Top surnames from the 1881 census in Foxley, Norfolk

Foxley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Norfolk

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
HEWETT2511.3636976.56
BROWN146.36369.65
FOX115.000053.84
VINCE115.0000827.07
WRIGHT104.545514.17
SCOTT104.545517.97
PURDY94.0909720.00
TOOLEY94.09091,184.21
MARTIN73.181812.92
CHAPLIN73.1818221.52
WILLIAMSON62.727330.43
BONE52.2727122.55
BAKER52.272710.37
HOWELL52.272753.94
BURTON52.272726.68
PEGG52.2727231.48
WOODHOUSE41.818276.78
LOCK41.818263.90
PATTERSON31.363639.11
WILBY31.3636232.56
BOWES31.3636148.51
MAYES31.3636141.51
LAKE31.363661.48
RICKARD20.9091133.33
TANN20.9091606.06
BEALS20.90911,176.47
FROST20.909116.17
BURROWS20.909120.77
SIMS10.454515.15
GIRLING10.454571.43
BUXTON10.454530.21
BINKS10.454576.92
SCRIVENS10.4545151.52
FULCHER10.454590.09
DEAN10.45456.55
PALMER10.45453.86
SMITH10.45450.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOOLEY0.222201184.2105
BEALS0.222201176.4706
HEWETT0.22220976.5625
VINCE0.22220827.0677
PURDY0.22220720.0000
TANN0.22220606.0606
WILBY0.22220232.5581
PEGG0.22220231.4815
CHAPLIN0.22220221.5190
SCRIVENS0.22220151.5152
BOWES0.22220148.5149
MAYES0.22220141.5094
RICKARD0.22220133.3333
BONE0.22220122.5490
FULCHER0.2222090.0901
BINKS0.2222076.9231
WOODHOUSE0.2222076.7754
GIRLING0.2222071.4286
LOCK0.2222063.8978
LAKE0.2222061.4754
HOWELL0.2222053.9374
FOX0.2222053.8424
PATTERSON0.2222039.1134
WILLIAMSON0.2222030.4260
BUXTON0.2222030.2115
BURTON0.2222026.6809
BURROWS0.2222020.7684
SCOTT0.2222017.9662
FROST0.2222016.1681
SIMS0.2222015.1515
WRIGHT0.2222014.1683
MARTIN0.2222012.9151
BAKER0.2222010.3713
BROWN0.222209.6538
DEAN0.222206.5488
PALMER0.222203.8565
SMITH0.222200.3219

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 220 people called TOOLEY in Foxley at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 1184.2105 in Foxley means that 1184.2105% of the people in Foxley on census day were called TOOLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOOLEY in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called TOOLEY as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called TOOLEY here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called TOOLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Foxley means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOOLEY in Foxley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Foxley in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BAKER (5)  BEALS (2)  BINKS (1)  BONE (5)  BOWES (3)  BROWN (14)  BUCKINHAM (2)  BURROWS (2)  BURTON (5)  BUXTON (1)  CHAPLIN (7)  DEAN (1)  FOX (11)  FROST (2)  FULCHER (1)  GIRLING (1)  HEWETT (25)  HOWELL (5)  LAKE (3)  LEWELL (7)  LOCK (4)  MARTIN (7)  MAYES (3)  MEALE (15)  NORGATE (3)  PALMER (1)  PATTERSON (3)  PEGG (5)  PURDY (9)  RICKARD (2)  SCOTT (10)  SCRIVENS (1)  SIMS (1)  SMITH (1)  STIBBONS (6)  TANN (2)  TOOLEY (9)  TRAVESS (1)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILBY (3)  VINCE (11)  WOODHOUSE (4)  WRIGHT (10)