Top surnames from the 1881 census in Forncett St Peter, Norfolk

Forncett St Peter 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
SMITH274.37603.10
TOOKE213.40362,234.04
MOORE182.917314.59
WOMACK182.91731,651.38
LOVEDAY162.5932424.40
ELVIN142.2690645.16
ALDRICH132.10701,300.00
PRICE121.944911.11
WARD121.94498.90
COLMAN111.7828191.30
ENGLISH111.782894.83
BROOKS101.620716.58
BRIGGS101.620729.84
NICHOLS91.458744.78
WARREN91.458721.82
BLAKE81.296626.76
KEELER81.2966437.16
WRIGHT81.29664.04
CANNELL81.2966299.63
KNIGHTS71.1345129.39
FROST71.134520.18
WILLIAMS71.13451.58
LIGHTNING71.13454,666.67
COX71.13457.49
HALES71.134579.10
DURRANT71.134572.46
STIMPSON71.1345252.71
TANN60.9724638.30
BREWSTER60.9724100.50
WALPOLE60.9724246.91
SALTER60.972442.52
TOOLEY60.9724280.37
COLEMAN60.972419.51
HUGGINS60.9724115.61
DOWE60.97241,578.95
COOPER60.97244.00
SEAGER60.9724176.47
BROWNE50.810444.25
FURNESS50.8104101.42
MARSHALL50.81044.83
REYNOLDS40.64837.48
HAILES40.6483465.12
WARNES40.6483196.08
CALVER40.6483145.45
HUMPHREYS40.648318.42
HAZLE40.64831,379.31
WATERS40.648316.14
KING40.64832.97
SAUNDERS40.64837.07
WELLER40.648345.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIGHTNING0.626174666.6667
TOOKE0.626172234.0426
WOMACK0.626171651.3761
DOWE0.626171578.9474
HAZLE0.626171379.3103
ALDRICH0.626171300.0000
LAIN0.626171025.6410
ELVIN0.62617645.1613
TANN0.62617638.2979
HAILES0.62617465.1163
KEELER0.62617437.1585
LOVEDAY0.62617424.4032
FICKLING0.62617357.1429
CASTON0.62617333.3333
CANNELL0.62617299.6255
TOOLEY0.62617280.3738
STIMPSON0.62617252.7076
WALPOLE0.62617246.9136
PERCEY0.62617243.9024
CHATTEN0.62617200.0000
WARNES0.62617196.0784
LANSDELL0.62617192.3077
COLMAN0.62617191.3043
SEAGER0.62617176.4706
BUNNING0.62617153.8462
PIDGEON0.62617146.3415
CALVER0.62617145.4545
KNIGHTS0.62617129.3900
SKIPPER0.62617129.3103
SEMMENS0.62617128.2051
LOYD0.62617123.9669
HUGGINS0.62617115.6069
TUBBY0.62617109.8901
GOWAN0.62617106.3830
POLL0.62617102.0408
FURNESS0.62617101.4199
BREWSTER0.62617100.5025
BLOOM0.6261796.1538
ENGLISH0.6261794.8276
FARMAN0.6261786.2069
SANDALL0.6261782.6446
HALES0.6261779.0960
DURRANT0.6261772.4638
THURSTON0.6261768.8073
LAND0.6261767.4157
HURN0.6261762.5000
WATLING0.6261762.5000
BALLS0.6261750.5689
DYE0.6261748.8998
WELLER0.6261745.0958

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 617 people called LIGHTNING in Forncett St Peter 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 4666.6667 in Forncett St Peter means that 4666.6667% of the people in Forncett St Peter on census day were called LIGHTNING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIGHTNING 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 LIGHTNING 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 LIGHTNING 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 LIGHTNING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Forncett St Peter means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIGHTNING in Forncett St Peter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Forncett St Peter in 1881

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

ALBOROUGH (2)  ALDOUS (1)  ALDRICH (13)  ALDRIDGE (3)  ALEXANDER (2)  AUSTIN (3)  BAKER (3)  BALLS (4)  BILHAM (10)  BAXTER (1)  BIDEWELL (10)  BLAKE (8)  BLOOM (2)  BOULTON (2)  BREWSTER (6)  BRIGGS (10)  BROOKS (10)  BROCK (1)  BROWN (1)  BROWNE (5)  BUCK (4)  BUNNING (1)  BUSH (2)  BUTCHER (1)  BUXTON (2)  CALVER (4)  CANNELL (8)  CASTON (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  CARLTON (1)  CHATTEN (1)  CLARKE (2)  COLEMAN (6)  COLMAN (11)  COOPER (6)  COX (7)  CRANE (1)  DYE (2)  DOWE (6)  DRAKE (3)  DUNN (1)  DUNNETT (1)  DURRANT (7)  EDWARDS (1)  ELVIN (14)  FARMAN (1)  FICKLING (2)  FROST (7)  FURNESS (5)  GIBSON (2)  GOSTLING (8)  GOWAN (1)  GRIFFIN (1)  GROOM (2)  HALES (7)  HAILES (4)  HAZLE (4)  HURN (1)  HEWITT (1)  HOUSEGO (5)  HUGGINS (6)  HUMPHREYS (4)  ENGLISH (11)  JAMES (1)  KEMP (1)  KING (4)  KNIGHTS (7)  LANCHESTER (1)  LAND (3)  LAIN (4)  LEMON (1)  LIGHTNING (7)  LIGHTON (1)  LOYD (3)  LLOYD (1)  LANSDELL (1)  LOVEDAY (16)  LUDKIN (3)  MACKRELL (1)  MADDEYS (2)  MARSHALL (5)  MATLASS (2)  MAXWELL (1)  KEELER (8)  MYHILL (5)  MOORE (18)  MOSS (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NICHOLS (9)  NORMAN (4)  NUDDS (12)  NUNN (1)  PALMER (3)  PAYNE (1)  PEACOCK (3)  PECK (1)  PERCEY (1)  PIDGEON (3)  POLL (1)  POTTER (3)  PRICE (12)  PRIOR (1)  PUTTOCK (4)  REEVE (2)  REYNOLDS (4)  RUDD (1)  RUDRUM (1)  SALTER (6)  SANDALL (1)  SAUNDERS (4)  SAVORY (1)  SEAGER (6)  SEMMENS (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SKIPPER (3)  SMITH (27)  SPRALL (6)  STEVENSON (1)  STIMPSON (7)  SUTTON (1)  TANN (6)  THURSTON (3)  TODD (2)  TOOLEY (6)  TUBBY (1)  TOOKE (21)  TUNMORE (1)  TYLER (4)  WALLACE (2)  WALPOLE (6)  WARD (12)  WARNES (4)  WARNER (1)  WARREN (9)  WATERS (4)  WATLING (2)  WELLER (4)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILSON (2)  WOMACK (18)  WRIGHT (8)