Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bradeston, Norfolk

Bradeston 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
SMITH2515.151510.73
BECK137.8788336.79
JOHNSON106.060618.04
BALLS74.2424331.75
WOODROW63.6364588.24
WATSON63.636415.68
HOARE53.0303155.28
HILTON53.030388.18
HOLMES53.030324.89
DINGLE42.4242555.56
SPARROW42.4242191.39
BROWN42.42423.68
NOTLEY42.42421,290.32
WRIGHT31.81825.67
WATERSON31.8182434.78
ROLL31.81821,666.67
GEORGE31.818230.99
GOWING31.8182731.71
ROSE31.818224.51
BACON21.212148.19
MOORE21.21216.06
HUTCHINS21.2121119.76
SIMMONS21.212129.72
SOUTHGATE21.2121155.04
CULLEY21.2121285.71
RAM21.21212,000.00
GILBERT21.212121.28
BOUGHTON10.6061147.06
NEWSON10.606196.15
FISHER10.60615.18
CUBIT10.60613,333.33
GREEN10.60612.15
BUCK10.606128.25
PRATT10.606110.55
FIELD10.606112.18
DARY10.60615,000.00
CARTER10.60613.61
ROBERSON10.6061400.00
FREEMAN10.60619.49
KING10.60612.78
DRAKE10.606120.79
HARBOUR10.6061232.56
BURT10.606125.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DARY0.171655000.0000
CUBIT0.171653333.3333
RAM0.171652000.0000
ROLL0.171651666.6667
NOTLEY0.171651290.3226
GOWING0.17165731.7073
WOODROW0.17165588.2353
DINGLE0.17165555.5556
WATERSON0.17165434.7826
ROBERSON0.17165400.0000
BECK0.17165336.7876
BALLS0.17165331.7536
CULLEY0.17165285.7143
HARBOUR0.17165232.5581
SPARROW0.17165191.3876
HOARE0.17165155.2795
SOUTHGATE0.17165155.0388
BOUGHTON0.17165147.0588
HUTCHINS0.17165119.7605
NEWSON0.1716596.1538
HILTON0.1716588.1834
BACON0.1716548.1928
GEORGE0.1716530.9917
SIMMONS0.1716529.7177
BUCK0.1716528.2486
BURT0.1716525.5102
HOLMES0.1716524.8880
ROSE0.1716524.5098
GILBERT0.1716521.2766
DRAKE0.1716520.7900
JOHNSON0.1716518.0375
WATSON0.1716515.6781
FIELD0.1716512.1803
SMITH0.1716510.7310
PRATT0.1716510.5485
FREEMAN0.171659.4877
MOORE0.171656.0624
WRIGHT0.171655.6679
FISHER0.171655.1787
BROWN0.171653.6775
CARTER0.171653.6101
KING0.171652.7809
GREEN0.171652.1524

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 165 people called DARY in Bradeston 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 5000.0000 in Bradeston means that 5000.0000% of the people in Bradeston on census day were called DARY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DARY 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 DARY 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 DARY 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 DARY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Bradeston means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DARY in Bradeston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bradeston in 1881

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

BACON (2)  BALLS (7)  BECK (13)  BOUGHTON (1)  BROWN (4)  BUCK (1)  BURT (1)  CARTER (1)  CUBIT (1)  CULLEY (2)  DARY (1)  DINGLE (4)  DRAKE (1)  FIELD (1)  FISHER (1)  FREEMAN (1)  GARRED (3)  GEORGE (3)  GILBERT (2)  GLASSPOOLE (2)  GOBBETT (2)  GOWING (3)  GREEN (1)  HARBORD (8)  HARBOUR (1)  HILTON (5)  HOARE (5)  HOLMES (5)  HUTCHINS (2)  HILLINGS (1)  JOHNSON (10)  KING (1)  LLLINGHAM (1)  MOORE (2)  NEWSON (1)  NOTLEY (4)  PRATT (1)  RAM (2)  ROBERSON (1)  ROSE (3)  ROLL (3)  SIMMONS (2)  SMITH (25)  SOUTHGATE (2)  SPARROW (4)  WATERSON (3)  WATSON (6)  WOODROW (6)  WRIGHT (3)