Top surnames from the 1881 census in Colney, Norfolk

Colney 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
COLLINS99.473766.03
HARPER88.4211131.58
MIDDLETON66.3158120.24
WRIGHT55.263216.40
CHAMBERLIN55.26321,562.50
WARREN55.263278.74
SYMONDS44.2105350.88
LOWE44.210556.18
WATTS44.210550.19
BURCHAM33.15794,285.71
HARVEY22.105319.72
MALLETT22.1053235.29
BALLARD22.1053139.86
STACEY22.105393.90
WHITAKER22.105374.63
CLARKE22.105310.39
LASKEY22.10531,818.18
BROWN11.05261.60
ANDREW11.052633.22
PAYNE11.052611.70
FISHER11.05268.99
MORTER11.05261,666.67
COOPER11.05264.33
HOWES11.052660.24
PALMER11.05268.93
DRAPER11.052644.64
WAKINS11.05265,000.00
HOWARD11.052610.73
ANDREWS11.052610.99
SMITH11.05260.75
FOX11.052611.34
NICHOLS11.052632.26
CULLUM11.0526270.27
MEAD11.052645.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WAKINS0.10955000.0000
BURCHAM0.10954285.7143
LASKEY0.10951818.1818
MORTER0.10951666.6667
CHAMBERLIN0.10951562.5000
SYMONDS0.1095350.8772
CULLUM0.1095270.2703
MALLETT0.1095235.2941
BALLARD0.1095139.8601
HARPER0.1095131.5789
MIDDLETON0.1095120.2405
STACEY0.109593.8967
WARREN0.109578.7402
WHITAKER0.109574.6269
COLLINS0.109566.0308
HOWES0.109560.2410
LOWE0.109556.1798
WATTS0.109550.1882
MEAD0.109545.2489
DRAPER0.109544.6429
ANDREW0.109533.2226
NICHOLS0.109532.2581
HARVEY0.109519.7239
WRIGHT0.109516.4042
PAYNE0.109511.6959
FOX0.109511.3379
ANDREWS0.109510.9890
HOWARD0.109510.7296
CLARKE0.109510.3896
FISHER0.10958.9928
PALMER0.10958.9286
COOPER0.10954.3271
BROWN0.10951.5969
SMITH0.10950.7455

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 95 people called WAKINS in Colney 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 Colney means that 5000.0000% of the people in Colney on census day were called WAKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WAKINS 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 WAKINS 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 WAKINS 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 WAKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Colney means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WAKINS in Colney than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Colney in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  ANDREW (1)  BALLARD (2)  BATTLEY (2)  BOLINBROKE (3)  BROWN (1)  BURCHAM (3)  BYALT (1)  CHAMBERLIN (5)  CLARKE (2)  COLLINS (9)  COOPER (1)  DRAPER (1)  FISHER (1)  FOX (1)  HARPER (8)  HARVEY (2)  HATCARTER (1)  HOWARD (1)  HOWES (1)  LASKEY (2)  LOWE (4)  MALLETT (2)  CULLUM (1)  MEAD (1)  MIDDLETON (6)  MORTER (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NOOKE (2)  PALMER (1)  PAYNE (1)  SYMONDS (4)  SMITH (1)  STACEY (2)  TIPTOE (1)  WARREN (5)  WAKINS (1)  WATTS (4)  WHITAKER (2)  WRITHE (1)  WRIGHT (5)