Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tunstead, Norfolk

Tunstead 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
PYE204.7506317.46
APPLETON194.5131287.88
SHREEVE143.32541,728.40
BURTON143.325439.04
COLMAN122.8504306.12
SPANTON122.85042,181.82
BARBER92.137835.52
COE92.1378131.58
MASON92.137815.90
TIMBERS92.13785,294.12
DUGDALE81.9002275.86
RICHES81.9002166.32
KNIGHTS81.9002216.80
MACK71.6627165.48
COOKE71.662730.13
WILSON71.66273.62
DONTON71.662735,000.00
MARLER71.66271,428.57
FISKE71.66271,489.36
WATLING71.6627321.10
PRATT61.425224.80
FISK61.4252270.27
WATTS61.425217.00
GOWER61.4252135.75
SLAUGHTER61.4252288.46
BAILEY61.42529.46
BLAKE61.425229.43
BRIGGS51.187621.86
TUCK51.187692.42
FARROW51.187663.29
HUNT51.18768.94
DACK51.1876387.60
BELL51.18766.32
GOODSON51.1876238.10
CHAMBERLIN51.1876357.14
NEWMAN51.187615.97
CURTIS51.187620.93
WATSON40.95014.10
BOOTY40.9501588.24
TOOLEY40.9501273.97
WILKINS40.950121.49
JOHNSON40.95012.83
SELF40.9501133.78
WRIGHT40.95012.96
MOUNT30.7126184.05
WALLER30.712628.28
SALES30.7126116.73
BIRD30.71269.33
CHAPLIN30.712649.67
WESTGATE30.7126422.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DONTON0.4242135000.0000
TIMBERS0.424215294.1176
SPANTON0.424212181.8182
SHREEVE0.424211728.3951
FISKE0.424211489.3617
MARLER0.424211428.5714
BOOTY0.42421588.2353
WESTGATE0.42421422.5352
DACK0.42421387.5969
BANE0.42421384.6154
CHAMBERLIN0.42421357.1429
WATLING0.42421321.1009
PYE0.42421317.4603
COLMAN0.42421306.1224
SLAUGHTER0.42421288.4615
APPLETON0.42421287.8788
DUGDALE0.42421275.8621
TOOLEY0.42421273.9726
FISK0.42421270.2703
GOODSON0.42421238.0952
PEARL0.42421227.2727
KNIGHTS0.42421216.8022
MOUNT0.42421184.0491
LUBBOCK0.42421181.8182
RICHES0.42421166.3202
MACK0.42421165.4846
GALES0.42421156.2500
GOWER0.42421135.7466
ROLF0.42421135.1351
SIZER0.42421135.1351
SELF0.42421133.7793
GALLEY0.42421133.3333
COE0.42421131.5789
SALES0.42421116.7315
TIMS0.42421108.6957
TUCK0.4242192.4214
SADDLER0.4242179.3651
LACK0.4242169.9301
FARROW0.4242163.2911
CHAPLIN0.4242149.6689
EMMERSON0.4242148.0769
WILKIN0.4242143.2900
BURTON0.4242139.0407
BARBER0.4242135.5170
DOBBS0.4242135.2113
TYRRELL0.4242132.2581
COOKE0.4242130.1334
BLAKE0.4242129.4262
WALLER0.4242128.2752
PRATT0.4242124.8036

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 421 people called DONTON in Tunstead 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 35000.0000 in Tunstead means that 35000.0000% of the people in Tunstead on census day were called DONTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DONTON 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 DONTON 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 DONTON 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 DONTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Tunstead means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DONTON in Tunstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tunstead in 1881

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

AMIES (2)  ANGUISH (2)  APPLETON (19)  BAILEY (6)  BANE (2)  BAMBRIDGE (7)  BARBER (9)  BELL (5)  BERGEWELL (1)  BIRD (3)  BLAKE (6)  BOOTY (4)  BRIGGS (5)  BROOKS (3)  BURTON (14)  CHAMBERLIN (5)  CHAPLIN (3)  CLEETON (1)  COE (9)  SELF COLE (2)  COLMAN (12)  COOKE (7)  CURTIS (5)  DACK (5)  DEACON (1)  DYBALL (2)  DOBBS (1)  DONTON (7)  DUGDALE (8)  EMMERSON (2)  FARROW (5)  FISKE (7)  FISK (6)  FROSTWICK (1)  GALLEY (2)  GOLDSPRING (1)  GOODSON (5)  GOWER (6)  GRAY (3)  HANNANT (5)  HARMER (1)  HARRIS (1)  HEARN (1)  HORRIX (1)  HOUSHAM (1)  HUNT (5)  IVES (1)  JOHNSON (4)  CASE (1)  KNIGHTS (8)  LACK (1)  LAWRENCE (3)  LE NEVE (2)  LUBBOCK (1)  MARLER (7)  MASON (9)  MAYES (1)  MACK (7)  MICKLEBURGH (1)  MORTIMER (2)  MOUNT (3)  NEWMAN (5)  NORGATE (5)  PALMER (1)  PEARL (2)  PIKE (2)  POLLARD (2)  PRATT (6)  PYE (20)  RICHES (8)  ROLF (1)  SADDLER (1)  SALES (3)  SELF (4)  SHARPE (1)  SHREEVE (14)  SIZER (1)  SLAUGHTER (6)  SMITH (1)  SPANTON (12)  TIMBERS (9)  TIMS (1)  TOOLEY (4)  TUCK (5)  TURNER (1)  TYRRELL (1)  GALES (1)  WALLER (3)  WATLING (7)  WATSON (4)  WATTS (6)  WEST (2)  WESTGATE (3)  WESTHORPE (3)  WILKINS (4)  WILKIN (1)  WILSON (7)  WRIGHT (4)