Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wimbotsham, Norfolk

Wimbotsham 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
HILL213.677814.44
NEAL183.1524106.57
GUTTERIDGE183.1524620.69
CHAPMAN152.627018.50
GOODRUM132.27671,710.53
VINCENT122.101667.38
JACOBS111.926480.41
PARNELL111.9264199.28
COOK111.92649.70
CARLEY101.7513781.25
DUNHAM101.7513343.64
DURRANT91.5762100.67
ALLDAY91.57621,200.00
SNELLING91.5762193.97
POOLEY91.5762195.23
MARTIN91.57626.40
FILBY81.4011645.16
HOWE81.401135.68
CLARKE71.22596.05
LYNN71.2259140.56
HOWLETT71.225991.38
CRANE71.225958.09
ILLSLEY71.2259673.08
GATES71.225979.19
MONK71.225958.38
WARD61.05084.81
BAXTER61.050817.63
CARTER61.05086.26
ALLEN61.05085.56
POND61.0508216.61
WYER50.8757420.17
BRUCE50.875718.70
REEVE50.875737.45
SHERWOOD50.875768.68
HERRING50.875785.32
WYLES50.8757347.22
PEARCE50.87579.53
LARK50.8757400.00
CROWTHER50.875729.33
FERGUSON50.875712.35
GRIGG40.7005106.95
LEE40.70054.29
ROUTLEDGE40.700582.30
CATER40.7005145.99
BUSH40.700528.37
BOWEN40.700516.94
OSLER40.7005615.38
STEVEN40.700592.38
EGGLETON40.7005177.78
JAKES40.7005373.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOODRUM0.575711710.5263
PERSON0.575711363.6364
ALLDAY0.575711200.0000
THISTLE0.57571833.3333
CARLEY0.57571781.2500
ILLSLEY0.57571673.0769
FILBY0.57571645.1613
GUTTERIDGE0.57571620.6897
OSLER0.57571615.3846
PARLETT0.57571555.5556
WYER0.57571420.1681
LARK0.57571400.0000
JAKES0.57571373.8318
RICHER0.57571365.8537
BABINGTON0.57571357.1429
WYLES0.57571347.2222
DUNHAM0.57571343.6426
MUFFETT0.57571322.5806
OSTLER0.57571247.9339
POND0.57571216.6065
PARNELL0.57571199.2754
POOLEY0.57571195.2278
SNELLING0.57571193.9655
EGGLETON0.57571177.7778
GOULDEN0.57571149.2537
CATER0.57571145.9854
LYNN0.57571140.5622
HUTSON0.57571133.9286
GRIGG0.57571106.9519
NEAL0.57571106.5719
DURRANT0.57571100.6711
APPLEGATE0.5757194.3396
STEVEN0.5757192.3788
YOUNGS0.5757191.7431
GOTHARD0.5757191.7431
HOWLETT0.5757191.3838
HERRING0.5757185.3242
ROUTLEDGE0.5757182.3045
SIDDLE0.5757181.9672
FREESTONE0.5757181.6327
JACOBS0.5757180.4094
DANE0.5757179.3651
GATES0.5757179.1855
SHERWOOD0.5757168.6813
KILBURN0.5757168.0272
VINCENT0.5757167.3779
MONK0.5757158.3820
CRANE0.5757158.0913
STAMP0.5757147.6190
PARISH0.5757145.4030

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 571 people called GOODRUM in Wimbotsham 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 1710.5263 in Wimbotsham means that 1710.5263% of the people in Wimbotsham on census day were called GOODRUM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOODRUM 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 GOODRUM 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 GOODRUM 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 GOODRUM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Wimbotsham means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOODRUM in Wimbotsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wimbotsham in 1881

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

ALFATT (3)  ALLFLATT (3)  ALLDAY (9)  ALLEN (6)  ALLISON (2)  APPLEGATE (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BABINGTON (2)  BANYARD (2)  BARKER (4)  BARTON (1)  BAXTER (6)  BELL (4)  BUDDING (1)  BOWEN (4)  BOUGHHEN (8)  BOUGHEN (1)  BRUCE (5)  BUGG (1)  BUSH (4)  CALLABY (4)  CARLEY (10)  CARTER (6)  CATCHPOOL (3)  CATER (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (2)  CHAPMAN (15)  CLARKE (7)  COOK (11)  CRANE (7)  CROWE (2)  CROWTHER (5)  DAVISON (1)  DANE (1)  DOWNES (1)  DUNGAR (1)  DUNHAM (10)  DURRANT (9)  EGGLETON (4)  ELLIGOTT (1)  EMS (3)  FENDICK (5)  FERGUSON (5)  FILBY (8)  FILLY (6)  FLANAGAN (1)  FOSTER (4)  FREEMAN (1)  FREESTONE (2)  GALLAY (3)  GATES (7)  GOULDER (2)  GOULDEN (3)  GOODRUM (13)  GOODRUN (3)  GORDON (3)  GOTHARD (1)  GRIGG (4)  GRIGGS (1)  GUNN (3)  GUTTERIDGE (18)  HERRING (5)  HILL (21)  HOWE (8)  HOWLETT (7)  HUTSON (3)  ILLSLEY (7)  ENGLISH (2)  JAKES (4)  JACOB (1)  JACOBS (11)  JAMES (3)  JARVIS (JAMES) (2)  JARVIS (1)  JOHN (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KILBURN (2)  KNIGHT (1)  KNOWLES (3)  LARK (5)  LAWS (1)  LEE (4)  LENTON (1)  LYNN (7)  MALLABY (1)  MANN (3)  MARTIN (9)  MATTHEWS (1)  MUFFETT (1)  MONK (7)  MOORE (3)  NAPHIN (1)  NEAL (18)  OSLER (4)  OSTLER (3)  PARISH (4)  PARLETT (3)  PARNELL (11)  PEARCE (5)  PERSON (3)  POLLINGTON (5)  POND (6)  POOLEY (9)  REEVE (5)  RICHER (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROCKLEY (4)  ROGERS (2)  ROSE (2)  ROUTLEDGE (4)  SEAMAN (1)  SHERWOOD (5)  SIDDLE (1)  SYDDAL (1)  SMITH (1)  SNASDELL (4)  SNELLING (9)  SPRINGALL (4)  STAMP (2)  STEVENS (1)  STEVEN (4)  THISTLE (2)  UTTON (7)  VINCENT (12)  WALLS (1)  WALE (1)  WALES (1)  WARD (6)  WYER (5)  WENFOOT (1)  WICKS (1)  WHITEMAN (1)  WYLES (5)  YEOMANS (1)  YOUNGS (2)