Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ormesby St Michael, Norfolk

Ormesby St Michael 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
LAWSON289.7561165.48
NICHOLS134.5296139.04
SMITH134.52963.21
PAGE124.181252.31
DURRANT82.7875178.17
CHAPMAN82.787519.63
BELL82.787514.83
HARRIS82.787510.97
READ72.439037.84
BESSEY72.43905,833.33
ADAMS72.439016.55
MOORE72.439012.20
GREEN51.74226.19
PILGRIM51.7422308.64
FORD51.742217.89
RICHMOND51.742279.49
VARLEY51.7422126.90
WATSON41.39376.01
JOHNSON41.39374.15
PULFORD41.3937540.54
THOMPSON41.39374.65
MANSHIP41.39371,481.48
SALMON41.393761.07
EMPSON41.3937645.16
HOWES31.045359.76
WESTGATE31.0453612.24
HUMPHREY31.045339.27
MORRIS31.04534.70
LOCKE31.0453116.28
WRIGHT31.04533.26
ROBINSON20.69692.19
WALPOLE20.6969176.99
ISAAC20.696955.56
COSSEY20.6969500.00
POWLEY20.6969224.72
KEEN20.696934.78
LARKE10.3484333.33
PLAYFORD10.3484166.67
TODD10.34846.85
COUTTS10.348434.48
SCARLETT10.3484103.09
BOLTON10.34848.09
LEE10.34842.13
WOODROW10.348456.18
EMERSON10.348450.25
KNIGHTS10.348439.84
CUTLER10.348428.01
NEWMAN10.34844.69
HEWITT10.34847.15
SAUNDERS10.34843.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BESSEY0.292875833.3333
MANSHIP0.292871481.4815
EMPSON0.29287645.1613
WESTGATE0.29287612.2449
PULFORD0.29287540.5405
COSSEY0.29287500.0000
LARKE0.29287333.3333
PILGRIM0.29287308.6420
POWLEY0.29287224.7191
DURRANT0.29287178.1737
WALPOLE0.29287176.9912
PLAYFORD0.29287166.6667
LAWSON0.29287165.4846
NICHOLS0.29287139.0374
VARLEY0.29287126.9036
LOCKE0.29287116.2791
CLOW0.29287114.9425
SCARLETT0.29287103.0928
RICHMOND0.2928779.4913
SALMON0.2928761.0687
HOWES0.2928759.7610
WOODROW0.2928756.1798
ISAAC0.2928755.5556
PAGE0.2928752.3104
EMERSON0.2928750.2513
KNIGHTS0.2928739.8406
HUMPHREY0.2928739.2670
READ0.2928737.8378
CROWE0.2928734.9650
KEEN0.2928734.7826
COUTTS0.2928734.4828
CUTLER0.2928728.0112
EARL0.2928726.6667
CHAPMAN0.2928719.6271
BROWNE0.2928719.0114
FORD0.2928717.8891
ADAMS0.2928716.5524
BELL0.2928714.8340
MOORE0.2928712.1972
HARRIS0.2928710.9679
BOLTON0.292878.0906
BLAKE0.292877.1942
HEWITT0.292877.1531
TODD0.292876.8493
GREEN0.292876.1866
WATSON0.292876.0087
BARBER0.292875.7870
MORRIS0.292874.6956
NEWMAN0.292874.6860
THOMPSON0.292874.6522

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 287 people called BESSEY in Ormesby St Michael 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 5833.3333 in Ormesby St Michael means that 5833.3333% of the people in Ormesby St Michael on census day were called BESSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BESSEY 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 BESSEY 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 BESSEY 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 BESSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Ormesby St Michael means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BESSEY in Ormesby St Michael than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ormesby St Michael in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  AMISS (10)  BARBER (1)  BELL (8)  BESSEY (7)  BLAKE (1)  BOLTON (1)  BROWNE (1)  BUTLER (1)  CHAPMAN (8)  CLOW (1)  COSSEY (2)  COSTERTON (2)  COUTTS (1)  CROWE (1)  CUTLER (1)  DELEWAINE (1)  DURRANT (8)  EARL (1)  EMERSON (1)  EMPSON (4)  FORD (5)  GLASSPOOLE (1)  GOULDER (2)  GREEN (5)  GREENSIDES (9)  HARRIS (8)  HEWITT (1)  HOWES (3)  HUMPHREY (3)  ISAAC (2)  JENINGS (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KEEN (2)  KNIGHTS (1)  LARKE (1)  LAWSON (28)  LECKSTONE (2)  LEE (1)  LOCKE (3)  LUIFORD (1)  MANSHIP (4)  MONSEY (6)  MOORE (7)  MORRIS (3)  NEWMAN (1)  NICHOLS (13)  PABOT (1)  PAGE (12)  PILGRIM (5)  PLAYFORD (1)  POWLEY (2)  PULFORD (4)  READ (7)  RICHMOND (5)  ROBINSON (2)  SALMON (4)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCARLETT (1)  SKOYLES (8)  SMITH (13)  STYGLE (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TODD (1)  VARLEY (5)  WALPOLE (2)  WATSON (4)  WERNES (5)  WESTGATE (3)  WOODROW (1)  WORSHIP (7)  WRIGHT (3)