Top surnames from the 1881 census in Limpenhoe, Norfolk

Limpenhoe 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
BECK126.0302258.06
CURTIS126.0302106.29
GRAY84.020128.16
SALES84.0201661.16
WATERS84.0201100.00
HANTON84.02012,285.71
JACKSON73.517612.59
TURNER73.517612.64
PEART73.5176619.47
LAKE73.5176158.73
FUTTER63.01512,000.00
CRISP63.0151216.61
HARRISON63.015113.58
DINGLE52.5126574.71
WARD52.512611.50
WEBB42.010114.83
BROWN42.01013.05
LINFORD42.0101754.72
SMITH42.01011.42
DOUGLASS42.0101317.46
GRIFFON42.010113,333.33
SHEARING31.5075625.00
MALLETT31.5075169.49
FOWLER31.507526.41
DAY31.507516.02
BULLARD10.5025163.93
DUNHAM10.502599.01
HARRIS10.50251.98
DUCKEY10.5025
HOWARD10.50255.12
CARTER10.50252.99
GOWEN10.5025270.27
BOSWELL10.502553.48
ETHERIDGE10.502584.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRIFFON0.2019913333.3333
HANTON0.201992285.7143
FUTTER0.201992000.0000
LINFORD0.20199754.7170
SALES0.20199661.1570
SHEARING0.20199625.0000
PEART0.20199619.4690
DINGLE0.20199574.7126
DOUGLASS0.20199317.4603
GOWEN0.20199270.2703
BECK0.20199258.0645
CRISP0.20199216.6065
MALLETT0.20199169.4915
BULLARD0.20199163.9344
LAKE0.20199158.7302
CURTIS0.20199106.2888
WATERS0.20199100.0000
DUNHAM0.2019999.0099
ETHERIDGE0.2019984.7458
BOSWELL0.2019953.4759
GRAY0.2019928.1591
FOWLER0.2019926.4085
DAY0.2019916.0171
WEBB0.2019914.8313
HARRISON0.2019913.5839
TURNER0.2019912.6377
JACKSON0.2019912.5877
WARD0.2019911.5022
HOWARD0.201995.1203
BROWN0.201993.0492
CARTER0.201992.9940
HARRIS0.201991.9775
SMITH0.201991.4236
DUCKEY0.20199

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 199 people called GRIFFON in Limpenhoe 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 13333.3333 in Limpenhoe means that 13333.3333% of the people in Limpenhoe on census day were called GRIFFON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Limpenhoe in 1881

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

BECK (12)  BOSWELL (1)  BROWN (4)  BULLARD (1)  CARTER (1)  CRISP (6)  CURTIS (12)  DAY (3)  DINGLE (5)  DONELASS (2)  DOUGLASS (4)  DOY (1)  DUCKEY (1)  DUNHAM (1)  AYDEN (5)  ETHERIDGE (1)  ETTERIDGE (4)  FOWLER (3)  FUTTER (6)  GADBOTH (1)  GADGE (1)  JERMYN (2)  GOWEN (1)  GRAY (8)  GRIFFON (4)  GUNTON (1)  HANTON (8)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (6)  HOWARD (1)  JACKSON (7)  LAKE (7)  LEADS (4)  LINFORD (4)  MALLETT (3)  MYHILL (1)  MEAL (2)  PEART (7)  REMBLENCE (11)  SALES (8)  SHEARING (3)  SHORTON (6)  SMITH (4)  THIRKETTLE (1)  TURNER (7)  WARD (5)  WATERS (8)  WEBB (4) 

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