1881 census place

Brancaster surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Brancaster, Norfolk in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

45 surnames are listed for Brancaster, Norfolk, covering 320 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Fiddaman, with 28 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Brancaster

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Fiddaman	28	3.64%	12727.27x
2	Large	27	3.51%	340.05x
3	Skipper	25	3.25%	865.05x
4	Southerland	21	2.73%	9130.43x
5	Loose	20	2.60%	2597.40x
6	Winterbone	15	1.95%	12500.00x
7	Sporne	14	1.82%	8235.29x
8	Petchey	12	1.56%	1578.95x
9	Pitcher	12	1.56%	201.01x
10	Raven	11	1.43%	170.28x
11	Proudfoot	10	1.30%	297.62x
12	Tennant	10	1.30%	121.65x
13	Petts	9	1.17%	459.18x
14	Rix	9	1.17%	212.26x
15	Hooks	8	1.04%	606.06x
16	Rutland	8	1.04%	341.88x
17	Chestney	7	0.910%	1750.00x
18	Oake	7	0.910%	1296.30x
19	Youngs	6	0.780%	204.08x
20	Heugh	5	0.650%	1136.36x
21	Martins	5	0.650%	396.83x
22	Mussett	5	0.650%	806.45x
23	Woodbine	5	0.650%	666.67x
24	Ivy	4	0.520%	1290.32x
25	Skerry	4	0.520%	645.16x
26	Bocking	3	0.390%	285.71x
27	Goshawk	3	0.390%	909.09x
28	Springall	3	0.390%	211.27x
29	Annis	2	0.260%	158.73x
30	Futter	2	0.260%	172.41x
31	Philcox	2	0.260%	289.86x
32	Pickrell	2	0.260%	1176.47x
33	Powditch	2	0.260%	1176.47x
34	Ramm	2	0.260%	178.57x
35	Tebble	2	0.260%	1428.57x
36	Bunkle	1	0.130%	714.29x
37	Cottenham	1	0.130%	500.00x
38	Delph	1	0.130%	416.67x
39	Dowdy	1	0.130%	238.10x
40	Hempson	1	0.130%	526.32x
41	Renaut	1	0.130%	384.62x
42	Smalls	1	0.130%	370.37x
43	Softly	1	0.130%	204.08x
44	Stroulger	1	0.130%	769.23x
45	Ulph	1	0.130%	178.57x