Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wickhampton, Norfolk

Wickhampton 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
NEWSON149.45951,505.38
HOWARD138.783889.53
YOUNGS117.43241,964.29
KERRY117.43241,100.00
BASHFORD106.75682,040.82
BRISTER85.40544,705.88
LAKE85.4054243.90
LUBBOCK85.40544,210.53
WEBB74.729734.90
HEWITT74.729797.09
MINISTER64.05417,500.00
ELLIS53.378423.27
NICHOLLS42.702751.75
HIGH42.7027597.01
FARMAN21.3514714.29
BROOME21.3514270.27
RICHES21.3514118.34
LAYTON10.675784.75
AMIS10.6757526.32
STAMP10.675791.74
GOODRUM10.6757500.00
BURTON10.67577.93
MALLETT10.675775.76
SMITHSON10.675770.42
ASHBY10.675740.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MINISTER0.151487500.0000
BRISTER0.151484705.8824
LUBBOCK0.151484210.5263
BASHFORD0.151482040.8163
YOUNGS0.151481964.2857
NEWSON0.151481505.3763
KERRY0.151481100.0000
FARMAN0.15148714.2857
HIGH0.15148597.0149
AMIS0.15148526.3158
GOODRUM0.15148500.0000
BROOME0.15148270.2703
LAKE0.15148243.9024
RICHES0.15148118.3432
HEWITT0.1514897.0874
STAMP0.1514891.7431
HOWARD0.1514889.5317
LAYTON0.1514884.7458
MALLETT0.1514875.7576
SMITHSON0.1514870.4225
NICHOLLS0.1514851.7464
ASHBY0.1514840.3226
WEBB0.1514834.8953
ELLIS0.1514823.2666
BURTON0.151487.9302

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 148 people called MINISTER in Wickhampton 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 7500.0000 in Wickhampton means that 7500.0000% of the people in Wickhampton on census day were called MINISTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MINISTER 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 MINISTER 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 MINISTER 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 MINISTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Wickhampton means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MINISTER in Wickhampton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wickhampton in 1881

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

AMIS (1)  ASHBY (1)  BANHAM (5)  BASHFORD (10)  BRISTER (8)  BROOME (2)  BURTON (1)  ELLIS (5)  FARMAN (2)  GOODRUM (1)  HALESWORTH (2)  HEWITT (7)  HIGH (4)  HOWARD (13)  KERRY (11)  LAKE (8)  LAYTON (1)  LUBBOCK (8)  MALLETT (1)  MINISTER (6)  MOYSEY (1)  NEWSON (14)  NICHOLLS (4)  RICHES (2)  RUSHMER (10)  SMITHSON (1)  STAMP (1)  WEBB (7)  YOUNGS (11)