Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bawburgh, Norfolk

Bawburgh 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
BOAST214.95282,470.59
BROWNE143.3019180.41
PERKINS133.066068.17
GOULD122.830278.33
COLE112.594328.48
MORTIMER112.5943124.01
BEAVIS112.5943632.18
MATTHEWS112.594329.74
HARVEY102.358522.09
CUSHING102.35851,315.79
OTTAWAY102.35851,136.36
CHILD92.1226124.83
BAXTER81.886831.66
STONE81.886826.10
BUSH81.886876.41
WARNES81.8868571.43
PAUL81.886875.40
OAKES71.6509114.01
HARMAN71.6509110.58
CULLUM71.6509421.69
KIRBY71.650943.51
BOGG61.41511,000.00
HUNT61.415110.66
DUNNELL61.41512,727.27
SMITH61.41511.00
DAVEY61.415134.42
MORTER61.41512,068.97
WALPOLE51.1792299.40
SOANS51.17924,545.45
WATTS51.179214.06
FURNESS51.1792147.49
WOODS51.179218.70
HAMMOND51.179220.71
MEAD40.943440.49
HARMER40.943495.24
BLAKE40.943419.47
FOX40.943410.16
SPARROW30.707555.87
DENMARK30.70751,034.48
BUNN30.707572.64
GARDENER30.707539.42
HURN30.7075272.73
BELL30.70753.77
TANN30.7075468.75
OLDFIELD30.707542.80
SYMONDS30.707558.71
DAINES20.4717200.00
BROOM20.471738.24
REYNOLDS20.47175.45
MATHEWS20.471712.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SOANS0.424244545.4545
DUNNELL0.424242727.2727
BOAST0.424242470.5882
MORTER0.424242068.9655
CUSHING0.424241315.7895
OTTAWAY0.424241136.3636
DENMARK0.424241034.4828
BOGG0.424241000.0000
ORSBORN0.42424952.3810
BEAVIS0.42424632.1839
WARNES0.42424571.4286
ANGER0.42424500.0000
TANN0.42424468.7500
CULLUM0.42424421.6867
WALPOLE0.42424299.4012
RINGER0.42424273.9726
HURN0.42424272.7273
DAINES0.42424200.0000
STURGES0.42424196.0784
BROWNE0.42424180.4124
DADE0.42424163.9344
FURNESS0.42424147.4926
WICK0.42424135.1351
CHILD0.42424124.8266
MORTIMER0.42424124.0135
OAKES0.42424114.0065
HARMAN0.42424110.5845
HARMER0.4242495.2381
GOULD0.4242478.3290
BUSH0.4242476.4088
PAUL0.4242475.4006
BUNN0.4242472.6392
PERKINS0.4242468.1699
SKIPPER0.4242462.8931
SYMONDS0.4242458.7084
SPARROW0.4242455.8659
KIRBY0.4242443.5053
OLDFIELD0.4242442.7960
RIX0.4242442.7350
MEAD0.4242440.4858
GARDENER0.4242439.4218
BROOM0.4242438.2409
DAVEY0.4242434.4234
BAXTER0.4242431.6581
MATTHEWS0.4242429.7378
COLE0.4242428.4827
STONE0.4242426.1011
HARVEY0.4242422.0897
HAMMOND0.4242420.7125
BLAKE0.4242419.4742

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 424 people called SOANS in Bawburgh 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 4545.4545 in Bawburgh means that 4545.4545% of the people in Bawburgh on census day were called SOANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SOANS 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 SOANS 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 SOANS 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 SOANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Bawburgh means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SOANS in Bawburgh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bawburgh in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  ANGER (ARGER) (2)  ANGER (1)  BARKER (1)  BAXTER (8)  BEAVIS (11)  BELL (3)  BLAKE (4)  BOGG (6)  BOAST (21)  BOWLER (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BRINGLOE (7)  BROOM (2)  BROWNE (14)  BROWN (1)  BUNN (3)  BUSH (8)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHENERY (4)  CHILD (9)  COE (1)  COLE (11)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (2)  CUSHING (10)  DADE (1)  DAVEY (6)  DAVY (1)  DEACLE (4)  DAINES (2)  DENMARK (3)  DUNNELL (6)  FORBY (1)  FORSTER (2)  FOX (4)  FURNESS (5)  GARDINER (1)  GARDENER (3)  GAYFORD (1)  JEARY (6)  GOLDSMITH (1)  GOULD (12)  MORTER GOULD (8)  GUNTON (1)  HAMMOND (5)  HARDING (2)  HARMAN (7)  HARMER (4)  HARVEY (10)  HURN (3)  HIPPERSON (4)  HOWLETT (1)  HUNT (6)  KIRBY (7)  LANE (1)  MANTHORPE (5)  MATTHEWS (11)  MATHEWS (2)  CULLUM (7)  MEAD (4)  MILLER (1)  MINGAY (1)  MORTER (6)  MORTIMER (11)  OAKES (7)  OLDFIELD (3)  ORSBORN (2)  OTTAWAY (10)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (1)  PAUL (8)  PERKINS (13)  POLLINGTON (5)  REYNOLDS (2)  RINGER (2)  RIX (1)  SHICKLE (7)  SYMONDS (3)  SKIPPER (1)  SLETER (3)  SMITH (6)  SOANS (5)  SPARROW (3)  STONE (8)  STURGES (2)  TANN (3)  TURNER (1)  TYLER (2)  WALKER (1)  WALPOLE (5)  WARNES (8)  WATTS (5)  WICK (1)  WOODS (5)