Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rollesby, Norfolk

Rollesby 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
HARRISON234.092518.44
SMITH203.55872.52
HALL193.380811.49
YOUNGS162.8470747.66
SHREEVE162.84701,481.48
DURRANT152.6690170.45
TOOKE142.49111,627.91
NICHOLS142.491176.46
COSSEY132.31321,666.67
BROWN111.95732.97
DANIELS101.779456.66
DOWNEY91.6014226.70
TURNER91.60145.75
RANSOME91.6014505.62
WALPOLE81.4235361.99
COPPIN81.4235451.98
LAWSON71.245621.13
MUTTON71.2456336.54
POWLEY71.2456402.30
JOHNSON71.24563.71
SHREVE71.245623,333.33
PLATTEN71.2456795.45
HUNT61.06768.04
GEORGE61.067618.19
MORTIMER61.067651.06
LINCOLN61.0676141.51
SHINGLES50.8897847.46
WRIGHT50.88972.77
NUNN50.889750.81
CROWE40.711771.30
KNOWLES40.711713.33
KITTLE40.7117655.74
GIBBS40.711714.49
JONES40.71170.63
WESTGATE30.5338315.79
KEY30.533838.71
BOWLES30.533832.64
EDWARDS30.53381.92
LOCK30.533818.75
PARKER30.53382.81
DACK30.5338173.41
COE20.355921.91
SALES20.355958.31
HEWETT20.355930.58
ASH20.355921.55
RICHES20.355931.10
FRANCIS20.35595.97
MASON20.35592.65
COOK20.35591.79
WRIGHTS20.35596,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHREVE0.5656223333.3333
WRIGHTS0.565626666.6667
COSSEY0.565621666.6667
TOOKE0.565621627.9070
SHREEVE0.565621481.4815
TYCE0.565621111.1111
SHINGLES0.56562847.4576
BATCHELDER0.56562833.3333
PLATTEN0.56562795.4545
YOUNGS0.56562747.6636
KITTLE0.56562655.7377
RANSOME0.56562505.6180
COPPIN0.56562451.9774
POWLEY0.56562402.2989
RISING0.56562400.0000
WALPOLE0.56562361.9910
MUTTON0.56562336.5385
WESTGATE0.56562315.7895
DOWNEY0.56562226.7003
DACK0.56562173.4104
DURRANT0.56562170.4545
SCARFF0.56562149.2537
LINCOLN0.56562141.5094
HUNN0.56562128.2051
WHEATLY0.56562108.6957
FLAXMAN0.56562101.0101
HAYLETT0.56562101.0101
NICHOLS0.5656276.4610
CROWE0.5656271.3012
SALES0.5656258.3090
DANIELS0.5656256.6572
THROWER0.5656255.8659
SANDY0.5656251.2821
MORTIMER0.5656251.0638
NUNN0.5656250.8130
MULLER0.5656247.8469
KEY0.5656238.7097
NEAVE0.5656237.8788
DUNHAM0.5656234.9650
BOWLES0.5656232.6442
RICHES0.5656231.1042
HEWETT0.5656230.5810
FERRIER0.5656230.5810
DOW0.5656229.5421
NEWSON0.5656228.1690
CLAXTON0.5656228.0899
BALLS0.5656227.7778
CATCHPOLE0.5656227.6243
CANNING0.5656225.0627
COE0.5656221.9058

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 562 people called SHREVE in Rollesby 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 23333.3333 in Rollesby means that 23333.3333% of the people in Rollesby on census day were called SHREVE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHREVE 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 SHREVE 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 SHREVE 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 SHREVE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.56 in Rollesby means that you are 0.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHREVE in Rollesby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rollesby in 1881

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

AMISS (2)  ANNISON (6)  ASH (2)  BALDERSTONE (1)  BALDRY (7)  BALLS (2)  BARWOOD (5)  BATCHELDER (1)  BEASEY (1)  BENGLEY (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLANCHFLOWER (1)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BOWLES (3)  BRAYBROOKE (1)  BRETTLE (1)  BRIDGES (1)  BROOKES (2)  BROWN (11)  BULTITUDE (1)  CANNING (1)  CATCHPOLE (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHURCH (2)  CLAXTON (1)  COE (2)  COLLIS (1)  COOK (2)  COPPIN (8)  COSSEY (13)  COWBURN (1)  CROWE (4)  DACK (3)  DANIELS (10)  DAVISON (1)  DOW (2)  DOWNEY (9)  DUNHAM (1)  DURRANT (15)  DYBLE (3)  EDWARDS (3)  FERRIER (1)  FELMINGHAM (1)  FLAXMAN (1)  FULLER (1)  FRANCIS (2)  FROSDICK (10)  FROSDIC (6)  GARRETT (1)  GAZE (10)  GEORGE (6)  JEARY (1)  GIBBS (4)  GORBOLD (2)  GOOSE (1)  GRIMBLE (9)  HALL (19)  HANNANT (1)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (23)  HAYLETT (1)  HEWETT (2)  HEWIT (1)  HUBBARD (1)  HUNN (1)  HUNT (6)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (7)  JONES (4)  KEMP (1)  KERRISON (7)  KEY (3)  KITTLE (4)  KNOWLES (4)  LARTER (1)  LAWSON (7)  LINCOLN (6)  LOCK (3)  LONG (1)  LOWNE (7)  LOWNS (4)  MARCH (1)  MASON (2)  MIDDLETON (1)  MYHILL (12)  MILLER (1)  MUTTON (7)  MORTIMER (6)  MULLER (1)  MUNDAY (1)  NEAVE (1)  NEWSON (1)  NICHOLS (14)  NUDD (1)  NUNN (5)  OLIVER (1)  PALGRAVE (11)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (3)  PECK (1)  PITT (1)  PLATTEN (7)  POWLEY (7)  QUEVILLART (1)  RANSOME (9)  READ (1)  RICHES (2)  RISING (2)  ROBSON (1)  ROUNCE (1)  SALES (2)  SANDY (1)  SAREL (10)  SCARFF (1)  SEWELL (1)  SHAW (1)  SHINGLES (5)  SHREEVE (16)  SHRIEVE (4)  SHREVE (7)  SIMMONS (1)  SIMNETT (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (20)  SPOONER (1)  STARKINGS (4)  STRINGER (1)  STYGLES (1)  TACON (4)  THROWER (1)  TYCE (1)  TOOKE (14)  TURNER (9)  UTTING (1)  WAINES (2)  WALPOLE (8)  WARE (1)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTGATE (3)  WHEATLY (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WRIGHT (5)  WRIGHTS (2)  YOUNGS (16)