Top surnames from the 1881 census in Longham, Norfolk

Longham 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
SYMONDS206.1728512.82
CASON185.55565,000.00
SYER185.55565,142.86
THOMPSON175.246917.51
PURPLE164.938332,000.00
RAYNER123.7037148.51
WINTER113.395195.74
BROWN113.39515.15
WATTS72.160525.76
BAILEY72.160514.34
ALCOCK61.8519128.21
SKIPPER61.8519491.80
BELL61.85199.86
BUCK61.851986.46
SCOTT61.85197.32
HOWARD61.851918.87
LEEDS61.8519967.74
DENNIS61.851962.63
SADLER51.543265.45
HORNE51.543270.92
RUDD51.543297.85
TAYLOR51.54322.41
POWLEY51.5432495.05
HASTINGS51.5432121.07
MINN41.23463,636.36
KING41.23465.66
HAYWOOD41.234658.82
EATON41.234644.10
KENDLE41.23461,176.47
BARBER30.925915.38
EDGE30.925953.76
MELTON30.9259263.16
CHAPMAN30.92596.52
MOWER30.9259389.61
HARRY20.617385.11
DACK20.6173200.00
HUNTER20.61736.01
CHUBBUCK20.617320,000.00
MURRELL20.617386.58
FUNNELL20.6173111.73
STARLING20.617384.03
BATESON20.617398.52
BURGESS20.61738.89
KEMP10.30865.56
COKER10.308665.36
NAILOR10.3086500.00
BUNTON10.3086222.22
WARD10.30861.41
BUTTON10.308626.04
CULLUM10.308678.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PURPLE0.3232432000.0000
CHUBBUCK0.3232420000.0000
SYER0.323245142.8571
CASON0.323245000.0000
MINN0.323243636.3636
KENDLE0.323241176.4706
LEEDS0.32324967.7419
SYMONDS0.32324512.8205
NAILOR0.32324500.0000
POWLEY0.32324495.0495
SKIPPER0.32324491.8033
MOWER0.32324389.6104
ATTERBURY0.32324294.1176
MELTON0.32324263.1579
RINGWOOD0.32324256.4103
BUNTON0.32324222.2222
DACK0.32324200.0000
RAYNER0.32324148.5149
ALCOCK0.32324128.2051
HASTINGS0.32324121.0654
FUNNELL0.32324111.7318
BATESON0.3232498.5222
RUDD0.3232497.8474
WINTER0.3232495.7354
MURRELL0.3232486.5801
BUCK0.3232486.4553
HARRY0.3232485.1064
STARLING0.3232484.0336
CULLUM0.3232478.7402
HORNE0.3232470.9220
SADLER0.3232465.4450
COKER0.3232465.3595
DENNIS0.3232462.6305
HAYWOOD0.3232458.8235
EDGE0.3232453.7634
EATON0.3232444.1014
BUTTON0.3232426.0417
WATTS0.3232425.7637
SPICER0.3232422.9358
HOWARD0.3232418.8739
THOMPSON0.3232417.5149
BARBER0.3232415.3846
BAILEY0.3232414.3443
BELL0.323249.8555
BURGESS0.323248.8889
SCOTT0.323247.3189
CHAPMAN0.323246.5189
HUNTER0.323246.0114
KING0.323245.6649
KEMP0.323245.5648

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 324 people called PURPLE in Longham 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 32000.0000 in Longham means that 32000.0000% of the people in Longham on census day were called PURPLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PURPLE 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 PURPLE 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 PURPLE 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 PURPLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Longham means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PURPLE in Longham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Longham in 1881

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

ALCOCK (6)  ATTERBURY (1)  BAILEY (7)  BALDEROW (10)  BARBER (3)  BATESON (2)  BELL (6)  BRIMING (1)  BROWN (11)  BUCK (6)  BUNTON (1)  BURGESS (2)  BUTTON (1)  CASON (18)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHUBBUCK (2)  COKER (1)  DACK (2)  DENNIS (6)  EATON (4)  EDGE (3)  FROST (1)  FUNNELL (2)  HARRY (2)  HASTINGS (5)  HAYWOOD (4)  HORNE (5)  HOWARD (6)  HUNTER (2)  KEMP (1)  KENDLE (4)  KING (4)  LEEDS (6)  CULLUM (1)  MELTON (3)  MINN (4)  MOWER (3)  MURRELL (2)  NAILOR (1)  POWLEY (5)  PURPLE (16)  RAYNER (12)  RINGWOOD (1)  RUDD (5)  SADLER (5)  SYER (18)  SCOTT (6)  SYMONDS (20)  SKIPPER (6)  SPICER (1)  STANNER (9)  STARLING (2)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (17)  TOOK (8)  WHALES (7)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WATTS (7)  WHAYMAN (1)  WINTER (11)  WISKAR (5)  YAXLEY (3)