Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burgh St Margaret, Norfolk

Burgh St Margaret 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
GREEN559.945835.32
TURNER295.244118.84
CHURCH203.6166165.70
DURRANT183.2550208.09
ALEXANDER173.074158.08
HUNN162.89332,077.92
HALL162.89339.83
BLOGG152.71251,470.59
CURTIS142.531644.61
JAY111.9892227.74
HOWES111.9892113.75
YOUNGS101.8083473.93
HEWETT101.8083155.52
KING101.80838.30
GRIMMER91.62751,267.61
PLAYFORD91.6275782.61
SHREEVE81.4467747.66
HALES71.265888.16
STARLING71.2658172.41
MUNSEY71.26582,258.06
TRETT71.26582,000.00
LAWN61.0850431.65
REYNOLDS61.085012.53
SMITH61.08500.77
EVES50.9042216.45
FLORENCE50.9042458.72
BOYCE50.904260.39
PALMER40.72336.14
BENNS40.7233769.23
ALLEN40.72333.83
MALLETT40.723381.14
WARD40.72333.31
NEWMAN30.54257.30
WILSON30.54251.18
BOND30.542510.25
WHITFORD30.5425173.41
GALLANT30.5425326.09
SAUNDERS30.54255.91
BRIGHTON30.5425153.06
ROSE30.54257.32
THOMPSON30.54251.81
CRANE30.542525.71
WRIGHT20.36171.13
MOORE20.36171.81
GIDNEY20.3617392.16
SUTTON20.36175.68
COPPIN20.3617114.94
NEAVE20.361776.92
APPLETON20.361723.07
TILLETT20.3617168.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MUNSEY0.555532258.0645
HUNN0.555532077.9221
TRETT0.555532000.0000
BLOGG0.555531470.5882
GRIMMER0.555531267.6056
BATCHELDER0.55553833.3333
PLAYFORD0.55553782.6087
BENNS0.55553769.2308
SHREEVE0.55553747.6636
YOUNGS0.55553473.9336
FLORENCE0.55553458.7156
LAWN0.55553431.6547
GIDNEY0.55553392.1569
GALLANT0.55553326.0870
JAY0.55553227.7433
EVES0.55553216.4502
DURRANT0.55553208.0925
NICKERSON0.55553192.3077
WHITFORD0.55553173.4104
STARLING0.55553172.4138
TILLETT0.55553168.0672
CHURCH0.55553165.7001
HEWETT0.55553155.5210
BRIGHTON0.55553153.0612
COPPIN0.55553114.9425
HOWES0.55553113.7539
HALES0.5555388.1612
MALLETT0.5555381.1359
NEAVE0.5555376.9231
YOUNGMAN0.5555361.7284
BOYCE0.5555360.3865
ALEXANDER0.5555358.0799
LARNER0.5555357.1429
CURTIS0.5555344.6144
DINGLE0.5555341.3223
GREEN0.5555335.3198
CLAXTON0.5555328.5714
STEWARD0.5555328.1294
CRANE0.5555325.7069
CROW0.5555323.9521
APPLETON0.5555323.0681
SPINK0.5555322.4215
TURNER0.5555318.8385
WILTON0.5555318.7970
BUNN0.5555318.5529
MARCH0.5555316.7785
BROOM0.5555314.6628
BLOOMFIELD0.5555314.2248
WISEMAN0.5555313.1752
REYNOLDS0.5555312.5261

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 553 people called MUNSEY in Burgh St Margaret 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 2258.0645 in Burgh St Margaret means that 2258.0645% of the people in Burgh St Margaret on census day were called MUNSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MUNSEY 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 MUNSEY 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 MUNSEY 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 MUNSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Burgh St Margaret means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MUNSEY in Burgh St Margaret than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burgh St Margaret in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (17)  ALLEN (4)  APPLETON (2)  BARBER (1)  BARWOOD (10)  BATCHELDER (1)  BEEVOR (2)  BENNS (4)  BLOGG (15)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BOND (3)  BOYCE (5)  BRIGHTON (3)  BROOM (1)  BROWN (2)  BUNN (1)  CHURCH (20)  CLAXTON (1)  COPPIN (2)  CRANE (3)  CROW (2)  CURTIS (14)  DEBBAGE (15)  DINGLE (1)  DORKING (3)  DURRANT (18)  DYBLE (5)  EASTERS (3)  EVES (5)  FLORENCE (5)  GALLANT (3)  GEDGE (2)  JAY (11)  JEARY (8)  GIDNEY (2)  GOULDER (3)  GREEN (55)  GREENACRE (2)  GRIMMAR (4)  GRIMMER (9)  HALES (7)  HALL (16)  HARBORD (3)  HEWETT (10)  HOWES (11)  HUNN (16)  KING (10)  LARNER (1)  LAWN (6)  LAXON (4)  MALLETT (4)  MARCH (1)  MOORE (2)  MUNSEY (7)  NARBORO (5)  NARBURGH (18)  NEAVE (2)  NEWMAN (3)  NOCKOLDS (2)  NICKOLDS (12)  NICKERSON (1)  PALMER (4)  PAYNE (1)  PLAYFORD (9)  REYNOLDS (6)  ROSE (3)  SAUNDERS (3)  SHALES (1)  SHREEVE (8)  SMITH (6)  SPINK (1)  STEWARD (2)  STARLING (7)  SUTTON (2)  THOMPSON (3)  TILLETT (2)  TODD (1)  TRETT (7)  TOOK (19)  TURNER (29)  THURTELL (3)  WALLER (1)  WARD (4)  WHITFORD (3)  WILLIMOTT (1)  WILSON (3)  WILTON (1)  WISEMAN (1)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNGS (10)  YOUNGMAN (1) 

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