Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gresham, Norfolk

Gresham 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
GOTTS246.29923,809.52
CHAPMAN143.674525.87
SHEPHEARD133.41211,969.70
COOPER133.412114.03
PAINTER123.1496229.45
SMITH112.88712.04
FARROW112.8871153.85
PYKE102.6247757.58
JORDAN102.624759.42
WALKER102.62477.84
WALL92.362267.57
PEGG82.0997213.90
HURN82.0997808.08
FOX82.099722.61
LAWRENCE71.837328.29
CORY71.8373507.25
REEDER71.8373679.61
LEEDER71.8373853.66
THOMPSON71.83736.13
PIKE61.574854.15
WRIGHT61.57484.91
SPURGIN61.57483,333.33
KNIGHTS51.3123149.70
PLATTEN51.3123847.46
COX51.31238.66
HOLLAND51.312318.44
WILLIAMSON51.312314.64
SANDS51.3123117.10
EMERY41.049948.08
THORNTON41.049920.88
RANSOME41.0499333.33
CURTIS41.049918.50
LOWDER41.04991,538.46
COLMAN30.787484.51
TYRRELL30.7874107.14
FIELDS30.7874163.93
COVELL30.7874491.80
HURST20.524914.70
TEMPLE20.524940.00
CROWE20.524952.63
NURSE20.5249108.11
ROWE20.52499.24
DADE20.5249363.64
STARLING20.524971.43
WILSON20.52491.14
MANN20.52499.97
BROWN20.52490.80
PAGE20.52496.57
REYNOLDS10.26253.03
CHILVERS10.262567.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOTTS0.383813809.5238
SPURGIN0.383813333.3333
SHEPHEARD0.383811969.6970
LOWDER0.383811538.4615
LEEDER0.38381853.6585
PLATTEN0.38381847.4576
HURN0.38381808.0808
PYKE0.38381757.5758
REEDER0.38381679.6117
WILLER0.38381666.6667
COREY0.38381526.3158
CORY0.38381507.2464
COVELL0.38381491.8033
DADE0.38381363.6364
RANSOME0.38381333.3333
TICE0.38381270.2703
PAINTER0.38381229.4455
PEGG0.38381213.9037
FIELDS0.38381163.9344
FARROW0.38381153.8462
KNIGHTS0.38381149.7006
SANDS0.38381117.0960
NURSE0.38381108.1081
TYRRELL0.38381107.1429
COLMAN0.3838184.5070
TOOLEY0.3838175.7576
STARLING0.3838171.4286
WALL0.3838167.5676
CHILVERS0.3838167.1141
JORDAN0.3838159.4177
PIKE0.3838154.1516
CROWE0.3838152.6316
EMERY0.3838148.0769
TEMPLE0.3838140.0000
LOCKE0.3838129.2398
LAWRENCE0.3838128.2943
CHAPMAN0.3838125.8732
FOX0.3838122.6116
THORNTON0.3838120.8768
CURTIS0.3838118.5014
HOLLAND0.3838118.4366
EASTON0.3838117.3010
HURST0.3838114.6951
WILLIAMSON0.3838114.6370
COOPER0.3838114.0268
ROBINS0.3838112.3916
MANN0.383819.9651
ROWE0.383819.2421
COX0.383818.6595
WALKER0.383817.8407

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 381 people called GOTTS in Gresham 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 3809.5238 in Gresham means that 3809.5238% of the people in Gresham on census day were called GOTTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOTTS 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 GOTTS 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 GOTTS 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 GOTTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Gresham means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOTTS in Gresham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gresham in 1881

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

AMIES (3)  ATTLE (2)  BAKER (1)  BROWN (2)  BUMFREY (2)  CHAPMAN (14)  CHESTINE (1)  CHILVERS (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLEATHERO (4)  CLETHEROE (1)  COLMAN (3)  COOPER (13)  CORY (7)  COREY (1)  COVELL (3)  COX (5)  CROWE (2)  CURTIS (4)  DADE (2)  DIXON (1)  EASTON (1)  AYTON (1)  EMERY (4)  FARROW (11)  FIELDS (3)  FISHER (1)  FLOGDELL (6)  FLOGDALE (3)  FOX (8)  FROST (1)  JORDAN (10)  GOTTS (24)  GREENACRE (7)  HURN (8)  HOLLAND (5)  HURST (2)  KNIGHTS (5)  LARWOOD (9)  LAWRENCE (7)  LEEDER (7)  LOCKE (1)  LOWDER (4)  MANN (2)  MORTERS (1)  NURSE (2)  PAGE (2)  PAINTER (12)  PASTON (1)  PELLS (1)  PEGG (8)  PIKE (6)  PYKE (10)  PLATTEN (5)  RANSOME (4)  REEDER (7)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBINS (1)  ROWE (2)  SANDS (5)  SHARPEN (7)  SHEPHEARD (13)  SILANCE (1)  SMITH (11)  SPENDLOFF (2)  SPURGIN (6)  STARLING (2)  STIBBONS (7)  TEMPLE (2)  THAXTER (8)  THOMPSON (7)  THORNTON (4)  TICE (1)  TIBBATTS (1)  TOOLEY (1)  TYRRELL (3)  WALKER (10)  WALL (9)  WILLER (1)  WILLIAMSON (5)  WILSON (2)  WINTER (1)  WRIGHT (6)