Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Witchingham, Norfolk

Little Witchingham 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
WILSON717.073237.17
WOODS614.6341231.66
FISH49.7561526.32
ALLEN49.756151.61
CLARK37.317124.35
BARRETT37.3171109.09
PIGG24.87801,666.67
RUDD24.8780307.69
MARSHALL24.878029.07
HOLLAND24.878068.49
RANSOME24.87801,538.46
WESTON12.439059.88
KENNEDY12.439040.49
LEE12.439014.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PIGG0.04411666.6667
RANSOME0.04411538.4615
FISH0.0441526.3158
RUDD0.0441307.6923
WOODS0.0441231.6602
BARRETT0.0441109.0909
HOLLAND0.044168.4932
WESTON0.044159.8802
ALLEN0.044151.6129
KENNEDY0.044140.4858
WILSON0.044137.1747
MARSHALL0.044129.0698
CLARK0.044124.3506
LEE0.044114.9254

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 41 people called PIGG in Little Witchingham 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 1666.6667 in Little Witchingham means that 1666.6667% of the people in Little Witchingham on census day were called PIGG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PIGG 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 PIGG 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 PIGG 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 PIGG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Little Witchingham means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PIGG in Little Witchingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Witchingham in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  BARRETT (3)  CLARK (3)  FISH (4)  HOLLAND (2)  KENNEDY (1)  LEE (1)  MARSHALL (2)  PIGG (2)  RANSOME (2)  RICHERS (1)  RUDD (2)  WESTON (1)  WILSON (7)  WOODS (6)