Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Raynham, Norfolk

South Raynham 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
NEAL127.5949256.96
MASON116.962051.79
ROLLIN116.962013,750.00
STAPLETON106.3291628.93
WATTS95.696267.92
OSBORNE95.6962119.36
CARR74.430461.40
SMITH74.43043.14
SAVAGE74.4304115.32
HOWE53.164680.65
READER42.5316294.12
HOLMAN42.5316178.57
SPALDING31.8987265.49
HUDSON31.898723.18
WHITE21.26583.94
MARTIN21.26585.14
FROST21.265822.52
NELSON10.632913.07
ASHMORE10.632984.75
HARPER10.63299.88
PITCHER10.632981.30
BULLOCK10.632919.46
BOULTER10.6329125.00
MURRELL10.632988.50
KENNY10.632952.91
PITTS10.632961.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROLLIN0.1615813750.0000
STAPLETON0.16158628.9308
READER0.16158294.1176
SPALDING0.16158265.4867
NEAL0.16158256.9593
HOLMAN0.16158178.5714
BOULTER0.16158125.0000
OSBORNE0.16158119.3634
SAVAGE0.16158115.3213
MURRELL0.1615888.4956
ASHMORE0.1615884.7458
PITCHER0.1615881.3008
HOWE0.1615880.6452
WATTS0.1615867.9245
PITTS0.1615861.7284
CARR0.1615861.4035
KENNY0.1615852.9101
MASON0.1615851.7891
HUDSON0.1615823.1839
FROST0.1615822.5225
BULLOCK0.1615819.4553
NELSON0.1615813.0719
HARPER0.161589.8814
MARTIN0.161585.1387
WHITE0.161583.9378
SMITH0.161583.1377

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 158 people called ROLLIN in South Raynham 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 13750.0000 in South Raynham means that 13750.0000% of the people in South Raynham on census day were called ROLLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROLLIN 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 ROLLIN 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 ROLLIN 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 ROLLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in South Raynham means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROLLIN in South Raynham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Raynham in 1881

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

ALEGOOD (8)  ALLPRISS (1)  ASHMORE (1)  BAYFIELD (1)  BOULTER (1)  BULLOCK (1)  CARR (7)  FROST (2)  GASCOYGNE (1)  HAGRAM (3)  HARPER (1)  HOLMAN (4)  HOWE (5)  HUDSON (3)  KENNY (1)  MARTIN (2)  MASON (11)  MISSELBROOK (4)  MURRELL (1)  NEAL (12)  NELSON (1)  OSBISTON (4)  ORBISTON (4)  OSBORNE (9)  PITCHER (1)  PITTS (1)  READER (4)  RISDALE (13)  ROLLIN (11)  SAVAGE (7)  SMITH (7)  SPALDING (3)  SPALING (1)  STAPLETON (10)  WATTS (9)  WHITE (2)  YALLOP (1)