Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pentney, Norfolk

Pentney 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
DYE356.5543988.70
MORTON183.370863.07
CURL173.18351,634.62
TWIDDY162.99634,000.00
HUDSON152.809034.31
EAGLE122.2472405.41
VALENTINE112.0599160.58
WILSON112.05994.49
YOUNG112.05999.59
GODDARD112.059951.23
RICHES101.8727163.67
EDWARDS101.87276.72
SMITH101.87271.33
GARRETT91.685474.26
BAILEY91.685411.19
JENKINSON91.685496.26
BELL91.68548.97
PECK81.498188.69
CURRY71.310991.50
WIX71.31091,458.33
MARRIOTT71.310958.53
GRIMES71.3109113.45
SHAFTO71.31092,916.67
HOLLAND61.123615.78
MOBBS61.1236298.51
HOWLETT61.123683.80
HIGH61.1236248.96
MOUNTAIN61.1236158.31
REEVE61.123648.08
LAMBERT61.123620.59
GAGE50.9363166.67
DACK50.9363304.88
WINKFIELD50.93632,631.58
GAMBLE50.936365.45
TAYLOR50.93631.46
WICKS50.936366.49
SARE40.74912,105.26
FIRTH40.749122.56
RABY40.7491156.25
EAGLES40.7491264.90
PAUL40.749129.92
CHAPMAN40.74915.27
STORY40.7491120.85
BROAD40.749158.91
RODWELL30.5618104.17
DREW30.561821.26
FULLER30.561813.89
PARLETT30.5618600.00
WATKINS30.56189.27
ROLFE30.561843.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TWIDDY0.535344000.0000
SHAFTO0.535342916.6667
WINKFIELD0.535342631.5789
SARE0.535342105.2632
CURL0.535341634.6154
WIX0.535341458.3333
DYE0.53534988.7006
PARLETT0.53534600.0000
EAGLE0.53534405.4054
DACK0.53534304.8780
MOBBS0.53534298.5075
EAGLES0.53534264.9007
HIGH0.53534248.9627
GAGE0.53534166.6667
RICHES0.53534163.6661
VALENTINE0.53534160.5839
MOUNTAIN0.53534158.3113
RABY0.53534156.2500
TANN0.53534123.4568
STORY0.53534120.8459
GRIMES0.53534113.4522
HOOKS0.53534108.6957
RODWELL0.53534104.1667
MOUNT0.5353496.6184
JENKINSON0.5353496.2567
CURRY0.5353491.5033
PLAYFORD0.5353490.0901
PECK0.5353488.6918
HOWLETT0.5353483.7989
GARRETT0.5353474.2574
WICKS0.5353466.4894
GAMBLE0.5353465.4450
MORTON0.5353463.0694
BROAD0.5353458.9102
MARRIOTT0.5353458.5284
GODDARD0.5353451.2343
RUMBLE0.5353450.2513
REEVE0.5353448.0769
CHILVERS0.5353447.6190
DOLMAN0.5353443.6681
ROLFE0.5353443.2900
COKER0.5353439.6825
WILTON0.5353438.9105
DAWS0.5353436.6300
GARROD0.5353435.7143
BACK0.5353435.0877
HUDSON0.5353434.3092
PAUL0.5353429.9177
KERRY0.5353427.7008
SEAL0.5353425.9740

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 534 people called TWIDDY in Pentney 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 4000.0000 in Pentney means that 4000.0000% of the people in Pentney on census day were called TWIDDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TWIDDY 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 TWIDDY 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 TWIDDY 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 TWIDDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Pentney means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TWIDDY in Pentney than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pentney in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  AYLMER (10)  BACK (1)  BAILEY (9)  BAMBRIDGE (12)  BARNES (1)  BATTERHAM (4)  BELL (9)  BLANCHFLOWER (2)  BRADY (1)  BROAD (4)  BROWN (1)  BUNKLE (2)  BUSH (1)  BUTLER (2)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHILVERS (1)  COKER (1)  COGGLES (8)  COULTON (7)  CURL (17)  CURRY (7)  CURTIS (2)  DACK (5)  DAWS (1)  DYE (35)  DOLMAN (1)  DREW (3)  EAGLES (4)  EAGLE (12)  EDWARDS (10)  ELLIS (2)  FIRTH (4)  FULLER (3)  FAWKES (4)  FRANKLIN (1)  GAGE (5)  GAMBLE (5)  GARRETT (9)  GARROD (1)  GOULTER (1)  GODDARD (11)  GRIMES (7)  GRUMMETT (3)  HALL (2)  HAMMOND (2)  HARVEY (1)  HAVERSON (21)  HIGGINS (1)  HIGH (6)  HOLLAND (6)  HOWLETT (6)  HUDSON (15)  HOOKS (1)  JENKINSON (9)  KERRY (1)  KETTRINGHAM (1)  LAMBERT (6)  LEONARD (2)  MARRIOTT (7)  MEADOWS (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOBBS (6)  MORLEY (2)  MORTON (18)  MOUNT (2)  MOUNTAIN (6)  MUMFORD (1)  PARKER (2)  PARLETT (3)  PAUL (4)  PECK (8)  PLAYFORD (1)  PURDAY (6)  RABY (4)  REEVE (6)  RICHES (10)  ROBATHAM (3)  ROBOTHAMS (1)  RODWELL (3)  ROLFE (3)  RUMBLE (1)  SEAL (1)  SARE (4)  SHAFTOE (1)  SHAFTO (7)  SKERRY (6)  SMITH (10)  STORY (4)  TANN (1)  TAYLOR (5)  TWIDDY (16)  UTTING (1)  VALENTINE (11)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WALLER (2)  WARD (1)  WATKINS (3)  WEST (1)  WIX (7)  WICKS (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (11)  WILTON (2)  WINEARLS (2)  WINKFIELD (5)  WOODS (1)  YOUNG (11)