Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Lexham, Norfolk

West Lexham 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
COE139.7015596.33
HEAD75.2239214.72
HARRISON75.223923.54
CRESSWELL75.2239496.45
HAZEL64.47761,395.35
COOK64.477622.54
BAILEY64.477629.73
FIFE53.73131,388.89
JARVIS53.731383.19
PILCH53.73138,333.33
WALKER53.731311.15
HUNT53.731328.09
CHAPLIN42.9851208.33
SMITH32.23881.59
MOBBS32.2388600.00
ALLEN21.49257.90
GREEN21.49255.30
NEAL21.492550.51
MAYS21.4925259.74
RIX21.4925270.27
FROST21.492526.56
THURSTON10.7463105.26
PREECE10.746345.87
NICHOLS10.746322.88
MEAD10.746332.05
WRIGHT10.74632.33
DREW10.746328.25
HAVERS10.7463769.23
OLIVER10.746310.46
DOBSON10.746316.92
YOUNGS10.7463196.08
LAUGHTON10.7463153.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PILCH0.131348333.3333
HAZEL0.131341395.3488
FIFE0.131341388.8889
HAVERS0.13134769.2308
MOBBS0.13134600.0000
COE0.13134596.3303
CRESSWELL0.13134496.4539
RIX0.13134270.2703
MAYS0.13134259.7403
HEAD0.13134214.7239
CHAPLIN0.13134208.3333
YOUNGS0.13134196.0784
LAUGHTON0.13134153.8462
THURSTON0.13134105.2632
JARVIS0.1313483.1947
NEAL0.1313450.5051
PREECE0.1313445.8716
MEAD0.1313432.0513
BAILEY0.1313429.7324
DREW0.1313428.2486
HUNT0.1313428.0899
FROST0.1313426.5604
HARRISON0.1313423.5373
NICHOLS0.1313422.8833
COOK0.1313422.5394
DOBSON0.1313416.9205
WALKER0.1313411.1458
OLIVER0.1313410.4603
ALLEN0.131347.9020
GREEN0.131345.3008
WRIGHT0.131342.3261
SMITH0.131341.5856

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 134 people called PILCH in West Lexham 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 West Lexham means that 8333.3333% of the people in West Lexham on census day were called PILCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PILCH 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 PILCH 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 PILCH 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 PILCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in West Lexham means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PILCH in West Lexham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Lexham in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  BAILEY (6)  BILHAM (1)  BEVELY (1)  BLOY (1)  CHAPLIN (4)  COE (13)  COOK (6)  CRESSWELL (7)  DOBSON (1)  DREW (1)  FROST (2)  FIFE (5)  GREEN (2)  HARRISON (7)  HAZEL (6)  HAVERSON (5)  HEAD (7)  HAVERS (1)  HUNT (5)  JARVIS (5)  LAUGHTON (1)  LEFTLEY (8)  MAYS (2)  MEAD (1)  MOBBS (3)  NEAL (2)  NICHOLS (1)  OLIVER (1)  OXBURY (7)  PILCH (5)  PREECE (1)  REENT (1)  RIX (2)  SMITH (3)  THURSTON (1)  WALKER (5)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNGS (1) 

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