Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sharrington, Norfolk

Sharrington 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
NEALE2712.5000526.32
NEAL156.9444234.74
WOODROW136.0185970.15
WARNES104.62961,408.45
WRIGHT94.166712.99
RUSSELL94.166734.13
LAKEY94.16674,090.91
SANDS73.2407289.26
GREEN62.77789.86
SPENCER62.777830.43
BARNES52.314819.23
TURNER52.31488.32
EKE41.85191,025.64
GRIMES41.8519160.64
CLARK31.38894.62
LOOSE31.38891,363.64
BUNTING31.3889124.48
CLARKE31.38896.85
ROLL20.9259869.57
ASHBY20.925955.25
DAWSON20.92598.40
MOORE20.92594.63
BURRELL20.925971.17
REEVE20.925939.60
WAKEFIELD20.925951.68
CARMAN20.9259277.78
GOWER20.925988.11
WATERSON20.9259222.22
BASSHAM10.46301,666.67
GOULD10.463012.80
RABY10.463096.15
STARLING10.463062.89
KIDD10.463022.73
BARWICK10.4630108.70
GIDNEY10.4630500.00
COLMAN10.463049.75
KEY10.463033.56
RAMM10.4630312.50
CAMPTON10.46301,666.67
SIMMONS10.463011.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAKEY0.222164090.9091
BASSHAM0.222161666.6667
CAMPTON0.222161666.6667
WARNES0.222161408.4507
LOOSE0.222161363.6364
EKE0.222161025.6410
WOODROW0.22216970.1493
ROLL0.22216869.5652
NEALE0.22216526.3158
GIDNEY0.22216500.0000
RAMM0.22216312.5000
SANDS0.22216289.2562
CARMAN0.22216277.7778
NEAL0.22216234.7418
WATERSON0.22216222.2222
GRIMES0.22216160.6426
BUNTING0.22216124.4813
BARWICK0.22216108.6957
RABY0.2221696.1538
GOWER0.2221688.1057
BURRELL0.2221671.1744
STARLING0.2221662.8931
ASHBY0.2221655.2486
WAKEFIELD0.2221651.6796
COLMAN0.2221649.7512
REEVE0.2221639.6040
RUSSELL0.2221634.1297
KEY0.2221633.5570
SPENCER0.2221630.4260
KIDD0.2221622.7273
BARNES0.2221619.2308
WRIGHT0.2221612.9889
GOULD0.2221612.8041
SIMMONS0.2221611.3379
GREEN0.222169.8636
DAWSON0.222168.3998
TURNER0.222168.3153
CLARKE0.222166.8540
MOORE0.222164.6307
CLARK0.222164.6211

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 216 people called LAKEY in Sharrington 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 4090.9091 in Sharrington means that 4090.9091% of the people in Sharrington on census day were called LAKEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAKEY 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 LAKEY 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 LAKEY 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 LAKEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Sharrington means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAKEY in Sharrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sharrington in 1881

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

ANGUISH (1)  ASHBY (2)  BAMBRIDGE (8)  BANGAY (6)  BARNES (5)  BARWICK (1)  BASSHAM (1)  BRUMELL (1)  BUNTING (3)  BURRELL (2)  CAMPTON (1)  CARMAN (2)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (3)  COLMAN (1)  COCK (1)  DAWSON (2)  EKE (4)  FLOWERDEW (6)  GIDNEY (1)  GOULD (1)  GOWER (2)  GREEN (6)  GRIMES (4)  GYMER (6)  KEY (1)  KIDD (1)  LAKEY (9)  LOOSE (3)  MENDHAM (3)  MINDHAM (7)  MOORE (2)  NEAF (1)  NEALE (27)  NEAL (15)  RABY (1)  RAMM (1)  REEVE (2)  ROLL (2)  RUSSELL (9)  SANDS (7)  SHARPEN (2)  SIMMONS (1)  SPENCER (6)  STARLING (1)  SUCKER (1)  TURNER (5)  WAKEFIELD (2)  WARNES (10)  WATERSON (2)  WOODROW (13)  WRIGHT (9)