Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broome, Norfolk

Broome 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
ELDEN254.863810,416.67
KENT254.8638115.47
SMITH193.69652.62
KING193.696516.96
LAWN132.52921,000.00
BROWN132.52923.84
HINDLE132.5292180.06
SAVAGE122.334660.76
JOHNSON112.14016.37
TUBBY101.94551,315.79
SPALDING91.7510244.57
FROST91.751031.14
CRICKMORE91.75101,578.95
WARD81.55647.12
FRAKES71.36197,000.00
MOBBS71.3619362.69
WALKER71.36194.07
DOE61.1673243.90
FRANCIS61.167319.60
PULFORD61.1673454.55
SPARKES61.1673159.15
BLOOMFIELD61.167391.88
HOWARD61.167311.90
DURRANT61.167374.63
NORMAN50.972820.99
WILSON50.97282.12
CARTER50.97285.80
ROBSON50.972814.78
BURCHAM50.97281,351.35
GRIMWOOD50.9728235.85
BAKER50.97284.44
SUTTON50.972815.28
HOLMES40.77826.39
BALLS40.778260.70
TAYLOR40.77821.22
PEEL40.778243.34
GODBOLD40.7782439.56
COLE40.77828.54
TODD40.778215.29
FARROW40.778241.45
PALMER40.77826.60
MITCHELL30.58372.88
HARROLD30.5837129.31
BECKETT30.583729.30
HOLLAND30.58378.20
LUBBOCK30.5837447.76
BULL30.583713.81
SPALL30.5837309.28
REEVE20.389116.64
EVERITT20.389146.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELDEN0.5151410416.6667
FRAKES0.515147000.0000
CRICKMORE0.515141578.9474
BURCHAM0.515141351.3514
TUBBY0.515141315.7895
LAWN0.515141000.0000
PULFORD0.51514454.5455
LUBBOCK0.51514447.7612
GODBOLD0.51514439.5604
MOBBS0.51514362.6943
NICOLS0.51514312.5000
SPALL0.51514309.2784
SPALDING0.51514244.5652
DOE0.51514243.9024
GRIMWOOD0.51514235.8491
BALEY0.51514208.3333
HINDLE0.51514180.0554
PERFECT0.51514173.9130
SPARKES0.51514159.1512
HARROLD0.51514129.3103
CLOW0.51514129.0323
SPURGEON0.51514121.9512
HARROD0.51514116.2791
KENT0.51514115.4734
BRANTON0.51514108.6957
BLOOMFIELD0.5151491.8836
HARLING0.5151490.4977
FOULGER0.5151481.9672
FIRMAN0.5151476.3359
DURRANT0.5151474.6269
BRADFIELD0.5151461.3497
SAVAGE0.5151460.7595
BALLS0.5151460.6980
BURROUGHS0.5151460.6061
GOFF0.5151460.2410
BRIGHTON0.5151454.9451
EVERITT0.5151446.4037
LAWES0.5151444.6429
CALVER0.5151443.6681
PEEL0.5151443.3369
FARROW0.5151441.4508
RICHES0.5151434.0136
FROST0.5151431.1419
BECKETT0.5151429.2969
SWEENEY0.5151429.0698
KERRY0.5151428.7356
RULE0.5151428.3286
FRAZER0.5151425.1256
NORMAN0.5151420.9908
FRANCIS0.5151419.5950

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 514 people called ELDEN in Broome 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 10416.6667 in Broome means that 10416.6667% of the people in Broome on census day were called ELDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELDEN 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 ELDEN 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 ELDEN 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 ELDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Broome means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELDEN in Broome than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broome in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  BALEY (1)  BAKER (5)  BALLS (4)  BARKER (1)  BARWICH (2)  BATTLEDON (6)  BELES (3)  BECKETT (3)  BETTS (1)  BLOOMFIELD (6)  BORRETT (9)  BRADFIELD (1)  BRANTON (1)  BRANTEN (1)  BRIGHTON (1)  BRIKHER (2)  BROWN (13)  BULL (3)  BURCHAM (5)  BURROUGHS (1)  CALVER (1)  CARTER (5)  CLOW (2)  COLE (4)  CORNISH (1)  CRICKMORE (9)  CRISPS (1)  CROWFOOT (5)  DAVIES (1)  DOE (6)  DURRANT (6)  EARLAUGH (4)  ELDEN (25)  EVERITT (2)  FAIRHEAD (7)  FARROW (4)  FIRMAN (1)  FOULGER (1)  FRANCIS (6)  FRAZER (1)  FRAKES (7)  FORSDIKE (3)  FROST (9)  GILLINGWATER (2)  GODBOLD (4)  GOODA (2)  GOFF (2)  GRIMWOOD (5)  HANSEY (3)  HARDINGHAM (1)  HARLING (2)  HARPER (2)  HARROD (2)  HARROLD (3)  HINDLE (13)  HOLLAND (3)  HOLMES (4)  HOWARD (6)  HUNT (1)  JOHNSON (11)  KENT (25)  KERRY (1)  KING (19)  LAWES (1)  LAWS (1)  LAWN (13)  LIGHLOW (1)  LILLEYSTOW (1)  LUBBOCK (3)  MALLOWS (2)  MICKLEBURGH (15)  MITCHELL (3)  MOBBS (7)  MOORE (1)  MORTLOCK (2)  NEAL (1)  NEECH (3)  NICOLS (1)  NORMAN (5)  PALMER (4)  PERFECT (2)  PARKER (2)  PEEL (4)  PULFORD (6)  RANMS (2)  REEVE (2)  RENNALS (1)  RICHES (2)  ROBSON (5)  ROOKSBY (1)  RULE (1)  RUNICLES (15)  SAMPSON (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVAGE (12)  SMITH (19)  SNOWLING (1)  SPALDING (9)  SPALL (3)  SPARKES (6)  SPILLING (2)  SPURGEON (2)  SUTTON (5)  SWEENEY (2)  TACOW (1)  TAYLOR (4)  TODD (4)  TUBBY (10)  HADINGHAM (2)  WALKER (7)  WARD (8)  WENN (2)  WISKEN (4)  WILSON (5)  WOODS (1)  WOOLORTON (4)