Top surnames from the 1881 census in Helhoughton, Norfolk

Helhoughton 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
HARPER226.5672102.56
LEE164.776129.22
TOWERS144.1791360.82
PARSONS123.582147.15
FRANCIS92.686645.09
STAPLETON92.6866267.86
HUDSON92.686632.81
BUTCHER82.388156.66
READER82.3881276.82
ROGERS72.089616.10
WOODHOUSE72.089688.16
BOND61.791033.84
YOUNG61.79108.34
FOX61.791019.29
WOODS51.492523.67
DREWERY51.4925704.23
HAROLD51.4925684.93
TEMPLE51.4925113.64
WALKER51.49254.46
WRIGHT51.49254.65
OVERTON51.4925153.85
WALES51.4925184.50
RICHES41.1940104.44
PILGRIM41.1940211.64
HOWARD41.194012.17
BROWN41.19401.81
NEAL41.194040.36
HART41.194014.00
MORRIS41.19405.36
PAYNE30.89559.95
COX30.89555.91
WHITE30.89552.79
SCOTT30.89553.54
GRAVER20.5970476.19
WICKS20.597042.46
WATTS20.59707.12
HARWOOD20.597022.30
LEECH20.597036.63
PARKER20.59703.14
RINGWOOD20.5970500.00
BOOTH20.59706.05
TUFTS20.59702,500.00
BIRD20.59707.81
TAYLOR20.59700.93
YOUNGS10.298578.13
LEEDER10.2985138.89
ASKEW10.298526.46
LAYLAND10.2985153.85
TANN10.2985196.08
PARLETT10.2985312.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TUFTS0.343352500.0000
WHISLER0.343352500.0000
SHAUL0.343351250.0000
DREWERY0.34335704.2254
HAROLD0.34335684.9315
RINGWOOD0.34335500.0000
GRAVER0.34335476.1905
TOWERS0.34335360.8247
HERALD0.34335357.1429
PARLETT0.34335312.5000
READER0.34335276.8166
STAPLETON0.34335267.8571
PILGRIM0.34335211.6402
TANN0.34335196.0784
WALES0.34335184.5018
LAYLAND0.34335153.8462
OVERTON0.34335153.8462
BRIGHAM0.34335140.8451
LEEDER0.34335138.8889
TEMPLE0.34335113.6364
RICHES0.34335104.4386
HARPER0.34335102.5641
WOODHOUSE0.3433588.1612
YOUNGS0.3433578.1250
PROUDFOOT0.3433568.4932
NEAVE0.3433563.6943
BUTCHER0.3433556.6572
COPLAND0.3433553.1915
PARSONS0.3433547.1513
FRANCIS0.3433545.0902
WICKS0.3433542.4628
NEAL0.3433540.3633
BLYTHE0.3433539.3701
SEAMAN0.3433538.4615
LEECH0.3433536.6300
BOND0.3433533.8409
HUDSON0.3433532.8108
LEE0.3433529.2237
ASKEW0.3433526.4550
WOODS0.3433523.6742
HARWOOD0.3433522.2965
FOX0.3433519.2926
WADDINGTON0.3433518.3824
ROGERS0.3433516.0957
BRETT0.3433515.7233
SLADE0.3433514.9701
HART0.3433514.0007
HUBBARD0.3433512.2850
HOWARD0.3433512.1692
PAYNE0.343359.9502

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 335 people called TUFTS in Helhoughton 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 2500.0000 in Helhoughton means that 2500.0000% of the people in Helhoughton on census day were called TUFTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TUFTS 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 TUFTS 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 TUFTS 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 TUFTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Helhoughton means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TUFTS in Helhoughton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Helhoughton in 1881

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

ASKEW (1)  BIRD (2)  BLYTHE (1)  BOLINGBROKE (6)  BOND (6)  BOOTH (2)  BRETT (1)  BRIGHAM (1)  BROWN (4)  BUTCHER (8)  CHESTNEY (8)  COPLAND (1)  COX (3)  CUBITT (2)  DEWSON (1)  DREWERY (5)  DUNGAR (5)  FISHPOOL (2)  FOX (6)  FRANCIS (9)  GRAVER (2)  GRAY (1)  GUNTON (1)  HARPER (22)  HAROLD (5)  HERALD (1)  HARROWING (6)  HART (4)  HARWOOD (2)  HOLDITCH (1)  HOWARD (4)  HUBBARD (1)  HUDSON (9)  HUNT (1)  JARMINY (2)  JELLICOE (1)  LEECH (2)  LEEDER (1)  LEE (16)  LEWIS (1)  LAYLAND (1)  MATSELL (15)  MITCHELL (1)  MORRIS (4)  MORISS (1)  NEAL (4)  NEAVE (1)  OVERTON (5)  PARKER (2)  PARLETT (1)  PARSONS (12)  PAYNE (3)  PILGRIM (4)  PROUDFOOT (1)  READER (8)  RICHES (4)  RINGWOOD (2)  ROGERS (7)  RUDLAND (2)  SCOTT (3)  SEAMAN (1)  SEGON (1)  SHAUL (1)  SLADE (1)  STANGRAM (1)  STAPLETON (9)  STIANGRE (1)  TANN (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TEMPLE (5)  TOWERS (14)  TUFTS (2)  UTTON (1)  WADDINGTON (1)  WALKER (5)  WALES (5)  WATTS (2)  WISKER (3)  WHISLER (1)  WHITE (3)  WICKS (2)  WILLIMOTT (10)  WILSON (1)  WOODS (5)  WOODHOUSE (7)  WRIGHT (5)  YOUNG (6)  YOUNGS (1) 

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