Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Fransham, Norfolk

Little Fransham 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
POWLEY166.92642,222.22
BLOOMFIELD146.0606476.19
WIGGETT135.62774,193.55
WATSON114.761920.53
COOK93.896119.62
MACE83.4632392.16
GAGE83.4632615.38
MOORE83.463217.32
REYNER83.46326,153.85
FROST73.030353.89
BALEY62.59742,857.14
WATTS62.597430.98
LOVETT62.5974284.36
PARKER41.73169.10
BROWN41.73162.63
VARLEY41.7316126.18
BARTLETT41.731639.53
BOWEN41.731641.88
BLACKBURN41.731645.92
COOPER31.29875.34
WALKER31.29873.88
PRESTON31.298726.00
RUTTER31.298785.23
SMITH31.29870.92
BUNTON20.8658625.00
CROSS20.865812.58
BURTON20.865810.16
HOWARD20.86588.82
ALLEN10.43292.29
JAY10.432949.51
BODDY10.432978.13
SADDLER10.4329144.93
GRIGGS10.432955.56
BELL10.43292.30
FLOOD10.432949.26
BAILEY10.43292.87
NORMAN10.43299.34
JARRETT10.432947.17
ANDERSON10.43292.19
WARD10.43291.98
LANGTON10.432954.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REYNER0.232316153.8462
WIGGETT0.232314193.5484
BALEY0.232312857.1429
POWLEY0.232312222.2222
BUNTON0.23231625.0000
GAGE0.23231615.3846
BLOOMFIELD0.23231476.1905
MACE0.23231392.1569
LOVETT0.23231284.3602
SADDLER0.23231144.9275
VARLEY0.23231126.1830
RUTTER0.2323185.2273
BODDY0.2323178.1250
GRIGGS0.2323155.5556
LANGTON0.2323154.6448
FROST0.2323153.8876
JAY0.2323149.5050
FLOOD0.2323149.2611
JARRETT0.2323147.1698
BLACKBURN0.2323145.9242
BOWEN0.2323141.8848
BARTLETT0.2323139.5257
WATTS0.2323130.9757
PRESTON0.2323125.9965
WATSON0.2323120.5300
COOK0.2323119.6164
MOORE0.2323117.3198
CROSS0.2323112.5786
BURTON0.2323110.1626
NORMAN0.232319.3371
PARKER0.232319.1033
HOWARD0.232318.8222
COOPER0.232315.3390
WALKER0.232313.8795
BAILEY0.232312.8744
BROWN0.232312.6267
BELL0.232312.3036
ALLEN0.232312.2915
ANDERSON0.232312.1915
WARD0.232311.9818
SMITH0.232310.9198

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 231 people called REYNER in Little Fransham 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 6153.8462 in Little Fransham means that 6153.8462% of the people in Little Fransham on census day were called REYNER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REYNER 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 REYNER 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 REYNER 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 REYNER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Little Fransham means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REYNER in Little Fransham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Fransham in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (1)  BALEY (6)  BAILEY (1)  BARTLETT (4)  BELL (1)  BLACKBURN (4)  BLOOMFIELD (14)  BODDY (1)  BOWEN (4)  BROWN (4)  BUNTON (2)  BURTON (2)  COGGLES (4)  COOK (9)  COOPER (3)  CRISPE (14)  CROSS (2)  DOCKING (6)  DODMAN (2)  DOY (2)  FLOOD (1)  FROST (7)  GAGE (8)  JARRETT (1)  JAY (1)  GRIGGS (1)  HOWARD (2)  LANGTON (1)  LOVETT (6)  MACE (8)  MOORE (8)  MUNDFORD (1)  NORMAN (1)  PARKER (4)  PESTELE (2)  PESTELL (10)  POWLEY (16)  PRELIONS (1)  PRESTON (3)  QUADLING (1)  REYNER (8)  RUTTER (3)  SADDLER (1)  SAINLY (5)  SILLICOE (2)  SMITH (3)  VARLEY (4)  WALKER (3)  WARD (1)  WATSON (11)  WATTS (6)  WEB (1)  WIGGETT (13) 

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