Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shereford, Norfolk

Shereford 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
CARTER89.302355.40
NORTON78.1395244.76
BEX66.976715,000.00
PAWLEY66.97672,500.00
OVERMAN66.976720,000.00
BROWN66.976710.58
DUCKER55.81402,500.00
MOORE44.651223.26
RICHES44.6512408.16
KING33.488416.01
LANGLEY33.4884158.73
BETTS33.4884163.04
GENTLEMAN33.48844,285.71
ALLCOCK22.3256215.05
BUCKINGHAM22.3256173.91
BENNS22.32562,500.00
ROSS11.162810.64
HALL11.16283.95
SELF11.1628163.93
KIDD11.162857.14
COLMAN11.1628125.00
MARTIN11.16284.72
LAKE11.162852.36
SCOTT11.16284.60
HARROD11.1628344.83
REX11.1628714.29
FOX11.162812.53
LEWIS11.16284.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OVERMAN0.098620000.0000
BEX0.098615000.0000
GENTLEMAN0.09864285.7143
BENNS0.09862500.0000
DUCKER0.09862500.0000
PAWLEY0.09862500.0000
REX0.0986714.2857
RICHES0.0986408.1633
HARROD0.0986344.8276
NORTON0.0986244.7552
ALLCOCK0.0986215.0538
BUCKINGHAM0.0986173.9130
SELF0.0986163.9344
BETTS0.0986163.0435
LANGLEY0.0986158.7302
COLMAN0.0986125.0000
KIDD0.098657.1429
CARTER0.098655.4017
LAKE0.098652.3560
MOORE0.098623.2558
KING0.098616.0085
FOX0.098612.5313
ROSS0.098610.6383
BROWN0.098610.5839
MARTIN0.09864.7192
SCOTT0.09864.5956
LEWIS0.09864.4228
HALL0.09863.9526

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 86 people called OVERMAN in Shereford 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 20000.0000 in Shereford means that 20000.0000% of the people in Shereford on census day were called OVERMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OVERMAN 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 OVERMAN 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 OVERMAN 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 OVERMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Shereford means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OVERMAN in Shereford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shereford in 1881

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

ALLCOCK (2)  BEX (6)  BETTS (3)  BENNS (2)  BROWN (6)  BUCKINGHAM (2)  CARNEL (1)  CARTER (8)  COLMAN (1)  DUCKER (5)  FOX (1)  GENTLEMAN (3)  HALL (1)  HARROD (1)  KIDD (1)  KING (3)  LAKE (1)  LANGLEY (3)  LEWIS (1)  MARTIN (1)  MENDHAM (1)  MOORE (4)  NORTON (7)  OVERMAN (6)  PAWLEY (6)  REX (1)  RICHES (4)  ROSS (1)  SCOTT (1)  SELF (1)  UTTRIDGE (2)