Top surnames from the 1881 census in Potter Heigham, Norfolk

Potter Heigham 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
GEORGE419.9034168.79
GOODWIN358.4541160.48
AMIS348.21266,538.46
APPLEGATE337.97104,285.71
GRAPES317.487912,916.67
BENSLEY194.58942,676.06
TUBBY143.38162,295.08
MILLS133.140124.21
JAMES122.898614.76
TILLETT112.65701,235.96
HOWELL112.657063.04
BAILEY81.932412.83
JOHNSON71.69085.03
BOYCE71.6908112.90
FRENCH61.449329.69
CHASE61.4493259.74
BROWN61.44932.20
ADDY51.2077284.09
ROUSE51.207784.18
POLLARD40.966226.49
WATSON40.96624.17
BELSON40.96621,000.00
CHAPMAN30.72465.10
RUSHMORE30.72461,875.00
POWLEY30.7246234.38
THOMPSON20.48311.61
BROOKS20.48314.94
BOULE20.483120,000.00
BEALES20.4831113.64
SMITH20.48310.34
WELLS20.48315.81
NICHOLSON20.48316.80
ADAMS10.24151.64
HARRIS10.24150.95
RANDELL10.241538.76
WILLIAMS10.24150.34
PAINTER10.241517.61
MOLL10.2415256.41
CROWE10.241524.21
BURN10.241517.95
RUDD10.241515.31
GROSS10.2415129.87
FLOOD10.241527.55
SCHROEDER10.2415714.29
BOWER10.241513.19
GALLANT10.2415144.93
NEAVE10.241551.28
DEARY10.2415303.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOULE0.4141420000.0000
GRAPES0.4141412916.6667
AMIS0.414146538.4615
APPLEGATE0.414144285.7143
BENSLEY0.414142676.0563
TUBBY0.414142295.0820
RUSHMORE0.414141875.0000
TILLETT0.414141235.9551
BELSON0.414141000.0000
SCHROEDER0.41414714.2857
DEARY0.41414303.0303
ADDY0.41414284.0909
CHASE0.41414259.7403
MOLL0.41414256.4103
POWLEY0.41414234.3750
GEORGE0.41414168.7937
GOODWIN0.41414160.4768
GALLANT0.41414144.9275
GROSS0.41414129.8701
BEALES0.41414113.6364
BOYCE0.41414112.9032
ROUSE0.4141484.1751
HOWELL0.4141463.0372
NEAVE0.4141451.2821
RANDELL0.4141438.7597
FRENCH0.4141429.6883
FLOOD0.4141427.5482
POLLARD0.4141426.4901
CROWE0.4141424.2131
MILLS0.4141424.2131
BURN0.4141417.9533
PAINTER0.4141417.6056
RUDD0.4141415.3139
JAMES0.4141414.7565
BOWER0.4141413.1926
BAILEY0.4141412.8287
NICHOLSON0.414146.7981
WELLS0.414145.8072
CHAPMAN0.414145.1020
JOHNSON0.414145.0324
BROOKS0.414144.9419
WATSON0.414144.1654
BROWN0.414142.1985
ADAMS0.414141.6391
THOMPSON0.414141.6126
HARRIS0.414140.9505
SMITH0.414140.3421
WILLIAMS0.414140.3362

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 414 people called BOULE in Potter Heigham 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 20000.0000 in Potter Heigham means that 20000.0000% of the people in Potter Heigham on census day were called BOULE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOULE 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 BOULE 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 BOULE 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 BOULE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Potter Heigham means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOULE in Potter Heigham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Potter Heigham in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AMIS (34)  APPLEGATE (33)  BAILEY (8)  BEALES (2)  BEEVOR (7)  BELSON (4)  BENSLEY (19)  BLAXELL (7)  BOWER (1)  BOULE (2)  BOYCE (7)  BROOKS (2)  BROWN (6)  BURN (1)  CANNOW (2)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHASE (6)  COLLS (4)  CROWE (1)  DEBBEGE (1)  DEARY (1)  ADDY (5)  FLOOD (1)  FRENCH (6)  GALLANT (1)  GEORGE (41)  GOFFIN (6)  GOODWIN (35)  GRAPES (31)  GREENACRE (10)  GROSS (1)  HARRIS (1)  HEYDON (2)  HARBORD (6)  HOWELL (11)  JAMES (12)  JERMY (6)  JOHNSON (7)  LINKHORN (6)  MATCALFE (2)  MOLL (1)  MILLS (13)  NEAVE (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  PAINTER (1)  POLLARD (4)  POWLEY (3)  RANDELL (1)  ROUSE (5)  RUDD (1)  RUSHMORE (3)  SCHROEDER (1)  SMITH (2)  THOMPSON (2)  TILLETT (11)  TUBBY (14)  WATSON (4)  WELLS (2)  WILLIAMS (1)