Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hoveton St Peter, Norfolk

Hoveton St Peter 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
CHAMBERS1510.8696191.08
LING107.2464769.23
HUNN96.52174,736.84
ALLEN85.797130.69
GRAY75.072535.53
SUTTON64.347868.26
MILEHAM64.34785,000.00
ETHERIDGE42.8986487.80
MIDDLETON42.898655.25
WRIGHT42.89869.04
HARGRAVE42.8986909.09
THOMPSON42.89869.68
DUNNING42.8986341.88
HERNE42.89862,500.00
GREEN42.898610.29
WARNER32.173959.64
HUDSON32.173926.55
WATERS21.449336.10
DOUBLE10.7246370.37
HARMER10.724672.99
SEWELL10.724634.25
COVELL10.7246454.55
GAY10.724654.35
SELF10.7246102.04
FOX10.72467.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILEHAM0.141385000.0000
HUNN0.141384736.8421
HERNE0.141382500.0000
HARGRAVE0.14138909.0909
LING0.14138769.2308
ETHERIDGE0.14138487.8049
COVELL0.14138454.5455
DOUBLE0.14138370.3704
DUNNING0.14138341.8803
CHAMBERS0.14138191.0828
SELF0.14138102.0408
HARMER0.1413872.9927
SUTTON0.1413868.2594
WARNER0.1413859.6421
MIDDLETON0.1413855.2486
GAY0.1413854.3478
WATERS0.1413836.1011
GRAY0.1413835.5330
SEWELL0.1413834.2466
ALLEN0.1413830.6866
HUDSON0.1413826.5487
GREEN0.1413810.2934
THOMPSON0.141389.6759
WRIGHT0.141389.0355
FOX0.141387.8064

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 138 people called MILEHAM in Hoveton St Peter 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 5000.0000 in Hoveton St Peter means that 5000.0000% of the people in Hoveton St Peter on census day were called MILEHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILEHAM 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 MILEHAM 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 MILEHAM 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 MILEHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Hoveton St Peter means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILEHAM in Hoveton St Peter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hoveton St Peter in 1881

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

ALLEN (8)  BODDINGTON (1)  CHAMBERS (15)  COVELL (1)  DOUBLE (1)  DUNNING (4)  ETHERIDGE (4)  FOX (1)  GAUTSON (1)  GAY (1)  GREYMER (1)  GRAY (7)  GREEN (4)  HANNANT (3)  HARGRAVE (4)  HARMER (1)  HERNE (4)  HELSTEAD (7)  HUDSON (3)  HUNN (9)  LIBBIS (6)  LING (10)  MIDDLETON (4)  MILEHAM (6)  PLATFORD (7)  SELF (1)  SEWELL (1)  SUTTON (6)  THARMAN (1)  THOMPSON (4)  WARNER (3)  WATERS (2)  WODEHOUSE (3)  WRIGHT (4)