Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wroxham, Norfolk

Wroxham 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
PLATTEN164.22162,711.86
KNAPP153.9578581.40
TURNER123.166211.37
IVES123.1662270.27
HALL102.63858.97
BUSH102.6385106.84
LAKE92.3747107.14
HOLMAN92.3747167.29
WATERSON92.3747566.04
STEVENSON82.110830.09
KEMP82.110838.06
GATES82.1108136.29
BROOM71.8470149.89
FISH71.847099.15
HAINS71.84701,093.75
STEPHENSON71.847032.29
FRARY71.84703,043.48
WATERS61.583139.40
PRATT61.583127.56
CHAMBERLIN61.5831476.19
PITCHER51.3193170.07
WOODS51.319320.92
CHAPLIN51.319391.91
BARSTOW41.0554606.06
CHAMBERS41.055418.56
NUNN41.055460.24
WYNNE41.0554109.59
MASON41.05547.85
GREEN41.05543.75
MILLER41.05545.90
SEELY30.7916810.81
CURTIS30.791613.95
BARNES30.79166.58
JACOBS30.791633.04
BARTHOLOMEW30.791697.72
CUSTANCE30.7916652.17
ROSE20.52777.11
COBB20.527737.11
MONEY20.527788.11
WATSON20.52772.27
CLEMENTS20.527715.91
PALMER20.52774.48
ELLIS20.52773.63
SAUNDERS20.52775.75
CRANE20.527725.00
GRAY20.52773.70
PAGE20.52776.60
SEXTON20.527761.16
MEAN10.2639384.62
WOODROW10.263942.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FRARY0.383793043.4783
PLATTEN0.383792711.8644
HAINS0.383791093.7500
SEELY0.38379810.8108
CUSTANCE0.38379652.1739
BARSTOW0.38379606.0606
KNAPP0.38379581.3953
WATERSON0.38379566.0377
CHAMBERLIN0.38379476.1905
KATES0.38379476.1905
MEAN0.38379384.6154
IVES0.38379270.2703
LUBBOCK0.38379200.0000
PITCHER0.38379170.0680
HOLMAN0.38379167.2862
BROOM0.38379149.8929
GATES0.38379136.2862
WYNNE0.38379109.5890
LAKE0.38379107.1429
BUSH0.38379106.8376
FISH0.3837999.1501
BARTHOLOMEW0.3837997.7199
CHAPLIN0.3837991.9118
MONEY0.3837988.1057
SEXTON0.3837961.1621
NUNN0.3837960.2410
BENTHAM0.3837957.8035
MUSSON0.3837953.1915
WOODROW0.3837942.5532
WATERS0.3837939.3959
KEMP0.3837938.0590
MOUNTAIN0.3837937.1747
COBB0.3837937.1058
SOUTHGATE0.3837933.6700
JACOBS0.3837933.0396
STEPHENSON0.3837932.2878
JAY0.3837930.2115
STEVENSON0.3837930.0865
PRATT0.3837927.5609
CRANE0.3837925.0000
WOODS0.3837920.9205
CHAMBERS0.3837918.5615
BINGHAM0.3837917.9533
CLEMENTS0.3837915.9109
CURTIS0.3837913.9470
KIDD0.3837912.9702
SEYMOUR0.3837912.9032
GREY0.3837912.1655
HAINES0.3837911.3895
TURNER0.3837911.3744

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 379 people called FRARY in Wroxham 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 3043.4783 in Wroxham means that 3043.4783% of the people in Wroxham on census day were called FRARY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FRARY 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 FRARY 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 FRARY 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 FRARY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Wroxham means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FRARY in Wroxham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wroxham in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  MC CARTHY (5)  BARSTOW (4)  BARBER (1)  BARNES (3)  BARTHOLOMEW (3)  BAXTER (1)  BENTHAM (1)  BESSY (1)  BINGHAM (1)  BROOM (7)  BUSH (10)  CHAMBERLIN (6)  CHAMBERS (4)  CHAPLIN (5)  CHIPPERFIELD (7)  CLEMENTS (2)  COBB (2)  CRANE (2)  CURTIS (3)  CUSTANCE (3)  DYBALL (3)  ELLIS (2)  FISH (7)  FRARY (7)  GATES (8)  JAY (1)  GILL (1)  GOURBOULD (15)  GREY (1)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (4)  HALL (10)  HARRISON (1)  HAINS (7)  HAINES (1)  HOLMAN (9)  HUMFREY (2)  IVES (12)  JACOBS (3)  JARMY (2)  JERMY (31)  KATES (1)  KEMP (8)  KENNEDY (1)  KIDD (1)  LAKE (9)  LANDAMORE (2)  LANDERMORE (2)  MC LOUGHTON (1)  LUBBOCK (1)  LUNDERMORE (2)  MEAN (1)  MAPPIN (3)  MASON (4)  MYHILL (5)  MILLER (4)  MONEY (2)  MUNNY (4)  MOUNTAIN (1)  MUSSON (1)  KNAPP (15)  NUNN (4)  PAGE (2)  PALMER (2)  PITCHER (5)  PLATTEN (16)  PRATT (6)  RISEBOROUGH (7)  ROSE (2)  SAUNDERS (2)  SEELY (3)  SEXTON (2)  SEYMOUR (1)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHGATE (1)  STEVENSON (8)  STEPHENSON (7)  THOMPSON (1)  TURNER (12)  UTTING (1)  WATERS (6)  WATERSON (9)  WATSON (2)  WYNNE (4)  WOODS (5)  WOODROW (1)