Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hardwick, Norfolk

Hardwick 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
RUSSELL157.575862.06
SMITH136.56574.65
BONETT94.545522,500.00
BURGESS84.040458.18
REEDER84.04041,481.48
BURRITT73.535435,000.00
DEVEREUX73.53541,296.30
COPPING73.5354886.08
BETTS52.5253118.20
RACKHAM52.5253925.93
WARD52.525311.56
BOWER52.5253137.74
RUDD52.5253160.26
GRICE52.5253245.10
DADE42.02021,428.57
WRIGHT42.02026.30
DAVISON31.515242.37
NURSE31.5152312.50
HOWARD31.515215.44
LING31.5152160.43
FRANCIS31.515225.45
RAVEN31.5152180.72
RAY21.010151.02
BYLES21.0101588.24
DAY21.010110.73
WOODYARD21.01011,818.18
HUDSON21.010112.34
EATON10.505118.05
CONSTABLE10.505145.66
GOWER10.505148.08
POTTER10.50517.79
THOMPSON10.50511.69
HILL10.50511.98
BURRELL10.505138.76
PECK10.505129.85
BUXTON10.505133.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURRITT0.2019835000.0000
BONETT0.2019822500.0000
WOODYARD0.201981818.1818
REEDER0.201981481.4815
DADE0.201981428.5714
DEVEREUX0.201981296.2963
RACKHAM0.20198925.9259
COPPING0.20198886.0759
BYLES0.20198588.2353
NURSE0.20198312.5000
GRICE0.20198245.0980
RAVEN0.20198180.7229
LING0.20198160.4278
RUDD0.20198160.2564
BOWER0.20198137.7410
BETTS0.20198118.2033
RUSSELL0.2019862.0604
BURGESS0.2019858.1818
RAY0.2019851.0204
GOWER0.2019848.0769
CONSTABLE0.2019845.6621
DAVISON0.2019842.3729
BURRELL0.2019838.7597
BUXTON0.2019833.6700
PECK0.2019829.8507
FRANCIS0.2019825.4453
EATON0.2019818.0505
HOWARD0.2019815.4400
HUDSON0.2019812.3381
WARD0.2019811.5607
DAY0.2019810.7296
POTTER0.201987.7882
WRIGHT0.201986.2972
SMITH0.201984.6500
HILL0.201981.9829
THOMPSON0.201981.6861

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 198 people called BURRITT in Hardwick 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 35000.0000 in Hardwick means that 35000.0000% of the people in Hardwick on census day were called BURRITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURRITT 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 BURRITT 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 BURRITT 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 BURRITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Hardwick means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURRITT in Hardwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hardwick in 1881

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

BETTS (5)  BYLES (2)  BONETT (9)  BOWER (5)  BURGESS (8)  BURRELL (1)  BURRITT (7)  BUXTON (1)  CONSTABLE (1)  COPPING (7)  DADE (4)  DAVISON (3)  DAY (2)  DEVEREUX (7)  EATON (1)  ELVEN (3)  FRANCIS (3)  GOAT (2)  GOLEBY (7)  GOODSWEN (11)  GOWER (1)  GRICE (5)  HILL (1)  HOUSEGO (1)  HOWARD (3)  HUDSON (2)  RUDD ((HUDSON)) (2)  KYBIRD (2)  LERIT (1)  LIG... (2)  LING (3)  NUDDS (7)  NURSE (3)  PECK (1)  POTTER (1)  PUNCHARD (2)  RACKHAM (5)  RAY (2)  RAVEN (3)  REEDER (8)  RUDD (5)  RUSSELL (15)  SMITH (13)  THOMPSON (1)  THURLING (3)  VISSONS (1)  WARD (5)  WILLBY (5)  WOODYARD (2)  WRIGHT (4) 

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