Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ludham, Norfolk

Ludham 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
WRIGHT405.025115.66
GEORGE243.015151.38
SLAUGHTER232.8894585.24
GRAPES212.63824,666.67
RICE202.512680.94
HARMER182.2613228.14
ALLEN172.135711.31
KNIGHTS162.0101229.56
NEWTON162.010126.23
SMITH162.01011.42
LINCOLN141.7588233.33
MOY131.6332802.47
ENGLAND131.633279.27
COX111.38199.12
LAKE111.381962.36
MILLETT101.2563316.46
COOKE91.130720.49
SLIPPER91.13071,500.00
WILKERSON81.0050987.65
TYRRELL81.0050136.52
CURTISS81.0050661.16
PAGE81.005012.57
BEAUMONT70.879429.66
DALE70.879420.81
VARLEY70.879463.99
GIBBS70.879417.90
STOREY70.879434.60
THROWER70.8794275.59
CHAPLIN60.753852.54
WATSON60.75383.25
JOHNSON60.75382.24
KEELER60.7538255.32
WARD60.75383.45
PREST60.7538243.90
MOORE60.75383.77
HOWELL60.753817.88
CHAPMAN60.75385.31
HARRISON50.62812.83
WALPOLE50.6281159.74
BLYTHE50.628182.64
MAYHEW50.628176.10
HAYLETT50.6281357.14
MACE50.628171.23
FUTTER50.6281416.67
BECK50.628126.87
OSBORNE50.628113.16
PEGGS50.6281602.41
BLOOMFIELD40.502539.53
PALMER40.50254.26
LYON40.502523.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRAPES0.807964666.6667
SLIPPER0.807961500.0000
WILKERSON0.80796987.6543
GERHARD0.80796909.0909
BESSEY0.80796882.3529
MOY0.80796802.4691
FLOREY0.80796681.8182
CURTISS0.80796661.1570
PEGGS0.80796602.4096
SLAUGHTER0.80796585.2417
TUNGATE0.80796500.0000
FUTTER0.80796416.6667
LACOCK0.80796384.6154
HAYLETT0.80796357.1429
LOWN0.80796327.8689
MILLETT0.80796316.4557
THROWER0.80796275.5906
BELSON0.80796263.1579
KEELER0.80796255.3191
PREST0.80796243.9024
LINCOLN0.80796233.3333
KNIGHTS0.80796229.5552
HARMER0.80796228.1369
GAUL0.80796219.7802
SPANTON0.80796192.3077
LUBBOCK0.80796192.3077
WALPOLE0.80796159.7444
TYRRELL0.80796136.5188
PARRETT0.80796123.4568
PLANE0.80796108.6957
NEAVE0.80796106.9519
DAINES0.80796106.3830
WOOLSEY0.80796104.1667
BLYTHE0.8079682.6446
RICE0.8079680.9389
ENGLAND0.8079679.2683
HAZEL0.8079678.4314
MAYHEW0.8079676.1035
LIST0.8079674.6269
FULCHER0.8079674.6269
MACE0.8079671.2251
LEMON0.8079669.2042
VARLEY0.8079663.9854
LAKE0.8079662.3583
VINCE0.8079662.2407
CHAPLIN0.8079652.5394
GEORGE0.8079651.3809
CROWE0.8079650.3778
LINFORD0.8079647.3934
PURDY0.8079644.0529

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 796 people called GRAPES in Ludham 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 4666.6667 in Ludham means that 4666.6667% of the people in Ludham on census day were called GRAPES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRAPES 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 GRAPES 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 GRAPES 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 GRAPES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.80 in Ludham means that you are 0.80 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRAPES in Ludham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ludham in 1881

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

ALLARD (1)  ALLEN (17)  BARNETT (1)  BEETON (2)  BEAUMONT (7)  BEEVORS (15)  BECK (5)  BECKETT (1)  BELL (2)  BELSON (2)  BESSEY (3)  BETTS (1)  BLAXELL (2)  BLOOMFIELD (4)  BLYTHE (5)  BOND (3)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (2)  BRUNNING (1)  BUNN (2)  CHAPLIN (6)  CHAPMAN (6)  CLIPPERTON (2)  CLARKE (3)  CLARK (1)  CLABBURN (10)  COLMAN (3)  COOKE (9)  COX (11)  CROWE (4)  CUNNINGHAM (2)  CURTISS (8)  CURTIS (1)  DALE (7)  DAWSON (2)  DAINES (2)  DEBBAGE (6)  DUNNING (1)  DURRANT (4)  ENGLAND (13)  FAIRHEAD (11)  FARROW (3)  FELL (2)  FENDICK (1)  FLOREY (3)  FORD (3)  FULCHER (3)  FUTTER (5)  GAUL (2)  GARRETT (3)  GARROD (1)  GEDGE (9)  JAY (1)  GEORGE (24)  GERHARD (1)  JERMYN (2)  JEARY (1)  GIBBS (7)  GIRDLESTONE (6)  GORDON (2)  GRAPES (21)  GRAVENALL (7)  GRAVENHALL (1)  GRIFFIN (3)  GRIMES (1)  HACON (5)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HARLING (1)  HARMER (18)  HARRISON (5)  HARROD (1)  HAZEL (2)  HAYLETT (5)  HEATH (1)  HEWITT (2)  HOWELL (6)  HOWSHAM (7)  HUNTER (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (6)  JONES (2)  KNIGHTS (16)  LACEY (2)  LAKE (11)  LARTER (8)  LACOCK (1)  LEMON (4)  LINCOLN (14)  LINES (2)  LINFORD (1)  LIST (1)  LONG (2)  LOWE (2)  LOWGER (1)  LOWN (2)  LUBBOCK (2)  LYON (4)  MARSHAM (2)  MARTEN (1)  MASON (2)  MACE (5)  MAYHEW (5)  KEELER (6)  MIDDLETON (2)  MYLEHAM (3)  MYHILL (1)  MILLETT (10)  MILLS (1)  MOORE (6)  MOY (13)  NEAL (1)  NEAVE (4)  NEWTON (16)  NORGATE (2)  OAKLEY (2)  OSBORNE (5)  OWEN (1)  PAGE (8)  PALMER (4)  PARRETT (2)  PEGGS (5)  PESTELL (1)  PIGG (1)  PLANE (1)  PREST (6)  PURDY (2)  READER (2)  REEVE (1)  READ (2)  RICE (20)  ROBINSON (2)  ROPE (3)  ROUSE (3)  SADLER (1)  SAYER (1)  SIELY (2)  SHINGFIELD (1)  SLAP (4)  SLAUGHTER (23)  SLIPPER (9)  SMITH (16)  SPANTON (2)  SPOONER (1)  STANTON (1)  STARLING (1)  STOREY (7)  THINGATE (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THROWER (7)  THURGATE (8)  TUCK (1)  TUNGATE (3)  TURNER (2)  THURTLE (1)  TYRRELL (8)  VARLEY (7)  WALKER (3)  WHALL (4)  WALLAGE (4)  WALPOLE (5)  WARD (6)  WATSON (6)  WATTS (1)  WENN (9)  WHITTAKER (2)  WILLGRESS (1)  WILKINS (2)  WILKERSON (8)  WILSON (1)  VINCE (3)  WOOLSEY (1)  WRIGHT (40)