Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cranwich, Norfolk

Cranwich 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
LISTER913.0435456.85
WHITE913.043540.58
ARBOUR710.144970,000.00
BARKER68.695766.45
PRYER57.24643,571.43
PARK45.7971186.92
DIXON34.347839.68
REEDER34.34781,578.95
HARRISON34.347819.58
RAY22.8986145.99
BULL22.898668.49
CHILVERS11.4493370.37
HALLS11.4493181.82
WATSON11.44936.25
PALMER11.449312.30
HUGGINS11.4493172.41
PRATT11.449325.25
OAKLEY11.449368.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARBOUR0.076970000.0000
PRYER0.07693571.4286
REEDER0.07691578.9474
LISTER0.0769456.8528
CHILVERS0.0769370.3704
PARK0.0769186.9159
HALLS0.0769181.8182
HUGGINS0.0769172.4138
RAY0.0769145.9854
OAKLEY0.076968.4932
BULL0.076968.4932
BARKER0.076966.4452
WHITE0.076940.5771
DIXON0.076939.6825
PRATT0.076925.2525
HARRISON0.076919.5822
PALMER0.076912.3001
WATSON0.07696.2461

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 69 people called ARBOUR in Cranwich 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 70000.0000 in Cranwich means that 70000.0000% of the people in Cranwich on census day were called ARBOUR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARBOUR 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 ARBOUR 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 ARBOUR 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 ARBOUR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Cranwich means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARBOUR in Cranwich than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cranwich in 1881

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

ARBOUR (7)  ASPAN (4)  BARKER (6)  BULL (2)  CHILVERS (1)  DIXON (3)  FIDDY (1)  HALLS (1)  HARRISON (3)  HUGGINS (1)  LAIGHT (2)  LISTER (9)  OAKLEY (1)  PALMER (1)  PARK (4)  PRATT (1)  PRYER (5)  PYMER (2)  RAY (2)  REEDER (3)  WATSON (1)  WHITE (9) 

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