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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Salhouse, Norfolk

Salhouse 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
RICE203.1797102.41
FOX193.020732.53
LEGGETT193.0207384.62
WINTER162.543771.72
WOODCOCK162.543789.14
CURTIS142.225839.22
TOOKE142.22581,458.33
LARKINS132.0668691.49
NICHOLSON111.748824.61
POWLES111.7488940.17
FARMER111.748855.95
WOODS111.748827.74
CHAPMAN101.589811.19
LONG101.589824.50
HALL91.43084.86
BROWNE81.271969.44
ROSE81.271917.15
LITTLEWOOD81.271998.64
TOOLEY81.2719366.97
SUTTON81.271919.98
WRIGHT71.11293.47
GOODSON71.1129223.64
SIMMONS71.112927.27
HOWLETT71.112983.04
HARDING71.112915.38
BROWN60.95391.45
PRATT60.953916.60
BLACKBURN60.953925.31
NEWMAN60.953912.83
PATTEN50.7949126.58
THROWER50.7949250.00
GRIMES50.794968.78
TUCK50.794961.88
HUBBARD50.794932.70
HARMER40.635964.21
BAYARD40.63596,666.67
HUGGINS40.635975.61
GIRLING40.635999.75
SEWELL40.635930.08
PAYNE40.63597.07
FROST40.635911.31
POWLEY40.6359205.13
BENTON40.635961.44
HEWITT30.47699.79
PAINE30.476934.64
KNIGHTS30.476954.45
PEARCE30.47695.19
LANDMAN30.47693,333.33
WILSON30.47691.04
BARNES30.47693.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAYARD0.636296666.6667
LANDMAN0.636293333.3333
STONG0.636293333.3333
SANTOS0.636292500.0000
PAKER0.636292222.2222
TOOKE0.636291458.3333
POWLES0.63629940.1709
LARKINS0.63629691.4894
LEGGETT0.63629384.6154
TOOLEY0.63629366.9725
ENOCK0.63629312.5000
DEWING0.63629298.5075
THROWER0.63629250.0000
GOODSON0.63629223.6422
POWLEY0.63629205.1282
TRIVETT0.63629133.3333
PATTEN0.63629126.5823
BACHELOR0.63629109.8901
RICE0.63629102.4066
GIRLING0.6362999.7506
LITTLEWOOD0.6362998.6436
WOODCOCK0.6362989.1365
HOWLETT0.6362983.0368
HUGGINS0.6362975.6144
WINTER0.6362971.7167
BROWNE0.6362969.4444
GRIMES0.6362968.7758
HARMER0.6362964.2055
TUCK0.6362961.8812
BENTON0.6362961.4439
FISK0.6362960.2410
RACKHAM0.6362958.1395
FARMER0.6362955.9512
PURDY0.6362955.7103
HARDISTY0.6362955.2486
KNIGHTS0.6362954.4465
LOWRIE0.6362946.5116
NEWSTEAD0.6362945.8716
THURSTON0.6362945.0450
CURTIS0.6362939.2157
SNELLING0.6362939.1389
BOUGHTON0.6362938.4615
PAINE0.6362934.6420
HUBBARD0.6362932.7011
FOX0.6362932.5342
EMMERSON0.6362932.2061
SEWELL0.6362930.0752
WOODS0.6362927.7358
SIMMONS0.6362927.2692
BLACKBURN0.6362925.3058

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 629 people called BAYARD in Salhouse 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 6666.6667 in Salhouse means that 6666.6667% of the people in Salhouse on census day were called BAYARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAYARD 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 BAYARD 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 BAYARD 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 BAYARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Salhouse means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAYARD in Salhouse than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Salhouse in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (2)  ATKINS (1)  BILHAM (1)  BARKER (2)  BARNES (3)  BACHELOR (1)  BEDDINGTON (9)  BENTON (4)  BERRY (2)  BETTS (1)  BLACKBURN (6)  BLACKBURN (PANLES) (8)  BLACKSWAN (1)  BLUNDEFORD (6)  BOGGIS (2)  BOUGHTON (1)  BOWEN (2)  BROOKS (1)  BROWNE (8)  BROWN (6)  BULLY (1)  BAYARD (4)  CHAPMAN (10)  COLLINS (2)  COOK (1)  CURTIS (14)  DAVIDSON (2)  DAYNES (7)  DEWING (2)  DYBALL (1)  DOWSING (2)  ELLIS (1)  EMMERSON (2)  FARMER (11)  FARROW (1)  FEAKE (1)  FISK (2)  FULLER (1)  FOX (19)  FRANCES (1)  FROST (4)  FROST (POTTER) (2)  GAUTTY (1)  GIBSON (1)  GIRLING (4)  GOFFIN (17)  GOFFIN (SUSKER) (2)  GOODSON (7)  GORDON (1)  GRIMES (5)  HAINTON (3)  HALL (9)  HALMETT (1)  HARDING (7)  HARDINGTON (2)  HARDISTY (1)  HARMER (4)  HARRIS (3)  HARVEY (2)  HEWITT (3)  HILL (2)  HOWLETT (7)  HUBBARD (5)  HUGGINS (4)  HUNT (2)  ENOCK (1)  JEAKE (1)  JERMARY (4)  JERMY (18)  KING (1)  KIRKHAM (1)  KNIGHTS (3)  KNURR (2)  LAMBERT (2)  LARKINS (13)  LOWRIE (1)  LEGGETT (19)  LANDMAN (3)  MIDDLETON (LANDMAN) (2)  LEVINDEY (2)  LITTLEWOOD (8)  LONG (10)  NEALE (1)  NEBBRIN (1)  NEWMAN (6)  NEWSTEAD (1)  NICHOLSON (11)  NORTON (1)  OVIS (1)  PAGE (1)  PANKS (5)  PANLEY (8)  PANLES (7)  PAKER (2)  PATTEN (5)  PAINE (3)  PAYNE (4)  PEARCE (3)  PEGG (1)  PARRY (2)  PORTER (1)  POWLES (11)  POWLEY (4)  PRATT (6)  PURDY (2)  RACKHAM (1)  RICE (20)  ROSE (8)  RUDRUM (1)  RUNACRES (2)  SALLENS (6)  SAMPSON (2)  SANDERSON (2)  SANTOS (1)  SEWELL (4)  SIMMONS (7)  SMITH (1)  SNELLING (2)  STATROLY (1)  STOLDWEATHER (2)  STOLIDAY (3)  STOLWEATHER (14)  STONG (1)  SUSKER (4)  SUTTON (8)  THROWER (5)  THURSTON (2)  THYMME (4)  TOOBE (1)  TOOLEY (8)  TRIVETT (1)  TOOKE (14)  TUCK (5)  VINCENT (2)  VOUTS (3)  WACEY (3)  WATERS (1)  WATERTON (1)  WILSON (3)  WINTER (16)  WITELOCK (7)  WOODS (11)  WOODCOCK (16)  WRIGHT (7)