Top surnames from the 1881 census in Howe, Norfolk

Howe 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
HUDSON1111.9565146.08
LAMBERT1111.9565219.12
BURGESS55.434878.25
THURLOW55.43481,136.36
STONE44.347860.15
MUDD44.34781,025.64
GOLDSMITH44.3478279.72
BRIGGS33.260960.00
LIPSCOMBE22.1739800.00
DAY22.173923.09
MOORE22.173910.87
BUCK11.087050.76
ROPER11.087052.08
ALDRIDGE11.087056.18
WILDEN11.0870833.33
SEAMAN11.0870140.85
BILTON11.0870256.41
HURN11.0870416.67
GENT11.0870126.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THURLOW0.09921136.3636
MUDD0.09921025.6410
WILDEN0.0992833.3333
LIPSCOMBE0.0992800.0000
HURN0.0992416.6667
GOLDSMITH0.0992279.7203
BILTON0.0992256.4103
LAMBERT0.0992219.1235
HUDSON0.0992146.0823
SEAMAN0.0992140.8451
GENT0.0992126.5823
BURGESS0.099278.2473
STONE0.099260.1504
BRIGGS0.099260.0000
ALDRIDGE0.099256.1798
ROPER0.099252.0833
BUCK0.099250.7614
DAY0.099223.0947
MOORE0.099210.8696

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 92 people called THURLOW in Howe 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 1136.3636 in Howe means that 1136.3636% of the people in Howe on census day were called THURLOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THURLOW 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 THURLOW 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 THURLOW 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 THURLOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Howe means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THURLOW in Howe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Howe in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (1)  BILTON (1)  BRIGGS (3)  BUCK (1)  BURGESS (5)  DAY (2)  EVERED (1)  GENT (1)  GILLINGWATER (10)  GOLDSMITH (4)  GOOK (1)  HURN (1)  HERWIN (11)  HUDSON (11)  LAMBERT (11)  LIPSCOMBE (2)  MOORE (2)  MUDD (4)  PITELEN (4)  ROPER (1)  SEAMAN (1)  SHELDRAKE (2)  STONE (4)  THURLOW (5)  TIDNAM (2)  WILDEN (1)