Top surnames from the 1881 census in Metton, Norfolk

Metton 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
FARROW1010.2041543.48
BROWN1010.204115.48
SIMPSON77.142940.84
DENNIS77.1429241.38
TODD77.1429140.28
GRAY66.122442.89
SAUL55.10201,000.00
DUFFIELD44.0816470.59
CATTON44.08161,250.00
DIXON44.081637.24
AMIS22.04081,666.67
LINES22.0408192.31
SHEPHEARD22.04081,176.47
MILLER22.040811.41
BURTON11.020411.98
NEAL11.020434.48
WHEELER11.020416.89
REYNOLDS11.020411.78
MORGAN11.02045.13
LARGE11.020499.01
WALKER11.02043.05
PEARSON11.02048.79
BASHAM11.0204416.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AMIS0.10981666.6667
CATTON0.10981250.0000
SHEPHEARD0.10981176.4706
SAUL0.10981000.0000
FARROW0.1098543.4783
DUFFIELD0.1098470.5882
BASHAM0.1098416.6667
DENNIS0.1098241.3793
LINES0.1098192.3077
TODD0.1098140.2806
LARGE0.109899.0099
GRAY0.109842.8878
SIMPSON0.109840.8401
DIXON0.109837.2439
NEAL0.109834.4828
WHEELER0.109816.8919
BROWN0.109815.4799
BURTON0.109811.9760
REYNOLDS0.109811.7786
MILLER0.109811.4090
PEARSON0.10988.7873
MORGAN0.10985.1308
WALKER0.10983.0479

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 98 people called AMIS in Metton 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 1666.6667 in Metton means that 1666.6667% of the people in Metton on census day were called AMIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AMIS 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 AMIS 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 AMIS 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 AMIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Metton means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AMIS in Metton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Metton in 1881

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

AMIS (2)  BASHAM (1)  BROWN (10)  BUMFREY (10)  BURTON (1)  CATTON (4)  CUBITT (1)  DENNIS (7)  DIXON (4)  DUFFIELD (4)  FARROW (10)  GRAY (6)  HERRIESEN (4)  LARGE (1)  LINES (2)  MILLER (2)  MORGAN (1)  NEAL (1)  PEARSON (1)  REMM (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  SAUL (5)  SCOTTOW (1)  SHEPHEARD (2)  SIMPSON (7)  TODD (7)  WALKER (1)  WHEELER (1)