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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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Fiddaman2812727.27x
2Large27340.05x
3Skipper25865.05x
4Southerland219130.43x
5Loose202597.40x
6Winterbone1512500.00x
7Sporne148235.29x
8Petchey121578.95x
9Pitcher12201.01x
10Raven11170.28x
11Proudfoot10297.62x
12Tennant10121.65x
13Petts9459.18x
14Rix9212.26x
15Hooks8606.06x
16Rutland8341.88x
17Chestney71750.00x
18Oake71296.30x
19Youngs6204.08x
20Heugh51136.36x
21Martins5396.83x
22Mussett5806.45x
23Woodbine5666.67x
24Ivy41290.32x
25Skerry4645.16x
26Bocking3285.71x
27Goshawk3909.09x
28Springall3211.27x
29Annis2158.73x
30Futter2172.41x
31Philcox2289.86x
32Pickrell21176.47x
33Powditch21176.47x
34Ramm2178.57x
35Tebble21428.57x
36Bunkle1714.29x
37Cottenham1500.00x
38Delph1416.67x
39Dowdy1238.10x
40Hempson1526.32x
41Renaut1384.62x
42Smalls1370.37x
43Softly1204.08x
44Stroulger1769.23x
45Ulph1178.57x