Top surnames from the 1881 census in Oulton, Norfolk

Oulton 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
KEELER205.27701,785.71
FIELD205.2770106.04
GOLDING195.0132284.43
BARTLE153.9578672.65
OVERTON143.6939380.43
WELLS133.430141.23
WOODHOUSE112.9024122.49
POLL112.90241,833.33
BARWICK112.9024683.23
BULLOCK102.638581.10
BRAMBLE102.63851,408.45
ROWE92.374741.82
HIGH82.1108467.84
COE82.1108129.87
HILL82.11088.29
MOORE71.84709.24
MARTINS71.84701,129.03
KIDDLE71.8470853.66
FROST61.583128.16
HODGE61.583162.83
SAMPSON61.583192.74
PEGG61.5831161.29
LEE51.31938.07
CAVE51.319391.91
SMITH51.31930.93
HAMMOND51.319323.17
WILLIAMS51.31931.84
FARROW41.055456.26
GAY41.055479.21
WEBSTER41.055412.14
GALLANT41.0554634.92
NIMMO30.7916177.51
WRIGHT30.79162.47
CLARKE30.79163.91
EVERETT30.791644.12
CLEMENTS30.791623.87
FULLER20.527713.05
RICE20.527716.99
BOLTON20.527712.25
HUNT20.52773.97
PAINTER20.527738.46
BELL20.52772.81
SEAMAN20.527768.03
BROADWATER20.52773,333.33
BAKER20.52772.41
BUNTON20.5277377.36
WATERSON20.5277125.79
PALMER20.52774.48
BLOGG20.5277285.71
BACON10.263910.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROADWATER0.383793333.3333
POLL0.383791833.3333
KEELER0.383791785.7143
BRAMBLE0.383791408.4507
MARTINS0.383791129.0323
KIDDLE0.38379853.6585
BARWICK0.38379683.2298
BARTLE0.38379672.6457
GALLANT0.38379634.9206
HIGH0.38379467.8363
OVERTON0.38379380.4348
BUNTON0.38379377.3585
BLOGG0.38379285.7143
GOLDING0.38379284.4311
NIMMO0.38379177.5148
PEGG0.38379161.2903
COE0.38379129.8701
WATERSON0.38379125.7862
TILLETT0.38379123.4568
WOODHOUSE0.38379122.4944
FIELD0.38379106.0445
SAMPSON0.3837992.7357
CAVE0.3837991.9118
BULLOCK0.3837981.1030
GAY0.3837979.2079
PANTON0.3837978.1250
SEAMAN0.3837968.0272
HODGE0.3837962.8272
FARROW0.3837956.2588
PEART0.3837946.2963
EVERETT0.3837944.1176
ROWE0.3837941.8216
WELLS0.3837941.2306
PAINTER0.3837938.4615
BLYTHE0.3837934.7222
FROST0.3837928.1558
SMITHSON0.3837927.5482
CLEMENTS0.3837923.8663
HAMMOND0.3837923.1696
IVES0.3837922.5225
SPARROW0.3837920.8333
ROUSE0.3837918.3824
RICE0.3837916.9924
FULLER0.3837913.0463
BOLTON0.3837912.2549
WEBSTER0.3837912.1359
LAKE0.3837911.9048
BARNARD0.3837910.6270
BACON0.3837910.5042
MOORE0.383799.2360

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 379 people called BROADWATER in Oulton 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 3333.3333 in Oulton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Oulton on census day were called BROADWATER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROADWATER 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 BROADWATER 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 BROADWATER 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 BROADWATER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Oulton means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROADWATER in Oulton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Oulton in 1881

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

AGGS (1)  BACON (1)  BAKER (2)  BARNARD (1)  BARTLE (15)  BARWICK (11)  BELL (2)  BLOGG (2)  BLYTHE (1)  BOLTON (2)  BRAMBLE (10)  BROADWATER (2)  BULLOCK (10)  BUNTON (2)  CAVE (5)  CLARKE (3)  CLEMENTS (3)  COE (8)  COLE (1)  COOPER (1)  COTTERIN (1)  DANIELS (1)  DUNN (1)  AYTON (10)  EVERETT (3)  FARROW (4)  FIELD (20)  FITT (1)  FULLER (2)  FROST (6)  GALLANT (4)  GAY (4)  JEARY (1)  GOLDING (19)  HAMMOND (5)  HARDINGHAM (1)  HIGH (8)  HILL (8)  HINDRY (2)  HIPPERSON (1)  HODGE (6)  HUNT (2)  HUTCHINSON (1)  IVES (1)  JICKELLS (1)  KIDDLE (7)  LAKE (1)  LEE (5)  LEVEREDGE (1)  MARTINS (7)  KEELER (20)  MOORE (7)  NIMMO (3)  OVERTON (14)  PAINTER (2)  PALMER (2)  PANTON (1)  PEART (1)  PEGG (6)  POLL (11)  RICE (2)  RISEBOROUGH (2)  ROBBERTS (1)  ROWE (9)  ROSS (1)  ROUSE (1)  ROUNCE (22)  SAMPSON (6)  SEAMAN (2)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (5)  SMITHSON (1)  SPARROW (1)  SUTTON (1)  TILLETT (1)  WARNERS (1)  WATERSON (2)  WELLS (13)  WEBSTER (4)  WILLIAMS (5)  WOODHOUSE (11)  WRIGHT (3)