Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shouldham, Norfolk

Shouldham 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
BIRD233.633547.55
THOMPSON213.317511.07
GRIEF213.31755,675.68
RUSH193.0016279.82
EDWARDS172.68569.64
COLLISON162.5276615.38
MARSH152.369733.22
CARTER142.211713.18
COCKS142.2117332.54
SHURLEY132.053711,818.18
PORTER121.895725.26
COE121.8957116.73
HOWES111.737899.37
PRESTON111.737834.79
GREEN101.57985.61
REGIS101.579812,500.00
BROWN91.42182.16
BETTS91.421866.52
BOX91.4218175.44
BOWEN81.263830.57
PROCTOR81.263851.41
RAM81.26382,162.16
SOUTHGATE71.1058141.13
WATSON71.10584.77
CROSS60.947913.77
LEMMON60.9479521.74
EVETTS60.94791,200.00
PRENTICE60.947980.54
SELBY60.947979.37
DRAKE60.947932.54
DYE60.9479142.86
WEST60.94799.85
MACE60.9479107.53
GIBSON50.78996.51
WITHERINGTON50.7899714.29
ADAMS50.78995.36
ALLEN50.78994.18
EASTER50.7899196.08
BARKER50.78996.04
ANDREWS40.63196.60
OFFLEY40.63191,481.48
STEVENS40.63196.05
MATHEWS40.631917.11
DANE40.6319287.77
CRAFT40.6319285.71
BLACK40.63199.76
PICKETT30.473958.94
TAYLOR30.47390.74
CLIFTON30.473933.52
HAWES30.473938.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REGIS0.6363312500.0000
SHURLEY0.6363311818.1818
WHINERY0.6363310000.0000
GRIEF0.636335675.6757
FILSON0.636335000.0000
RAM0.636332162.1622
FENDLEY0.636332142.8571
OFFLEY0.636331481.4815
EVETTS0.636331200.0000
CHESSON0.63633750.0000
WITHERINGTON0.63633714.2857
WADLOW0.63633697.6744
COLLISON0.63633615.3846
LIMMER0.63633606.0606
LEMMON0.63633521.7391
COCKS0.63633332.5416
DANE0.63633287.7698
CRAFT0.63633285.7143
RUSH0.63633279.8233
EASTER0.63633196.0784
STARKE0.63633185.1852
BOX0.63633175.4386
DYE0.63633142.8571
SOUTHGATE0.63633141.1290
THURSBY0.63633135.1351
COE0.63633116.7315
RAMM0.63633108.6957
MACE0.63633107.5269
HOWES0.6363399.3677
JEANES0.6363397.0874
PIDGEON0.6363394.7867
BYE0.6363394.3396
PRENTICE0.6363380.5369
SELBY0.6363379.3651
PROUDFOOT0.6363372.4638
EGGLESTON0.6363367.1141
BETTS0.6363366.5188
PICKETT0.6363358.9391
REEDER0.6363358.1395
PROCTOR0.6363351.4139
BIRD0.6363347.5501
CALEY0.6363340.8163
HAWES0.6363338.4123
LUCK0.6363338.2409
WILES0.6363336.4299
TOWLER0.6363335.4610
PRESTON0.6363334.7881
CLIFTON0.6363333.5196
MARSH0.6363333.2226
DRAKE0.6363332.5380

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 633 people called REGIS in Shouldham 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 12500.0000 in Shouldham means that 12500.0000% of the people in Shouldham on census day were called REGIS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Shouldham in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ALCOCK (2)  ALLEN (5)  ANDREWS (4)  BAILEY (1)  BARBER (1)  BARKER (5)  BETTS (9)  BIRD (23)  BLACK (4)  BLYTH (1)  BOWEN (8)  BOX (9)  BRIDGES (1)  BRITTON (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (9)  BUCKENHAM (22)  BYE (3)  CARTER (14)  CHESSON (3)  CHURCH (1)  CLAYDON (1)  CLIFTON (3)  COE (12)  CAUSTON (4)  COLLISON (16)  COCKS (14)  COX (3)  CRAFT (4)  CROSS (6)  CURRY (2)  CURTEIS (1)  DYE (6)  DANE (4)  DEAN (1)  DANEUS (9)  DRAKE (6)  DUNN (3)  EASTER (5)  EDWARDS (17)  EGGLESTON (1)  ELLIOT (3)  EVETTS (6)  FENDLEY (3)  FILSON (1)  GIBSON (5)  GILBERT (2)  GREEN (10)  GRIEF (21)  GRIMES (1)  HAWES (3)  HOLDING (1)  HOVELLS (3)  HOWES (11)  JEANES (1)  CALEY (1)  KITTERINGHAM (5)  LAMBERT (2)  LEE (1)  LEMMON (6)  LIMMER (2)  LUCK (2)  LUFFS (7)  MALBY (12)  MALT (2)  MARSH (15)  MATHEWS (4)  MACE (6)  MACKENDER (7)  MITCHELL (1)  MURRAY (1)  NORY (1)  OFFLEY (4)  PEARCE (1)  PICKERSGILL (1)  PECKOVER (14)  PIDGEON (2)  PICKETT (3)  PLAICE (24)  POLLARD (1)  PORTER (12)  POTTER (1)  PRENTICE (6)  PRESTON (11)  PROCTOR (8)  PROUDFOOT (2)  RAM (8)  RAMM (1)  REEDER (1)  REGIS (10)  RUDD (1)  RUSH (19)  SCOTT (1)  SELBY (6)  SEWELL (1)  SHINFIELD (6)  SHINGFIELD (2)  SHURLEY (13)  SOUTHGATE (7)  SPENCER (1)  STARKE (1)  STARNE (2)  STEELES (2)  STEVENS (4)  STOCKDALE (1)  STOREY (1)  SUOMAN (2)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (21)  THURSBY (1)  THURSTON (1)  TOOGOOD (1)  TOWLER (1)  WADLOW (3)  WATERS (1)  WATSON (7)  WATTS (1)  WEST (6)  WHINERY (1)  WILKIN (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILES (2)  WITHERINGTON (5)