Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bircham Newton, Norfolk

Bircham Newton 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
BALES1919.00005,135.14
DYE88.00001,212.12
RAYE66.000030,000.00
OSBORNE66.0000125.79
BAXTER55.000083.89
WELLS55.000060.10
CRANE33.0000142.18
CATER22.0000416.67
CHAPMAN22.000014.08
ALDER11.0000140.85
COPELAND11.0000105.26
SWIFT11.000032.36
PARRY11.000013.14
HANKINSON11.0000303.03
WRIGHT11.00003.12
SANDFORD11.0000140.85
PALMER11.00008.48
FROST11.000017.79
COX11.00006.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAYE0.1010030000.0000
BALES0.101005135.1351
DYE0.101001212.1212
CATER0.10100416.6667
HANKINSON0.10100303.0303
CRANE0.10100142.1801
ALDER0.10100140.8451
SANDFORD0.10100140.8451
OSBORNE0.10100125.7862
COPELAND0.10100105.2632
BAXTER0.1010083.8926
WELLS0.1010060.0962
SWIFT0.1010032.3625
FROST0.1010017.7936
CHAPMAN0.1010014.0845
PARRY0.1010013.1406
PALMER0.101008.4818
COX0.101006.5963
WRIGHT0.101003.1172

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 100 people called RAYE in Bircham Newton 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 30000.0000 in Bircham Newton means that 30000.0000% of the people in Bircham Newton on census day were called RAYE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAYE 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 RAYE 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 RAYE 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 RAYE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Bircham Newton means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAYE in Bircham Newton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bircham Newton in 1881

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

ALDER (1)  BAXTER (5)  BALES (19)  CATER (2)  CHAPMAN (2)  COPELAND (1)  COX (1)  CRANE (3)  DYE (8)  FROST (1)  FRYETT (9)  HANKINSON (1)  MASSEN (1)  MENDHAM (14)  OSBORNE (6)  PALMER (1)  PARRY (1)  RAYE (6)  SANDFORD (1)  SHELDRAKE (1)  STRANGLEMAN (1)  SWIFT (1)  TOWNSHEND (1)  WELLS (5)  WRIGHT (1)  YARDY (7)