Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whinburgh, Norfolk

Whinburgh 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
VINCENT208.8496283.69
STIMPSON125.30971,188.12
BAXTER104.424874.24
SMITH93.98232.82
FARRER93.9823600.00
MANN93.982375.57
CROSS83.539851.45
DAWSON83.539832.12
SPILMAN73.09734,117.65
ROSE73.097341.77
BASTER62.65495,000.00
SKINNER62.654952.31
RUDD52.2124140.45
SAUNDERS52.212424.12
LILLY52.2124362.32
ABEL41.7699273.97
GOFF41.7699273.97
HOLMAN41.7699124.61
MURRAY41.769914.28
SUTTON41.769927.80
JOHNSON41.76995.27
ELAND41.76991,538.46
NICHOLSON31.327418.68
JUDE31.3274714.29
COOPER31.32745.46
BENNETT31.32748.08
COOK31.32746.68
FISHER31.327411.34
HOWARD20.88509.02
FELLOWS20.885065.36
WILTON20.885092.17
TAYLOR20.88501.38
BARLOW20.885016.39
HOBBY20.8850714.29
CANHAM20.8850198.02
BOWDEN20.885030.67
HARTEN10.44255,000.00
STONE10.44256.12
CHAMBERLAIN10.442516.26
LUCAS10.44259.57
BUSHELL10.442545.66
SEWELL10.442520.92
BETTS10.442520.70
HUTSON10.4425112.36
DREW10.442516.75
GREENWOOD10.44255.70
CATTON10.4425136.99
LONG10.44256.82
FRANCIS10.44257.43
BROWN10.44250.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASTER0.232265000.0000
HARTEN0.232265000.0000
SPILMAN0.232264117.6471
ELAND0.232261538.4615
STIMPSON0.232261188.1188
HOBBY0.23226714.2857
JUDE0.23226714.2857
FARRER0.23226600.0000
LILLY0.23226362.3188
VINCENT0.23226283.6879
ABEL0.23226273.9726
GOFF0.23226273.9726
CANHAM0.23226198.0198
RUDD0.23226140.4494
CATTON0.23226136.9863
HOLMAN0.23226124.6106
HUTSON0.23226112.3596
WILTON0.2322692.1659
WATLING0.2322685.4701
MANN0.2322675.5668
BAXTER0.2322674.2390
FELLOWS0.2322665.3595
SKINNER0.2322652.3104
CROSS0.2322651.4469
BUSHELL0.2322645.6621
ROSE0.2322641.7661
DAWSON0.2322632.1156
BOWDEN0.2322630.6748
SUTTON0.2322627.7971
GOLDING0.2322625.1256
SAUNDERS0.2322624.1196
SEWELL0.2322620.9205
BETTS0.2322620.7039
NICHOLSON0.2322618.6800
DREW0.2322616.7504
BARLOW0.2322616.3934
CHAMBERLAIN0.2322616.2602
MURRAY0.2322614.2755
FISHER0.2322611.3422
JORDAN0.2322610.0100
LUCAS0.232269.5694
HOWARD0.232269.0171
BENNETT0.232268.0775
FRANCIS0.232267.4294
LONG0.232266.8213
COOK0.232266.6830
STEVENSON0.232266.3052
STONE0.232266.1200
GREENWOOD0.232265.6980
PAGE0.232265.5340

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 226 people called BASTER in Whinburgh 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 5000.0000 in Whinburgh means that 5000.0000% of the people in Whinburgh on census day were called BASTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BASTER 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 BASTER 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 BASTER 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 BASTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Whinburgh means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BASTER in Whinburgh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whinburgh in 1881

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

ABEL (4)  ELAND (4)  BARLOW (2)  BAXTER (10)  BENNETT (3)  BASTER (6)  BETTS (1)  BOWDEN (2)  BROWN (1)  BUSHELL (1)  CANHAM (2)  CATTON (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  COOK (3)  COOPER (3)  CROSS (8)  DAWSON (8)  DREW (1)  FARRER (9)  FELLOWS (2)  FISHER (3)  FRANCIS (1)  GOLDING (1)  JORDAN (1)  GOFF (4)  GREENWOOD (1)  GRIGSON (3)  HARTEN (1)  HOBBY (2)  HOLMAN (4)  HORNOGOLD (3)  HOWARD (2)  HUTSON (1)  HUDSON (1)  JOHNSON (4)  JUDE (3)  LILLY (5)  LONG (1)  LUCAS (1)  MANN (9)  MURRAY (4)  NATLEY (1)  NICHOLSON (3)  OLLEY (4)  PAGE (1)  PEAS (1)  POTINONE (1)  RIBBONS (2)  ROSE (7)  RUDD (5)  SAUNDERS (5)  SEWELL (1)  SKINNER (6)  SMITH (9)  SPILMAN (7)  STEVENSON (1)  STIMPSON (12)  STONE (1)  SUTTON (4)  TAYLOR (2)  TOLLADAY (1)  TOVELL (1)  VINCENT (20)  WATLING (1)  WILTON (2)  WOODCRAFT (1)