Top surnames from the 1881 census in Southwood, Norfolk

Southwood 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
BOATWRIGHT715.909123,333.33
GARRETT613.6364600.00
TURNER511.363640.82
WANT511.36365,555.56
HOWES49.0909519.48
CASE36.8182681.82
WEBB24.545533.56
FOSTER24.545534.01
CARR24.545562.89
WALLER24.5455180.18
PORTER12.272730.30
CARTER12.272713.53
TAYLOR12.27273.55
SHARMAN12.2727163.93
HOOD12.272781.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOATWRIGHT0.044423333.3333
WANT0.04445555.5556
CASE0.0444681.8182
GARRETT0.0444600.0000
HOWES0.0444519.4805
WALLER0.0444180.1802
SHARMAN0.0444163.9344
HOOD0.044481.9672
CARR0.044462.8931
TURNER0.044440.8163
FOSTER0.044434.0136
WEBB0.044433.5570
PORTER0.044430.3030
CARTER0.044413.5318
TAYLOR0.04443.5537

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 44 people called BOATWRIGHT in Southwood 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 Southwood means that 23333.3333% of the people in Southwood on census day were called BOATWRIGHT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOATWRIGHT 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 BOATWRIGHT 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 BOATWRIGHT 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 BOATWRIGHT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Southwood means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOATWRIGHT in Southwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Southwood in 1881

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

BOATWRIGHT (7)  CARR (2)  CARTER (1)  FOSTER (2)  GARRETT (6)  HOOD (1)  HOWES (4)  CASE (3)  PORTER (1)  RUSHMER (1)  SHARMAN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TURNER (5)  WALLER (2)  WANT (5)  WEBB (2)