Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burnham Overy, Norfolk

Burnham Overy 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
HOLMES203.241526.62
SMITH193.07942.18
HUBBARD193.0794126.67
BELL182.917315.53
DAWSON182.917326.47
HOWELL162.593261.51
ATKINS162.593269.14
DAWS152.4311476.19
SCOLES132.10704,642.86
RICHES111.7828156.03
COPPIN91.4587461.54
CUTHBERT91.4587101.47
CROOK91.458750.79
WILEY91.4587596.03
PARR91.458758.40
APPLEGATE91.4587789.47
BIRD91.458719.09
BAKER91.45876.66
TIMBERS81.29663,200.00
CRANE81.296661.44
WILLIAMS71.13451.58
MORRIS71.13455.10
RINGWOOD71.1345945.95
ARTER71.13451,000.00
KERSEY60.9724508.47
PEGG60.972499.01
MARSH60.972413.63
RAVEN60.9724115.83
ANDREWS60.972410.15
PORRITT60.9724344.83
GREEN60.97243.45
TICE60.97241,000.00
KING60.97244.46
STEARMAN50.81041,041.67
HARRISON50.81043.65
BALLS50.810463.21
RICHARDSON50.81044.76
WALPOLE50.8104205.76
TUCK50.810463.13
BENNETT40.64833.94
BATCH40.6483769.23
WAKEFIELD40.648336.20
FRARY40.64831,052.63
KENDALL40.648330.12
RUDD40.648341.11
RIX40.6483117.65
CROSS40.64839.42
FRANCIS40.648310.88
COLLIS40.648362.70
JOHNSON40.64831.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCOLES0.626174642.8571
TIMBERS0.626173200.0000
VARNELL0.626171111.1111
FRARY0.626171052.6316
STEARMAN0.626171041.6667
ARTER0.626171000.0000
TICE0.626171000.0000
RINGWOOD0.62617945.9459
APPLEGATE0.62617789.4737
BATCH0.62617769.2308
HAGON0.62617600.0000
WILEY0.62617596.0265
KERSEY0.62617508.4746
STANGROOM0.62617500.0000
DAWS0.62617476.1905
COPPIN0.62617461.5385
DEWING0.62617454.5455
GREEVES0.62617441.1765
BELDING0.62617434.7826
JEX0.62617428.5714
PORRITT0.62617344.8276
WALPOLE0.62617205.7613
RICHES0.62617156.0284
SAVORY0.62617131.5789
CHESNEY0.62617128.2051
HUBBARD0.62617126.6667
RIX0.62617117.6471
RAVEN0.62617115.8301
CUTHBERT0.62617101.4656
ANNIS0.6261799.0099
PEGG0.6261799.0099
HOOKS0.6261794.3396
FLORENCE0.6261781.9672
CALVER0.6261772.7273
ATKINS0.6261769.1443
HARROW0.6261767.5676
BALLS0.6261763.2111
TUCK0.6261763.1313
COLLIS0.6261762.6959
HOWELL0.6261761.5148
CRANE0.6261761.4439
PARR0.6261758.4036
CROOK0.6261750.7901
EDEN0.6261747.8469
SKIPPER0.6261743.1034
EMMS0.6261742.9185
CROOKS0.6261742.0168
RUDD0.6261741.1100
BOUGHTON0.6261739.2157
WAKEFIELD0.6261736.1991

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 617 people called SCOLES in Burnham Overy 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 4642.8571 in Burnham Overy means that 4642.8571% of the people in Burnham Overy on census day were called SCOLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCOLES 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 SCOLES 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 SCOLES 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 SCOLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Burnham Overy means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCOLES in Burnham Overy than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burnham Overy in 1881

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

ADCOCK (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (6)  ANNIS (1)  APPLEGATE (9)  ARNOLD (3)  ARTER (7)  ATKINS (16)  BAKER (9)  BALLS (5)  BATCH (4)  BATTERBY (5)  BELDING (1)  BELL (18)  BENNETT (4)  BIRD (9)  BOND (3)  BONE (1)  BOUGHTON (1)  BROWN (2)  O'BRIEN (3)  BUSH (1)  CALVER (2)  CHESTNEY (10)  CHESNEY (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLARK (1)  COE (1)  COLLIS (4)  COOK (3)  COPPIN (9)  CRANE (8)  CROOK (9)  CROOKS (2)  CROSS (4)  CUBITT (1)  CUTHBERT (9)  DAWS (15)  DAWSON (18)  DEWING (3)  DODMAN (1)  EBDALE (8)  EDEN (3)  ELLIS (2)  EMMS (1)  AYRES (3)  FARTHING (1)  FATTER (3)  FIDDYMANS (6)  FLORENCE (1)  FORD (2)  FRANCIS (4)  FRARY (4)  GIRDLESTONE (2)  GOODMAN (2)  GREEVES (3)  GREEN (6)  GROON (2)  HAGON (3)  HALL (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (5)  HARROW (1)  HAINES (3)  HIGH (1)  HODGE (1)  HOLMES (20)  HARDERN (1)  HOWELL (16)  HUBBARD (19)  HUDSON (2)  HOOKS (1)  JEX (3)  JICKLING (5)  JOHNSON (4)  KENALL (2)  KENDALL (4)  KERSEY (6)  KING (6)  LANGLEY (3)  LEVERINGTON (9)  LOADS (2)  MANN (2)  MARSH (6)  MACK (2)  MONEY (1)  MORRIS (7)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (4)  PARR (9)  PORRITT (6)  PEGG (6)  PERCIVAL (2)  PITCHERS (7)  PORTER (2)  PRIEST (1)  RAVEN (6)  READ (2)  RICHARDSON (5)  RICHES (11)  RINGWOOD (7)  RIX (4)  RODWELL (1)  ROWE (3)  RUDD (4)  RUMBLES (20)  SARHAM (1)  SAVORY (3)  SCARFE (2)  SCOLES (13)  SKIPPER (1)  SKIPPON (6)  SMITH (19)  STANGROOM (2)  STIBBARD (1)  STOKER (1)  STURLEY (3)  STEARMAN (5)  TICE (6)  TIMBERS (8)  TUCK (5)  VARNELL (1)  VERTIGAN (1)  WAKEFIELD (4)  WALPOLE (5)  WALTERS (2)  WATERS (1)  WICKHAM (1)  WILLIAMS (7)  WOODGETT (5)  WRIGHT (2)  WILEY (9) 

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