Top surnames from the 1881 census in Salthouse, Norfolk

Salthouse 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
PIGOTT3818.35754,810.13
HIGH2311.11112,446.81
HANCOCK199.1787201.70
DEW136.28021,074.38
LYNN115.3140607.73
IVES83.8647329.22
MOY73.38161,666.67
LEWIS73.381612.86
DACK62.8986937.50
HOLMAN52.4155170.07
SPENCE52.415572.99
DIX52.4155245.10
BEANS41.93245,000.00
WOODHOUSE41.932481.63
RIDGES31.44933,750.00
PANE31.44931,666.67
WESTCOTT31.4493218.98
PURDY31.4493254.24
MATTHEWS31.449316.61
JARVIS20.966221.53
PAGE20.966212.08
JACKSON20.96623.46
PARK20.966231.15
OWEN20.96628.14
BISHOP10.48316.92
JOHNSON10.48311.44
POOLEY10.483159.88
HANCOX10.483163.29
YOUNGS10.4831126.58
BIRD10.48316.32
BETTS10.483122.57
PROUDFOOT10.4831111.11
WILLIAMS10.48310.67
MASH10.4831322.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEANS0.212075000.0000
PIGOTT0.212074810.1266
RIDGES0.212073750.0000
HIGH0.212072446.8085
PANE0.212071666.6667
MOY0.212071666.6667
DEW0.212071074.3802
DACK0.21207937.5000
LYNN0.21207607.7348
IVES0.21207329.2181
MASH0.21207322.5806
PURDY0.21207254.2373
DIX0.21207245.0980
WESTCOTT0.21207218.9781
HANCOCK0.21207201.6985
HOLMAN0.21207170.0680
YOUNGS0.21207126.5823
PROUDFOOT0.21207111.1111
WOODHOUSE0.2120781.6327
SPENCE0.2120772.9927
HANCOX0.2120763.2911
POOLEY0.2120759.8802
PARK0.2120731.1526
BETTS0.2120722.5734
JARVIS0.2120721.5285
MATTHEWS0.2120716.6113
LEWIS0.2120712.8629
PAGE0.2120712.0846
OWEN0.212078.1400
BISHOP0.212076.9156
BIRD0.212076.3211
JACKSON0.212073.4572
JOHNSON0.212071.4378
WILLIAMS0.212070.6725

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 207 people called BEANS in Salthouse 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 5000.0000 in Salthouse means that 5000.0000% of the people in Salthouse on census day were called BEANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEANS 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 BEANS 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 BEANS 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 BEANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Salthouse means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEANS in Salthouse than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Salthouse in 1881

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

BAMBRIDGE (1)  BARSTED (5)  BEANS (4)  BETTS (1)  BIRD (1)  BISHOP (1)  CUBITT (6)  DACK (6)  DEW (13)  DIX (5)  ELSY (2)  JEARY (1)  HANCOCK (19)  HANCOX (1)  HIGH (23)  HOLMAN (5)  IVES (8)  JACKSON (2)  JARVIS (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KEYMER (2)  LEWIS (7)  LYNN (11)  MASH (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MOY (7)  OWEN (2)  PAGE (2)  PARK (2)  PANE (3)  PIGOTT (38)  POOLEY (1)  PROUDFOOT (1)  PURDY (3)  RIDGES (3)  SPENCE (5)  WESTCOTT (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOODHOUSE (4)  YOUNGS (1)