Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gayton, Norfolk

Gayton 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
HOWARD374.881349.74
SHINN344.48552,656.25
ANGEL303.9578923.08
GREEN263.430112.18
DAWS222.9024567.01
CROSS202.638538.34
BULMAN192.5066688.41
DYE192.5066377.73
MEEK192.5066215.66
LAKE172.2427101.19
SMITH172.24271.59
HAMMOND172.242739.40
BRAY141.847054.92
GRIMES131.7150148.57
WRIGHT121.58314.93
RASBERRY111.45124,782.61
NICHOLS111.451244.53
COE101.319381.23
BLAND101.319363.61
RUDD91.187375.31
MEDLOCK91.1873769.23
TAYLOR91.18731.86
COX81.05546.96
RAYNER81.055442.31
MATTHEWS81.055412.10
GRIFFIN70.923519.62
PALMER70.92357.83
CULLUM70.9235234.90
CUTTING70.9235181.35
BURTON70.923510.84
WILSON60.79161.72
THURSTON60.7916112.15
BILLING60.7916142.18
WATSON60.79163.41
OVERSON60.79162,400.00
PETCH60.7916178.57
READER60.791691.74
REYNOLDS50.65967.62
MOORE50.65963.30
GRIEF50.65961,136.36
THOMAS50.65961.60
BRADFIELD40.5277166.67
WELLS40.52776.34
SHEPHARD40.527755.02
JACKSON40.52771.89
WHITE40.52771.64
DAWSON40.52774.79
CHAPMAN40.52773.72
MAGGS40.527778.74
JARVIS30.39588.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RASBERRY0.767584782.6087
SHINN0.767582656.2500
OVERSON0.767582400.0000
WORF0.767581428.5714
CALLAR0.767581250.0000
GRIEF0.767581136.3636
ANGEL0.76758923.0769
MEDLOCK0.76758769.2308
BULMAN0.76758688.4058
DAWS0.76758567.0103
DYE0.76758377.7336
WINKFIELD0.76758357.1429
CASTON0.76758270.2703
PLUME0.76758250.0000
CULLUM0.76758234.8993
MEEK0.76758215.6640
PADGET0.76758188.6792
CUTTING0.76758181.3472
PETCH0.76758178.5714
TUBBY0.76758178.5714
BRADFIELD0.76758166.6667
GRIMES0.76758148.5714
REEDER0.76758145.6311
BILLING0.76758142.1801
HOLIDAY0.76758140.8451
WALDON0.76758120.4819
THURSTON0.76758112.1495
PARKE0.76758111.7318
BONNETT0.76758104.7120
LAKE0.76758101.1905
MILLSON0.7675894.3396
READER0.7675891.7431
ROUT0.7675884.7458
CATTON0.7675881.3008
COE0.7675881.2348
MAGGS0.7675878.7402
RUDD0.7675875.3138
TYRELL0.7675872.2022
CHILVERS0.7675867.3401
BLAND0.7675863.6132
DANN0.7675862.7615
TILLETT0.7675861.7284
CAPES0.7675861.7284
SHEPHARD0.7675855.0206
BRAY0.7675854.9235
CHURCHMAN0.7675851.8135
GARROD0.7675850.2513
HOWARD0.7675849.7446
HARDIMAN0.7675844.8430
NICHOLS0.7675844.5344

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 758 people called RASBERRY in Gayton 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 4782.6087 in Gayton means that 4782.6087% of the people in Gayton on census day were called RASBERRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RASBERRY 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 RASBERRY 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 RASBERRY 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 RASBERRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Gayton means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RASBERRY in Gayton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gayton in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLISON (3)  ANDERSON (2)  ANGEL (30)  AUSTIN (1)  BARKER (2)  BARRETT (2)  BARTON (1)  BATTERBEE (5)  BEESTON (1)  BILLING (6)  BLAND (10)  BLOMFIELD (1)  BONNETT (2)  BRADFIELD (4)  BRAY (14)  BROWN (3)  BUGG (1)  BULL (1)  BULMAN (19)  BUNKALL (11)  BUNCLE (6)  BUNGLE (2)  BUNELL (2)  BURTON (7)  BUTLER (1)  CALLAR (1)  CAPES (1)  CASTON (2)  CATTON (2)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHARVILLE (1)  CHILVERS (2)  CHURCHMAN (1)  COE (10)  COOPER (1)  COOPMAN (1)  COUNTESS OF ROMNEY (2)  COX (8)  CROSS (20)  CUTTING (7)  DANN (3)  DAVIS (1)  DAWS (22)  DAWSON (4)  DYE (19)  DENNIS (2)  DIX (2)  DODD (2)  DODMAN (1)  DREW (2)  DURRANT (1)  EARL OF ROMNEY (2)  EDDEN (2)  ELDER (1)  ELSEGOOD (1)  EMERSON (1)  EVERETT (1)  FAYERS (2)  FITT (1)  FOX (1)  FAWKES (5)  FRANKLIN (3)  GARROD (2)  GIBSON (2)  GOODERSON (4)  GORE (1)  GORING (1)  GOULTY (1)  GREEN (26)  GRIGGS (2)  GRIEF (5)  GRIFFIN (7)  GRIMES (13)  HOLIDAY (3)  HAMMOND (17)  HANSLIP (1)  HARDIMAN (1)  HEARNDEN (1)  HENDRY (1)  HOGGER (5)  HOOPER (1)  HOWARD (37)  HUNTER (1)  HILLINGS (2)  JACKSON (4)  JARVIS (3)  JOHNSON (1)  KING (1)  LAKE (17)  LARGE (1)  LEWIS (1)  MARGETSON (6)  MARSHAM (3)  MARSTON (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (2)  MATTHEWS (8)  MAYES (2)  CULLUM (7)  MAGGS (4)  MEDLOCK (9)  MEEK (19)  MILLER (1)  MILLSON (1)  MOORE (5)  NEWSTEAD (1)  NICHOLS (11)  OVERSON (6)  PADGET (2)  PAINTER (1)  PALMER (7)  PARKE (2)  PETCH (6)  PLUME (2)  PLUMBLY (1)  POTTER (2)  RAISBERRY (3)  RASBERRY (11)  RAYNER (8)  READER (6)  REEDER (3)  REEVE (1)  REED (2)  REYNOLDS (5)  ROUT (1)  ROY (1)  RUDD (9)  SCOTT (1)  SHINN (34)  SHEPHARD (4)  SYMONDS (1)  SYMONS (2)  SKERRY (8)  SMITH (17)  SOFFLY (2)  SOFTLY (3)  SPOONER (3)  STANTON (1)  SUSSENS (1)  SYCAMORE (2)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMAS (5)  THURSTON (6)  THWAITES (2)  TILLETT (1)  TUBBY (2)  TURNER (3)  TYRELL (2)  WALDEN (2)  WALDON (1)  WALKER (1)  WATERS (1)  WATKINS (1)  WATSON (6)  WATTS (1)  WEBB (1)  WELLS (4)  WHARTON (1)  WHITE (4)  WICKS (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (6)  WINKFIELD (1)  WORF (1)  WRIGHT (12)