Top surnames from the 1881 census in Egmere, Norfolk

Egmere 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
HEWITT1919.5876402.54
LOWN88.247411,428.57
HOWE66.1856157.48
HOWELL55.1546122.25
GRAVER44.12373,333.33
HUMPHREY44.1237155.04
DAWS44.1237800.00
BONE33.0928166.67
BAKER33.092814.12
LAKE33.0928139.53
WELLS33.092837.17
BARNES33.092825.68
HILDEN33.092815,000.00
RICE22.061966.45
PALMER22.061917.50
SAVORY22.0619555.56
SEAMAN11.0309133.33
TUCK11.030980.00
BALES11.0309277.78
TINGEY11.0309666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HILDEN0.109715000.0000
LOWN0.109711428.5714
GRAVER0.10973333.3333
DAWS0.1097800.0000
TINGEY0.1097666.6667
SAVORY0.1097555.5556
HEWITT0.1097402.5424
BALES0.1097277.7778
BONE0.1097166.6667
HOWE0.1097157.4803
HUMPHREY0.1097155.0388
LAKE0.1097139.5349
SEAMAN0.1097133.3333
HOWELL0.1097122.2494
TUCK0.109780.0000
RICE0.109766.4452
WELLS0.109737.1747
BARNES0.109725.6849
PALMER0.109717.4978
BAKER0.109714.1176

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 97 people called HILDEN in Egmere 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 15000.0000 in Egmere means that 15000.0000% of the people in Egmere on census day were called HILDEN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Egmere in 1881

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

BAKER (3)  BARNES (3)  BARSHAM (1)  BALES (1)  BONE (3)  CUBITT (1)  DAWS (4)  EAGLING (1)  GRAVER (4)  HAMBLING (6)  HEWITT (19)  HILDEN (3)  HOWE (6)  HOWELL (5)  HUMPHREY (4)  LAKE (3)  LOWN (8)  MERRISON (1)  PALMER (2)  RAISBORO (1)  RICE (2)  SAVORY (2)  SEAMAN (1)  TINGEY (1)  TUCK (1)  WARNESS (5)  WEBDALE (3)  WELLS (3)