Top surnames from the 1881 census in Congham, Norfolk

Congham 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
SMITH278.08385.73
TAYLOR185.38928.43
RUDD154.4910284.63
DRIVER144.1916226.17
HUBBARD123.5928147.78
OSBORNE102.994062.74
COOPER102.994012.31
GAMBLE82.3952167.36
ROBERSON72.09581,372.55
MASON72.095815.59
ALCOCK61.7964124.48
REEVE61.796476.82
PEAK61.7964428.57
HARPER61.796428.06
THOMPSON61.79646.00
COLMAN61.7964192.93
TURVEY51.4970318.47
WOODHOUSE51.497063.21
GRIMES51.4970129.53
LEWIN41.1976148.70
WILKERSON41.19761,176.47
CURSON41.1976526.32
BASS41.1976105.82
RAYNOLDS41.19765,000.00
DYE41.1976180.18
FOREMAN41.197691.53
BUGG41.1976264.90
HALL41.19764.07
OVERSON41.19763,636.36
GOODMAN41.197641.03
GIBSON30.89827.40
CROW20.598839.68
GURNEY20.598857.47
JAMES20.59883.05
WARNER20.598816.42
PARLET20.598820,000.00
WINNER20.59881,818.18
RICHES20.598852.36
WALKER20.59881.79
BLAKE20.598812.36
BEA10.29945,000.00
KENT10.29947.11
FAKE10.2994526.32
CHESSON10.2994476.19
HOWARD10.29943.05
ELLIOT10.299411.74
BRINKLEY10.2994217.39
SPOONER10.299420.75
BITTING10.29945,000.00
SERGENT10.2994285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARLET0.3333420000.0000
BITTING0.333345000.0000
BEA0.333345000.0000
RAYNOLDS0.333345000.0000
OVERSON0.333343636.3636
SEMAN0.333343333.3333
WINNER0.333341818.1818
ROBERSON0.333341372.5490
WILKERSON0.333341176.4706
GEDNEY0.33334714.2857
CURSON0.33334526.3158
FAKE0.33334526.3158
CHESSON0.33334476.1905
PEAK0.33334428.5714
BALDERSTON0.33334333.3333
TURVEY0.33334318.4713
SERGENT0.33334285.7143
RUDD0.33334284.6300
DUN0.33334277.7778
BUGG0.33334264.9007
DRIVER0.33334226.1712
BRINKLEY0.33334217.3913
COLMAN0.33334192.9260
DYE0.33334180.1802
GAMBLE0.33334167.3640
LEWIN0.33334148.6989
HUBBARD0.33334147.7833
GRIMES0.33334129.5337
ALCOCK0.33334124.4813
DENNEY0.33334123.4568
BASS0.33334105.8201
ESSEX0.3333493.4579
FOREMAN0.3333491.5332
REEVE0.3333476.8246
DOLMAN0.3333469.9301
WOODHOUSE0.3333463.2111
OSBORNE0.3333462.7353
GURNEY0.3333457.4713
GAGE0.3333453.1915
RICHES0.3333452.3560
EMERSON0.3333443.2900
GOODMAN0.3333441.0256
CROW0.3333439.6825
SOUTHGATE0.3333438.1679
POOLEY0.3333437.0370
CROWE0.3333430.0300
HARPER0.3333428.0636
SPOONER0.3333420.7469
BLYTH0.3333418.9753
LEECH0.3333418.3824

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 334 people called PARLET in Congham 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 20000.0000 in Congham means that 20000.0000% of the people in Congham on census day were called PARLET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PARLET 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 PARLET 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 PARLET 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 PARLET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Congham means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PARLET in Congham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Congham in 1881

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

ALCOCK (6)  ALLFLATT (2)  ASHBY SUSSONS (4)  BALDERSTON (1)  BARWOOD (1)  BASS (4)  BITTING (1)  BENNETT (1)  BLAKE (2)  BLYTH (1)  BRINKLEY (1)  BUGG (4)  BEA (1)  CALLABY (1)  CURSON (4)  CHADWICK (1)  CHAIMBERS (3)  CHESSON (1)  COLMAN (6)  COOPER (10)  CROW (2)  CROWE (1)  DYE (4)  DENNEY (1)  DOLMAN (1)  DRIVER (14)  DRIVER (HUBBARD) (2)  DUN (1)  EASTWICK (6)  EBBAGE (1)  ELFLETT (2)  ELLIOT (1)  ELWES (2)  EMERSON (1)  ESSEX (1)  FAKE (1)  FOREMAN (4)  GAGE (1)  GAMBLE (8)  GEDNEY (1)  GIBSON (3)  GOODMAN (4)  GRIMES (5)  GURNEY (2)  HALL (4)  HAMOND (4)  HARPER (6)  HARPLEY (1)  HOLKES (3)  HOWARD (1)  HUBBARD (12)  JAMES (2)  JARVES (7)  KENT (1)  KERSLEY (5)  LAKE (1)  LEECH (1)  LEWIN (4)  LIFT (2)  MASON (7)  MONSEY (1)  NICHOLDS (1)  OSBORNE (10)  OVERSON (4)  PARLET (2)  PEAK (6)  POOLEY (1)  REEVE (6)  RAYNOLDS (4)  RENNET (1)  RICHES (2)  ROBERSON (7)  RUDD (15)  SERGENT (1)  SEMAN (1)  SHINGFIELD (2)  SKATE (10)  SMITH (27)  SOUTHGATE (1)  SPOONER (1)  SUCKLING (2)  TAYLOR (18)  THOMPSON (6)  TURVEY (5)  WINNER (2)  WALKER (2)  WARNER (2)  WILKERSON (4)  WOODHOUSE (5)