Top surnames from the 1881 census in Edgefield, Norfolk

Edgefield 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
JACOBS347.0981296.43
POTTER326.6806103.03
CHAPMAN224.592932.34
EDWARDS204.175414.98
BROWN153.13154.75
MIDDLETON153.131559.64
KINSLEY142.92282,692.31
COLEMAN122.505250.27
FORD122.505225.72
PRESTON102.087741.79
WOODS102.087733.11
BROUGHTON102.0877111.98
GREEN91.87896.67
TAYLOR91.87892.94
ROWE81.670129.41
GRAY81.670111.70
WRIGHT81.67015.21
FOWLER71.461425.59
FARROW71.461477.86
MATERN61.252660,000.00
JACKSON61.25264.48
WOODYARD61.25262,222.22
SKILLINGS61.25263,333.33
LOCK61.252643.99
DENNIS61.252642.34
KNIGHTS51.0438119.05
PECK51.043861.80
TEMPLE51.043879.49
PEACHER51.04388,333.33
JORDAN40.835118.90
GIBBONS40.835125.97
WYMER40.8351952.38
STRATTON40.835196.39
ALLEN30.62633.32
WHISTLER30.6263600.00
WILLIAMS30.62630.87
KNIGHT30.62635.08
JARVIS30.626313.95
WARNER30.626317.18
IVES30.626353.48
BACON30.626324.92
EARL30.626347.92
CARR20.41755.79
ELLIS20.41752.88
MONEY20.417569.93
BARRETT20.41756.22
BISHOP20.41755.98
BATEMAN20.417516.16
SKERRETT20.4175714.29
LEE20.41752.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MATERN0.4847960000.0000
PEACHER0.484798333.3333
SKILLINGS0.484793333.3333
KINSLEY0.484792692.3077
WOODYARD0.484792222.2222
WYMER0.48479952.3810
SKERRETT0.48479714.2857
WHISTLER0.48479600.0000
GAFF0.48479434.7826
WIGGETT0.48479312.5000
JACOBS0.48479296.4255
KNIGHTS0.48479119.0476
BROUGHTON0.48479111.9821
POTTER0.48479103.0264
STRATTON0.4847996.3855
BASHAM0.4847984.0336
TEMPLE0.4847979.4913
FARROW0.4847977.8643
MONEY0.4847969.9301
PECK0.4847961.8047
MIDDLETON0.4847959.6421
IVES0.4847953.4759
GRATTON0.4847952.3560
COPPING0.4847952.3560
COLEMAN0.4847950.2723
EARL0.4847947.9233
LOCK0.4847943.9883
PEGG0.4847942.5532
DENNIS0.4847942.3430
PRESTON0.4847941.7885
ROW0.4847940.6504
BREEZE0.4847933.7838
WOODS0.4847933.1126
CHAPMAN0.4847932.3387
ROWE0.4847929.4118
GIBBONS0.4847925.9740
FORD0.4847925.7180
FOWLER0.4847925.5941
BACON0.4847924.9169
SEXTON0.4847924.2131
COTTRELL0.4847923.4742
JORDAN0.4847918.9036
WARNER0.4847917.1821
DOUGHTY0.4847916.4204
BATEMAN0.4847916.1551
EDWARDS0.4847914.9813
JARVIS0.4847913.9535
COE0.4847912.8535
GRAY0.4847911.6993
HULL0.484799.9900

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 479 people called MATERN in Edgefield 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 60000.0000 in Edgefield means that 60000.0000% of the people in Edgefield on census day were called MATERN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MATERN 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 MATERN 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 MATERN 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 MATERN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Edgefield means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MATERN in Edgefield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Edgefield in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  BACON (3)  BALLASHEY (2)  BARRETT (2)  BASHAM (1)  BATEMAN (2)  BAYFIELD (3)  BETTS (1)  BEAFIELD (1)  BIRD (1)  BISHOP (2)  BREEZE (1)  BROUGHTON (10)  BROWN (15)  CARR (2)  CATTEN (7)  CHAPMAN (22)  CLETHERO (3)  COE (1)  COLEMAN (12)  COOPER (1)  COPPING (1)  COTTRELL (1)  CRONSHEY (1)  DAGLESS (12)  DENNIS (6)  DOUGHTY (1)  DOYE (5)  EARL (3)  EDWARDS (20)  ELLIS (2)  FARROW (7)  FLEGG (3)  FORD (12)  FOWLER (7)  GAFF (2)  GIBBONS (4)  JORDAN (4)  GRATTON (1)  GRAVELING (4)  GRAY (8)  GREEN (9)  HATHERALL (1)  HAGH (9)  HAYAN (1)  HAYGON (3)  HEWIT (1)  HIPPER (3)  HULL (1)  IVES (3)  JACKSON (6)  JACOBS (34)  JARVIS (3)  KINSLEY (14)  KNIGHT (3)  KNIGHTS (5)  LEE (2)  LIVICK (2)  LOCK (6)  MATERN (6)  MIDDLETON (15)  MONEY (2)  PALMER (1)  PEACHER (5)  PECK (5)  PEGG (2)  PINCHEON (1)  POTTER (32)  PRESTON (10)  PUGALL (2)  RISEBOROUGH (2)  ROWE (8)  ROW (1)  SEXTON (1)  SKERRETT (2)  SKILLINGS (6)  SPRINGALL (7)  STRATTON (4)  STRUTT (1)  TAYLOR (9)  TEMPLE (5)  TURNER (1)  WARNER (3)  WATSON (1)  WELLS (2)  WEST (1)  WHISTLER (3)  WIGGETT (2)  WILLIAMS (3)  WOODS (10)  WOOD (1)  WOODYARD (6)  WORSHIP (2)  WRIGHT (8)  WYMER (4)