1881 census place

Great Yarmouth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Great Yarmouth, 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

1,734 surnames are listed for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, covering 25,770 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Goffin, with 53 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Great Yarmouth

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
101	Goffin	53	0.140%	92.54x
102	Kemp	53	0.140%	2.57x
103	Mobbs	53	0.140%	37.92x
104	Newson	53	0.140%	22.56x
105	Rouse	53	0.140%	9.93x
106	Saunders	53	0.140%	1.55x
107	Wade	53	0.140%	3.56x
108	Bracey	52	0.140%	53.05x
109	Davey	52	0.140%	3.40x
110	Gowen	52	0.140%	74.61x
111	Rising	52	0.140%	156.20x
112	Beales	51	0.140%	32.19x
113	Burgess	51	0.140%	1.97x
114	Day	51	0.140%	1.46x
115	Olley	51	0.140%	42.02x
116	Skoyles	51	0.140%	285.08x
117	Neave	50	0.130%	28.60x
118	Boyce	49	0.130%	8.80x
119	High	49	0.130%	29.13x
120	Myhill	49	0.130%	61.15x
121	Patterson	49	0.130%	3.78x
122	Rivett	49	0.130%	35.44x
123	Todd	49	0.130%	2.59x
124	Betts	48	0.130%	6.03x
125	Forder	48	0.130%	36.59x
126	Gillings	48	0.130%	54.73x
127	Utting	48	0.130%	49.09x
128	Ingram	47	0.130%	4.14x
129	Alexander	46	0.120%	2.34x
130	Brunning	46	0.120%	61.10x
131	Drake	46	0.120%	4.24x
132	Goodwin	46	0.120%	2.35x
133	Bishop	45	0.120%	1.73x
134	Burwood	45	0.120%	91.00x
135	Davy	45	0.120%	9.81x
136	Harman	45	0.120%	8.10x
137	Mayes	45	0.120%	12.55x
138	Woolsey	45	0.120%	100.63x
139	Colby	44	0.120%	57.12x
140	Crowe	44	0.120%	11.85x
141	Hatch	44	0.120%	13.76x
142	Plane	44	0.120%	102.66x
143	Aldred	43	0.120%	13.46x
144	Ayers	43	0.120%	19.25x
145	Lambert	43	0.120%	2.12x
146	Salmon	43	0.120%	5.07x
147	Farman	42	0.110%	60.26x
148	Steward	42	0.110%	8.79x
149	Bland	41	0.110%	5.31x
150	Frost	41	0.110%	1.96x
151	Larn	41	0.110%	354.98x
152	Sewell	41	0.110%	5.21x
153	Starling	41	0.110%	14.99x
154	Wiseman	41	0.110%	8.02x
155	Bond	40	0.110%	2.03x
156	Greenacre	40	0.110%	73.01x
157	Wigg	40	0.110%	39.02x
158	Archer	39	0.100%	2.53x
159	Chase	39	0.100%	18.76x
160	Littlewood	39	0.100%	8.13x
161	Preston	39	0.100%	2.10x
162	Yaxley	39	0.100%	66.51x
163	England	38	0.100%	4.96x
164	Gooch	38	0.100%	11.65x
165	Jackman	38	0.100%	11.00x
166	Rainer	38	0.100%	106.95x
167	Bensley	37	0.100%	57.83x
168	Buck	37	0.100%	4.64x
169	Fulcher	37	0.100%	19.67x
170	Redgrave	37	0.100%	45.26x
171	Royal	37	0.100%	35.12x
172	Sayer	37	0.100%	7.59x
173	Staff	37	0.100%	39.13x
174	Bean	36	0.100%	7.48x
175	Catchpole	36	0.100%	15.01x
176	Hacon	36	0.100%	191.90x
177	Humphrey	36	0.100%	3.63x
178	Warnes	36	0.100%	29.30x
179	Ditcham	35	0.090%	293.38x
180	Fisk	35	0.090%	17.81x
181	Lacey	35	0.090%	5.10x
182	Leach	35	0.090%	2.28x
183	Mallett	35	0.090%	10.55x
184	Spinks	35	0.090%	13.94x
185	Vince	35	0.090%	15.55x
186	Nobbs	34	0.090%	22.03x
187	Nudd	34	0.090%	144.07x
188	Seago	34	0.090%	147.95x
189	Simmonds	34	0.090%	3.42x
190	Vincent	34	0.090%	2.93x
191	Wales	34	0.090%	11.28x
192	Wooden	34	0.090%	138.89x
193	Atkins	33	0.090%	2.36x
194	Child	33	0.090%	5.22x
195	Coleman	33	0.090%	1.78x
196	Goddard	33	0.090%	2.21x
197	Goose	33	0.090%	41.37x
198	Jary	33	0.090%	98.01x
199	Nutman	33	0.090%	171.34x
200	Osborne	33	0.090%	1.86x