Top surnames from the 1881 census in Roughton, Norfolk

Roughton 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
WARD368.200537.54
HEWITT265.9226121.61
TODD245.4670107.43
LAWRANCE235.2392801.39
CRASK153.41698,333.33
REYNOLDS153.416939.44
HALL132.961310.07
CLAXTON132.9613467.63
COLE132.961332.51
KNIGHTS112.5057285.71
MARLING112.50575,238.10
TURNER112.50579.00
BULLEN92.0501193.13
WILLMOTT81.8223290.91
BROWN81.82232.76
BUCK71.594574.39
FOX71.594517.17
COMER61.3667530.97
MOY61.3667674.16
WELTON61.3667377.36
WREN61.3667126.32
REEVE51.139048.73
PITCHER51.1390146.63
SAYERS51.1390103.09
DENNEY51.1390471.70
PLUMMER51.139085.32
ATKINS40.911224.30
CARR40.911212.63
KETTLE40.9112104.17
WRIGHT40.91122.84
PAINTER40.911266.45
RUMP40.9112666.67
PHILLIPS40.91125.09
SEAGO40.91121,481.48
WOODHOUSE30.683428.85
ROYAL30.6834241.94
DENNIS30.683423.09
BRAND30.683446.30
RICHES30.683459.76
GAY30.683451.28
IVES30.683458.37
HUSH30.6834882.35
WEISS20.4556869.57
EARLE20.455673.26
JARVIS20.455610.15
HOWES20.455626.08
SUTTON20.45567.16
SKIPPER20.4556121.21
BOWER20.455624.88
HARDY20.45567.61

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CRASK0.444398333.3333
MARLING0.444395238.0952
LARANCE0.444392000.0000
SEAGO0.444391481.4815
HUSH0.44439882.3529
WEISS0.44439869.5652
LAWRANCE0.44439801.3937
ALEN0.44439714.2857
MOY0.44439674.1573
RUMP0.44439666.6667
KELTON0.44439666.6667
COMER0.44439530.9735
DENNEY0.44439471.6981
CLAXTON0.44439467.6259
WELTON0.44439377.3585
WILLMOTT0.44439290.9091
KNIGHTS0.44439285.7143
ROYAL0.44439241.9355
BULLEN0.44439193.1330
WOOLSEY0.44439188.6792
AMIS0.44439181.8182
PINSON0.44439156.2500
PITCHER0.44439146.6276
WREN0.44439126.3158
HEWITT0.44439121.6090
SKIPPER0.44439121.2121
TODD0.44439107.4306
KETTLE0.44439104.1667
SAYERS0.44439103.0928
PLUMMER0.4443985.3242
BUCK0.4443974.3889
EARLE0.4443973.2601
BLOOM0.4443967.5676
PAINTER0.4443966.4452
RICHES0.4443959.7610
IVES0.4443958.3658
GAY0.4443951.2821
REEVE0.4443948.7329
BRAND0.4443946.2963
SLAUGHTER0.4443946.0829
REYNOLDS0.4443939.4425
WARD0.4443937.5391
COLE0.4443932.5081
STARLING0.4443930.9598
WOODHOUSE0.4443928.8462
HOWES0.4443926.0756
BOWER0.4443924.8756
ATKINS0.4443924.3013
DENNIS0.4443923.0947
DILLON0.4443923.0415

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 439 people called CRASK in Roughton 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 8333.3333 in Roughton means that 8333.3333% of the people in Roughton on census day were called CRASK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CRASK 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 CRASK 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 CRASK 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 CRASK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Roughton means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CRASK in Roughton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Roughton in 1881

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

ALEN (1)  AMIS (1)  ATKINS (4)  BLOOM (1)  BOWER (2)  BRAND (3)  BROWN (8)  BUCK (7)  BULLEN (9)  BURTON (2)  BUSTANCE (12)  CARR (4)  CAWSTON (4)  CLAXTON (13)  COE (1)  COLE (13)  COMER (6)  COOK (1)  CRASK (15)  CURTIS (2)  DENNIS (3)  DENNEY (5)  DILLON (1)  EARLE (2)  EARL (1)  FOX (7)  GAY (3)  GROUM (1)  HALL (13)  HARDY (2)  HARMER (1)  HARRISON (1)  HEWITT (26)  HOWES (2)  HUSH (3)  IVES (3)  JARVIS (2)  KETTLE (4)  KNIGHTS (11)  LAMBERT (2)  LARWOOD (11)  LAWRANCE (23)  LARANCE (1)  MARLING (11)  MOY (6)  PAGE (1)  PAINTER (4)  PERKINS (1)  PHILLIPS (4)  PITCHER (5)  PINSON (1)  PLUMMER (5)  PYE (1)  REEVE (5)  REYNOLDS (15)  RICHES (3)  ROUGHTS (1)  ROYAL (3)  RUMP (4)  SAYERS (5)  SEAGO (4)  KELTON (1)  SKIPENS (2)  SKIPPER (2)  SLAUGHTER (1)  STARLING (1)  SUTTON (2)  TODD (24)  TURNER (11)  THURTLE (12)  WARD (36)  WEISS (2)  WELTON (6)  WILLMOTT (8)  WOODS (1)  WOODHOUSE (3)  WOOLSEY (1)  WREN (6)  WRIGHT (4) 

BritishSurnames.uk is a Good Stuff website.