Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norwich St John, Norfolk

Norwich St John 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
TAYLOR204.97517.78
BARRETT122.985144.44
POOLEY102.4876307.69
HOLMES92.238818.39
LONG92.238834.51
CROWE81.9900199.50
NICHOLS81.990061.07
READ81.990030.86
HILL81.99007.81
BUGG81.9900439.56
GIBSON71.741314.34
BROWN71.74132.64
BROWNE61.492581.52
SELF61.4925209.79
HORSLEY61.4925159.57
GRIMMER51.2438961.54
HURN51.2438480.77
DURRANT51.243879.49
HOVEY51.24382,777.78
PARNELL51.2438128.87
NURSE51.2438255.10
HALL51.24384.23
CARTWRIGHT51.243832.64
MARIS51.24381,923.08
FROST40.995017.70
GREEN40.99503.53
CLARK40.99503.31
SMITH30.74630.53
ATMORE30.74632,500.00
BUCK30.746334.80
BOWEN30.746318.05
HARDY30.746312.46
JAMES30.74633.80
BURRELL30.746357.25
HUNT30.74635.62
SAVAGE30.746319.43
LARNER30.7463236.22
BINGHAM30.746350.85
GOLDING30.746342.37
ALLEN30.74633.95
DAVIS30.74633.40
MITCHELL30.74633.68
THORN30.746349.92
MERRY30.7463100.00
REYNOLDS20.49755.74
WALKER20.49751.49
LINDSEY20.497597.56
SAYER20.497537.95
MAY20.49757.82
WILDEN20.4975370.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FECK0.404025000.0000
HOVEY0.404022777.7778
ATMORE0.404022500.0000
MARIS0.404021923.0769
GRIMMER0.40402961.5385
BASE0.40402714.2857
MINN0.40402714.2857
PILCH0.40402555.5556
HURN0.40402480.7692
BUGG0.40402439.5604
LOVICK0.40402377.3585
WILDEN0.40402370.3704
WALKLEY0.40402307.6923
POOLEY0.40402307.6923
GASKINS0.40402303.0303
GATH0.40402285.7143
LEMMON0.40402273.9726
KEAT0.40402263.1579
NURSE0.40402255.1020
LARNER0.40402236.2205
SELF0.40402209.7902
CROWE0.40402199.5012
LUBBOCK0.40402188.6792
LILEY0.40402185.1852
TUBBY0.40402169.4915
HORSLEY0.40402159.5745
LUSHER0.40402153.8462
RINGER0.40402144.9275
PARNELL0.40402128.8660
DRANE0.40402121.9512
FAIRMAN0.40402114.9425
STIMPSON0.40402111.1111
SECKER0.40402108.6957
MERRY0.40402100.0000
LINDSEY0.4040297.5610
JESSUP0.4040289.2857
BROWNE0.4040281.5217
DURRANT0.4040279.4913
CHALLIS0.4040278.7402
SEFTON0.4040275.7576
BODY0.4040272.4638
FOUNTAIN0.4040272.4638
PITCHER0.4040264.1026
NICHOLS0.4040261.0687
DICKERSON0.4040260.9756
BURRELL0.4040257.2519
CALVER0.4040255.8659
DOVER0.4040255.2486
BOSWELL0.4040253.0504
NEAVE0.4040252.9101

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 402 people called FECK in Norwich St John 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 Norwich St John means that 5000.0000% of the people in Norwich St John on census day were called FECK.

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

All the surnames recorded in Norwich St John in 1881

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

ABEL (1)  ALLEN (3)  ATKINS (1)  ATMORE (3)  BARRETT (12)  BETTS (1)  BINGHAM (3)  BLACKBURN (1)  BODY (1)  BOSWELL (2)  BOWEN (3)  BROWN (7)  BROWNE (6)  BRUNNING (2)  BUCK (3)  BUGG (8)  BURRELL (3)  BURROWS (1)  BUTLER (1)  BASE (2)  CALVER (1)  CARTWRIGHT (5)  CHALLIS (2)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHASTON (2)  CLARK (4)  CLEMONCE (1)  COCKADAY (6)  CULYER (1)  COOPER (1)  CROUCHEN (1)  CROWE (8)  CULLINGTON (1)  DAVIS (3)  DICKERSON (1)  DOVER (1)  DRANE (1)  DURRANT (5)  EGLINGTON (1)  FAIRMAN (1)  FALKARD (3)  FECK (1)  FELL (1)  FISHER (1)  FOUNTAIN (2)  FRANSHAM (1)  FROST (4)  GASKINS (1)  GATH (1)  GIBSON (7)  GLASSPOOL (3)  GOAMON (3)  GOFFIN (1)  GOLDING (3)  GOREHAM (1)  GREEN (4)  GRIMMER (5)  GROUBOOK (1)  HALL (5)  HARDY (3)  HAY (1)  HURN (5)  HILL (8)  HOLMES (9)  HORSLEY (6)  HOVEY (5)  HUBBARD (1)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUNT (3)  IRONS (1)  JAMES (3)  JESSUP (1)  KAHLOR (1)  KEAT (1)  LAMB (1)  LANE (1)  LARNER (3)  LAST (1)  LE GRICE (5)  LEMMON (2)  LEURING (2)  LOVICK (2)  LILEY (1)  LINDSEY (2)  LONG (9)  LUBBOCK (1)  LUSHER (1)  MARIS (5)  MARTIN (1)  MAY (2)  MACK (2)  MC EWEN (2)  MERRY (3)  METCHALF (1)  MILES (1)  MINN (1)  MITCHELL (3)  MOORE (1)  NEAVE (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NICHOLS (8)  NORMAN (1)  NURSE (5)  OLLEY (3)  PALMER (1)  PARISH (1)  PARNELL (5)  PATTERSON (1)  PITCHER (2)  PILCH (1)  PLUMSTEAD (2)  POOLEY (10)  PRENTICE (1)  BUTTIFANT (2)  READ (8)  REYNOLDS (2)  RINGER (1)  RIX (1)  ROBERTSON (SAYER) (2)  ROGERS (1)  ROSE (1)  ROUSE (1)  RUSH (1)  SAVAGE (3)  SAYER (2)  SEAGER (1)  SEAGAR (5)  SECKER (1)  SELF (6)  SEFTON (1)  SHARRING (1)  SHIELDS (1)  SMITH (3)  STIMPSON (2)  STARLING (1)  STOREY (1)  TAYLOR (20)  THOMPSON (1)  THORN (3)  TODD (1)  TOWNSHAND (6)  TUBBY (1)  WALKER (2)  WALKLEY (2)  WALE (1)  WALES (1)  WARD (1)  WATERS (1)  WELLS (1)  WILDEN (2)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (1)  WURR (4)