Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunston, Norfolk

Dunston 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
KERRY1216.43842,448.98
ANDREWS912.3288128.76
PLUMMER79.5890714.29
RAVEN79.58901,147.54
HARVEY68.219277.02
WALLER56.8493271.74
BETTS56.8493320.51
RANDALL34.1096131.00
JACKSON34.109614.71
CULLUM22.7397689.66
TYRRELL22.7397370.37
ALLEN11.36997.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KERRY0.07732448.9796
RAVEN0.07731147.5410
PLUMMER0.0773714.2857
CULLUM0.0773689.6552
TYRRELL0.0773370.3704
BETTS0.0773320.5128
WALLER0.0773271.7391
RANDALL0.0773131.0044
ANDREWS0.0773128.7554
HARVEY0.077377.0218
JACKSON0.077314.7059
ALLEN0.07737.2516

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 73 people called KERRY in Dunston 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 2448.9796 in Dunston means that 2448.9796% of the people in Dunston on census day were called KERRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KERRY 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 KERRY 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 KERRY 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 KERRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Dunston means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KERRY in Dunston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunston in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (9)  BETTS (5)  CULLING (9)  HARVEY (6)  JACKSON (3)  KERRY (12)  CULLUM (2)  NUDDS (2)  PLUMMER (7)  RANDALL (3)  RAVEN (7)  TYRRELL (2)  WALLER (5)