Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashby St Mary, Norfolk

Ashby St Mary 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
SMITH2613.00009.21
ELLIS115.500037.88
POTTER94.500069.39
FISHER84.000034.17
HURRY84.00001,904.76
DYSON63.000092.59
WHILES63.00002,727.27
FROST63.000053.38
TODD52.500049.12
BROWN52.50003.79
STARLING52.5000340.14
HARWOOD52.500093.46
ABLE42.00001,052.63
HAWKINS42.000027.62
MOORE42.000010.00
COTTON42.000083.86
REEVE42.000085.47
BOROUGHS31.500010,000.00
DAINES31.5000638.30
BLAKE31.500030.96
DURRANT31.500095.85
BRERETON31.5000361.45
LAWES21.0000229.89
TAYLOR21.00001.56
COSSEY21.0000714.29
CHAPMAN21.00007.04
TABOR21.0000454.55
COOPER10.50002.06
SHAW10.50002.72
WHITMARSH10.5000238.10
CHILVERS10.5000128.21
STANLEY10.500013.00
BASE10.5000714.29
DAVEY10.500012.17
MACE10.500056.82
HILL10.50001.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOROUGHS0.2020010000.0000
WHILES0.202002727.2727
HURRY0.202001904.7619
ABLE0.202001052.6316
COSSEY0.20200714.2857
BASE0.20200714.2857
DAINES0.20200638.2979
TABOR0.20200454.5455
BRERETON0.20200361.4458
STARLING0.20200340.1361
WHITMARSH0.20200238.0952
LAWES0.20200229.8851
CHILVERS0.20200128.2051
DURRANT0.2020095.8466
HARWOOD0.2020093.4579
DYSON0.2020092.5926
REEVE0.2020085.4701
COTTON0.2020083.8574
POTTER0.2020069.3909
MACE0.2020056.8182
FROST0.2020053.3808
TODD0.2020049.1159
ELLIS0.2020037.8788
FISHER0.2020034.1734
BLAKE0.2020030.9598
HAWKINS0.2020027.6243
STANLEY0.2020013.0039
DAVEY0.2020012.1655
MOORE0.2020010.0025
SMITH0.202009.2071
CHAPMAN0.202007.0423
BROWN0.202003.7925
SHAW0.202002.7218
COOPER0.202002.0555
HILL0.202001.9631
TAYLOR0.202001.5637

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 200 people called BOROUGHS in Ashby St Mary 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 Ashby St Mary means that 10000.0000% of the people in Ashby St Mary on census day were called BOROUGHS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOROUGHS 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 BOROUGHS 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 BOROUGHS 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 BOROUGHS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Ashby St Mary means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOROUGHS in Ashby St Mary than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashby St Mary in 1881

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

ABLE (4)  BLAKE (3)  BLAZA (1)  BRERETON (3)  BROWN (5)  BOROUGHS (3)  BASE (1)  CHAMBERLAN (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHILVERS (1)  COLTHORPE (5)  COOPER (1)  COSSEY (2)  COTTON (4)  DAVEY (1)  DAINES (3)  DURRANT (3)  DYSON (6)  ELLIS (11)  PHAROAH (2)  FISHER (8)  FORDER (11)  FROSDICK (8)  FROST (6)  HAPKINS (1)  HARWOOD (5)  HAWKINS (4)  HILL (1)  LAWES (2)  MACE (1)  MOORE (4)  PALFREY (3)  PAWSON (3)  POTTER (9)  REEVE (4)  SANTIA (1)  SHAW (1)  SHREIVE (4)  SMITH (26)  STANLEY (1)  STARLING (5)  TABOR (2)  TAYLOR (2)  TODD (5)  HURRY (8)  UTTING (2)  WHILES (6)  WHITMARSH (1)  WHITWOOD (4)