ? (2)  KNIGHTS (1)  LANE (9)  LANGLEY (4)  LEEDER (1)  LEE (1)  LEVERINGTON (7)  LYNG (1)  LOADS (5)  LONG (6)  LYNN (1)  MANN (6)  MARSHALL (6)  MC KENSIE (1)  MEDLER (4)  MEEK (13)  MILLETT (2)  MONEY (1)  MORGAN (3)  MOAL (1)  NEAL (1)  NEWLAND (2)  NOBBS (1)  NORMAN (1)  OLLEY (2)  PALMER (2)  PAWLEY (14)  PEARSON (2)  PULLE (2)  PRATT (3)  REEVES (3)  REEVE (6)  RICHES (6)  RAWLING (1)  RUDD (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SCOTT (2)  SEAMAN (1)  SHARMAN (10)  SHARP (1)  SHERINGHAM (12)  SMALLS (1)  SMITH (1)  SOLE (1)  TARTO OR TARBO (2)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (8)  VERTIGANS (8)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WARD (1)  WATSON (1)  WEEKS (1)  WHITE (4)  WING (1)  WOODHOUSE (2)  WRIGHT (85)  YAXLEY (2)  YOUNG (1)