Top surnames from the 1881 census in Quidenham, Norfolk

Quidenham 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
SAGE1210.25641,153.85
HAWKINS75.982982.64
HAZLEWOOD65.12822,307.69
BUNN65.1282526.32
RUSH65.1282476.19
RINGER54.27352,500.00
SHORT54.2735109.41
MCDONALD43.4188421.05
HANTON43.41882,000.00
SAYER43.4188261.44
HAVIS43.418810,000.00
PILGRIM43.4188606.06
HARVEY43.418832.03
LING43.4188360.36
JACKSON43.418812.23
ALLEN32.564113.57
KNIGHTS21.7094194.17
FROST21.709430.40
KEPPEL21.70946,666.67
SHAW21.70949.31
BEALES10.8547200.00
TOOKE10.8547555.56
KEMP10.854715.41
COLLINGS10.854771.94
HILL10.85473.36
BOND10.854716.16
AVIS10.8547178.57
MAYHEW10.8547103.09
GREENFIELD10.854776.92
FIRMAN10.8547333.33
JESSUP10.8547303.03
BURRELL10.854765.79
BELL10.85474.55
ATKINS10.854722.78
GREEN10.85473.03
TURNER10.85473.07
KENT10.854720.28
EAGLE10.8547153.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAVIS0.1211710000.0000
KEPPEL0.121176666.6667
RINGER0.121172500.0000
HAZLEWOOD0.121172307.6923
HANTON0.121172000.0000
SAGE0.121171153.8462
PILGRIM0.12117606.0606
TOOKE0.12117555.5556
BUNN0.12117526.3158
RUSH0.12117476.1905
MCDONALD0.12117421.0526
LING0.12117360.3604
FIRMAN0.12117333.3333
JESSUP0.12117303.0303
SAYER0.12117261.4379
BEALES0.12117200.0000
KNIGHTS0.12117194.1748
AVIS0.12117178.5714
EAGLE0.12117153.8462
SHORT0.12117109.4092
MAYHEW0.12117103.0928
HAWKINS0.1211782.6446
GREENFIELD0.1211776.9231
COLLINGS0.1211771.9424
BURRELL0.1211765.7895
HARVEY0.1211732.0256
FROST0.1211730.3951
ATKINS0.1211722.7790
KENT0.1211720.2840
BOND0.1211716.1551
KEMP0.1211715.4083
ALLEN0.1211713.5747
JACKSON0.1211712.2324
SHAW0.121179.3067
BELL0.121174.5475
HILL0.121173.3557
TURNER0.121173.0703
GREEN0.121173.0349

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 117 people called HAVIS in Quidenham 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 Quidenham means that 10000.0000% of the people in Quidenham on census day were called HAVIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAVIS 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 HAVIS 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 HAVIS 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 HAVIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Quidenham means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAVIS in Quidenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Quidenham in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ATKINS (1)  AVIS (1)  BEALES (1)  BELL (1)  BLOFIELD (6)  BOND (1)  BUNN (6)  BURRELL (1)  EAGLE (1)  FIRMAN (1)  FROST (2)  GREEN (1)  GREENFIELD (1)  HANTON (4)  HARVEY (4)  HAVIS (4)  HAWKINS (7)  HAZLEWOOD (6)  HILL (1)  JACKSON (4)  JESSUP (1)  KEMP (1)  KENT (1)  KEPPEL (2)  NAPTHEN (1)  KNIGHTS (2)  LING (4)  MAYHEW (1)  COLLINGS (1)  MCDONALD (4)  MUNELL (1)  PARKINGTON (1)  PILGRIM (4)  RINGER (5)  RUSH (6)  SAGE (12)  SAYER (4)  SHAW (2)  SHORT (5)  TOOKE (1)  TURNER (1) 

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