Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yaxham, Norfolk

Yaxham 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
MEACHEN326.544012,800.00
SPILMAN234.70356,216.22
WYATT234.7035160.39
BAXTER132.658544.61
SMITH132.65851.88
CROSS112.249532.69
ISBILL112.249522,000.00
LINCOLN112.2495298.10
HOWARD102.045020.84
STEPHENSON102.045035.75
BUSH102.045082.85
COE91.8405113.35
READ81.636025.38
ADCOCK81.6360165.63
WILLIAMSON81.636018.25
EKE81.6360909.09
EARLE71.4315230.26
BURRELL71.4315109.89
SUMMERS71.431551.06
BRUCE71.431530.57
HUTSON71.4315364.58
TAYLOR61.22701.92
BRANFORD61.22701,395.35
HOWLETT61.227091.46
BURROUGHS61.2270382.17
COLE51.022511.22
JOHNSON51.02253.04
BEATLEY51.02255,000.00
COOK51.02255.15
JORDAN51.022523.14
LANE40.818011.87
MALLETT40.818091.74
WALPOLE40.8180208.33
NEALE40.818034.45
BLYTH40.818051.88
FRANCIS40.818013.73
BALLS30.613547.85
BOWDEN30.613521.26
GALES30.6135400.00
SPELMAN30.6135588.24
BRIGGS30.613511.30
BARLOW30.613511.36
ALDOUS30.6135151.52
SPILLMAN30.61351,363.64
WARMAN30.6135131.00
BEAN30.613547.39
CLARKE20.40902.02
BUTTERS20.409083.33
JEFFRIES20.409032.57
LEEDS20.4090212.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ISBILL0.4948922000.0000
MEACHEN0.4948912800.0000
SPILMAN0.494896216.2162
BEATLEY0.494895000.0000
BRANFORD0.494891395.3488
SPILLMAN0.494891363.6364
EKE0.49489909.0909
SPELMAN0.49489588.2353
GWYN0.49489500.0000
GALES0.49489400.0000
BURROUGHS0.49489382.1656
HUTSON0.49489364.5833
LINCOLN0.49489298.1030
TUTHILL0.49489256.4103
EARLE0.49489230.2632
LEEDS0.49489212.7660
WALPOLE0.49489208.3333
JEX0.49489178.5714
ADCOCK0.49489165.6315
WYATT0.49489160.3905
HILLING0.49489156.2500
ALDOUS0.49489151.5152
WARMAN0.49489131.0044
COE0.49489113.3501
BURRELL0.49489109.8901
MALLETT0.4948991.7431
HOWLETT0.4948991.4634
BUTTERS0.4948983.3333
BUSH0.4948982.8500
BRADFIELD0.4948964.5161
CATCHPOLE0.4948963.4921
WARNES0.4948962.1118
SKIPPER0.4948954.3478
PEASE0.4948954.0541
BLYTH0.4948951.8807
SUMMERS0.4948951.0576
POOLEY0.4948950.6329
BALLS0.4948947.8469
BEAN0.4948947.3934
BAXTER0.4948944.6122
CANN0.4948944.1501
JOLLEY0.4948938.7597
STEPHENSON0.4948935.7526
NEALE0.4948934.4531
SYMONDS0.4948933.9559
LOVEDAY0.4948933.4448
CROSS0.4948932.6895
JEFFRIES0.4948932.5733
BRUCE0.4948930.5677
READ0.4948925.3807

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 489 people called ISBILL in Yaxham 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 22000.0000 in Yaxham means that 22000.0000% of the people in Yaxham on census day were called ISBILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ISBILL 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 ISBILL 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 ISBILL 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 ISBILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Yaxham means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ISBILL in Yaxham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yaxham in 1881

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

ADCOCK (8)  AIREY (4)  ALDOUS (3)  BACON (1)  BEALEY (1)  BALLS (3)  BARLOW (3)  BAXTER (13)  BEAN (3)  BEATLEY (5)  BENNETT (1)  BIRD (1)  BLYTH (4)  BOWDEN (3)  BOWLES (1)  BRADFIELD (1)  BRAND (1)  BRANFORD (6)  BRIGGS (3)  BROOK (1)  BRUCE (7)  BURRELL (7)  BURROUGHS (6)  BUSH (10)  BUTTERS (2)  CANN (2)  CATCHPOLE (2)  CHENERY (1)  CLARKE (2)  COE (9)  COHEN (1)  COLE (5)  COOK (5)  CRICKMAY (2)  CRITOPH (7)  CROSS (11)  DENNIS (1)  DENNY (1)  EARLE (7)  EKE (8)  FELLOWES (8)  FITT (6)  FOWELL (1)  FRANCIS (4)  JIMPSON (3)  JORDAN (5)  GWYN (2)  HEYHOE (4)  HORNIGOLD (7)  HOWARD (10)  HOWLETT (6)  HUBBARD (1)  HUTSON (7)  HUNT (1)  HUTTON (1)  HILLING (1)  ISBILL (11)  JACOBS (1)  JEFFRIES (2)  JEX (1)  JOHNSON (5)  JOLLEY (1)  KENT (1)  NIBLOE (5)  LANE (4)  LEACH (1)  LEEDS (2)  LINCOLN (11)  LINCE (1)  LOVEDAY (1)  MAIDWELL (1)  MEACHER (2)  MALLETT (4)  MANN (2)  MAYES (1)  MEACHEN (32)  MOORE (1)  NEALE (4)  NORTON (1)  OFFICE (3)  PARSELY (8)  PEASE (1)  PIGHTLING (1)  POLLANT (4)  POOLEY (2)  PYGHTTING (1)  RIE (3)  READ (8)  ROBINSON (1)  SYMONDS (2)  SIMMONS (1)  SKIPPER (1)  SMITH (13)  SPELMAN (3)  SPILMAN (23)  SPILLMAN (3)  SPRINGALL (1)  STEPHENSON (10)  STEVENSON (1)  SUMMERS (7)  SUTTON (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TILNEY (10)  TUFFS (2)  TUTHILL (1)  VINCENT (2)  GALES (3)  WALPOLE (4)  WARMAN (3)  WARNES (1)  WARNER (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITEROD (1)  WILLIAMSON (8)  WISEMAN (1)  WYATT (23)