Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fincham, Norfolk

Fincham 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
LAWS364.5512409.09
ADDISON303.7927273.97
PORTER232.907738.75
SMITH212.65491.88
CLARKE182.275611.23
BLY182.27562,686.57
SAUNDERS172.149223.43
BARKER151.896314.49
CATER151.8963394.74
BARNARD141.769971.28
CANEY141.76991,971.83
WATERS141.769944.05
YOUNGE131.64352,888.89
TOWLER131.6435368.27
MASON121.517111.28
BYWATERS111.39062,200.00
KENDALL111.390664.59
SHERWOOD111.3906109.13
SOUTHGATE101.2642161.29
SIMMONS91.137827.87
BYWATER91.1378226.13
STAINES91.1378205.95
PEARCE81.011411.01
ABLE70.8850472.97
PARKER70.88504.65
CLAXTON70.8850139.72
SHELTON70.885075.27
COLLINS70.88506.17
WALDON70.8850813.95
BROWN70.88501.34
THOMPSON70.88502.95
FISHER60.75856.48
RIX60.7585137.61
BLYTH60.758548.12
MOUTON60.75858,571.43
BIRD60.75859.93
BURGESS50.63219.10
BAILEY50.63214.20
BELL50.63213.36
COE50.632138.91
OSBORNE50.632113.25
PRYOR50.632194.70
SIMMONDS50.632123.67
BAGGE50.63211,190.48
HOWLETT50.632147.13
RICHES50.632155.31
ALEXANDER40.50579.55
MOULTON40.5057102.04
ALCOCK40.505735.03
STEWARD40.505739.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOUTON0.797918571.4286
YOUNGE0.797912888.8889
BLY0.797912686.5672
BYWATERS0.797912200.0000
CANEY0.797911971.8310
BAGGE0.797911190.4762
FAN0.797911000.0000
PEELING0.79791816.3265
WALDON0.79791813.9535
FENDLEY0.79791555.5556
ABLE0.79791472.9730
GRAPES0.79791444.4444
LAWS0.79791409.0909
CATER0.79791394.7368
TOWLER0.79791368.2720
JUDE0.79791273.9726
ADDISON0.79791273.9726
BYWATER0.79791226.1307
CORDY0.79791212.7660
STAINES0.79791205.9497
MEWS0.79791204.0816
KNOCK0.79791200.0000
SOUTHGATE0.79791161.2903
CLAXTON0.79791139.7206
RIX0.79791137.6147
FINCHAM0.79791135.7466
CAPPS0.79791122.6994
SHERWOOD0.79791109.1270
MOULTON0.79791102.0408
PRYOR0.7979194.6970
CUSWORTH0.7979186.2069
MEDLOCK0.7979181.3008
SHELTON0.7979175.2688
PULLEY0.7979175.1880
BARNARD0.7979171.2831
KENDALL0.7979164.5919
EASTER0.7979162.6959
FLOOD0.7979157.6369
RICHES0.7979155.3097
STOUT0.7979152.7704
FULCHER0.7979150.0000
BLYTH0.7979148.1155
HOWLETT0.7979147.1254
WATERS0.7979144.0529
MUMBY0.7979144.0529
ETHERIDGE0.7979142.5532
STEWARD0.7979139.3701
PEAKE0.7979139.3185
COE0.7979138.9105
PORTER0.7979138.7532

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 791 people called MOUTON in Fincham 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 8571.4286 in Fincham means that 8571.4286% of the people in Fincham on census day were called MOUTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOUTON 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 MOUTON 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 MOUTON 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 MOUTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.79 in Fincham means that you are 0.79 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOUTON in Fincham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fincham in 1881

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

ABLE (7)  ADDISON (30)  ALCOCK (4)  ALEXANDER (4)  ALLEN (2)  ANTHONY (2)  ARMSTRONG (2)  AYLMER (10)  BAGGE (5)  BAILEY (5)  BAKER (1)  BALL (1)  BELHAM (9)  BELLHAM (11)  BANHAM (1)  BANYARD (9)  BARKER (15)  BARLEY (1)  BARNARD (14)  BARNS (1)  BARNES (1)  BARSHAM (5)  BELL (5)  BIRD (6)  FILBY (BIRD) (2)  BLYTH (6)  BLY (18)  BODDY (1)  BORRERS (5)  BORREN (6)  BOUGHEN (7)  BRETT (2)  BRIDGSTOCK (1)  BROWN (7)  BUCK (1)  BURGESS (5)  BOURNE (1)  BURROWS (1)  BYWATER (9)  BYWATERS (11)  CANEY (14)  CAPPS (2)  CARTER (1)  CATER (15)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARKE (18)  CLARK (4)  CLAYDON (7)  CLAXTON (7)  COE (5)  COLDHAM (15)  COLE (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COLLINS (7)  COMPLIN (8)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  CORDY (2)  CORSTON (3)  COCKS (1)  CUSWORTH (1)  DAVEY (1)  DAY (3)  DOCKING (8)  DUCKLIN (2)  EASTER (2)  ENGLEDON (1)  ETHERIDGE (2)  EVERARD (1)  FAN (1)  FENDLEY (1)  FENDICK (6)  FINCHAM (3)  FISHER (6)  FISHER (PATRICK) (4)  FLOOD (4)  FOSTER (1)  FULCHER (2)  GARNER (3)  GOODENS (1)  GRAPES (2)  GREEN (2)  HAMMOND (3)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (3)  HAINES (1)  HEBGIN (2)  HOWARD (3)  HOWLETT (5)  HUBBARD (2)  HUMPHRIES (1)  ISBOURN (3)  JAQUES (2)  JANETT (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JUDE (4)  KEMP (2)  KENDALL (11)  KINGSTON (2)  KNIGHTS (1)  KNOCK (3)  LAWS (36)  LOADES (1)  MANNING (4)  MANTLE (1)  MASON (12)  MATTHEWS (1)  MC LEAN (3)  MEDLOCK (1)  MEWS (1)  MOUTON (6)  MOULTON (MOUTON) (2)  MOULTON (4)  MOUNTAIN (1)  MUMBY (1)  NICHOLLS (2)  OSBORNE (5)  PARKER (7)  PARNELL (1)  PATRICK (3)  PEAKE (3)  PEARCE (8)  PEARMAN (1)  PEELING (4)  PENDRED (1)  POLLOCK (1)  PULLEY (1)  PORTER (23)  POWELL (1)  PRYOR (5)  RICHES (5)  RIPLEY (1)  RIX (6)  ROBINSON (1)  RODGERS (1)  SAUNDERS (17)  SCHOLES (1)  SHERWOOD (11)  SHIMFIELD (3)  SIMMONS (9)  SIMMONDS (5)  SKELTON (3)  SHELTON (7)  SMITH (21)  SOUTHGATE (10)  SPORNE (9)  STAINES (9)  STEWARD (4)  STOUT (2)  SWANSON (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (7)  TOWLER (13)  TUCK (1)  TYSON (1)  VINE (1)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WALDON (7)  WARD (4)  WARREN (1)  WATERS (14)  WATSON (1)  WINEARLS (1)  YOUNGE (13) 

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