Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Rudham, Norfolk

West Rudham 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
ARMES296.13114,027.78
JOHNSON153.17129.44
COLMAN142.9598317.46
MITCHELL142.959814.59
KING132.748412.61
MARSHALL122.537015.12
GENT122.5370295.57
MANN122.537048.15
GILLHAM112.3256859.38
BALDWIN102.114249.58
BRINKLEY102.11421,515.15
BUTCHER91.902745.16
CROWE91.9027190.68
BLACK91.902729.38
WHITMORE91.9027216.87
NEWELL91.9027120.48
BARRETT81.691325.18
CRISP81.6913121.77
PAYNE71.479916.44
WILLIAMSON71.479916.51
HUNTER71.479914.41
GRIEVES71.4799593.22
STEEL61.268531.12
RICHARDSON61.26857.45
WRIGHT61.26853.95
WAGG61.2685540.54
EMMERSON61.2685128.48
BIRD61.268516.60
ADAMS51.05717.17
PARKER51.05715.56
KIRBY51.057127.86
DAWSON51.05719.59
RAMM40.8457579.71
BUNN40.845786.77
HAWES40.845768.61
DANN40.8457134.23
PEEK40.8457320.00
SAVORY40.8457228.57
MELTON40.8457239.52
HOWARD30.63426.46
ROYSTON30.6342214.29
TOLL30.6342361.45
DYE30.634295.54
HARPER30.63429.91
GRAY30.63424.44
COLLISON30.6342154.64
HOWITT30.6342171.43
LUBBOCK30.6342483.87
SMITH30.63420.45
WILSON30.63421.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARMES0.474734027.7778
TUFTS0.474731666.6667
BRINKLEY0.474731515.1515
SAYE0.474731250.0000
GILLHAM0.47473859.3750
LADELL0.47473769.2308
GRIEVES0.47473593.2203
RAMM0.47473579.7101
WAGG0.47473540.5405
LUBBOCK0.47473483.8710
TOLL0.47473361.4458
RINGWOOD0.47473350.8772
PEEK0.47473320.0000
COLMAN0.47473317.4603
GENT0.47473295.5665
HOOKS0.47473246.9136
MELTON0.47473239.5210
SAVORY0.47473228.5714
WHITMORE0.47473216.8675
ROYSTON0.47473214.2857
CROWE0.47473190.6780
HOWITT0.47473171.4286
CHESNEY0.47473166.6667
COLLISON0.47473154.6392
DANN0.47473134.2282
EMMERSON0.47473128.4797
CRISP0.47473121.7656
NEWELL0.47473120.4819
DYE0.4747395.5414
BUNN0.4747386.7679
HAWES0.4747368.6106
WARNES0.4747364.1026
MOTT0.4747356.0224
YOUNGS0.4747355.5556
BLACKETT0.4747355.2486
SOUTHGATE0.4747353.9084
BALDWIN0.4747349.5786
MANN0.4747348.1541
BUTCHER0.4747345.1581
FARTHING0.4747340.1606
MAYS0.4747337.0370
HURRELL0.4747335.5872
CLAXTON0.4747333.3333
STEEL0.4747331.1203
BLACK0.4747329.3830
LINCOLN0.4747328.0899
KIRBY0.4747327.8552
HENDRY0.4747326.7023
RAVEN0.4747325.1889
BARRETT0.4747325.1810

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 473 people called ARMES in West Rudham 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 4027.7778 in West Rudham means that 4027.7778% of the people in West Rudham on census day were called ARMES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARMES 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 ARMES 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 ARMES 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 ARMES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in West Rudham means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARMES in West Rudham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Rudham in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ALLCOCK (1)  ARMES (29)  BALDWIN (10)  BARRETT (8)  BELL (1)  BIRD (6)  BLACK (9)  BLACKETT (1)  BOND (1)  BRINKLEY (10)  BUNN (4)  BURROWS (2)  BUTCHER (9)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHESNEY (1)  CLARKE (2)  CLAXTON (1)  COLMAN (14)  COLLISON (3)  CRISP (8)  CROWE (9)  DANN (4)  DAWSON (5)  DYE (3)  DODMAN (6)  EDWARDS (1)  EMMERSON (6)  FARTHING (1)  FOX (1)  FREUER (4)  GATES (1)  GENT (12)  GILLHAM (11)  GLANDFIELD (1)  GOODBODY (12)  GRAY (3)  GRIEVES (7)  GREEN (2)  HAMOND (1)  HANOD (1)  HARPER (3)  HAWES (4)  HENDRY (2)  HEPKIN (7)  HOWARD (3)  HOWITT (3)  HUNTER (7)  HURRELL (1)  HOOKS (2)  HOTCHIN (2)  JOHNSON (15)  KEMP (1)  KING (13)  KIRBY (5)  LADELL (1)  LANE (1)  LINCOLN (1)  LOCKWOOD (1)  LUBBOCK (3)  MANN (12)  MARSHALL (12)  MARTIN (2)  MARTLOCK (3)  MAYS (1)  MELTON (4)  MITCHELL (14)  MORTLOCK (7)  MOTT (2)  NEWELL (9)  OLDMAN (5)  OVERMENT (1)  PARKER (5)  PAYNE (7)  PEEK (4)  PLATTIN (1)  POWELL (2)  QUANTRILL (7)  RAMM (4)  RAVEN (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  RICHES (1)  RINGWOOD (2)  ROYSTON (3)  SAPEY (2)  SAVORY (4)  SAYE (1)  SCOTT (1)  SMITH (3)  SOFTLEY (2)  SOUTHGATE (2)  STEEL (6)  TAYLOR (1)  TOLL (3)  TUFTS (2)  WAGG (6)  WALKER (1)  WARNES (1)  WASEY (3)  WHITMORE (9)  WILLIAMSON (7)  WILIMOTT (2)  WILSON (3)  WRIGHT (6)  YOUNGS (1)