Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rougham, Norfolk

Rougham 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
MANNING4812.3393388.04
HOOKS358.99745,223.88
CLARK328.226227.37
TAYLOR153.85606.03
DURRANT133.3419213.46
HILTON112.827882.27
MORLEY112.827870.74
EVES102.5707613.50
NORTH102.570777.58
HEAD82.056684.48
PARNELL71.7995186.17
MELTON71.7995510.95
RAVEN71.7995214.07
DOLMAN61.5424359.28
LYNN61.5424176.47
RYE61.5424397.35
PLUMMER51.285396.15
CHILVERS41.0283261.44
RAWLING41.0283281.69
HOWELL41.028324.39
THOMAS41.02832.49
BARNES41.02838.54
CANDLER30.7712400.00
BLOWER30.7712130.43
LINFORD30.7712291.26
GRIMWOOD30.7712187.50
GAMBLE30.771253.86
WHITBY30.7712126.58
HOWLETT20.514138.31
FROST20.51419.14
KIDDLE20.5141238.10
BARTON20.51419.51
CLAXTON20.514181.30
CHAPMAN20.51413.62
RINGER20.5141298.51
FORSTER20.514115.67
RAYNER20.514120.62
PORTER10.25713.43
BEAR10.257197.09
TYRELL10.257170.42
PITCHER10.257133.11
BAKER10.25711.17
SUTTON10.25714.04
GIDNEY10.2571277.78
RIVERS10.257141.49
WRIGHT10.25710.80
WATSON10.25711.11
POOLEY10.257131.85
SEYMORE10.2571238.10
GARLAND10.257119.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOOKS0.393895223.8806
WATCHER0.393893333.3333
EVES0.39389613.4969
MELTON0.39389510.9489
FAKE0.39389454.5455
CANDLER0.39389400.0000
RYE0.39389397.3510
MANNING0.39389388.0356
DOLMAN0.39389359.2814
RINGER0.39389298.5075
LINFORD0.39389291.2621
RAWLING0.39389281.6901
GIDNEY0.39389277.7778
CHILVERS0.39389261.4379
SEYMORE0.39389238.0952
KIDDLE0.39389238.0952
RAVEN0.39389214.0673
DURRANT0.39389213.4647
GRIMWOOD0.39389187.5000
PARNELL0.39389186.1702
LYNN0.39389176.4706
BLOWER0.39389130.4348
WHITBY0.39389126.5823
BEAR0.3938997.0874
PLUMMER0.3938996.1538
HEAD0.3938984.4773
HILTON0.3938982.2737
CLAXTON0.3938981.3008
NORTH0.3938977.5795
MORLEY0.3938970.7395
TYRELL0.3938970.4225
GAMBLE0.3938953.8600
RIVERS0.3938941.4938
HOWLETT0.3938938.3142
PITCHER0.3938933.1126
POOLEY0.3938931.8471
CLARK0.3938927.3691
HOWELL0.3938924.3902
RAYNER0.3938920.6186
GARLAND0.3938919.3798
BRIDGES0.3938916.1551
FORSTER0.3938915.6740
BARTON0.393899.5147
FROST0.393899.1449
BARNES0.393898.5434
TAYLOR0.393896.0297
BOND0.393894.8567
LAMBERT0.393894.7103
SUTTON0.393894.0371
CHAPMAN0.393893.6199

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 389 people called HOOKS in Rougham 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 5223.8806 in Rougham means that 5223.8806% of the people in Rougham on census day were called HOOKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOOKS 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 HOOKS 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 HOOKS 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 HOOKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Rougham means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOOKS in Rougham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rougham in 1881

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

ASKER (2)  BAKER (1)  BARNES (4)  BARTON (2)  BATTERBEE (4)  BEAR (1)  BIRD (1)  BLOWER (3)  BOND (1)  BRIDGES (1)  BUNFIELD (14)  CABABY (1)  CANDLER (3)  CARTER (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHILVERS (4)  CLARK (32)  CLAXTON (2)  DOLMAN (6)  DURRANT (13)  EVES (10)  FAKE (1)  FORSTER (2)  FROST (2)  GAMBLE (3)  GARLAND (1)  GIDNEY (1)  GRIMWOOD (3)  HEAD (8)  HENSBY (4)  HILDON (1)  HILTON (11)  HOWELL (4)  HOWLETT (2)  HOWLING (1)  HOOKS (35)  INDE (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KIDDLE (2)  KIDDLER (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LINFORD (3)  LOADS (4)  LYNN (6)  MANNING (48)  MELTON (7)  MORLEY (11)  NORTH (10)  PARNELL (7)  PITCHER (1)  PLATMAN (8)  PLUMMER (5)  POOLEY (1)  PORTER (1)  RYE (6)  RAVEN (7)  RAYNER (2)  RINGAR (4)  RINGER (2)  RIVERS (1)  RAWLING (4)  SCULPHER (9)  SEYMORE (1)  SHEWELL (5)  SORBEY (1)  SUTTON (1)  TAYLOR (15)  THOMAS (4)  TUFFS (1)  TYRELL (1)  WARPOLE (1)  WATCHER (1)  WATSON (1)  WEBDALE (2)  WHITBY (3)  WHITRED (1)  WILLGRESS (8)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (1)