Top surnames from the 1881 census in Martham, Norfolk

Martham 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
WATSON464.189418.06
NICHOLS353.187697.85
TURNER292.64129.49
BRUNSON232.094710,952.38
SMITH222.00361.42
HAYTON211.9126390.33
DOVE181.6393143.31
LOWN161.45721,904.76
GRIMMER141.2750992.91
KNIGHTS141.2750145.53
PULFORD121.0929424.03
GALLANT121.0929655.74
SAUNDERS121.092911.92
BROWN121.09291.66
REEVE111.001842.85
DURRANT111.001864.03
MOORE111.00185.01
KIRBY100.910724.00
FUTTER100.9107606.06
JOHNSON90.81972.44
ROGERS90.81976.31
TUNGATE90.81971,084.34
DACK90.8197267.06
WISEMAN90.819759.68
HEWITT90.819716.83
CHURCH80.728633.39
MASON80.72865.42
GREEN80.72862.59
CRISP80.728652.42
EDMONDS80.728638.13
LONDON80.7286146.25
JAY80.728683.33
HARMAN80.728648.78
FLETCHER80.72866.38
RISING70.6375714.29
WARD70.63752.92
PAYNE70.63757.08
LINFORD70.6375240.55
HILL60.54642.15
HUNT60.54644.11
FISHER60.54644.67
BROOKS60.54645.59
MOY60.5464269.06
YOUNGS60.5464143.20
BROOM50.455436.93
STEWARD50.455435.44
LAMBERT50.45548.34
SALES50.455474.63
WELCH50.455412.95
SHREEVE50.4554235.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRUNSON1.101,09810952.3810
CHUBBUCK1.101,0986000.0000
LOWN1.101,0981904.7619
TUNGATE1.101,0981084.3373
GRIMMER1.101,098992.9078
RISING1.101,098714.2857
GALLANT1.101,098655.7377
FUTTER1.101,098606.0606
PULFORD1.101,098424.0283
HAYTON1.101,098390.3346
STOVELL1.101,098384.6154
MOY1.101,098269.0583
DACK1.101,098267.0623
LINFORD1.101,098240.5498
SHREEVE1.101,098235.8491
DEARY1.101,098227.2727
GOWEN1.101,098194.1748
JEX1.101,098160.0000
BRADDOCK1.101,098159.7444
WOOLSTON1.101,098157.8947
LONDON1.101,098146.2523
KNIGHTS1.101,098145.5301
DOVE1.101,098143.3121
YOUNGS1.101,098143.1981
COLYER1.101,098140.3509
HADDEN1.101,098102.4590
POWLES1.101,09898.0392
NICHOLS1.101,09897.8474
POWLEY1.101,09887.9765
JAY1.101,09883.3333
LACK1.101,09880.2139
MERRIMAN1.101,09874.8130
SALES1.101,09874.6269
GALL1.101,09870.6215
RUST1.101,09869.0846
DURRANT1.101,09864.0279
WISEMAN1.101,09859.6817
WARNES1.101,09855.0964
CRISP1.101,09852.4246
MACE1.101,09851.6529
HARMAN1.101,09848.7805
EASTER1.101,09845.1467
HUGGINS1.101,09843.2900
REEVE1.101,09842.8516
EDMONDS1.101,09838.1316
BROOM1.101,09836.9276
SAUL1.101,09835.6506
STEWARD1.101,09835.4359
CHURCH1.101,09833.3890
WILLETTS1.101,09832.5733

