Top surnames from the 1881 census in Freethorpe, Norfolk

Freethorpe 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
LAKE328.0000360.77
KEY194.7500344.20
HARRIS174.250016.72
YOUNG143.500016.29
YOUNGS133.2500849.67
JONES133.25002.87
CARR123.000041.58
COOPER123.000012.33
CURTIS112.750048.46
STONE92.250031.12
CARTER82.000011.92
BAILEY82.000013.28
HOWES71.7500100.14
WATSON61.50006.47
NICKOLS61.50001,132.08
CORY61.5000413.79
CLARK61.50004.99
FRANCES61.5000238.10
SHARMAN61.5000108.89
SHEARING51.2500515.46
GILBERT51.250021.95
WILKINS51.250028.28
BUCK41.000046.67
HINDES41.0000975.61
TURNER41.00003.59
BROWN41.00001.52
SHEPHARD41.0000104.17
FOWLER41.000017.51
HARMAN30.750050.25
SMITH30.75000.53
MALLETT30.750084.27
CHAPMAN30.75005.28
HOWARD30.75007.64
WHITE30.75002.33
BRACEY30.7500285.71
GOOCH20.500056.98
HUNN20.5000357.14
RICHMOND20.500022.83
MOLL20.5000526.32
BALE20.500066.45
ENGLAND20.500024.27
RICHES20.500043.76
HAYES20.50008.04
WATERS20.500012.45
CRAVEN20.500025.91
GEORGE20.50008.52
RUSH20.500046.62
BUSH20.500020.24
COTTER20.5000131.58
NEWMAN10.25003.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NICKOLS0.404001132.0755
HINDES0.40400975.6098
YOUNGS0.40400849.6732
MOLL0.40400526.3158
SHEARING0.40400515.4639
CORY0.40400413.7931
WOLSEY0.40400370.3704
LAKE0.40400360.7666
HUNN0.40400357.1429
KEY0.40400344.2029
DAVES0.40400294.1176
BRACEY0.40400285.7143
FRANCES0.40400238.0952
GALES0.40400163.9344
COTTER0.40400131.5789
SHARMAN0.40400108.8929
SHEPHARD0.40400104.1667
HOWES0.40400100.1431
MALLETT0.4040084.2697
EVERSON0.4040076.9231
BALE0.4040066.4452
GOOCH0.4040056.9801
COCKERILL0.4040051.8135
HARMAN0.4040050.2513
CURTIS0.4040048.4581
BUCK0.4040046.6744
RUSH0.4040046.6200
RICHES0.4040043.7637
CARR0.4040041.5800
NEWSON0.4040039.5257
STONE0.4040031.1203
RAVEN0.4040029.7619
WILKINS0.4040028.2805
CRAVEN0.4040025.9067
ENGLAND0.4040024.2718
RICHMOND0.4040022.8311
GILBERT0.4040021.9491
BUSH0.4040020.2429
FOWLER0.4040017.5131
HARRIS0.4040016.7241
YOUNG0.4040016.2923
BAILEY0.4040013.2780
BECKETT0.4040012.5471
WATERS0.4040012.4456
COOPER0.4040012.3330
CARTER0.4040011.9154
BECK0.4040010.6952
GEORGE0.404008.5215
HAYES0.404008.0418
HOWARD0.404007.6433

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 400 people called NICKOLS in Freethorpe 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 1132.0755 in Freethorpe means that 1132.0755% of the people in Freethorpe on census day were called NICKOLS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NICKOLS 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 NICKOLS 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 NICKOLS 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 NICKOLS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Freethorpe means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NICKOLS in Freethorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Freethorpe in 1881

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

ELEXANDER (1)  ANDREWS (1)  AVERSON (1)  BAILEY (8)  BALE (2)  BANHAM (8)  BARKER (1)  BECK (1)  BECKETT (1)  BELSHAM (1)  BRACEY (3)  BRINDED (11)  BROWN (4)  BUCK (4)  BUSH (2)  BUSHMER (1)  CARR (12)  CARTER (8)  CHAPMAN (3)  CLARK (6)  COCKERILL (1)  COOPER (12)  CORY (6)  COTTER (2)  CRAVEN (2)  CURTIS (11)  DAVES (1)  ENGLAND (2)  EVERSON (1)  FOLKERD (3)  FORDER (6)  FOWLER (4)  FRANCES (6)  FRANSHAM (2)  GEORGE (2)  GILBERT (5)  GOATSON (5)  GOFFON (1)  GOOCH (2)  GOODRAM (2)  GREEN (1)  HANNENT (1)  HARMAN (3)  HARRIS (17)  HAYES (2)  HINDES (4)  HOBBLES (1)  HOWARD (3)  HOWES (7)  HUNN (2)  JONES (13)  KEY (19)  LAKE (32)  MALLETT (3)  MOLL (2)  MEALE (3)  MEAL (3)  NEWMAN (1)  NEWSON (1)  NICKOLS (6)  PAGRAM (1)  PIBEL (4)  POPPY (1)  RAVEN (1)  RICHEIS (4)  RICHES (2)  RICHMOND (2)  ROSEBERY (2)  RUSH (2)  SHARMAN (6)  SHEARING (5)  SHEPHARD (4)  SHERRING (3)  SHORTON (4)  SKIPPEN (6)  SMITH (3)  SPRINGALL (2)  STANLEY (1)  STONE (9)  TILLS (5)  TOVELL (2)  TRAXON (1)  TURNER (4)  GALES (1)  WALTERS (1)  WATERS (2)  WATSON (6)  WHITE (3)  WILKINS (5)  WOLSEY (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNGS (13)  YOUNG (14)