Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Cressingham, Norfolk

Little Cressingham 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
COOK146.730833.88
BUCKLE146.7308619.47
CROWE115.2885528.85
TOLMAN104.80773,703.70
POWLEY104.80771,538.46
HARDY94.326972.23
SAMPLE94.32692,727.27
GILL94.326961.14
CARTER73.365420.05
HOWLETT73.3654250.90
NEWTON62.884637.64
BAILEY52.403815.96
BUTTERS52.4038490.20
PRATT52.403841.84
THEOBALD41.9231303.03
MASON41.923114.30
SMITH41.92311.36
HARROD41.9231571.43
WATSON31.44236.22
CHAPMAN31.442310.16
BIRD20.961512.59
MOORE20.96154.81
LONG20.961514.83
NUNN20.961554.95
FRENCH20.961519.70
BENSLEY20.9615555.56
DAINES20.9615408.16
BROOKES20.961540.90
FORD20.96159.87
BARNES20.96157.99
KIDDLE20.9615444.44
FENTON10.480824.10
JENNINGS10.48089.48
REEVE10.480820.58
BUCK10.480822.42
TURNER10.48081.73
LINCOLN10.480863.69
GRANT10.48084.85
WYER10.4808232.56
MARKWELL10.4808263.16
CATER10.4808100.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOLMAN0.212083703.7037
SAMPLE0.212082727.2727
POWLEY0.212081538.4615
BUCKLE0.21208619.4690
HARROD0.21208571.4286
BENSLEY0.21208555.5556
CROWE0.21208528.8462
BUTTERS0.21208490.1961
KIDDLE0.21208444.4444
DAINES0.21208408.1633
THEOBALD0.21208303.0303
MARKWELL0.21208263.1579
HOWLETT0.21208250.8961
WYER0.21208232.5581
CATER0.21208100.0000
HARDY0.2120872.2311
LINCOLN0.2120863.6943
GILL0.2120861.1413
NUNN0.2120854.9451
PRATT0.2120841.8410
BROOKES0.2120840.8998
NEWTON0.2120837.6412
COOK0.2120833.8819
FENTON0.2120824.0964
BUCK0.2120822.4215
REEVE0.2120820.5761
CARTER0.2120820.0516
FRENCH0.2120819.7044
BAILEY0.2120815.9591
LONG0.2120814.8258
MASON0.2120814.3010
BIRD0.2120812.5865
CHAPMAN0.2120810.1557
FORD0.212089.8717
JENNINGS0.212089.4787
BARNES0.212087.9872
WATSON0.212086.2176
GRANT0.212084.8450
MOORE0.212084.8088
TURNER0.212081.7271
SMITH0.212081.3620

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 208 people called TOLMAN in Little Cressingham 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 3703.7037 in Little Cressingham means that 3703.7037% of the people in Little Cressingham on census day were called TOLMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOLMAN 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 TOLMAN 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 TOLMAN 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 TOLMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Little Cressingham means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOLMAN in Little Cressingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Cressingham in 1881

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

BAILEY (5)  BARNES (2)  BENEST (3)  BENSLEY (2)  BILVERSTONE (5)  BIRD (2)  BROOKES (2)  BROOKS (HOWLETT) (4)  BUCK (1)  BUCKENHAM (3)  BUCKLE (14)  BUGDALE (2)  BUTTERS (5)  CARTER (7)  CATER (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  COOK (14)  CROWE (11)  CROWFOOT (1)  DAINES (2)  FENTON (1)  FORD (2)  FRENCH (2)  GARSTON (1)  GILL (9)  GRANT (1)  HARDY (9)  HARROD (4)  HOWLETT (7)  JENNINGS (1)  KIDDLE (2)  LEVERAGE (3)  LINCOLN (1)  LONG (2)  MARKWELL (1)  MASON (4)  MENDHAM (1)  MOORE (2)  NETLING (1)  NEWTON (6)  NUNN (2)  POWLEY (10)  PRATT (5)  REEVE (1)  MACROWE (5)  SAMPLE (9)  SCILLITOE (1)  SMITH (4)  TALCOMBE (2)  THEOBALD (4)  TOLMAN (10)  TURNER (1)  WATSON (3)  WEBSDALE (1)  WYER (1)