Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ellingham, Norfolk

Ellingham 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
BUCK133.8235178.33
RUMSEY113.2353964.91
THROWER113.23531,018.52
FISKE102.94122,631.58
MANNING102.941292.51
COSSEY92.64711,914.89
HOOD82.352985.02
HOLLAND82.352933.06
WHITING82.3529122.14
SPALDING82.3529329.22
HARPER72.058832.15
TUBBY61.76471,200.00
BUNN61.7647181.27
SIMMONS61.764743.23
KENT61.764741.90
YOUNGMAN61.7647606.06
CRICKMORE61.76471,578.95
SMITH51.47061.04
PAGE51.470618.40
SPALL51.4706781.25
HOWES51.470684.18
HINSLEY51.4706980.39
EGGETT51.47062,000.00
WEAVERS51.4706746.27
FAIRWEATHER41.1765152.09
DOWNING41.176567.68
BULLEN41.1765110.80
CHASE41.1765210.53
GRIMMER41.1765909.09
JACKSON41.17654.21
DURRANT30.882456.39
YOUELL30.88241,153.85
CRANE30.882441.84
CARTWRIGHT30.882423.15
HEAD30.882436.23
RIVETT30.8824238.10
BARBER30.882414.66
HAWES30.882471.60
LOWE20.58827.85
DAY20.58826.25
BROWNE20.588232.10
GORDON20.58829.33
WATSON20.58822.54
CLARKE20.58822.90
MAYES20.588260.98
COTTON20.588224.63
OSBORNE20.588212.32
BUTCHER20.588213.96
BRIDGE20.588229.03
BENNS10.2941312.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FISKE0.343402631.5789
EGGETT0.343402000.0000
COSSEY0.343401914.8936
CRICKMORE0.343401578.9474
TUBBY0.343401200.0000
YOUELL0.343401153.8462
THROWER0.343401018.5185
HINSLEY0.34340980.3922
RUMSEY0.34340964.9123
GRIMMER0.34340909.0909
SPALL0.34340781.2500
WEAVERS0.34340746.2687
YOUNGMAN0.34340606.0606
THETFORD0.34340588.2353
GALEY0.34340526.3158
PUMPHREY0.34340454.5455
SPALDING0.34340329.2181
BENNS0.34340312.5000
RIVETT0.34340238.0952
SPANTON0.34340227.2727
GOODRUM0.34340222.2222
CHASE0.34340210.5263
BUNN0.34340181.2689
BUCK0.34340178.3265
FAIRWEATHER0.34340152.0913
WHITING0.34340122.1374
BULLEN0.34340110.8033
BEVERLEY0.3434097.0874
MANNING0.3434092.5069
HOOD0.3434085.0159
HOWES0.3434084.1751
HAWES0.3434071.5990
DOWNING0.3434067.6819
HIGH0.3434064.9351
MAYES0.3434060.9756
DURRANT0.3434056.3910
SIMMONS0.3434043.2277
KENT0.3434041.8994
CRANE0.3434041.8410
HEAD0.3434036.2319
DENNY0.3434034.9650
HOLLAND0.3434033.0579
HARPER0.3434032.1543
BROWNE0.3434032.1027
BRIDGE0.3434029.0276
IVES0.3434025.1256
COTTON0.3434024.6305
CARTWRIGHT0.3434023.1481
CHAPLIN0.3434020.4918
PAGE0.3434018.3959

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 340 people called FISKE in Ellingham 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 2631.5789 in Ellingham means that 2631.5789% of the people in Ellingham on census day were called FISKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FISKE 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 FISKE 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 FISKE 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 FISKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Ellingham means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FISKE in Ellingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ellingham in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BARBER (3)  BARRETT (1)  BERRY (1)  BEVERLEY (1)  BENNS (1)  BRIDGE (2)  BROWNE (2)  BROWN (1)  BUCK (13)  BUCKELL (2)  BULLEN (4)  BUNN (6)  BUTCHER (2)  CARTWRIGHT (3)  CHAPLIN (1)  CHAPLAIN (1)  CHASE (4)  CHIPPERFIELD (2)  CLARKE (2)  COSSEY (9)  COTTON (2)  CRANE (3)  CRICKMORE (6)  CROWFOOT (1)  DANIELS (1)  DAY (2)  DENNY (1)  DOWNING (4)  DURRANT (3)  EGGETT (5)  FAIRHEAD (16)  FAIRWEATHER (4)  FISKE (10)  FORSTER (1)  FOWLER (1)  FORSDICK (3)  GALEY (1)  GOBBETT (2)  GOODA (3)  GOODRUM (1)  GORDON (2)  GR...ER (2)  GRIMMER (4)  HALL (1)  HARPER (7)  HAWES (3)  HEAD (3)  HEDINGHAM (1)  HES...BLING (1)  HIGH (1)  HINSLEY (5)  HOLLAND (8)  HOOD (8)  HOWES (5)  IVES (1)  JACKSON (4)  KENT (6)  KNIGHT (1)  LODGE (1)  LONG (1)  LOWE (2)  MANNING (10)  MANTHORPE (4)  MAYES (2)  NORMAN (1)  OSBORNE (2)  PAGE (5)  PIGNEY (13)  PUMPHRY (2)  PUMPHREY (1)  RUMSEY (11)  RANDLESOME (4)  RIVETT (3)  ROWRIE (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SIMMONS (6)  SIVELL (1)  SMITH (5)  SNOWLING (6)  SPALDING (8)  SPALL (5)  SPANTON (1)  SPILLING (1)  THETFORD (1)  THROWER (11)  TUBBY (6)  HADINGHAM (1)  WARD (1)  WATSON (2)  WEAVERS (5)  WHITHAEH (4)  WHITING (8)  YOUNGMAN (6)  YOUELL (3)