Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Tofts, Norfolk

West Tofts 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
EAGLE136.87831,238.10
BENNETT136.878341.85
REEDER136.87832,549.02
READ115.820190.31
LAURENCE105.2910371.75
CLARK105.291017.60
ARNOLD84.232878.51
CHASE63.1746566.04
FROST63.174656.44
JAMIESON52.645595.06
BILLINGS42.1164439.56
SUTTON42.116433.25
SAYER42.1164161.29
WANT42.11641,025.64
RAYNER31.587363.69
DENNY31.5873188.68
GRASS21.05821,428.57
FULLER21.058226.14
LOVELACE21.0582869.57
SPINKS21.0582156.25
REYNOLDS21.058212.22
BAILEY10.52913.51
EDWARDS10.52911.90
ADDINGTON10.5291588.24
MORGAN10.52912.66
COLLYER10.529185.47
TAYLOR10.52910.83
SHAW10.52912.88
REEVE10.529122.62
WHITE10.52911.65
MAES10.529110,000.00
CLEMENTS10.529115.95
CARTER10.52913.15
GARNER10.529116.75
ARCHER10.529112.79
MOTT10.529169.93
GROOM10.529137.74
BLOOMFIELD10.529141.67
FURNACE10.52911,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAES0.1918910000.0000
REEDER0.191892549.0196
GRASS0.191891428.5714
EAGLE0.191891238.0952
WANT0.191891025.6410
FURNACE0.191891000.0000
LOVELACE0.19189869.5652
ADDINGTON0.19189588.2353
CHASE0.19189566.0377
BILLINGS0.19189439.5604
LAURENCE0.19189371.7472
DENNY0.19189188.6792
SAYER0.19189161.2903
SPINKS0.19189156.2500
JAMIESON0.1918995.0570
READ0.1918990.3120
COLLYER0.1918985.4701
ARNOLD0.1918978.5083
MOTT0.1918969.9301
RAYNER0.1918963.6943
FROST0.1918956.4440
BENNETT0.1918941.8545
BLOOMFIELD0.1918941.6667
GROOM0.1918937.7358
SUTTON0.1918933.2502
FULLER0.1918926.1438
REEVE0.1918922.6244
CLARK0.1918917.6025
GARNER0.1918916.7504
CLEMENTS0.1918915.9490
ARCHER0.1918912.7877
REYNOLDS0.1918912.2175
BAILEY0.191893.5125
CARTER0.191893.1516
SHAW0.191892.8802
MORGAN0.191892.6603
EDWARDS0.191891.8986
WHITE0.191891.6461
TAYLOR0.191890.8273

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 189 people called MAES in West Tofts 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 10000.0000 in West Tofts means that 10000.0000% of the people in West Tofts on census day were called MAES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAES 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 MAES 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 MAES 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 MAES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in West Tofts means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAES in West Tofts than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Tofts in 1881

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

ADDINGTON (1)  ARCHER (1)  ARNOLD (8)  BAILEY (1)  BALAHAM (4)  BALDRY (10)  BENNETT (13)  BILLINGS (4)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  CARTER (1)  CHASE (6)  CLARK (10)  CLEMENTS (1)  COLLYER (1)  CAUSTON (9)  CULLINGFORD (1)  DENNY (3)  EAGLE (13)  EDWARDS (1)  FULLER (2)  FROST (6)  FURNACE (1)  GARNER (1)  GASKER (1)  GRASS (2)  GROOM (1)  JAMIESON (5)  LAURENCE (10)  LEPERAGE (1)  LOVELACE (2)  MAES (1)  MINGAY (2)  MORGAN (1)  MOTT (1)  PRYKE (6)  RAYNER (3)  REEDER (13)  REEVE (1)  READ (11)  REYNOLDS (2)  SAYER (4)  SCILLITOE (6)  SHAW (1)  SLAPP (1)  SPINKS (2)  SUTTON (4)  TAYLOR (1)  WANT (4)  WHITE (1)  WHITROD (3)