Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ringstead, Norfolk

Ringstead 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
LANGFORD357.6253484.76
HOWARD224.793048.85
SMITH194.13942.93
WILLIAMSON122.614429.16
DOWDY112.39654,400.00
LANGLEY102.178699.30
JOICE102.17861,075.27
BRITTON81.742998.40
MELTON81.7429493.83
BRIDGES81.7429109.59
MANN81.742933.09
WAGG81.7429747.66
LARGE71.5251147.99
WILSON71.52513.32
CLAXTON71.5251240.55
SPOONER71.5251105.74
CRANE61.307261.98
KAMP61.30728,571.43
BULLOCK61.307240.19
STAINS61.30721,818.18
JEWELL61.3072124.48
BUNN61.3072134.23
HARPER51.089317.01
LEWIS51.08934.14
LAKE51.089349.16
BURLINGHAM51.08931,612.90
HUSSEY51.0893107.99
ROBERTSON51.08936.50
HUDSON40.871510.64
ARCHER40.871521.06
WALES40.8715107.53
JARRETT40.871595.01
MASON40.87156.48
RUDD40.871555.25
DOWNING40.871550.13
CROWN40.8715714.29
CLARKE40.87154.30
HALL40.87152.96
TAYLOR30.65361.02
UPTON30.653634.29
POOLEY30.653680.86
SHARMAN30.653647.47
WHARTON30.653646.66
WARNER30.653617.92
LAND20.435760.42
WICKS20.435730.96
RUMBOLD20.4357198.02
JONES20.43570.38
WALDON20.4357400.00
RICHARDSON20.43572.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KAMP0.464598571.4286
DOWDY0.464594400.0000
STAINS0.464591818.1818
BURLINGHAM0.464591612.9032
JOICE0.464591075.2688
WAGG0.46459747.6636
MARSTERS0.46459740.7407
CROWN0.46459714.2857
MELTON0.46459493.8272
LANGFORD0.46459484.7645
WALDON0.46459400.0000
PLUM0.46459270.2703
CLAXTON0.46459240.5498
FAIRCLOTH0.46459200.0000
RUMBOLD0.46459198.0198
LARGE0.46459147.9915
BUNN0.46459134.2282
JEWELL0.46459124.4813
BRIDGES0.46459109.5890
HUSSEY0.46459107.9914
MOY0.46459107.5269
WALES0.46459107.5269
SPOONER0.46459105.7402
LANGLEY0.4645999.3049
BRITTON0.4645998.4010
JARRETT0.4645995.0119
POOLEY0.4645980.8625
RUTLAND0.4645971.4286
CRANE0.4645961.9835
LAND0.4645960.4230
RUDD0.4645955.2486
EASTER0.4645954.0541
DOWNING0.4645950.1253
PROUDFOOT0.4645950.0000
LAKE0.4645949.1642
HOWARD0.4645948.8455
SHARMAN0.4645947.4684
WHARTON0.4645946.6563
BULLOCK0.4645940.1875
RIX0.4645939.5257
LAVENDER0.4645934.6021
UPTON0.4645934.2857
MANN0.4645933.0852
HINDS0.4645931.5457
WICKS0.4645930.9598
THACKER0.4645930.0300
DEXTER0.4645929.6736
WILLIAMSON0.4645929.1616
WILLOUGHBY0.4645925.0627
JAY0.4645924.9377

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 459 people called KAMP in Ringstead 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 8571.4286 in Ringstead means that 8571.4286% of the people in Ringstead on census day were called KAMP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KAMP 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 KAMP 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 KAMP 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 KAMP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Ringstead means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KAMP in Ringstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ringstead in 1881

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

ARCHER (4)  BARNES (2)  BARTABY (3)  BENNELL (3)  BECKERTON (2)  BOBBIN (3)  BOCKING (4)  BRIDGES (8)  BRITTON (8)  BROWNE (1)  BULLOCK (6)  BUNN (6)  BURLINGHAM (5)  CALLABY (3)  KAMP (6)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARKE (4)  CLAXTON (7)  CORTHORN (1)  CRANE (6)  CROWN (4)  DESBOROUGH (1)  DEXTER (1)  DOWDY (11)  DOWNING (4)  EASTER (1)  EDGE (1)  FAIRCLOTH (1)  FRAMINGHAM (15)  JARRETT (4)  JARRELL (JARRETT) (2)  GATHERCOLE (4)  JAY (1)  GROOM (1)  HALL (4)  HAMMERTON (6)  HAMMOND (1)  HARPER (5)  HENDRY (1)  HINDS (1)  HIPKIN (4)  HOWARD (22)  HOWELL (1)  HOWLETT (1)  HUDSON (4)  HUSSEY (5)  JEWELL (6)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (2)  JOICE (10)  KILLOW (6)  KILLON (2)  KIRBY (1)  LAKE (5)  LAND (2)  LANGFORD (35)  LANGLEY (10)  LARGE (7)  LAVENDER (1)  LEWIS (5)  LONG (2)  MANN (8)  MARCHANT (1)  MARGETTS (7)  MASON (4)  MARSTERS (2)  MATSELL (17)  MELTON (8)  MOSS (1)  MOY (1)  NUDDS (4)  PIERCE (1)  PLUM (2)  POOLEY (3)  PROUDFOOT (1)  RASON (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  RIX (1)  ROBERTSON (5)  RUDD (4)  RUMBOLD (2)  RUTLAND (1)  SHARMAN (3)  SHIELL (4)  SMITH (19)  SOFTLEY (1)  SPOONER (7)  STAINS (6)  TAYLOR (3)  THACKER (1)  TERRINGTON (2)  UPTON (3)  WAGG (8)  WALDON (2)  WALES (4)  WARNER (3)  WENTFORD (6)  WHARTON (3)  WICKS (2)  WILLIAMSON (12)  WILLOUGHBY (1)  WILSON (7)  WRIGHT (2) 

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