Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Dunham, Norfolk

Little Dunham 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
HORNEY196.333319,000.00
CLARK175.666718.85
THOMPSON175.666718.92
SAMPSON165.3333312.50
SAY155.00002,054.79
RIX113.6667666.67
WRIGHT103.333310.39
BARRETT93.000044.67
HAYWOOD82.6667127.19
VINCE62.0000329.67
DURRANT62.0000127.66
HARE62.0000129.59
GREEN51.66675.92
BIRD51.666721.82
TURNER41.33334.79
COE41.333382.14
COPEMAN41.3333563.38
HUBBARD41.333354.87
KERRY31.0000147.78
SKIPPER31.0000265.49
TRUNDLE31.00001,034.48
UNDERHILL31.0000142.86
LARGE31.000097.09
SMALLS31.00003,000.00
BOYCE31.000066.82
ARCHER20.666716.12
CHAPMAN20.66674.69
WILLIAMSON20.66677.44
PURPLE20.66675,000.00
BARRITT20.6667256.41
CHAMBERLAIN20.666724.51
DUFFIELD20.666776.92
COLLY10.3333625.00
STAGG10.333350.00
BURRELL10.333325.58
ELLIS10.33332.30
MARSHELL10.3333312.50
COX10.33332.20
BARNETT10.33337.39
HUSON10.3333322.58
SMITH10.33330.24
GANT10.333392.59
BROOKE10.333322.37
BAKER10.33331.52
CLAXTON10.333352.63
FISHER10.33332.85
WHITMORE10.333338.02
PARKER10.33331.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HORNEY0.3030019000.0000
PURPLE0.303005000.0000
SMALLS0.303003000.0000
SAY0.303002054.7945
TRUNDLE0.303001034.4828
RIX0.30300666.6667
COLLY0.30300625.0000
COPEMAN0.30300563.3803
VINCE0.30300329.6703
HUSON0.30300322.5806
MARSHELL0.30300312.5000
SAMPSON0.30300312.5000
SKIPPER0.30300265.4867
BARRITT0.30300256.4103
KERRY0.30300147.7833
UNDERHILL0.30300142.8571
HARE0.30300129.5896
DURRANT0.30300127.6596
HAYWOOD0.30300127.1860
LARGE0.3030097.0874
GANT0.3030092.5926
COE0.3030082.1355
DUFFIELD0.3030076.9231
BOYCE0.3030066.8151
HUBBARD0.3030054.8697
CLAXTON0.3030052.6316
STAGG0.3030050.0000
BARRETT0.3030044.6650
WHITMORE0.3030038.0228
BURRELL0.3030025.5754
CHAMBERLAIN0.3030024.5098
BROOKE0.3030022.3714
BIRD0.3030021.8150
THOMPSON0.3030018.9162
CLARK0.3030018.8533
ARCHER0.3030016.1160
WRIGHT0.3030010.3907
WILLIAMSON0.303007.4377
BARNETT0.303007.3910
GREEN0.303005.9186
TURNER0.303004.7898
CHAPMAN0.303004.6937
FISHER0.303002.8482
ELLIS0.303002.2957
COX0.303002.1993
PARKER0.303001.7525
BAKER0.303001.5214
SMITH0.303000.2361

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 300 people called HORNEY in Little Dunham 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 19000.0000 in Little Dunham means that 19000.0000% of the people in Little Dunham on census day were called HORNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HORNEY 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 HORNEY 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 HORNEY 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 HORNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Little Dunham means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HORNEY in Little Dunham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Dunham in 1881

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

ARCHER (2)  BAKER (1)  BARNETT (1)  BARRITT (2)  BARRETT (9)  BIRD (5)  BOYCE (3)  BRISTELL (1)  BROOKE (1)  BURRELL (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (2)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARK (17)  CLAXTON (1)  CODMAN (1)  COE (4)  COLLY (1)  COPEMAN (4)  COX (1)  DUFFIELD (2)  DURRANT (6)  ELLIS (1)  ELLICE (ELLIS) (2)  FISHER (1)  GANT (1)  GREEN (5)  HARE (6)  HUSON (1)  HAYWOOD (8)  HORNEY (19)  HUBBARD (4)  KERRY (3)  LARGE (3)  LARWOOD (2)  LEAYE (1)  MARSHELL (1)  MYAL (6)  MYALL (MYAL) (10)  PARKER (1)  PATFIELD (9)  PURPLE (2)  RIX (11)  SAMPSON (16)  SAY (15)  SKIPPER (3)  SMALLS (3)  SMITH (1)  STAGG (1)  STEGGLES (15)  STEBBINGS (9)  THING (7)  THOMPSON (17)  TROLLOP (6)  TRUNDLE (3)  TURNER (4)  UNDERHILL (3)  WHALES (3)  WATS (1)  WHITMORE (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  VINCE (6)  WRIGHT (10)  YULL (10)