Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langford, Norfolk

Langford 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
WICKS1018.51851,315.79
ANTHONY916.66671,428.57
PALMER611.111194.19
YOUNG59.259343.10
RUSSELL59.259375.87
DEWING47.40746,666.67
ROLLINSON47.40741,379.31
LINDON11.85191,111.11
SYER11.85191,666.67
HALT11.85195,000.00
WINNER11.85195,000.00
MIDDLETON11.851935.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEWING0.05546666.6667
WINNER0.05545000.0000
HALT0.05545000.0000
SYER0.05541666.6667
ANTHONY0.05541428.5714
ROLLINSON0.05541379.3103
WICKS0.05541315.7895
LINDON0.05541111.1111
PALMER0.055494.1915
RUSSELL0.055475.8725
YOUNG0.055443.1034
MIDDLETON0.055435.3357

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 54 people called DEWING in Langford 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 Langford means that 6666.6667% of the people in Langford on census day were called DEWING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEWING 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 DEWING 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 DEWING 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 DEWING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Langford means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEWING in Langford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Langford in 1881

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

ANTHONY (9)  DEWING (4)  GATHERCOLE (2)  HALT (1)  LINDON (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  PALMER (6)  PINDLE (2)  QUADLING (2)  ROLLINSON (4)  RUSSELL (5)  SYER (1)  WINNER (1)  WICKS (10)  YOUNG (5)