Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornage, Norfolk

Thornage 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
IVES216.4220548.30
NEAL175.1988175.62
COUSINS92.7523153.06
MOORE92.752313.76
DAWSON92.752324.97
PYLE82.4465601.50
ABRAM72.1407598.29
HORN72.140794.21
BUNN72.1407219.44
NEALE72.140790.21
PALMER61.834915.57
KENDLE61.83491,764.71
MAYES61.8349190.48
DOBSON61.834941.61
COOKE61.834933.24
GRIMES51.5291132.28
HUNTER51.529114.89
RABY51.5291318.47
DREW51.529157.87
BAKER51.52916.98
EKE51.5291847.46
PECK51.529190.42
BULLEN51.5291144.09
MILLER41.22326.84
OLIVER41.223217.15
MILBOURN41.22322,222.22
MEARS41.2232129.87
FOX30.91749.88
CLARKE30.91744.53
GRAY30.91746.43
CLARE30.917463.42
MATTHEWS30.917410.52
WILLIAMS20.61160.85
COLMAN20.611665.57
MURRELL20.611685.84
HOWELL20.611614.51
BOYCE20.611640.90
HALL20.61162.08
BACON20.611624.33
SAVORY20.6116165.29
CHAPMAN20.61164.31
REYNOLDS20.61167.06
DURRANT20.611639.06
HILL20.61162.40
MARLEY10.305852.63
BECKETT10.305815.34
CONDON10.3058109.89
TODD10.30586.01
ROSE10.30584.12
EVERITT10.305836.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILBOURN0.333272222.2222
BURWICK0.333272000.0000
KENDLE0.333271764.7059
EKE0.33327847.4576
PYLE0.33327601.5038
ABRAM0.33327598.2906
IVES0.33327548.3029
GIDNEY0.33327333.3333
RABY0.33327318.4713
FAIRCLOTH0.33327285.7143
BUNN0.33327219.4357
MAYES0.33327190.4762
NEAL0.33327175.6198
WICK0.33327175.4386
SAVORY0.33327165.2893
COUSINS0.33327153.0612
BULLEN0.33327144.0922
GRIMES0.33327132.2751
MEARS0.33327129.8701
CONDON0.33327109.8901
HORN0.3332794.2127
PECK0.3332790.4159
NEALE0.3332790.2062
MURRELL0.3332785.8369
BRERETON0.3332773.5294
POINTER0.3332772.4638
HIGH0.3332767.5676
COLMAN0.3332765.5738
CLARE0.3332763.4249
DREW0.3332757.8704
MARLEY0.3332752.6316
THURSTON0.3332743.2900
DOBSON0.3332741.6089
BOYCE0.3332740.8998
DURRANT0.3332739.0625
EVERITT0.3332736.4964
COOKE0.3332733.2410
DAWSON0.3332724.9723
BACON0.3332724.3309
HOLMAN0.3332721.5517
JENKINSON0.3332717.4520
OLIVER0.3332717.1453
FISH0.3332716.4204
PALMER0.3332715.5682
BECKETT0.3332715.3374
KIDD0.3332715.0150
HUNTER0.3332714.8898
HOWELL0.3332714.5138
HORNE0.3332714.0449
MOORE0.3332713.7636

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 327 people called MILBOURN in Thornage 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 2222.2222 in Thornage means that 2222.2222% of the people in Thornage on census day were called MILBOURN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILBOURN 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 MILBOURN 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 MILBOURN 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 MILBOURN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Thornage means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILBOURN in Thornage than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornage in 1881

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

ABRAM (7)  BACON (2)  BAKER (5)  BURWICK (1)  BATHICK (2)  BECKETT (1)  BELCHAM (3)  BOYCE (2)  BRERETON (1)  BULLEN (5)  BUNN (7)  BUTHAM (2)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHESTNEY (7)  CLARE (3)  CLARKE (3)  CLAYTON (1)  COLMAN (2)  CONDON (1)  COOKE (6)  COUSINS (9)  DAWSON (9)  DOBSON (6)  DREW (5)  DUNTHORNE (6)  DURRANT (2)  EKE (5)  EVERITT (1)  FAIRCLOTH (1)  FISH (1)  FOX (3)  GIDNEY (1)  GRAVELING (27)  GRAY (3)  GREVES (7)  GRIMES (5)  HALL (2)  HIGH (1)  HILL (2)  HOLMAN (1)  HORNE (1)  HORN (7)  HOWELL (2)  HUNTER (5)  IVES (21)  JENKINSON (1)  KENDLE (6)  KIDD (1)  MANN (1)  MARLEY (1)  MASSINGHAM (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MAYES (6)  MELBOURN (2)  MILBOURN (4)  MILLER (4)  MOORE (9)  MURRELL (2)  MEARS (4)  NEALE (7)  NEAL (17)  OLIVER (4)  PALMER (6)  PECK (5)  PELLS (4)  PENTNEY (2)  PYLE (8)  POINTER (1)  PRESTON (1)  RABY (5)  REYNOLDS (2)  RODGERS (1)  ROSE (1)  SAVORY (2)  SHERINGHAM (4)  SHOURIGHAM (4)  THURSTON (1)  TODD (1)  WARMER (1)  WESTON (1)  WICK (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WOODGET (4)  YALDON (1)