Top surnames from the 1881 census in Oxborough, Norfolk

Oxborough 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
ENGLISH229.6491512.82
GALLOWAY135.7018330.79
AKERS125.26321,081.08
CATER125.26321,100.92
WHITE114.824615.01
MEARS93.9474418.60
STARLING83.5088476.19
REEVE83.5088150.09
GORING83.50881,176.47
BASSETT83.5088224.72
HOBBINS73.07021,891.89
BILLMAN73.070235,000.00
VINE62.6316283.02
TRUNDLE52.19302,272.73
DENNIS52.193074.18
THORPE52.193055.49
LANCASTER52.193088.18
COLVER41.75442,666.67
DURRANT31.315884.03
MOORE31.31586.58
GREEN31.31584.67
BENNETT20.87725.34
BEAVIS20.8772215.05
PALMER20.87727.44
WARD20.87724.02
SEYMOUR20.877242.92
LEVERETT10.4386294.12
LAMBERT10.43868.04
CLARKE10.43862.16
KEMPSTER10.4386125.00
BODLEY10.4386384.62
MORAN10.438623.98
WELSH10.438611.07
MAWSON10.438654.35
FRENCH10.43868.98
LARNER10.4386138.89
STACEY10.438619.53
KNIGHT10.43863.56
GEORGE10.43867.47
MAHER10.4386119.05
KENDALL10.438620.37
BOWEN10.438610.60
OBRIEN10.4386163.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BILLMAN0.2322835000.0000
COLVER0.232282666.6667
TRUNDLE0.232282272.7273
HOBBINS0.232281891.8919
GORING0.232281176.4706
CATER0.232281100.9174
AKERS0.232281081.0811
ENGLISH0.23228512.8205
STARLING0.23228476.1905
MEARS0.23228418.6047
BODLEY0.23228384.6154
GALLOWAY0.23228330.7888
LEVERETT0.23228294.1176
VINE0.23228283.0189
BASSETT0.23228224.7191
BEAVIS0.23228215.0538
OBRIEN0.23228163.9344
REEVE0.23228150.0938
LARNER0.23228138.8889
KEMPSTER0.23228125.0000
MAHER0.23228119.0476
LANCASTER0.2322888.1834
DURRANT0.2322884.0336
DENNIS0.2322874.1840
THORPE0.2322855.4939
MAWSON0.2322854.3478
SEYMOUR0.2322842.9185
MORAN0.2322823.9808
KENDALL0.2322820.3666
STACEY0.2322819.5313
WHITE0.2322815.0089
WELSH0.2322811.0742
BOWEN0.2322810.6045
FRENCH0.232288.9847
LAMBERT0.232288.0386
GEORGE0.232287.4738
PALMER0.232287.4432
MOORE0.232286.5804
BENNETT0.232285.3376
GREEN0.232284.6729
WARD0.232284.0153
KNIGHT0.232283.5587
CLARKE0.232282.1645

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 228 people called BILLMAN in Oxborough 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 35000.0000 in Oxborough means that 35000.0000% of the people in Oxborough on census day were called BILLMAN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Oxborough in 1881

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

AKERS (12)  BASSETT (8)  BEAVIS (2)  BEDINGFELD (4)  BENNETT (2)  BILLMAN (7)  BODLEY (1)  BOWEN (1)  OBRIEN (1)  CATER (12)  CLARKE (1)  CODMAN (7)  COLVER (4)  DENNIS (5)  DURRANT (3)  FRENCH (1)  GALLOWAY (13)  GEORGE (1)  GORING (8)  GREEN (3)  HEMSON (5)  HOBBINS (7)  ENGLISH (22)  JARROLD (2)  KEMPSTER (1)  KENDALL (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LANCASTER (5)  LARNER (1)  LEVERETT (1)  MAWSON (1)  MOORE (3)  MORAN (1)  MEARS (9)  MAHER (1)  PALMER (2)  REEVE (8)  REYNODS (1)  RUSHBROOKE (15)  SCASE (1)  SEYMOUR (2)  STACEY (1)  STARLING (8)  THINTELL (1)  THORPE (5)  TRUNDLE (5)  VERGUSON (1)  VINE (6)  WARD (2)  WELSH (1)  WHITE (11) 

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