Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norton Subcourse, Norfolk

Norton Subcourse 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
REEVE195.2342223.79
EASTER154.13221,027.40
WARNES133.58131,083.33
BARBER123.305854.92
WALPOLE113.0303769.23
MAYES102.7548285.71
PLAYFORD82.20391,066.67
ANDREWS71.928420.13
READ71.928429.91
HORN71.928484.85
ROBERTS71.92845.13
SELF71.9284271.32
BAILEY71.928412.80
GATES61.6529106.76
PLUMMER51.3774103.09
TURNER51.37744.95
FISH51.377473.96
DAY51.377414.63
NICHOLS51.377442.27
BOWEN51.377433.31
GRICE51.3774133.69
MEEKS41.1019645.16
CRISP41.101979.37
FORD41.101911.31
SHEPHERD41.101915.04
DISNEY41.1019701.75
CHESTER41.101989.89
GOODRUM41.1019833.33
EDWARDS30.82642.97
HOLLAND30.826411.61
BENNS30.8264882.35
KNIGHTS30.826494.34
CLARKE30.82644.08
DRIVER30.826444.58
BECKHAM20.5510645.16
GIRLING20.551086.58
CURTIS20.55109.71
GALER20.5510740.74
WARD20.55102.52
BESSEY20.55101,250.00
WIGG20.5510200.00
FUNNELL20.5510100.00
PRESTON20.551011.03
HAYWARD20.551012.92
EVANS20.55101.26
SMITH20.55100.39
SAVAGE10.27557.17
LEWIS10.27551.05
WOODS10.27554.37
CHILVERS10.275570.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GINNIS0.363635000.0000
CUMBY0.363632000.0000
LODEN0.363631428.5714
BESSEY0.363631250.0000
WARNES0.363631083.3333
PLAYFORD0.363631066.6667
EASTER0.363631027.3973
NAPP0.36363909.0909
BENNS0.36363882.3529
GOODRUM0.36363833.3333
WALPOLE0.36363769.2308
GALER0.36363740.7407
DISNEY0.36363701.7544
MEEKS0.36363645.1613
BECKHAM0.36363645.1613
MAYES0.36363285.7143
SELF0.36363271.3178
CONSTANCE0.36363263.1579
REEVE0.36363223.7927
TUTTLE0.36363212.7660
WIGG0.36363200.0000
GRICE0.36363133.6898
GATES0.36363106.7616
PLUMMER0.36363103.0928
FUNNELL0.36363100.0000
KNIGHTS0.3636394.3396
HARDIMAN0.3636393.4579
CHESTER0.3636389.8876
GIRLING0.3636386.5801
HORN0.3636384.8485
CRISP0.3636379.3651
FISH0.3636373.9645
PRIME0.3636370.4225
CHILVERS0.3636370.4225
FREESTONE0.3636364.1026
GOODSON0.3636355.2486
BARBER0.3636354.9199
MONEY0.3636346.0829
DRIVER0.3636344.5765
NICHOLS0.3636342.2654
BOWEN0.3636333.3111
READ0.3636329.9145
SPARROW0.3636321.7391
ANDREWS0.3636320.1265
SHEPHERD0.3636315.0376
DAY0.3636314.6327
HAYWARD0.3636312.9199
BAILEY0.3636312.8018
CROFT0.3636311.6686
HOLLAND0.3636311.6099

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 363 people called GINNIS in Norton Subcourse 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 5000.0000 in Norton Subcourse means that 5000.0000% of the people in Norton Subcourse on census day were called GINNIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GINNIS 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 GINNIS 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 GINNIS 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 GINNIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Norton Subcourse means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GINNIS in Norton Subcourse than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norton Subcourse in 1881

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

ANDREWS (7)  ANGUISH (2)  BAILEY (7)  BARBER (12)  BESSEY (2)  BEXFIELD (1)  BECKHAM (2)  BENNS (3)  BOWEN (5)  BRABBEN (5)  BULTITUDE (1)  CHENERY (3)  CHESTER (4)  CHILVERS (1)  CLARKE (3)  CONSTANCE (1)  CRISP (4)  CROFT (1)  CUMBY (1)  CURTIS (2)  DAY (5)  DISNEY (4)  DRIVER (3)  DUNNETT (1)  EASTER (15)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (2)  FISH (5)  FORD (4)  FORDER (12)  FREESTONE (1)  FUNNELL (2)  GATES (6)  GALER (2)  GINNIS (1)  GIRLING (2)  GOODRUM (4)  GOODSON (1)  GREENGRASS (2)  GREENGRASS (TURNER) (8)  GRICE (5)  GRINT (5)  HARDIMAN (1)  HARWOOD (1)  HAYWARD (2)  HOLLAND (3)  HORN (7)  JERMY (2)  KNIGHTS (3)  LAMBERT (1)  LEDGARD (2)  LEWIS (1)  LODEN (1)  MAYES (10)  MEEKS (4)  MONEY (1)  NAPP (1)  NICHOLS (5)  NURSEY (5)  PIGNEY (4)  PLAYFORD (8)  PLOW (1)  PLUMMER (5)  PRESTON (2)  PRIME (1)  REEVE (19)  READ (7)  RIMINGTON (6)  ROBERTS (7)  RUDRUM (7)  SAVAGE (1)  SCARLL (4)  SELF (7)  SHARDALOW (5)  SHEPHERD (4)  SMITH (2)  SOANES (3)  SPARROW (1)  STROWGER (7)  TURNER (5)  TUTTLE (1)  HURREY (1)  WALPOLE (11)  WARD (2)  WARNES (13)  WHITWOOD (2)  WHITTOCKS (1)  WIGG (2)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YALLOP (11)  EWLES (1)