Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hargham, Norfolk

Hargham 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
HARRISON811.428651.48
LAKE68.5714387.10
RAYNER57.1429285.71
STAGG57.14291,063.83
PECK57.1429423.73
ATKINS45.7143152.09
RUDD34.2857272.73
TURNER34.285715.39
HARTT34.285715,000.00
DANBY22.8571666.67
CRESSWELL11.4286135.14
WATERS11.428635.59
WILLIAMS11.42861.99
COOK11.42867.19
HEWITT11.428629.33
WHEELER11.428623.64
CALVER11.4286322.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARTT0.077015000.0000
STAGG0.07701063.8298
DANBY0.0770666.6667
PECK0.0770423.7288
LAKE0.0770387.0968
CALVER0.0770322.5806
RAYNER0.0770285.7143
RUDD0.0770272.7273
ATKINS0.0770152.0913
CRESSWELL0.0770135.1351
HARRISON0.077051.4801
WATERS0.077035.5872
HEWITT0.077029.3255
WHEELER0.077023.6407
TURNER0.077015.3925
COOK0.07707.1942
WILLIAMS0.07701.9889

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 70 people called HARTT in Hargham 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 15000.0000 in Hargham means that 15000.0000% of the people in Hargham on census day were called HARTT.

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

All the surnames recorded in Hargham in 1881

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

ATKINS (4)  BARFORD (1)  CALVER (1)  COOK (1)  CRESSWELL (1)  DANBY (2)  ETTERIDGE (1)  HARRISON (8)  HARTT (3)  HEWITT (1)  LAKE (6)  LARTER (3)  LEVERINGTON (6)  MYHILL (3)  NOBES (1)  PECK (5)  RAYNER (5)  RUDD (3)  STAGG (5)  SYZLING (4)  TURNER (3)  WATERS (1)  WHEELER (1)  WILLIAMS (1) 

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