Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ketteringham, Norfolk

Ketteringham 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
SMITH105.49453.89
NICHOLS94.9451151.77
SMITHSON84.3956459.77
IRELAND73.8462165.88
HOWES73.8462220.13
BETTS63.2967154.24
EDDINGTON63.29673,333.33
COOPER63.296713.55
BEAUMONT63.2967111.11
MOTT63.2967434.78
GROOM52.7473196.08
TOOKE52.74731,785.71
GOOCH42.1978250.00
ALDERTON42.1978493.83
WOODROW42.1978353.98
HOWLETT42.1978163.93
DAWSON42.197819.94
HORSTEAD31.64844,285.71
READ31.648425.58
EMMS31.6484434.78
SMART31.648436.19
MACK21.0989109.29
WEBB21.09898.11
HUNTER21.098910.70
GREAVES21.098937.45
CATCHPOLE21.0989170.94
BOILEAU21.09895,000.00
GOODRUM21.0989833.33
BARRETT21.098916.37
MILLER21.09896.14
CANHAM21.0989246.91
GRIX21.09891,818.18
WRIGHT10.54951.71
BRIGHTON10.5495156.25
GIBBS10.549511.19
KEELER10.5495185.19
DEAR10.549574.07
TUTTLE10.5495434.78
PARSONS10.54957.23
WILKINSON10.54953.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOILEAU0.181825000.0000
HORSTEAD0.181824285.7143
EDDINGTON0.181823333.3333
GRIX0.181821818.1818
TOOKE0.181821785.7143
GOODRUM0.18182833.3333
ALDERTON0.18182493.8272
SMITHSON0.18182459.7701
EMMS0.18182434.7826
MOTT0.18182434.7826
TUTTLE0.18182434.7826
WOODROW0.18182353.9823
GOOCH0.18182250.0000
CANHAM0.18182246.9136
HOWES0.18182220.1258
GROOM0.18182196.0784
KEELER0.18182185.1852
CATCHPOLE0.18182170.9402
IRELAND0.18182165.8768
HOWLETT0.18182163.9344
BRIGHTON0.18182156.2500
BETTS0.18182154.2416
NICHOLS0.18182151.7707
BEAUMONT0.18182111.1111
MACK0.18182109.2896
DEAR0.1818274.0741
GREAVES0.1818237.4532
SMART0.1818236.1882
READ0.1818225.5754
DAWSON0.1818219.9402
BARRETT0.1818216.3666
COOPER0.1818213.5532
GIBBS0.1818211.1857
HUNTER0.1818210.7009
WEBB0.181828.1070
PARSONS0.181827.2307
MILLER0.181826.1425
SMITH0.181823.8915
WILKINSON0.181823.6010
WRIGHT0.181821.7126

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 182 people called BOILEAU in Ketteringham 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 5000.0000 in Ketteringham means that 5000.0000% of the people in Ketteringham on census day were called BOILEAU.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOILEAU 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 BOILEAU 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 BOILEAU 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 BOILEAU here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Ketteringham means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOILEAU in Ketteringham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ketteringham in 1881

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

ALDERTON (4)  BARRETT (2)  BASSINGTHWAIGHTE (5)  BASSINGTHWAITE (2)  BEAUMONT (6)  BETTS (6)  BOILEAU (2)  BRADBROOK (7)  BRIGHTON (1)  CANHAM (2)  CATCHPOLE (2)  COOPER (6)  DAWSON (4)  DEAR (1)  EDDINGTON (6)  EMMS (3)  GAYFORD (5)  GIBBS (1)  GISSING (1)  GOOCH (4)  GOODRUM (2)  GOODINGS (1)  GREAVES (2)  GRIX (2)  GROOM (5)  HORSTEAD (3)  HOWES (7)  HOWLETT (4)  HUNTER (2)  IRELAND (7)  LANDSDALE (6)  MACK (2)  KEELER (1)  MILLER (2)  MONSER (1)  MOTT (6)  NICHALLS (2)  NICHOLS (9)  OWLES (6)  PARSONS (1)  PYMER (1)  READ (3)  SMART (3)  SMITH (10)  SMITHSON (8)  TOLLIDAY (1)  TOOKE (5)  THIRTLE (1)  TUTTLE (1)  WEBB (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WOODROW (4)  WRIGHT (1)