Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Walsingham, Norfolk

Great Walsingham 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
HOWELL5311.6740276.91
DEWING194.18503,958.33
LEWIS183.964815.08
BRETT143.0837162.41
CLARKE132.863414.13
BARNES122.643221.96
WRIGHT122.64328.24
SCOTT112.42299.58
CORNISH112.4229167.94
MALLETT112.4229271.60
FRARY102.20263,571.43
WHITBY102.2026362.32
LINFORD102.2026833.33
BARTRAM91.9824400.00
WILSON91.98244.32
PLATTEN91.98241,267.61
LONG91.982430.56
BECK91.982484.75
ARMIGER81.76216,666.67
SEWELL81.762183.33
WOOLLARD71.5419437.50
MONEY61.3216221.40
CLAXTON61.3216208.33
TWIDDY51.10131,470.59
SEAMAN51.1013142.05
TUCK51.101385.76
LEEDER51.1013510.20
ADCOCK40.881189.29
BULLEN40.881183.16
COX40.88115.81
SHEPHERD40.881112.02
MEEK40.881175.76
KIRK40.881120.35
DACK40.8811287.77
GRANT30.66086.66
SAVORY30.6608178.57
FISHER30.66085.65
NEAL30.660822.34
BOOM30.66081,875.00
PLAYFORD20.4405212.77
STRINGER20.440522.12
PEATMAN20.44051,333.33
BONE20.440523.75
DAWSON20.44054.00
GROOM20.440531.45
PITCHER20.440556.82
HOLSWORTH10.2203384.62
RICHES10.220319.27
COOPER10.22030.91
MARTIN10.22030.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARMIGER0.454546666.6667
DEWING0.454543958.3333
FRARY0.454543571.4286
GLADEN0.454543333.3333
BOOM0.454541875.0000
TWIDDY0.454541470.5882
PEATMAN0.454541333.3333
PLATTEN0.454541267.6056
LINFORD0.45454833.3333
JERRY0.45454588.2353
LEEDER0.45454510.2041
WOOLLARD0.45454437.5000
BARTRAM0.45454400.0000
HOLSWORTH0.45454384.6154
WHITBY0.45454362.3188
MAGNESS0.45454333.3333
DACK0.45454287.7698
HOWELL0.45454276.9070
MALLETT0.45454271.6049
MONEY0.45454221.4022
PLAYFORD0.45454212.7660
CLAXTON0.45454208.3333
SAVORY0.45454178.5714
CORNISH0.45454167.9389
BRETT0.45454162.4130
SEAMAN0.45454142.0455
ADCOCK0.4545489.2857
TUCK0.4545485.7633
BECK0.4545484.7458
SEWELL0.4545483.3333
BULLEN0.4545483.1601
MEEK0.4545475.7576
NEWSTEAD0.4545463.2911
PITCHER0.4545456.8182
EGGLETON0.4545455.8659
PLOWMAN0.4545443.1034
GROOM0.4545431.4465
LONG0.4545430.5603
BONE0.4545423.7530
PARNELL0.4545422.7790
NEAL0.4545422.3380
STRINGER0.4545422.1239
BARNES0.4545421.9579
KIRK0.4545420.3459
SAYERS0.4545419.9203
BUNTING0.4545419.7239
RICHES0.4545419.2678
BURDEN0.4545417.2117
LEWIS0.4545415.0804
CLARKE0.4545414.1320

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 454 people called ARMIGER in Great Walsingham 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 6666.6667 in Great Walsingham means that 6666.6667% of the people in Great Walsingham on census day were called ARMIGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARMIGER 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 ARMIGER 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 ARMIGER 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 ARMIGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Great Walsingham means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARMIGER in Great Walsingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Walsingham in 1881

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

ADCOCK (4)  AINGER (1)  ARMIGER (8)  BARGAY (2)  BARNES (12)  BARTRAM (9)  BECK (9)  BONE (2)  BOOM (3)  BURDEN (1)  BRETT (14)  BULLEN (4)  BUNTING (1)  BURTON (1)  CHENERY (3)  CLARKE (13)  CLAXTON (6)  COOPER (1)  CORNISH (11)  COX (4)  DACK (4)  DAGLESS (9)  DAWSON (2)  DEWING (19)  EGGLETON (1)  FISHER (3)  FLEGG (5)  FULLER (1)  FRARY (10)  JERRY (1)  GIRDLESTONE (3)  GLADEN (1)  GOSKAR (1)  GRANT (3)  GROOM (2)  HOLSWORTH (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOWELL (53)  KIRK (4)  LEEDER (5)  LEWIS (18)  LINFORD (10)  LONG (9)  LOWNE (1)  LOWN (LOWNE) (4)  MAGNESS (1)  MALLETT (11)  MANN (1)  MARTIN (1)  MEEK (4)  MILLER (1)  MONEY (6)  NEAL (3)  NEWSTEAD (1)  NORMAN (1)  OLLEY (1)  OSGOTHORPE (4)  PARNELL (1)  PEATMAN (2)  PITCHER (2)  PLATTEN (9)  PLAYFORD (2)  PLOWMAN (1)  POTTER (1)  RICHES (1)  RUMBLES (16)  SAVAGE (1)  SAVORY (3)  SAYERS (1)  SCOTT (11)  SEAMAN (5)  SEWELL (8)  SHEPHERD (4)  STRINGER (2)  THOR (1)  TOFTS (3)  TUCK (5)  TWIDDY (5)  WARNER (1)  WHITBY (10)  WILSON (9)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOOLLARD (7)  WRIGHT (12)  YARHAM (15)