Top surnames from the 1881 census in Erpingham, Norfolk

Erpingham 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
BARNARD226.0440243.36
WATTS164.395652.42
NEWSTEAD143.84621,111.11
SLAUGHTER143.8462777.78
BAKER123.296715.05
ROWE123.296758.06
PEGG113.0220308.12
DUNHAM113.0220594.59
WITHAM102.7473684.93
JONES102.74732.43
JOHNSON92.47257.36
HALL92.47258.40
DANIELS92.472578.74
WARNE92.4725338.35
SHEPHEARD82.19781,269.84
DRIVER82.1978118.69
LEE82.197813.45
DRAPER71.923181.68
FISH71.9231103.24
BURRELL61.6484126.58
BECK61.648470.51
BULLER51.3736420.17
BROOKS51.373614.05
FULLAGAR51.37362,500.00
WHITE51.37364.27
VARDEN51.37362,631.58
SPRINGFIELD41.09893,333.33
HAGEN41.09891,142.86
RUDD41.098969.69
FOWLER41.098919.24
CHAMBERLIN41.0989330.58
DUCKER30.8242352.94
ABBS30.8242468.75
GRAY30.82425.77
BELL30.82424.39
CARTER30.82424.91
GUNN30.824233.67
ALLARD20.5495156.25
CASTON20.5495571.43
DURRANT20.549535.09
VASSAR20.54954,000.00
IVES20.549546.84
WOOLSEY20.5495454.55
COE20.549533.84
ADAMS20.54953.73
STURMAN10.2747123.46
DOVE10.274724.04
COOKE10.27474.98
KEELER10.274792.59
ALEN10.2747833.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VASSAR0.363644000.0000
SPRINGFIELD0.363643333.3333
VARDEN0.363642631.5789
FULLAGAR0.363642500.0000
SHEPHEARD0.363641269.8413
HAGEN0.363641142.8571
NEWSTEAD0.363641111.1111
ALEN0.36364833.3333
SLAUGHTER0.36364777.7778
WITHAM0.36364684.9315
DUNHAM0.36364594.5946
CASTON0.36364571.4286
ABBS0.36364468.7500
WOOLSEY0.36364454.5455
BULLER0.36364420.1681
DUCKER0.36364352.9412
WARNE0.36364338.3459
CHAMBERLIN0.36364330.5785
PEGG0.36364308.1232
BARNARD0.36364243.3628
AMIS0.36364217.3913
ALLARD0.36364156.2500
BURRELL0.36364126.5823
STURMAN0.36364123.4568
DRIVER0.36364118.6944
FISH0.36364103.2448
KEELER0.3636492.5926
DRAPER0.3636481.6803
DANIELS0.3636478.7402
BECK0.3636470.5053
HUTSON0.3636469.9301
RUDD0.3636469.6864
ROWE0.3636458.0552
WATTS0.3636452.4246
IVES0.3636446.8384
DURRANT0.3636435.0877
COE0.3636433.8409
GUNN0.3636433.6700
BUNN0.3636428.1690
DOVE0.3636424.0385
FOWLER0.3636419.2400
BAKER0.3636415.0451
BROUGHTON0.3636414.7275
BROOKS0.3636414.0528
LEE0.3636413.4476
WOODCOCK0.363649.6246
GIBBONS0.363648.5470
HALL0.363648.4041
WALL0.363647.8555
JOHNSON0.363647.3590

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 364 people called VASSAR in Erpingham 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 4000.0000 in Erpingham means that 4000.0000% of the people in Erpingham on census day were called VASSAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VASSAR 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 VASSAR 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 VASSAR 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 VASSAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Erpingham means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VASSAR in Erpingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Erpingham in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  AGGS (5)  ALLARD (2)  ALEN (1)  AMIS (1)  ABBS (3)  BAKER (12)  BARNARD (22)  BARNARD (CRASKE) (4)  BARSTARD (3)  BECK (6)  BELL (3)  BIRD (1)  BISHOP (1)  BROOKS (5)  BROUGHTON (1)  BROWN (1)  BULLER (5)  BUNN (1)  BURRELL (6)  CARR (1)  CARTER (3)  CASTON (2)  CHAMBERLIN (4)  COE (2)  COOKE (1)  COOPER (1)  CRASKE (3)  DANIELS (9)  DOVE (1)  DRAPER (7)  DRIVER (8)  DUCKER (3)  DUNHAM (11)  DURRANT (2)  VARDEN (5)  FISH (7)  FOWLER (4)  FROSTICK (14)  FULLAGAR (5)  GIBBONS (1)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (3)  GRIMBLE (1)  GUNN (3)  HAGEN (4)  HALL (9)  HUTSON (1)  HUMFREY (4)  IVES (2)  JOHNSON (9)  JONES (10)  LEE (8)  KEELER (1)  NEWSTEAD (14)  PEGG (11)  RISEBERY (4)  ROISBERY (2)  ROWE (12)  RUDD (4)  SENDALL (7)  SHEPHEARD (8)  SLAUGHTER (14)  SPRINGFIELD (4)  STURMAN (1)  SUFFERLING (1)  VASSAR (2)  WALL (1)  WARNE (9)  WATTS (16)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (5)  WITHAM (10)  WOODCOCK (1)  WOOLSEY (2)