1881 census place

Heigham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Heigham, 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

1,281 surnames are listed for Heigham, Norfolk, covering 13,879 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Clarke, with 165 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Heigham

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	Clarke	165	0.680%	3.38x
2	Moore	158	0.660%	3.28x
3	Palmer	157	0.650%	5.52x
4	Browne	146	0.610%	33.07x
5	Cooper	137	0.570%	2.34x
6	King	137	0.570%	2.61x
7	Howes	106	0.440%	25.15x
8	Woods	100	0.410%	6.58x
9	Betts	94	0.390%	18.24x
10	Page	94	0.390%	4.88x
11	Reeve	89	0.370%	15.79x
12	Fox	84	0.350%	3.75x
13	Mann	80	0.330%	6.30x
14	Fisher	77	0.320%	2.73x
15	Blyth	75	0.310%	19.73x
16	Barber	74	0.310%	5.10x
17	Burrell	72	0.300%	22.92x
18	Rudd	71	0.290%	18.68x
19	Holmes	70	0.290%	2.38x
20	Howard	69	0.290%	2.92x
21	Barnes	68	0.280%	2.34x
22	Burton	65	0.270%	3.16x
23	Reynolds	61	0.250%	2.92x
24	Bacon	59	0.240%	9.74x
25	Bush	57	0.240%	9.58x
26	Laws	55	0.230%	20.52x
27	Rix	55	0.230%	41.41x
28	Wells	55	0.230%	2.74x
29	Canham	54	0.220%	50.32x
30	Payne	53	0.220%	2.44x
31	Read	50	0.210%	3.22x
32	Vincent	50	0.210%	6.65x
33	Balls	49	0.200%	15.86x
34	Bunn	49	0.200%	20.85x
35	Fulcher	49	0.200%	40.20x
36	Roe	49	0.200%	10.43x
37	Tillett	49	0.200%	94.81x
38	Farrow	48	0.200%	10.61x
39	Gill	46	0.190%	2.70x
40	Daniels	45	0.190%	5.94x
41	Lincoln	44	0.180%	24.22x
42	Newman	44	0.180%	2.45x
43	Riches	44	0.180%	15.96x
44	Sayer	43	0.180%	13.62x
45	Whall	43	0.180%	167.97x
46	Whitworth	43	0.180%	10.68x
47	Harper	42	0.170%	2.72x
48	Hammond	41	0.170%	2.99x
49	Rant	41	0.170%	316.36x
50	Sexton	41	0.170%	19.73x
51	Curtis	40	0.170%	2.92x
52	Goldsmith	40	0.170%	10.68x
53	Nichols	40	0.170%	5.09x
54	Ames	37	0.150%	22.29x
55	Campling	37	0.150%	103.99x
56	Clapham	37	0.150%	17.81x
57	Hewitt	37	0.150%	3.15x
58	Abel	36	0.150%	23.18x
59	Daynes	36	0.150%	95.54x
60	Fitt	36	0.150%	57.63x
61	Fuller	36	0.150%	3.69x
62	Pye	36	0.150%	9.99x
63	Seaman	36	0.150%	19.26x
64	Claxton	35	0.150%	22.92x
65	Crick	35	0.150%	24.28x
66	Cushing	35	0.150%	81.11x
67	Everett	35	0.150%	8.09x
68	Grand	35	0.150%	135.87x
69	Knights	35	0.150%	16.57x
70	Winter	35	0.150%	4.09x
71	Cullington	34	0.140%	256.02x
72	Daines	34	0.140%	59.57x
73	High	33	0.140%	30.28x
74	Howlett	33	0.140%	10.21x
75	Nunn	33	0.140%	7.82x
76	Starling	33	0.140%	18.62x
77	Utting	33	0.140%	52.08x
78	Baldwin	32	0.130%	3.11x
79	Cullum	32	0.130%	33.80x
80	Goreham	32	0.130%	285.97x
81	Mickleburgh	32	0.130%	175.15x
82	Amies	31	0.130%	77.95x
83	Barnard	31	0.130%	5.18x
84	Bullard	31	0.130%	42.27x
85	Fish	31	0.130%	6.90x
86	Girling	31	0.130%	20.19x
87	Hood	31	0.130%	4.65x
88	Rivett	31	0.130%	34.60x
89	Todd	31	0.130%	2.53x
90	Warnes	31	0.130%	38.93x
91	Allman	30	0.120%	26.50x
92	Copeman	30	0.120%	52.63x
93	Denny	30	0.120%	14.80x
94	Finch	30	0.120%	3.74x
95	Neale	30	0.120%	5.24x
96	Rayner	30	0.120%	4.99x
97	Self	30	0.120%	17.52x
98	Spinks	30	0.120%	18.44x
99	Watling	30	0.120%	24.03x
100	Caston	29	0.120%	123.35x