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,098 people called BRUNSON in Martham 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 10952.3810 in Martham means that 10952.3810% of the people in Martham on census day were called BRUNSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRUNSON 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 BRUNSON 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 BRUNSON 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 BRUNSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.10 in Martham means that you are 1.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRUNSON in Martham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Martham in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALCOCK (4)  ALLEN (1)  AMISS (3)  AMIS (1)  BAIRD (1)  BALDISTONE (4)  BALDRY (4)  BALLS (2)  BARBER (1)  BARNES (1)  BARNED (1)  BEETON (1)  BECKETT (3)  BENNETT (4)  BLYTH (2)  BOYCE (1)  BRADDOCK (5)  BRADDEN (1)  BROOKS (6)  BROOM (5)  BROWN (12)  BRUNSON (23)  BULLOCK (1)  BURGESS (3)  CARTER (2)  CATOR (1)  CATHPOLE (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHUBBUCK (3)  CHURCH (8)  CLARKE (5)  COE (2)  COLYER (4)  COLLYER (2)  COOK (1)  COX (1)  CRISP (8)  CUNNINGHAM (3)  CURTIS (1)  CUSHION (2)  DACK (9)  DANIELS (3)  DAVIES (1)  DAY (1)  DEBBAGE (5)  DEARY (2)  DYBALL (29)  DOOE (3)  DOVE (18)  WATSON (DOVE) (2)  DURRANT (11)  DYEBALL (1)  EASTER (2)  EDMONDS (8)  EDWARDS (4)  FARRANT (1)  FELMINGHAM (3)  FIDLER (1)  FISHER (6)  FLETCHER (8)  FAULKE (7)  FROST (2)  FUTTER (10)  GALL (5)  GALLANT (12)  GATHERCOLE (2)  GEDGE (2)  JAY (8)  JEARY (12)  GOOSE (4)  GOWEN (4)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (8)  GREENACKER (2)  GREENACRE (16)  GRENACRE (9)  GRIMBLE (14)  GRIMMER (14)  GRIMSON (4)  GROOM (1)  GUIMER (2)  GURNEY (1)  GUYMER (10)  GYMER (2)  HALES (1)  HALL (2)  HARMAN (8)  HARMER (2)  HARRIS (2)  HADDEN (5)  HAYTON (21)  HENNESSY (1)  HARBORD (2)  HEWITT (9)  HAYWOOD (3)  HIGH (1)  HILL (6)  HINDRY (1)  HIPPERSON (5)  HODDS (21)  HOWARD (1)  HOWES (1)  HOWELL (3)  HUGGINS (4)  HUNT (6)  JEX (2)  JOHNSON (9)  JONES (3)  KERRISON (8)  KING (1)  KIRBY (10)  KITTLE (1)  KNIGHTS (14)  LACEY (4)  LACK (3)  LAMBERT (5)  LETTIS (1)  LINCOLN (1)  LINFORD (7)  LING (1)  LITTEWOOD (1)  LOADES (1)  LONDON (8)  LONG (4)  LOWN (16)  MASON (8)  MAYES (2)  MACE (5)  MERRIMAN (3)  MYHILL (27)  MILLER (3)  MOORE (11)  MOY (6)  NICHOLS (35)  OLLEY (1)  OWLES (3)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (4)  PAYNE (7)  PITCHERS (5)  PICKSTONE (1)  PIGGIN (3)  PLATTEN (1)  POLLARD (1)  POWLES (2)  POWLEY (3)  PROCTOR (3)  PULFORD (12)  PUNTS (1)  RANSOM (1)  RANSOME (1)  RAVEN (1)  REES (3)  REEVE (11)  RIBBANDS (5)  RICHARDSON (1)  RICHES (2)  RISEBOROUGH (1)  RISING (7)  RIVETT (1)  ROGERS (9)  ROSKILLY (5)  ROUSE (4)  RUFFLE (1)  RUST (4)  SALES (5)  SAUL (2)  SAUNDERS (12)  SELF (1)  SHINGLES (1)  SHREEVE (5)  SILCOCK (8)  SYMONDS (4)  SKOYLES (2)  SLIPPER (1)  SMITH (22)  SPATCHETT (1)  SPOONER (1)  STARKINGS (21)  STEWARD (5)  STONE (5)  STOVELL (4)  SUTTON (2)  THOMPSON (2)  THURGATE (1)  TUBBY (1)  TUNGATE (9)  TURNER (29)  THURTLE (7)  UTTING (17)  VINCENT (4)  WHALL (2)  WANT (1)  WARD (7)  WARE (1)  WARNES (2)  WATSON (46)  WELCH (5)  WEBSTER (3)  WISKER (5)  WILLETTS (2)  WISEMAN (9)  WOODS (4)  WOOLSTONE (8)  WOOLSTON (3)  WRIGHT (3)  YATES (1)  YOUNGS (6) 

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