1881 census place

Wymondham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wymondham, 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

208 surnames are listed for Wymondham, Norfolk, covering 2,231 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Howes, with 113 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wymondham

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	Howes	113	2.46%	140.74x
2	Bunn	85	1.85%	189.86x
3	Harvey	60	1.31%	12.24x
4	Long	53	1.15%	17.79x
5	Betts	41	0.890%	41.75x
6	Gooch	41	0.890%	101.81x
7	Bales	40	0.870%	233.51x
8	Lain	39	0.850%	1331.06x
9	Standley	38	0.830%	486.56x
10	Barnard	37	0.810%	32.45x
11	Stubbs	37	0.810%	30.51x
12	Cann	35	0.760%	82.28x
13	Forster	34	0.740%	22.57x
14	Bartram	33	0.720%	145.12x
15	Blazey	31	0.670%	1047.30x
16	Bush	31	0.670%	27.34x
17	Poll	31	0.670%	422.92x
18	Banham	29	0.630%	123.98x
19	Cushing	28	0.610%	340.63x
20	Corston	27	0.590%	1534.09x
21	Peel	27	0.590%	32.76x
22	Reeve	27	0.590%	25.15x
23	Fulcher	25	0.540%	107.67x
24	Howlett	25	0.540%	40.59x
25	Kett	24	0.520%	398.01x
26	Plunkett	23	0.500%	189.30x
27	Quantrill	22	0.480%	509.26x
28	Minns	21	0.460%	103.96x
29	Childerhouse	20	0.440%	1219.51x
30	Knivett	20	0.440%	1869.16x
31	Elvin	19	0.410%	117.43x
32	Kerrison	19	0.410%	177.57x
33	Oldfield	19	0.410%	25.04x
34	Woodbine	19	0.410%	423.16x
35	Blyth	18	0.390%	24.86x
36	Browne	18	0.390%	21.40x
37	Proctor	18	0.390%	15.94x
38	Ely	17	0.370%	70.36x
39	Lemon	17	0.370%	50.99x
40	Rudling	17	0.370%	505.95x
41	Skipper	16	0.350%	92.75x
42	Thurston	16	0.350%	49.35x
43	Ayton	15	0.330%	104.82x
44	Barham	15	0.330%	52.82x
45	Coman	15	0.330%	559.70x
46	Cowell	15	0.330%	22.81x
47	Jermyn	15	0.330%	488.60x
48	Riches	15	0.330%	28.57x
49	Woodrow	15	0.330%	52.72x
50	Alderton	14	0.300%	68.16x
51	Sheldrake	14	0.300%	92.41x
52	Coggle	13	0.280%	1111.11x
53	Dye	13	0.280%	42.66x
54	Semmence	13	0.280%	1250.00x
55	Breeze	12	0.260%	42.31x
56	Colman	12	0.260%	28.06x
57	Daynes	12	0.260%	167.13x
58	Kiddle	12	0.260%	120.72x
59	Tuttle	12	0.260%	203.39x
60	Brighten	11	0.240%	718.95x
61	Clabburn	11	0.240%	866.14x
62	Goodings	11	0.240%	424.71x
63	Grimble	11	0.240%	294.91x
64	High	11	0.240%	52.96x
65	Hurn	11	0.240%	92.51x
66	Laskey	11	0.240%	203.33x
67	Neave	11	0.240%	50.97x
68	Plowman	11	0.240%	46.79x
69	Swatman	11	0.240%	379.31x
70	Cutbush	10	0.220%	319.49x
71	Doubleday	10	0.220%	103.84x
72	Warnes	10	0.220%	65.92x
73	Wymer	10	0.220%	248.76x
74	Bidewell	9	0.200%	566.04x
75	Boileau	9	0.200%	978.26x
76	Brighton	9	0.200%	55.35x
77	Canham	9	0.200%	44.03x
78	Chilvers	9	0.200%	49.94x
79	Cracknell	9	0.200%	28.26x
80	Cunnell	9	0.200%	600.00x
81	Starling	9	0.200%	26.66x
82	Welton	9	0.200%	54.18x
83	Able	8	0.170%	92.81x
84	Alden	8	0.170%	67.68x
85	Barret	8	0.170%	61.35x
86	Bowhill	8	0.170%	305.34x
87	Chamberlin	8	0.170%	52.36x
88	Chatten	8	0.170%	212.77x
89	Eagling	8	0.170%	214.48x
90	Tooley	8	0.170%	50.31x
91	Tunaley	8	0.170%	629.92x
92	Boast	7	0.150%	75.92x
93	Cowles	7	0.150%	63.41x
94	Dover	7	0.150%	33.83x
95	Fickling	7	0.150%	167.87x
96	Foulsham	7	0.150%	182.77x
97	Glasspoole	7	0.150%	1060.61x
98	Grange	7	0.150%	26.51x
99	Leeder	7	0.150%	70.64x
100	Pomeroy	7	0.150%	54.95x