Top surnames from the 1881 census in Seething, Norfolk

Seething 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
DRAKE215.3571183.89
BARBER174.336772.03
BIRD153.826550.08
LOVICK123.06122,307.69
CLARKE112.806113.85
COSSEY102.55101,851.85
THROWER102.5510800.00
WINTER92.295964.75
VINCENT82.040865.41
RICHES82.0408178.57
ELLIS71.785712.30
LAKE71.785780.55
ANDREWS71.785718.64
KEMP61.530627.60
ALEXANDER61.530628.92
BARNARD61.530661.67
DODD61.530637.64
BARWICK61.5306359.28
TAYLOR51.27551.99
GARRARD51.2755304.88
FREESTONE51.2755297.62
LAWRENCE41.020415.71
CRICKMORE41.0204909.09
CRANE41.020448.37
LIGHTNING41.02044,000.00
HICKS30.765318.28
BROWN30.76531.16
DURRANT30.765348.86
PULFORD30.7653297.03
SPURGEON30.7653240.00
BALES20.5102136.99
OSBORNE20.510210.69
BEVERLEY20.5102169.49
LOYNES20.5102606.06
BARROW20.510224.07
BURGESS20.51027.35
ROBERTS20.51021.36
TODD20.510210.03
REYNOLDS20.51025.89
BUCK20.510223.81
BALLS20.510239.84
BRIGGS20.51029.39
GOODRUM20.5102384.62
MOORE20.51022.55
SAMPSON20.510229.90
ENGLAND20.510224.75
ROBINSON20.51021.60
TROLLOPE10.2551121.95
DUFFIELD10.255129.41
RICE10.25518.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIGHTNING0.393924000.0000
LOVICK0.393922307.6923
COSSEY0.393921851.8519
CRICKMORE0.39392909.0909
WARRAN0.39392909.0909
ATMORE0.39392833.3333
THROWER0.39392800.0000
RUSHMORE0.39392666.6667
LOYNES0.39392606.0606
GOODRUM0.39392384.6154
BARWICK0.39392359.2814
GARRARD0.39392304.8780
FREESTONE0.39392297.6190
PULFORD0.39392297.0297
SPURGEON0.39392240.0000
DRAKE0.39392183.8879
RICHES0.39392178.5714
BEVERLEY0.39392169.4915
BALES0.39392136.9863
BECKET0.39392126.5823
TROLLOPE0.39392121.9512
BRACEY0.3939297.0874
LAKE0.3939280.5524
ROOT0.3939278.1250
BARBER0.3939272.0339
VINCENT0.3939265.4129
WINTER0.3939264.7482
DICKERSON0.3939262.5000
BARNARD0.3939261.6650
BIRD0.3939250.0835
DURRANT0.3939248.8599
CRANE0.3939248.3676
BALLS0.3939239.8406
DODD0.3939237.6412
FLOWERS0.3939231.4465
SAMPSON0.3939229.8954
DUFFIELD0.3939229.4118
JAY0.3939229.1545
ALEXANDER0.3939228.9157
KEMP0.3939227.5989
ENGLAND0.3939224.7525
BARROW0.3939224.0674
STRANGE0.3939223.8095
BUCK0.3939223.8095
JEFFRIES0.3939220.3252
ANDREWS0.3939218.6368
HICKS0.3939218.2815
LAWRENCE0.3939215.7109
BRADY0.3939214.4092
BROWNE0.3939213.9276

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 392 people called LIGHTNING in Seething 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 Seething means that 4000.0000% of the people in Seething on census day were called LIGHTNING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIGHTNING 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 LIGHTNING 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 LIGHTNING 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 LIGHTNING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Seething means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIGHTNING in Seething than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Seething in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (6)  ANDREWS (7)  ATMORE (1)  BALDRY (3)  BALLS (2)  BARBER (17)  BARKER (1)  BARNARD (6)  BARWICK (6)  BALES (2)  BECKET (1)  BEVERLEY (2)  BIRD (15)  BLAZA (2)  BRACEY (1)  BRADY (1)  BRIGGS (2)  BROWNE (1)  BROWN (3)  BUCK (2)  BURGESS (2)  BARROW (2)  BURT (1)  MACKERELL (4)  CHARLISH (5)  CLARKE (11)  COSSEY (10)  CRANE (4)  CRICKMORE (4)  CULLINGFORD (5)  DICKERSON (1)  DODD (6)  DRAKE (21)  DUFFIELD (1)  DURRANT (3)  ELLIS (7)  ENGLAND (2)  FAIRHEAD (8)  FARROW (1)  FLOWERS (1)  FORDER (11)  FREESTONE (5)  FROST (1)  JAY (1)  GARRARD (5)  GILLINGWATER (1)  GOODRUM (2)  GOODWIN (1)  GOULTY (2)  GRIMER (2)  HICKS (3)  JEFFRIES (1)  KEMP (6)  LAKE (7)  LAWRENCE (4)  LOVICK (12)  LIGHTNING (4)  LINGWOOD (1)  LOYNES (2)  MOORE (2)  NEAL (1)  OSBORNE (2)  PULFORD (3)  QUADLING (10)  REDGRAVE (6)  REYNOLDS (2)  RICE (1)  RICHES (8)  RIGHTLING (7)  RINCHARD (3)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (2)  ROOT (1)  RUSHMORE (1)  SABBERTON (2)  SAMPSON (2)  SCOTT (1)  SADD (1)  SHULNER (3)  SILLETT (6)  SKATE (1)  SMITH (1)  SNOWTON (8)  SPURGEON (3)  STRANGE (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THROWER (10)  TIBBENHAM (6)  TIDMANS (2)  TODD (2)  TROLLOPE (1)  TROLLOP (3)  VINCENT (8)  HADINGHAM (1)  WARRAN (1)  WINTER (9)  WOOLLERTON (9)  YALLOP (4)