Top surnames from the 1881 census in Houghton In Hole, Norfolk

Houghton In Hole 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
FROST1810.9091193.97
HUNT1810.909182.15
GREEN137.878827.98
BRIGHT106.0606299.40
CLARKE84.848523.93
JACOB74.2424546.88
KNOWLES74.242479.46
PLAYFORD63.63641,764.71
ANDREWS53.030331.63
SEAMAN53.0303390.63
LARGE42.4242235.29
AUKER42.424210,000.00
TWIDDY31.81822,307.69
BUTLER31.818218.65
KIRBY31.818247.92
CURSON31.8182789.47
WEST31.818218.88
BROUGHTON21.212164.94
HORSFORD21.21211,176.47
FOX21.212113.05
SPOONER21.212184.03
LEWIS21.21214.61
PARKER10.60613.19
EKE10.6061333.33
CROSS10.60618.81
RICHES10.606152.91
MARKHAM10.606151.02
EDGE10.606135.21
COLMAN10.606164.94
HAROLD10.6061277.78
BURLEY10.606163.69
GILDER10.6061232.56
EMMERSON10.606161.35
HOWMAN10.60611,111.11
GRIMES10.606152.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AUKER0.1716510000.0000
TWIDDY0.171652307.6923
PLAYFORD0.171651764.7059
HORSFORD0.171651176.4706
HOWMAN0.171651111.1111
CURSON0.17165789.4737
JACOB0.17165546.8750
SEAMAN0.17165390.6250
EKE0.17165333.3333
BRIGHT0.17165299.4012
HAROLD0.17165277.7778
LARGE0.17165235.2941
GILDER0.17165232.5581
FROST0.17165193.9655
SPOONER0.1716584.0336
HUNT0.1716582.1543
KNOWLES0.1716579.4552
BROUGHTON0.1716564.9351
COLMAN0.1716564.9351
BURLEY0.1716563.6943
EMMERSON0.1716561.3497
RICHES0.1716552.9101
GRIMES0.1716552.3560
MARKHAM0.1716551.0204
KIRBY0.1716547.9233
EDGE0.1716535.2113
ANDREWS0.1716531.6256
GREEN0.1716527.9811
CLARKE0.1716523.9306
WEST0.1716518.8798
BUTLER0.1716518.6451
FOX0.1716513.0548
CROSS0.171658.8106
LEWIS0.171654.6104
PARKER0.171653.1867

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 165 people called AUKER in Houghton In Hole 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 10000.0000 in Houghton In Hole means that 10000.0000% of the people in Houghton In Hole on census day were called AUKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AUKER 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 AUKER 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 AUKER 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 AUKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Houghton In Hole means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AUKER in Houghton In Hole than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Houghton In Hole in 1881

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

ANDREWS (5)  AUKER (4)  BOCKING (6)  BRIGHT (10)  BROUGHTON (2)  BURLEY (1)  BUTLER (3)  CURSON (3)  CLARKE (8)  COLMAN (1)  CRAFER (2)  CRETCH (1)  CROSS (1)  EDGE (1)  EKE (1)  EMMERSON (1)  FOX (2)  FROST (18)  GILDER (1)  GREEN (13)  GRIMES (1)  HAROLD (1)  HORSFORD (2)  HOWMAN (1)  HUNT (18)  JACOB (7)  KIRBY (3)  KNOWLES (7)  LARGE (4)  LEWIS (2)  MALE (1)  MARKHAM (1)  OLLEY (1)  PARKER (1)  PLAYFORD (6)  RICHES (1)  SEAMAN (5)  SHINGFIELD (1)  SCLATER (2)  SLEGG (5)  SPOONER (2)  TWIDDY (3)  ULDALEN (1)  WEST (3)  YAXLEY (2) 

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