Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moulton St Mary, Norfolk

Moulton St Mary 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
CHAPMAN208.333358.67
WYMER166.66677,619.05
WRIGHT166.666720.78
GILBERT145.8333102.41
YOUNGS145.83331,521.74
ROWLAND93.7500131.96
HOWES83.3333190.48
POSTLE83.33332,857.14
DINGLE62.5000571.43
THACKER62.5000344.83
KING62.500011.47
BROOKS62.500025.58
CHURCH52.083395.42
WARNES41.6667506.33
NEAVE41.6667353.98
TURNER41.66675.99
BROWN31.25001.90
GRIFFIN31.250026.57
GAFF31.25001,304.35
RAVEN31.2500149.25
PORTER31.250016.66
SHORTEN31.25001,111.11
BRADFORD20.833342.74
PLUMMER20.833362.31
BELLMAN20.8333833.33
CURTIS20.833314.68
SMITH20.83330.59
COOKE20.833315.11
BUNN20.833385.47
RAMM10.4167285.71
ADAMS10.41672.83
LAKE10.416718.80
SHEARING10.4167172.41
RAYNOR10.416760.24
WALPOLE10.4167106.38
SALES10.416768.49
HOOKER10.416748.78
GRAVER10.4167333.33
WATTS10.41674.97
BARNES10.41673.46
FANE10.4167400.00
MORGAN10.41672.10
JONES10.41670.37
HARPER10.41676.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WYMER0.242407619.0476
POSTLE0.242402857.1429
YOUNGS0.242401521.7391
GAFF0.242401304.3478
SHORTEN0.242401111.1111
BELLMAN0.24240833.3333
DINGLE0.24240571.4286
WARNES0.24240506.3291
FANE0.24240400.0000
NEAVE0.24240353.9823
THACKER0.24240344.8276
GRAVER0.24240333.3333
RAMM0.24240285.7143
HOWES0.24240190.4762
SHEARING0.24240172.4138
RAVEN0.24240149.2537
ROWLAND0.24240131.9648
WALPOLE0.24240106.3830
GILBERT0.24240102.4140
CHURCH0.2424095.4198
BUNN0.2424085.4701
SALES0.2424068.4932
PLUMMER0.2424062.3053
RAYNOR0.2424060.2410
CHAPMAN0.2424058.6682
HOOKER0.2424048.7805
BRADFORD0.2424042.7350
GRIFFIN0.2424026.5722
BROOKS0.2424025.5754
WRIGHT0.2424020.7819
LAKE0.2424018.7970
PORTER0.2424016.6574
COOKE0.2424015.1057
CURTIS0.2424014.6843
KING0.2424011.4701
HARPER0.242406.5062
TURNER0.242405.9871
WATTS0.242404.9702
BARNES0.242403.4614
ADAMS0.242402.8273
MORGAN0.242402.0951
BROWN0.242401.8962
SMITH0.242400.5902
JONES0.242400.3679

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 240 people called WYMER in Moulton St Mary 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 7619.0476 in Moulton St Mary means that 7619.0476% of the people in Moulton St Mary on census day were called WYMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WYMER 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 WYMER 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 WYMER 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 WYMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Moulton St Mary means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WYMER in Moulton St Mary than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moulton St Mary in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANGUISH (7)  BARNES (1)  BELLMAN (2)  BOULT (8)  BRADFORD (2)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (3)  BUNN (2)  CHAPMAN (20)  CHURCH (5)  COOKE (2)  CURTIS (2)  DINGLE (6)  FANE (1)  GAFF (3)  GILBERT (14)  GOOSE (2)  GRAVER (1)  GRIFFIN (3)  HAMBLING (1)  HARPER (1)  HOGGET (2)  HOOKER (1)  HOWES (8)  JONES (1)  KING (6)  LAKE (1)  LOADS (3)  MORGAN (1)  NEAVE (4)  PLUMMER (2)  PORTER (3)  POSTLE (8)  RAMM (1)  RAVEN (3)  RAYNOR (1)  ROWLAND (9)  SALES (1)  SHEARING (1)  SHORTEN (3)  SKIPPEN (1)  SMITH (2)  THACKER (6)  THIRKETTLE (13)  TILLS (10)  TURNER (4)  WALPOLE (1)  WARNES (4)  WATTS (1)  WRIGHT (16)  WYMER (16)  YOUNGS (14)