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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornham, Norfolk

Thornham 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
SOUTHERLAND213.215910,500.00
BELL203.062816.30
MIDDLETON152.297143.76
JOHNSON131.99085.93
SMITH131.99081.41
HERRING121.8377179.10
PROUDFOOT121.8377421.05
THACKER101.5314211.42
HOWARD101.531415.61
GREEN101.53145.44
SADDLER91.3783459.18
WILLIAMSON91.378315.37
FARRER91.3783207.85
WALKER91.37834.12
HARLOW91.3783251.40
CRANE81.225158.06
LEE81.22517.50
DAVIS81.22515.57
BRIDGES81.225177.00
ALLEN81.22516.49
HOOKS81.2251714.29
FRANCIS71.072017.99
WALDEN71.0720146.44
RINGWOOD71.0720886.08
HARRIS71.07204.22
EDWARDS71.07203.85
MALLETT71.0720120.27
HINES71.0720125.90
TIPPLE71.0720752.69
DUCKER71.0720457.52
WILLOUGHBY60.9188105.63
HAMMOND60.918816.14
BUNTING60.918882.30
HAINES60.918839.68
JONES60.91880.81
MAYES60.918895.39
TAYLOR60.91881.44
LEEDER50.7657354.61
HASTIE50.7657121.07
CURTIS50.765713.49
ROPER50.765736.79
LAKE50.765734.55
ROBINSON50.76572.40
PIKE50.765726.33
KNIGHT40.61264.97
ROUT40.6126392.16
DIX40.612662.02
PETTS40.6126239.52
NORMAN40.612613.22
BARNES40.61265.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SOUTHERLAND0.6565310500.0000
EVITTS0.656531764.7059
MEASE0.656531666.6667
HAWSE0.656531538.4615
BECKS0.656531500.0000
PATTER0.656531333.3333
RINGWOOD0.65653886.0759
TIPPLE0.65653752.6882
HOOKS0.65653714.2857
SHAWL0.65653526.3158
SADDLER0.65653459.1837
DUCKER0.65653457.5163
BARRINGER0.65653454.5455
PROUDFOOT0.65653421.0526
ROUT0.65653392.1569
LEEDER0.65653354.6099
CURL0.65653314.9606
SIDDLE0.65653285.7143
COSTON0.65653270.2703
HARLOW0.65653251.3966
PETTS0.65653239.5210
HEADING0.65653227.2727
THACKER0.65653211.4165
FARRER0.65653207.8522
BUSSEY0.65653180.9955
HERRING0.65653179.1045
PLAYFORD0.65653147.0588
WALDEN0.65653146.4435
MARLER0.65653131.5789
HINES0.65653125.8993
HASTIE0.65653121.0654
MALLETT0.65653120.2749
WILLOUGHBY0.65653105.6338
MAYES0.6565395.3895
BALDING0.6565382.6446
BUNTING0.6565382.3045
BRIDGES0.6565376.9971
ROY0.6565367.3401
DIX0.6565362.0155
CRANE0.6565358.0552
EAGLE0.6565355.2486
CLAMP0.6565350.2513
MIDDLETON0.6565343.7573
ABBEY0.6565341.6667
LINCOLN0.6565340.6504
HAINES0.6565339.6825
BOWLER0.6565337.6412
ROPER0.6565336.7918
EWEN0.6565335.9712
LAKE0.6565334.5543

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 653 people called SOUTHERLAND in Thornham 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 10500.0000 in Thornham means that 10500.0000% of the people in Thornham on census day were called SOUTHERLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SOUTHERLAND 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 SOUTHERLAND 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 SOUTHERLAND 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 SOUTHERLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Thornham means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SOUTHERLAND in Thornham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornham in 1881

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

ABBEY (1)  ALLEN (8)  AWKER (4)  BAIRCHER (1)  BALDING (1)  BARKER (1)  BARNES (4)  BARRINGER (3)  BARTLE (1)  BASSETT (1)  BECKS (3)  BELDERSTONE (1)  BELL (20)  BETTS (2)  BIGGS (1)  BOND (1)  BOWLER (3)  BOWMAN (3)  BRIDGES (8)  BRITTON (3)  BROOKE (3)  BUNN (1)  BUNTING (6)  BUSSEY (4)  CALLABY (19)  CLAMP (1)  CLARKE (1)  COOK (3)  CORSTON (7)  COSTON (1)  CRANE (8)  CURL (4)  CURTIS (5)  DAVEY (2)  DAVIS (8)  DELTOH (1)  DIX (4)  DUCKER (7)  DURRANT (1)  EAGLE (2)  EARL (1)  EDWARDS (7)  EVERARD (5)  EVERITT (1)  EVITTS (3)  EWEN (1)  FARMER (2)  FARRER (9)  FLEGG (2)  FORSTER (1)  FRANCIS (7)  FREARY (1)  FROHAWK (10)  FROST (1)  GOULDING (1)  GREEN (10)  GROUNDSELL (6)  HAMMOND (6)  HARLOW (9)  HARRIS (7)  HASTIE (5)  HAWSE (2)  HEADING (1)  HAINES (6)  HELSDON (2)  HERRING (12)  HINES (7)  HOLMES (3)  HOWARD (10)  HOOKS (8)  INKSON (1)  JACOBS (1)  JAMES (2)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSON (13)  JONES (6)  KEMP (1)  KNIGHT (4)  LAKE (5)  LEEDER (5)  LEADNER (1)  LEE (8)  LEWIS (4)  LINCOLN (2)  LONG (1)  LORDON (2)  MALLETT (7)  MARLER (1)  MAYES (6)  MEASE (1)  METTON (3)  MIDDLETON (15)  MITCHELL (1)  NORMAN (4)  NUDDS (3)  PANKS (1)  PEARCE (2)  PEARMAIN (6)  PATTER (2)  PETTS (4)  PIKE (5)  PLAYFORD (2)  POLLARD (1)  PORTER (1)  PROUDFOOT (12)  RASON (2)  RENAUT (18)  RINGWOOD (7)  ROBINSON (5)  ROPER (5)  ROUT (4)  ROY (4)  RUMBELOW (18)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SADDLER (9)  SANDS (2)  SEAPEY (6)  SHAWL (1)  SHELDRAKE (3)  SHERRINGHAM (1)  SIDDLE (4)  SKERRY (1)  SMITH (13)  SMITHBONE (8)  SPORNE (6)  SOUTHERLAND (21)  TAYLOR (6)  THACKER (10)  THOMPSON (3)  TIPPLE (7)  VINCENT (1)  WADDELOW (9)  WALDEN (7)  WALKER (9)  WILLIAMSON (9)  WILLOUGHBY (6)  WOODS (3)  WOOD (2)  YAXLEY (4)