Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Dunham, Norfolk

Great Dunham 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
COX174.292928.32
HOWARD164.040441.17
CANDLER133.28281,710.53
CORY123.0303839.16
STAGG123.0303454.55
FRANCES102.5253401.61
CARTER102.525315.04
HUDSON92.272727.76
CLARK92.27277.56
RAMM82.02021,379.31
NEWELL82.0202127.80
RAYNER71.767770.85
SAVAGE71.767746.02
HUBBARD61.515262.31
MANN61.515228.76
BIDWELL61.5152618.56
LARGE61.5152147.06
RAWLING61.5152416.67
ROBERSON61.5152983.61
WALLER51.262650.10
RANN51.26261,190.48
ALCOCK51.262687.57
CADMAN51.2626154.80
WRIGHT51.26263.94
RIX51.2626229.36
WARNES51.2626381.68
CHAMBERLAIN51.262646.43
HUBBERT51.26261,388.89
RAYNOR51.2626181.82
SPINKS41.0101149.81
RALLISON41.01013,076.92
JOHNSON41.01013.01
WILLS41.010133.78
REGESTER41.01014,000.00
WHARTON41.010172.07
HEY30.757685.47
WELLS30.75769.10
GAMBLE30.757652.91
TUCK30.757659.06
RANDS30.7576258.62
DOWNS30.757642.61
BARRITT30.7576288.46
BAILEY30.75765.03
BEDWELL30.7576194.81
BARRETT20.50517.52
DANIELS20.505116.08
BOWEN20.505112.22
BEAR20.5051190.48
CHAMBERS20.50518.88
CAPES20.5051238.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REGESTER0.403964000.0000
RALLISON0.403963076.9231
CANDLER0.403961710.5263
HUBBERT0.403961388.8889
RAMM0.403961379.3103
RANN0.403961190.4762
ROBERSON0.40396983.6066
CORY0.40396839.1608
BIDWELL0.40396618.5567
BRISTON0.40396476.1905
STAGG0.40396454.5455
RAWLING0.40396416.6667
FRANCES0.40396401.6064
WARNES0.40396381.6794
ROBESON0.40396357.1429
HOOKS0.40396294.1176
BARRITT0.40396288.4615
RANDS0.40396258.6207
CAPES0.40396238.0952
RIX0.40396229.3578
BEDWELL0.40396194.8052
BEAR0.40396190.4762
RAYNOR0.40396181.8182
CADMAN0.40396154.7988
SPINKS0.40396149.8127
LARGE0.40396147.0588
WHITEHORN0.40396129.8701
NEWELL0.40396127.7955
MOY0.40396123.4568
SHINGLER0.40396117.6471
ALCOCK0.4039687.5657
HEY0.4039685.4701
HURRELL0.4039684.7458
DACK0.4039681.9672
GIRLING0.4039679.3651
FLEET0.4039675.1880
WHARTON0.4039672.0721
RAYNER0.4039670.8502
HUBBARD0.4039662.3053
TUCK0.4039659.0551
GAMBLE0.4039652.9101
POND0.4039652.0833
WALLER0.4039650.1002
CHAMBERLAIN0.4039646.4253
SAVAGE0.4039646.0224
DOWNS0.4039642.6136
ETHERIDGE0.4039642.3729
HOWARD0.4039641.1734
WILLS0.4039633.7838
MANN0.4039628.7632

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 396 people called REGESTER in Great Dunham 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 Great Dunham means that 4000.0000% of the people in Great Dunham on census day were called REGESTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REGESTER 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 REGESTER 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 REGESTER 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 REGESTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Great Dunham means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REGESTER in Great Dunham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Dunham in 1881

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

ALCOCK (5)  BAILEY (3)  BILHAM (4)  BARNETT (1)  BARRITT (3)  BARRETT (2)  BEDWELL (3)  BEAR (2)  BEATS (1)  BEATTS (BEATS) (2)  BIDWELL (6)  BOWEN (2)  BRISTON (1)  BUTCHER (1)  CADMAN (5)  CANDLER (13)  CAPES (2)  CARTER (10)  CHAMBERLAIN (5)  CHAMBERS (2)  CHILVER (6)  CLARK (9)  CORY (12)  COX (17)  CROSS (1)  DACK (1)  DANIELS (2)  DIXON (2)  DOWNS (3)  DUNGER (2)  ELLICE (1)  ETHERIDGE (1)  FACY (1)  FLEET (2)  FLOOD (1)  FRANCES (10)  FRYER (1)  GAMBLE (3)  JARY (2)  GIRLING (2)  GREENGRASS (5)  HARPER (1)  HEY (3)  HOWARD (16)  HUBBART (1)  HUBBARD (6)  HUBBERT (5)  HUDSON (9)  HUGHES (1)  HUMFERY (2)  HURRELL (2)  HOOKS (2)  INDOLS (6)  JOHNSON (4)  KING (1)  LARGE (6)  LARWOOD (6)  LLOYD (1)  LONG (1)  MANN (6)  MOY (1)  NEWELL (8)  OLDMAN (OLMAN) (2)  OLMAN (1)  OXBURY (2)  PALLITSTON (1)  PARLMER (5)  PORRETT (2)  PINERIORE (1)  POLLINGTON (2)  POLLENTINE (1)  POND (1)  RALLISON (4)  RAMM (8)  RAYNER (7)  RAYNOR (5)  REGESTER (4)  RANN (5)  RANDS (3)  RIX (5)  ROBERSON (6)  ROBESON (1)  RAWLING (6)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVAGE (7)  SCASE (7)  SHINGLER (1)  SPINKS (4)  STAGG (12)  TRAPPIT (1)  TUCK (3)  WHALES (4)  WALLER (5)  WANNET (1)  WARNES (5)  WELLS (3)  WHARTON (4)  WHITEHORN (1)  WHITMORE (1)  WIGBY (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLS (4)  WISKARD (4)  WRIGHT (5)  YULL (4)