Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hales, Norfolk

Hales 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
VINCENT124.5283145.28
BRISTER114.15093,548.39
EASTER114.15091,028.04
MOSS103.773661.24
PAGE103.773647.19
SPURGEON83.0189952.38
EDWARDS83.018910.83
BANE83.01892,424.24
FROST83.018953.69
PRESTON72.641552.87
MITCHELL72.641513.02
RICHES62.2642198.02
FISK62.2642428.57
LONG51.886829.09
KEEBLE51.8868274.73
FISHER51.886816.12
BECKETT41.509475.76
RIX41.5094273.97
BUTCHER41.509435.81
HOLLAND41.509421.20
SMITH41.50941.07
GRIMMER41.50941,176.47
LARNER41.5094476.19
BYLES41.5094869.57
WOODS41.509423.94
CHILVERS31.1321288.46
LADELL31.13214,285.71
HOWLETT31.132184.51
MANNING31.132135.59
HOOD31.132140.87
GROOM20.754753.91
FUNNELL20.7547136.99
WHITLOCK20.7547126.58
FREEMAN20.754711.82
PLAYFORD20.7547363.64
BUCK20.754735.21
BOWEN20.754718.25
HENDRY20.754747.62
BARBER20.754712.54
HAZELL10.377448.54
TRETT10.3774588.24
BARNES10.37743.13
HARROD10.3774112.36
LEGGETT10.377448.08
CHESTER10.377430.77
KNIGHTS10.377443.10
FULLER10.37749.33
WHITE10.37741.17
FLOWERS10.377446.51
OSBORNE10.37747.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LADELL0.272654285.7143
BRISTER0.272653548.3871
BANE0.272652424.2424
GRIMMER0.272651176.4706
EASTER0.272651028.0374
SPURGEON0.27265952.3810
BYLES0.27265869.5652
TRETT0.27265588.2353
LARNER0.27265476.1905
FISK0.27265428.5714
PLAYFORD0.27265363.6364
CHILVERS0.27265288.4615
KEEBLE0.27265274.7253
RIX0.27265273.9726
TANN0.27265250.0000
RICHES0.27265198.0198
GOWING0.27265153.8462
FIRMAN0.27265149.2537
VINCENT0.27265145.2785
FUNNELL0.27265136.9863
WHITLOCK0.27265126.5823
HARROD0.27265112.3596
HOWLETT0.2726584.5070
BECKETT0.2726575.7576
MOSS0.2726561.2370
GROOM0.2726553.9084
FROST0.2726553.6913
PRESTON0.2726552.8701
HAZELL0.2726548.5437
LEGGETT0.2726548.0769
SARGEANT0.2726547.8469
HENDRY0.2726547.6190
PAGE0.2726547.1921
FLOWERS0.2726546.5116
KNIGHTS0.2726543.1034
HOOD0.2726540.8719
BUTCHER0.2726535.8102
MANNING0.2726535.5872
BUCK0.2726535.2113
CHESTER0.2726530.7692
LONG0.2726529.0867
WOODS0.2726523.9378
COE0.2726523.2558
HOLLAND0.2726521.1977
BOWEN0.2726518.2482
REEVE0.2726516.1290
FISHER0.2726516.1186
PARR0.2726515.1057
MITCHELL0.2726513.0208
BARBER0.2726512.5392

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 265 people called LADELL in Hales 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 4285.7143 in Hales means that 4285.7143% of the people in Hales on census day were called LADELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LADELL 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 LADELL 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 LADELL 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 LADELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Hales means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LADELL in Hales than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hales in 1881

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

BANE (8)  BALDRY (3)  BARBER (2)  BARNES (1)  BECKETT (4)  BYLES (4)  BOWEN (2)  BRISTER (11)  BROWN (1)  BUCK (2)  BUTCHER (4)  CHESTER (1)  CHILVERS (3)  COE (1)  CUBITT (4)  EASTER (11)  EDWARDS (8)  FAIRHEAD (5)  FEAVIOUR (2)  FIRMAN (1)  FISHER (5)  FISK (6)  FLEGG (2)  FLOWERS (1)  FORDER (3)  FULLER (1)  FREEMAN (2)  FROST (8)  FUNNELL (2)  GOWING (1)  GRIMMER (4)  GRIMSON (4)  GROOM (2)  HAMMOND (1)  HARROD (1)  HAZELL (1)  HENDRY (2)  HOLLAND (4)  HOOD (3)  HOWLETT (3)  KEEBLE (5)  KIRBY (1)  KNIGHTS (1)  LADELL (3)  LARNER (4)  LEGGETT (1)  LONG (5)  MEEN (1)  MANNING (3)  MITCHELL (7)  MOSS (10)  OSBORNE (1)  PAGE (10)  PARR (1)  PLAYFORD (2)  PRESTON (7)  REEVE (1)  REMBLANCE (7)  RICHES (6)  RIX (4)  RUMSBY (2)  SARGEANT (1)  SADD (5)  SMITH (4)  SPRUNT (5)  SPURGEON (8)  TANN (1)  TRETT (1)  VINCENT (12)  WOOR (3)  WHITE (1)  WHITLOCK (2)  WHINES (2)  WOODS (4)