Top surnames from the 1881 census in Horsey, Norfolk

Horsey 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
JOHNSON2110.552831.41
BECKETT157.5377377.83
LACEY136.5327354.22
READ105.025177.94
HUBBARD94.5226185.95
DUNHAM84.0201792.08
PEGGS84.02013,809.52
HEWITT73.517672.24
SAYER63.0151229.89
GIBBS63.015161.35
MAYLE63.01514,615.38
CLARKE52.512612.40
LEGG52.5126151.98
BURTON52.512629.50
DURRANT52.5126160.77
SADDLER42.0101666.67
LEGGETT31.5075192.31
RISING21.00501,111.11
GREEN21.00503.57
WEBSTER21.005011.55
THOMPSON21.00503.36
HALL21.00503.42
BISHOP10.50257.19
SPANTON10.5025384.62
BAILEY10.50253.34
NEALE10.502521.19
HARMER10.502550.76
DAWSON10.50254.56
WOOD10.50251.58
BECK10.502521.51
LEWIS10.50251.91
COREY10.50251,000.00
WISEMAN10.502536.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAYLE0.201994615.3846
PEGGS0.201993809.5238
RISING0.201991111.1111
COREY0.201991000.0000
DUNHAM0.20199792.0792
SADDLER0.20199666.6667
SPANTON0.20199384.6154
BECKETT0.20199377.8338
LACEY0.20199354.2234
SAYER0.20199229.8851
LEGGETT0.20199192.3077
HUBBARD0.20199185.9504
DURRANT0.20199160.7717
LEGG0.20199151.9757
READ0.2019977.9423
HEWITT0.2019972.2394
GIBBS0.2019961.3497
HARMER0.2019950.7614
WISEMAN0.2019936.6300
JOHNSON0.2019931.4089
BURTON0.2019929.4985
BECK0.2019921.5054
NEALE0.2019921.1864
CLARKE0.2019912.4008
WEBSTER0.2019911.5540
BISHOP0.201997.1891
DAWSON0.201994.5579
GREEN0.201993.5689
HALL0.201993.4165
THOMPSON0.201993.3551
BAILEY0.201993.3367
LEWIS0.201991.9113
WOOD0.201991.5770

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 199 people called MAYLE in Horsey 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 4615.3846 in Horsey means that 4615.3846% of the people in Horsey on census day were called MAYLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAYLE 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 MAYLE 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 MAYLE 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 MAYLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Horsey means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAYLE in Horsey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Horsey in 1881

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

ARGENT (1)  BAILEY (1)  BECK (1)  BECKETT (15)  BISHOP (1)  BURTON (5)  CLARKE (5)  COREY (1)  DAWSON (1)  DUNHAM (8)  DU PRE (3)  DURRANT (5)  GEDGE (7)  GAZE (2)  GIBBS (6)  GOOSE (13)  GREEN (2)  HALL (2)  HARMER (1)  HEWITT (7)  HODDS (6)  HUBBARD (9)  JOHNSON (21)  KERRISON (1)  KIPPEN (1)  LACEY (13)  LEGG (5)  LEGGETT (3)  LEWIS (1)  MAYLE (6)  MANTHORPE (2)  MEALE (1)  NEALE (1)  PEGGS (8)  READ (10)  RIBBANDS (4)  RISING (2)  SADDLER (4)  SAYER (6)  SPANTON (1)  THOMPSON (2)  WEBSTER (2)  WISKEN (1)  WISEMAN (1)  WOOD (1)