Top surnames from the 1881 census in Riddlesworth, Norfolk

Riddlesworth 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
LOVICK1919.791714,615.38
LUMMIS99.375018,000.00
PARKER88.333343.81
CORLEY55.20833,333.33
BLACKBURN55.2083138.12
MACKENZIE55.2083185.87
ROBBINS55.2083333.33
TYLER55.2083176.68
JOHNSON44.166712.40
DOWNING44.1667239.52
WORMAN44.16674,000.00
WELLS33.125037.55
LAMBERT22.083338.17
COLLUM22.08336,666.67
HARVEY22.083319.51
POTTER11.041716.05
FRAZER11.0417135.14
POLL11.0417666.67
RAMM11.0417714.29
BRADSTREET11.04172,500.00
SEAMAN11.0417135.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUMMIS0.109618000.0000
LOVICK0.109614615.3846
COLLUM0.10966666.6667
WORMAN0.10964000.0000
CORLEY0.10963333.3333
BRADSTREET0.10962500.0000
RAMM0.1096714.2857
POLL0.1096666.6667
ROBBINS0.1096333.3333
DOWNING0.1096239.5210
MACKENZIE0.1096185.8736
TYLER0.1096176.6784
BLACKBURN0.1096138.1215
SEAMAN0.1096135.1351
FRAZER0.1096135.1351
PARKER0.109643.8116
LAMBERT0.109638.1679
WELLS0.109637.5469
HARVEY0.109619.5122
POTTER0.109616.0514
JOHNSON0.109612.3993

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 96 people called LUMMIS in Riddlesworth 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 18000.0000 in Riddlesworth means that 18000.0000% of the people in Riddlesworth on census day were called LUMMIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUMMIS 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 LUMMIS 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 LUMMIS 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 LUMMIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Riddlesworth means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUMMIS in Riddlesworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Riddlesworth in 1881

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

ALDON (2)  ALGAR (1)  BLACKBURN (5)  BRADSTREET (1)  CORLEY (5)  DOWNING (4)  FRAZER (1)  HARVEY (2)  HINNELS (2)  JOHNSON (4)  LAMBERT (2)  LOVICK (19)  LUMMIS (9)  COLLUM (2)  CULHAM (1)  MACKENZIE (5)  PARKER (8)  POLL (1)  POTTER (1)  PURR (2)  RAMM (1)  ROBBINS (5)  SEAMAN (1)  TYLER (5)  WORMAN (4)  WELLS (3)