Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thurne, Norfolk

Thurne 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
SMITH3415.962411.31
HOWES167.5117430.11
NICKERSON146.57287,000.00
WARNES125.63381,714.29
WATERS104.6948116.82
GOWEN94.22542,250.00
COOK83.755918.91
GEORGE73.286456.00
BETTS73.2864153.85
GREEN73.286411.67
BESSEY73.28647,777.78
ALLEN62.816914.91
HOLLIS62.8169203.39
SUTTON52.347436.87
GRAPES52.34744,166.67
BEVERLEY41.8779625.00
HUTTON31.408547.17
REEVE31.408560.24
GRAVER20.9390740.74
PARKER20.93904.94
HALES20.939065.36
BISHOP20.939013.44
CLARKE10.46952.32
BROWN10.46950.71
DAVEY10.469511.42
CHURCH10.469521.51
WALPOLE10.4695119.05
LEATH10.4695769.23
CARRINGTON10.469544.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BESSEY0.212137777.7778
NICKERSON0.212137000.0000
GRAPES0.212134166.6667
GOWEN0.212132250.0000
WARNES0.212131714.2857
LEATH0.21213769.2308
GRAVER0.21213740.7407
BEVERLEY0.21213625.0000
HOWES0.21213430.1075
HOLLIS0.21213203.3898
BETTS0.21213153.8462
WALPOLE0.21213119.0476
WATERS0.21213116.8224
HALES0.2121365.3595
REEVE0.2121360.2410
GEORGE0.2121356.0000
HUTTON0.2121347.1698
CARRINGTON0.2121344.6429
SUTTON0.2121336.8732
CHURCH0.2121321.5054
COOK0.2121318.9081
ALLEN0.2121314.9105
BISHOP0.2121313.4409
GREEN0.2121311.6706
DAVEY0.2121311.4155
SMITH0.2121311.3054
PARKER0.212134.9371
CLARKE0.212132.3170
BROWN0.212130.7122

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 213 people called BESSEY in Thurne 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 7777.7778 in Thurne means that 7777.7778% of the people in Thurne on census day were called BESSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BESSEY 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 BESSEY 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 BESSEY 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 BESSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Thurne means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BESSEY in Thurne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thurne in 1881

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

ALLEN (6)  BANHAM (2)  BAUMONT (4)  BESSEY (7)  BATELY (3)  BETTS (7)  BEVERLEY (4)  BISHOP (2)  BROWN (1)  CARRINGTON (1)  CHURCH (1)  CLARKE (1)  COOK (8)  DAVEY (1)  FORDER (2)  GEORGE (7)  GOWEN (9)  GRAPES (5)  GRAVER (2)  GREEN (7)  GREENACRE (2)  HALES (2)  HELSDON (2)  HOLLIS (6)  HOWES (16)  HUTTON (3)  LEATH (1)  NICKERSON (14)  PARKER (2)  REEVE (3)  SHRIEVR (4)  SKOYLES (4)  SMITH (34)  SURRON (2)  SUTTON (5)  THURTLE (6)  WALPOLE (1)  WARNES (12)  WATERS (10)  WESGATE (4)