Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sandringham, Norfolk

Sandringham 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
SAYER1113.58021,037.74
SMITH89.87656.99
AMOS78.6420526.32
LINCOLN67.4074983.61
WOOLLEY56.1728310.56
TEMPLE44.9383377.36
BARBER33.703761.48
BROWN22.46913.75
COOK22.469112.43
PENNY22.4691138.89
SALMON22.4691108.11
PERKINS22.469154.95
MANN11.234623.42
TOWNSEND11.234629.07
INGRAM11.234640.49
FAKE11.23462,000.00
BELLAMY11.234684.75
THOMPSON11.23464.12
HERVEY11.23461,000.00
STEWART11.23467.89
CROSS11.234617.95
CHILD11.234672.46
NIXON11.234640.49
WALKER11.23463.69
JARVIS11.234627.47
THOMAS11.23462.99
HAMMOND11.234621.69
CRANE11.234658.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FAKE0.08812000.0000
SAYER0.08811037.7358
HERVEY0.08811000.0000
LINCOLN0.0881983.6066
AMOS0.0881526.3158
TEMPLE0.0881377.3585
WOOLLEY0.0881310.5590
PENNY0.0881138.8889
SALMON0.0881108.1081
BELLAMY0.088184.7458
CHILD0.088172.4638
BARBER0.088161.4754
CRANE0.088158.4795
PERKINS0.088154.9451
NIXON0.088140.4858
INGRAM0.088140.4858
TOWNSEND0.088129.0698
JARVIS0.088127.4725
MANN0.088123.4192
HAMMOND0.088121.6920
CROSS0.088117.9533
COOK0.088112.4301
STEWART0.08817.8927
SMITH0.08816.9948
THOMPSON0.08814.1203
BROWN0.08813.7453
WALKER0.08813.6873
THOMAS0.08812.9913

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 81 people called FAKE in Sandringham 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 2000.0000 in Sandringham means that 2000.0000% of the people in Sandringham on census day were called FAKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FAKE 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 FAKE 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 FAKE 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 FAKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Sandringham means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FAKE in Sandringham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sandringham in 1881

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

AMOS (7)  BARBER (3)  BELLAMY (1)  BOUGHEN (4)  BROWN (2)  CHILD (1)  COOK (2)  CRANE (1)  CROSS (1)  DRANFIELD (1)  FAKE (1)  FITHERIDGE (2)  HABBERFIELD (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HERVEY (1)  INGRAM (1)  JARVIS (1)  LINCOLN (6)  MANN (1)  NIXON (1)  PENNY (2)  PERKINS (2)  PLAICE (1)  ROOTHAM (1)  SALMON (2)  SAYER (11)  SMITH (8)  STEWART (1)  TEMPLE (4)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  WALKER (1)  WADDS (1)  WOOLLEY (5)