Top surnames from the 1881 census in Marsham, Norfolk

Marsham 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
SUTTON346.137296.40
EDWARDS285.054218.13
GRIX193.42965,588.24
GLADDEN183.24913,750.00
NEALE152.7076114.07
SPINK142.5271313.20
BLYTHE132.3466308.79
SKIPPER122.1661576.92
RIVETT111.9856533.98
BLYTH111.9856126.00
PANTON101.8051534.76
MOORE101.80519.03
STEWARD101.8051140.45
HUNT91.624512.23
WATTS91.624519.38
STEARMAN81.44401,860.47
SMITH81.44401.02
CRANE71.263559.88
RAWLINGS71.263586.42
HALL71.26354.30
ROPER71.263560.71
SMITHSON71.2635131.83
JONES71.26351.12
LITTLE61.083022.90
GREENWOOD61.083013.95
THOMPSON61.08303.62
HARMER50.902591.07
LAKE50.902540.72
PENTON50.9025549.45
WALLER50.902535.82
DYKE50.902590.91
RIX50.9025163.93
BULLEN50.902585.03
PORTER50.902512.03
RANDELL50.9025144.51
EDRIDGE50.90251,470.59
SHREEVE50.9025467.29
GIBSON40.72205.95
MORGAN40.72203.63
COE40.722044.44
PEARSON40.72206.22
COOK40.72203.64
BROWN30.54150.82
JOINER30.5415152.28
BLAIR30.541520.89
DELPH30.54151,764.71
BUCK30.541525.27
NEAVE30.5415115.38
PAYNE30.54156.02
LOVETT30.541559.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLITCH0.5555410000.0000
GRIX0.555545588.2353
GLADDEN0.555543750.0000
STEARMAN0.555541860.4651
DELPH0.555541764.7059
EDRIDGE0.555541470.5882
ROOFE0.555541304.3478
HASTING0.55554588.2353
SKIPPER0.55554576.9231
PENTON0.55554549.4505
PANTON0.55554534.7594
RIVETT0.55554533.9806
SHREEVE0.55554467.2897
SPINK0.55554313.1991
BLYTHE0.55554308.7886
DENMARK0.55554263.1579
BENSLEY0.55554210.5263
WYMER0.55554208.3333
GRAND0.55554169.4915
RIX0.55554163.9344
STURMAN0.55554162.6016
JEX0.55554158.7302
JOINER0.55554152.2843
RANDELL0.55554144.5087
AMIS0.55554142.8571
STEWARD0.55554140.4494
LOVICK0.55554136.9863
SMITHSON0.55554131.8267
BLYTH0.55554126.0023
CURTISS0.55554119.0476
NEAVE0.55554115.3846
NEALE0.55554114.0684
LUSHER0.55554111.1111
EVERSON0.55554111.1111
SUTTON0.5555496.3992
HARMER0.5555491.0747
DYKE0.5555490.9091
MOY0.5555488.4956
RAWLINGS0.5555486.4198
BULLEN0.5555485.0340
COPEMAN0.5555476.3359
LAMBOURNE0.5555468.0272
ROPER0.5555460.7112
NIBLETT0.5555460.6061
CRANE0.5555459.8802
LOVETT0.5555459.2885
DACK0.5555458.8235
LOCKETT0.5555449.7512
COE0.5555444.4444
BOUGHTON0.5555443.6681

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 554 people called BLITCH in Marsham 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 10000.0000 in Marsham means that 10000.0000% of the people in Marsham on census day were called BLITCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLITCH 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 BLITCH 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 BLITCH 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 BLITCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Marsham means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLITCH in Marsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Marsham in 1881

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

AMIS (1)  ANDREWS (1)  BABBINGTON (5)  BACON (1)  BARKER (1)  BECK (1)  BELL (1)  BENSLEY (2)  BLAIR (3)  BLITCH (1)  BLYTHE (13)  BLYTH (11)  BOULTON (1)  BOUGHTON (1)  BOWMAN (2)  BROWN (3)  BUCK (3)  BULLEN (5)  BIRCHAM (4)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CLAXTON (1)  COE (4)  COLDHAM (4)  COOK (4)  COOPER (1)  COPEMAN (1)  CORK (1)  CRACKNELL (1)  CRANE (7)  CURTISS (1)  CUSHION (7)  DACK (1)  DANIELS (2)  DAYNES (1)  DELPH (3)  DENMARK (1)  DENNY (1)  DYKE (5)  DILLMORE (1)  EDRIDGE (5)  EDWARDS (28)  EVERETT (1)  EVERSON (2)  FIELDS (1)  FRANKLAND (1)  FROST (1)  GALL (1)  GIBSON (4)  GLADDEN (18)  GLOTSBACH (1)  GODDARD (1)  GOODA (1)  GRAND (1)  GREENWOOD (6)  GRIX (19)  GROOM (1)  GUNTON (2)  HALL (7)  HARMER (5)  HARVEY (2)  HASTING (2)  HIFLEY (1)  HOWES (1)  HOWELL (1)  HUNT (9)  JECKELL (8)  JEX (1)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JONES (7)  JOINER (3)  KERRISON (1)  KING (2)  LAKE (5)  LAMBERT (1)  LAMBOURNE (1)  LEECH (1)  LEMON (1)  LE NEVE (2)  LENPOLT (6)  LOVICK (1)  LITTLE (6)  LOCKETT (2)  LOMAX (2)  LOVEDAY (1)  LOVETT (3)  LUSHER (1)  MARRIOTT (1)  MEFFIN (1)  MENISON (1)  MOORE (10)  MORGAN (4)  MOY (1)  NEALE (15)  NEAL (2)  NEAVE (3)  NIBLETT (1)  NICHOLS (3)  PAGE (1)  PANTON (10)  PAYNE (3)  PEARSON (4)  PENTON (5)  PIKE (1)  PLATFOOT (1)  PORTER (5)  PYE (1)  RANDELL (5)  REVELL (1)  RIVETT (11)  RIX (5)  ROPER (7)  RAWLINGS (7)  ROOFE (3)  SEAMAN (1)  SHREEVE (5)  SKIPPER (12)  SMITH (8)  SMITHSON (7)  SOAME (13)  SPINK (14)  STAVARD (4)  STEWARD (10)  STONE (1)  STURMAN (2)  STEARMAN (8)  SUTTON (34)  TANCY (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (6)  THURLOW (1)  THIRTLE (1)  WALLER (5)  WARNER (1)  WATLING (1)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (9)  WIGHTON (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WITTELTON (2)  WOOLNOUGH (1)  WORTHINGTON (1)  WRIGHT (2)  WYMER (1)