Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ranworth, Norfolk

Ranworth 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
CLARE247.9734550.46
SHARMAN175.6478409.64
LONDON134.3189866.67
BROWNE113.6545199.64
BECKWITH113.6545621.47
PAUL103.3223132.80
WILSON103.32237.23
SAUNDERS82.657828.98
FORSTER82.657881.05
BROWN72.32563.53
BARNES72.325619.32
DAINES72.3256985.92
MALLETT41.3289149.25
MOORE41.32896.65
CORKE41.3289439.56
PALMER30.99678.46
GOTTS30.9967600.00
STANFORD30.9967120.00
BENSLEY30.9967576.92
KNIGHTS30.9967113.64
HOWES30.996757.03
GREAVES30.996734.01
STARLING30.9967135.75
DINGLE20.6645152.67
COOPER20.66452.73
CHAPMAN20.66454.68
NEVE20.6645253.16
CODLING20.6645188.68
LEMON20.664591.32
HARPER20.664510.38
WATERS10.33228.27
LEEDS10.3322172.41
HUBBARD10.332213.66
HARDESTY10.3322555.56
FOX10.33223.58
WRIGHT10.33221.04
TYRRELL10.332245.25
SOUTHGATE10.332242.37
JACKSON10.33221.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DAINES0.30301985.9155
LONDON0.30301866.6667
BECKWITH0.30301621.4689
GOTTS0.30301600.0000
BENSLEY0.30301576.9231
HARDESTY0.30301555.5556
CLARE0.30301550.4587
CORKE0.30301439.5604
SHARMAN0.30301409.6386
NEVE0.30301253.1646
BROWNE0.30301199.6370
CODLING0.30301188.6792
LEEDS0.30301172.4138
DINGLE0.30301152.6718
MALLETT0.30301149.2537
STARLING0.30301135.7466
PAUL0.30301132.8021
STANFORD0.30301120.0000
KNIGHTS0.30301113.6364
LEMON0.3030191.3242
FORSTER0.3030181.0537
HOWES0.3030157.0342
TYRRELL0.3030145.2489
SOUTHGATE0.3030142.3729
GREAVES0.3030134.0136
SAUNDERS0.3030128.9750
BARNES0.3030119.3210
HUBBARD0.3030113.6612
HARPER0.3030110.3788
PALMER0.303018.4555
WATERS0.303018.2713
WILSON0.303017.2338
MOORE0.303016.6456
CHAPMAN0.303014.6784
FOX0.303013.5778
BROWN0.303013.5279
COOPER0.303012.7315
JACKSON0.303011.1888
WRIGHT0.303011.0356

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 301 people called DAINES in Ranworth 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 985.9155 in Ranworth means that 985.9155% of the people in Ranworth on census day were called DAINES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAINES 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 DAINES 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 DAINES 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 DAINES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Ranworth means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DAINES in Ranworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ranworth in 1881

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

BARNES (7)  BECKWITH (11)  BENSLEY (3)  BROWN (7)  BROWNE (11)  BUDDERY (8)  BUDDRY (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARE (24)  CODLING (2)  COOPER (2)  CORKE (4)  DAYNES (7)  DAINES (7)  DEBBAGE (17)  DINGLE (2)  EBBAGE (10)  FIDMAN (10)  FORSTER (8)  FOX (1)  FROSTICK (8)  GOTTS (3)  GOULTY (10)  GREAVES (3)  H...MAN (2)  HARDESTY (1)  HARPER (2)  HOWES (3)  HUBBARD (1)  JACKSON (1)  JERMEY (8)  JERMY (17)  KERRISON (3)  KNIGHTS (3)  LEEDS (1)  LEMON (2)  LONDON (13)  MALLETT (4)  MOORE (4)  NEVE (2)  PALMER (3)  PAUL (10)  SAUNDERS (8)  SHARMAN (17)  SOUTHGATE (1)  STANFORD (3)  STARLING (3)  THURTLE (6)  TYRRELL (1)  VIGERS (1)  WATERS (1)  WATERTON (1)  WILSON (10)  WRIGHT (1)