Top surnames from the 1881 census in Marlingford, Norfolk

Marlingford 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
MORTIMER187.6923368.10
ALLISON177.2650255.64
ROBERTS156.410317.04
FOX125.128255.22
BAILEY125.128234.04
COTTRELL93.8462432.69
CUSHING83.41881,904.76
COOTE83.4188695.65
BLYTH83.4188216.80
TURNER72.991510.75
BRAND72.9915202.90
GOLDSMITH72.9915192.84
BELL62.564113.65
ROBERTSON52.136812.75
RICHARDS52.136814.15
WATERS52.136853.19
BAXTER41.709428.69
MORTER41.70942,500.00
BEAN41.7094132.01
RICHES31.2821111.94
SIDNEY31.2821652.17
HILLING31.2821967.74
BENNETT31.28217.80
HART31.282115.03
HINE20.8547108.11
MATTHEWS20.85479.80
TOOLEY20.8547246.91
GODDARD20.854721.25
MACE20.854797.09
HOWES20.854748.90
WEST10.42744.44
LOVETT10.427446.73
TIMBERS10.42741,000.00
BALTON10.42742,500.00
HUNT10.42743.22
CROSS10.42746.21
WARD10.42741.96
CARR10.42745.92
TOMLINSON10.42749.27
SCALES10.427471.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BALTON0.232342500.0000
MORTER0.232342500.0000
CUSHING0.232341904.7619
TIMBERS0.232341000.0000
HILLING0.23234967.7419
COOTE0.23234695.6522
SIDNEY0.23234652.1739
COTTRELL0.23234432.6923
MORTIMER0.23234368.0982
ALLISON0.23234255.6391
TOOLEY0.23234246.9136
BLYTH0.23234216.8022
BRAND0.23234202.8986
GOLDSMITH0.23234192.8375
BEAN0.23234132.0132
RICHES0.23234111.9403
HINE0.23234108.1081
MACE0.2323497.0874
SCALES0.2323471.9424
FOX0.2323455.2232
WATERS0.2323453.1915
HOWES0.2323448.8998
LOVETT0.2323446.7290
BAILEY0.2323434.0426
BAXTER0.2323428.6944
GODDARD0.2323421.2540
ROBERTS0.2323417.0396
HART0.2323415.0301
RICHARDS0.2323414.1483
BELL0.2323413.6457
ROBERTSON0.2323412.7518
TURNER0.2323410.7461
MATTHEWS0.232349.7991
TOMLINSON0.232349.2678
BENNETT0.232347.8003
CROSS0.232346.2112
CARR0.232345.9207
WEST0.232344.4385
HUNT0.232343.2175
WARD0.232341.9562

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 234 people called BALTON in Marlingford 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 2500.0000 in Marlingford means that 2500.0000% of the people in Marlingford on census day were called BALTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BALTON 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 BALTON 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 BALTON 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 BALTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Marlingford means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BALTON in Marlingford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Marlingford in 1881

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

ALLISON (17)  BAILEY (12)  BILHAM (7)  BALTON (1)  BAXTER (4)  BEAN (4)  BELL (6)  BENNETT (3)  BLAINEY (1)  BLYTH (8)  BRAND (7)  CARR (1)  CHIFFON (1)  COOTE (8)  COTTRELL (9)  CROSS (1)  CUSHING (8)  FOX (12)  GODDARD (2)  GOLDSMITH (7)  HART (3)  HINE (2)  HIPPERSON (2)  HOWES (2)  HUNT (1)  HILLING (3)  INOD (1)  LADD OR SADD (16)  LOVETT (1)  MATTHEWS (2)  MACE (2)  MORTER (4)  MORTIMER (18)  OTTAWARY (4)  RICHARDS (5)  RICHES (3)  ROBERTS (15)  ROBERTSON (5)  RUFFELLS (1)  SCALES (1)  SIDNEY (3)  SPEN (1)  TIMBERS (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOOLEY (2)  TURNER (7)  WARD (1)  WATERS (5)  WEST (1)  WARTEN (2)