Top surnames from the 1881 census in Waxham, Norfolk

Waxham 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
ROUS117.483011,000.00
WOODROW106.80271,098.90
BISHOP96.122487.63
OSBORNE96.1224128.21
GIBBS96.1224124.65
KNIGHTS85.4422620.16
AMIS74.76193,684.21
POSTLE74.76194,117.65
FRENCH74.761997.49
BECK64.0816174.42
NICHOLS64.0816125.26
BARNARD64.0816164.38
HARVEY64.081638.24
RANDLE53.4014406.50
ROBINSON42.72118.53
JOHNSON32.04086.07
ROUSE21.360594.79
RICE21.360543.86
GRAPES21.36052,500.00
WATSON21.36055.87
MAYLE21.36052,000.00
SMITH10.68030.48
JACKMAN10.680372.99
BURTON10.68037.99
SHARMAN10.680349.51
JOHNSTON10.68038.43
HOLSWORTH10.68031,250.00
BROWN10.68031.03
WALL10.680319.46
LAW10.680315.04
SELF10.680396.15
NICHOLAS10.680334.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROUS0.1514711000.0000
POSTLE0.151474117.6471
AMIS0.151473684.2105
GRAPES0.151472500.0000
MAYLE0.151472000.0000
HOLSWORTH0.151471250.0000
WOODROW0.151471098.9011
KNIGHTS0.15147620.1550
RANDLE0.15147406.5041
BECK0.15147174.4186
BARNARD0.15147164.3836
OSBORNE0.15147128.2051
NICHOLS0.15147125.2610
GIBBS0.15147124.6537
FRENCH0.1514797.4930
SELF0.1514796.1538
ROUSE0.1514794.7867
BISHOP0.1514787.6339
JACKMAN0.1514772.9927
SHARMAN0.1514749.5050
RICE0.1514743.8596
HARVEY0.1514738.2409
NICHOLAS0.1514734.8432
WALL0.1514719.4553
LAW0.1514715.0376
ROBINSON0.151478.5342
JOHNSTON0.151478.4317
BURTON0.151477.9872
JOHNSON0.151476.0741
WATSON0.151475.8651
BROWN0.151471.0320
SMITH0.151470.4818

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 147 people called ROUS in Waxham 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 11000.0000 in Waxham means that 11000.0000% of the people in Waxham on census day were called ROUS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROUS 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 ROUS 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 ROUS 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 ROUS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Waxham means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROUS in Waxham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Waxham in 1881

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

AMIS (7)  BARNARD (6)  BECK (6)  BISHOP (9)  BROWN (1)  BARCHAM (2)  BURTON (1)  FLOWERDAY (1)  FRENCH (7)  GARNE (1)  GEDGE (4)  GIBBS (9)  GRAPES (2)  HARVEY (6)  HOLSWORTH (1)  JACKMAN (1)  JOHNSON (3)  JOHNSTON (1)  KNIGHTS (8)  LAW (1)  M'CLELLAND (1)  MAYLE (2)  MARSHAM (1)  NICHOLAS (1)  NICHOLS (6)  OSBORNE (9)  POSTLE (7)  RANDLE (5)  RICE (2)  ROBINSON (4)  ROUS (11)  ROUSE (2)  SELF (1)  SHARMAN (1)  SMITH (1)  THURTLE (3)  WALL (1)  WATSON (2)  WOODROW (10)