Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Ellingham, Norfolk

Great 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
FOX334.984953.68
CARTER253.776422.50
WARREN213.172247.45
LINCOLN192.8701380.76
REEDER172.5680949.72
HOUCHEN172.56804,722.22
SAUNDERS162.416926.35
WRIGHT162.41697.53
WILKINS142.114847.85
DIXON111.661615.17
CLARKE101.51067.45
LISTER91.359547.69
DRAKE91.359546.66
DYE91.3595205.01
REYNOLDS91.359515.69
RYDER91.359578.53
SPURGEON91.3595426.54
LONG81.208518.63
BARNARD81.208548.69
BALES71.0574283.40
POPE71.057430.67
SELF71.0574148.94
MEEK71.057490.91
JOHNSON71.05743.15
ANDERSON60.90634.59
BEALES60.9063212.77
CLOVER60.9063317.46
NEWBY60.906390.63
RIVETT60.9063243.90
CHAPLIN60.906363.16
FISHER60.90637.74
MORTER50.75531,111.11
SPENCER50.75538.27
LANE50.755310.96
SKIPPER50.7553200.80
BROOKS50.75537.73
DUCKER50.7553322.58
BEALS50.7553980.39
TUFTS40.60422,352.94
CLARK40.60422.01
HALLS40.604276.34
MATHEWS40.604216.36
JUDE40.6042327.87
BARLOW40.604211.19
MACE40.604268.49
BUTLER40.60426.20
EDWARDS40.60422.17
REEVE40.604225.84
SAYER40.604246.14
FROST30.45328.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SERGE0.6666210000.0000
LUSTER0.666625000.0000
HOUCHEN0.666624722.2222
TUFTS0.666622352.9412
RIVET0.666622000.0000
MARGESON0.666621500.0000
PEA0.666621428.5714
COLDEN0.666621428.5714
MORTER0.666621111.1111
BEALS0.66662980.3922
REEDER0.66662949.7207
HOUCHIN0.66662465.1163
DENMARK0.66662444.4444
SPURGEON0.66662426.5403
LINCOLN0.66662380.7615
STARKE0.66662357.1429
JUDE0.66662327.8689
DUCKER0.66662322.5806
CLOVER0.66662317.4603
BALES0.66662283.4008
RIVETT0.66662243.9024
LAIN0.66662238.0952
BEALES0.66662212.7660
DYE0.66662205.0114
SKIPPER0.66662200.8032
SELF0.66662148.9362
SYER0.66662140.8451
CURSON0.66662132.4503
FINCHAM0.66662108.1081
CADDY0.66662105.8201
HIGH0.66662100.3344
MEEK0.6666290.9091
NEWBY0.6666290.6344
PEASE0.6666280.0000
RYDER0.6666278.5340
HALLS0.6666276.3359
LEEDER0.6666269.9301
MACE0.6666268.4932
CHAPLIN0.6666263.1579
DAWS0.6666259.1716
RIX0.6666254.7945
FOX0.6666253.6847
BARNARD0.6666248.6914
EARLE0.6666248.6618
WILKINS0.6666247.8469
LISTER0.6666247.6948
WARREN0.6666247.4469
CATCHPOLE0.6666246.8384
DRAKE0.6666246.6563
SAYER0.6666246.1361

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 662 people called SERGE in Great 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 10000.0000 in Great Ellingham means that 10000.0000% of the people in Great Ellingham on census day were called SERGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SERGE 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 SERGE 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 SERGE 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 SERGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Great Ellingham means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SERGE in Great Ellingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Ellingham in 1881

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

ABRA (5)  ANDERSON (6)  BAILEY (2)  BALL (2)  BELHAM (1)  BANHAM (3)  BARBER (1)  BARLOW (4)  BARNARD (8)  BARTTRUM (5)  BASS (2)  BALES (7)  BEALES (6)  BEALS (5)  BIRD (1)  BOWDEN (2)  BRANT (1)  BRIDGMAN (1)  BRIGHTON (1)  BRIGSTON (9)  BROOKS (5)  BROWN (2)  BULLEN (1)  BUTLER (4)  CADDY (2)  CALVER (1)  CURSON (2)  CURSONS (1)  CARTER (25)  CATCHPOLE (2)  CATLING (5)  CHAPLIN (6)  CHURCH (1)  CLARK (4)  CLARKE (10)  CLOVER (6)  COBON (COBAN) (6)  COBAN (1)  COLDEN (1)  COLMAN (2)  COOK (3)  COOPER (2)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAWS (2)  DYE (9)  DENMARK (2)  DENNIS (1)  DIXON (11)  DOD (3)  DOWNS (3)  DRAKE (9)  DUCKER (5)  DUNNETT (2)  EARLE (2)  EDWARDS (4)  FINCHAM (2)  FISHER (6)  FOX (33)  FROST (3)  GRICE (3)  GROWER (1)  HALL (3)  HALLS (4)  HART (2)  HIGH (3)  HILL (1)  HOARS (7)  HOWARD (2)  HOWE (3)  HOUCHEN (17)  HOUCHIN (2)  HOY (1)  JOLL (3)  JOHNSON (7)  JONES (1)  JUDE (4)  KERRISON (9)  KYBIRD (2)  LANE (5)  LAIN (1)  LAWS (1)  LEEDER (1)  LEBBELL (7)  LE GRICE (3)  LINCOLN (19)  LINSTEAD (2)  LISTER (9)  LONG (8)  LOVETT (1)  LUSTER (1)  MALLETT (1)  MANN (1)  MARGESON (3)  MATHEWS (4)  MACE (4)  MEEK (7)  MALLOWS (1)  MITSON (MITSUN) (8)  MITSUN (1)  MOORE (1)  MORTER (5)  MORTAR (4)  MUSK (2)  NEWBY (6)  PAINTER (3)  PEASE (2)  PITTS (2)  POOLEY (1)  POPE (7)  PEA (2)  REEDER (17)  REEVE (4)  REYNOLDS (9)  RYDER (9)  RIVET (1)  RIVETT (RIVET) (8)  RIVITT (8)  RIVETT (6)  RIX (2)  ROSE (1)  SAUNDERS (16)  SYER (1)  SAYER (4)  SERGE (2)  SELF (7)  SHARMAN (1)  SIZELAND (9)  SKIPPER (5)  SPENCER (5)  SPURGEON (9)  STARKE (2)  STUBBINGS (3)  THOMPSON (1)  THURSTON (2)  TOWNSHEND (2)  TUFTS (4)  UTTING (2)  WALKER (2)  WARD (2)  WARREN (21)  WATTS (1)  WENN (1)  WHITEROD (1)  WILKINS (14)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (16)  YEOMANS (2)  YOUNGS (1)