Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gaywood, Norfolk

Gaywood 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
FOX192.357325.39
BULLOCK192.357372.46
COPEMAN151.8610785.34
SMITH141.73701.23
KIRBY141.737045.78
RAINES141.7370864.20
WHITTLEY131.61296,842.11
ADAMS111.36489.26
HOLMES101.240710.19
EWEN101.2407291.55
PRICE101.24077.09
WARNES101.2407375.94
LEADER101.2407273.22
HALL101.24074.22
FISH101.240766.62
GRANGE101.2407215.98
EMERSON101.2407179.21
BALLARD91.116674.44
ROSE91.116615.06
VEAL91.1166182.56
DICKERSON80.9926243.16
BURTON80.992611.65
BLAKE80.992620.49
BARNARD80.992639.98
SAVORY80.9926268.46
LING80.9926104.99
FROST80.992617.65
BASSETT70.868555.64
ALEXANDER70.868516.41
FARMER70.868527.79
COLLISON70.8685212.12
EYLES70.8685188.17
HODSON70.868541.97
DREW60.744428.18
GRAY60.74445.21
AVIS60.7444155.04
THURSTON60.7444105.45
CHURCH50.620328.43
WRIGHT50.62031.93
RAYSON50.6203216.45
COOK50.62033.12
BAGGE50.62031,162.79
SEAMAN50.620380.00
BAKER50.62032.83
HARDY50.620310.36
PALMER50.62035.26
CHAPMAN50.62034.37
SOUTHGATE50.620379.24
COLLINSON50.620352.85
ATMORE40.49631,600.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITTLEY0.818066842.1053
SANTY0.818062500.0000
ATMORE0.818061600.0000
BAGGE0.818061162.7907
RAINES0.81806864.1975
MEDLER0.81806857.1429
STANFORTH0.81806833.3333
COPEMAN0.81806785.3403
HOVELL0.81806468.7500
DOWDY0.81806454.5455
CHESSON0.81806400.0000
WARNES0.81806375.9398
SETCHELL0.81806365.8537
RAINS0.81806291.9708
EWEN0.81806291.5452
TOLL0.81806281.6901
LEADER0.81806273.2240
SAVORY0.81806268.4564
DICKERSON0.81806243.1611
DEWING0.81806232.5581
LUSHER0.81806229.0076
RAYSON0.81806216.4502
GRANGE0.81806215.9827
COLLISON0.81806212.1212
RINGWOOD0.81806206.1856
EYLES0.81806188.1720
REEDER0.81806182.6484
VEAL0.81806182.5558
EMERSON0.81806179.2115
GALER0.81806166.6667
FUTTER0.81806165.2893
SHIP0.81806160.0000
AVIS0.81806155.0388
HARBOUR0.81806144.2308
GIPSON0.81806128.2051
BURKETT0.81806122.6994
CASON0.81806111.1111
NEAVE0.81806105.5409
THURSTON0.81806105.4482
LING0.81806104.9869
SHARPLEY0.8180697.0874
SHEARS0.8180684.7458
TOWLER0.8180683.3333
ALDERTON0.8180683.3333
SEAMAN0.8180680.0000
ROUT0.8180679.3651
SOUTHGATE0.8180679.2393
CATER0.8180677.5194
BALLARD0.8180674.4417
BULLOCK0.8180672.4638

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 806 people called WHITTLEY in Gaywood 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 6842.1053 in Gaywood means that 6842.1053% of the people in Gaywood on census day were called WHITTLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITTLEY 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 WHITTLEY 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 WHITTLEY 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 WHITTLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in Gaywood means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITTLEY in Gaywood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gaywood in 1881

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

ADAMS (11)  ALDERTON (3)  ALEXANDER (7)  ATMORE (4)  AVIS (6)  BAGGE (5)  BAILY (1)  BAKER (5)  BALLARD (9)  BAMBRIDGE (2)  BANYARD (3)  BARKER (1)  BARNARD (8)  BARWOOD (7)  BASSETT (7)  BEALES (2)  BURKETT (2)  BLAKE (8)  BLAND (1)  BOWERS (2)  BULLOCK (19)  BOURNE (3)  BURTON (8)  BUTLER (3)  CARLISLE (1)  CARTER (3)  CASON (1)  CATER (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (4)  CHAPMAN (5)  CHESSON (2)  CHURCH (5)  CHURCHMAN (1)  CLARK (1)  COLLINSON (5)  COOK (5)  COOPER (2)  COPEMAN (15)  COLLISON (7)  COZENS (9)  COX (4)  CROWE (2)  DYE (3)  DAYNES (7)  DEWING (2)  DYBALL (4)  DICKERSON (8)  DOWDY (2)  DOWSING (2)  DREW (6)  DYBLE (6)  EYLES (7)  EARLE (1)  EDWARDS (3)  EGLINGTON (7)  ELLSE (1)  EMBLING (1)  EMERSON (10)  ENDLEDON (2)  EVERITT (1)  EWEN (10)  FAKENBRIDGE (9)  FARMER (7)  FARROW (4)  FAYERS (5)  FYSH (24)  FISH (10)  FLEMMING (1)  FORD (3)  FOX (19)  FRANCIS (1)  FROST (8)  FUTTER (2)  GARRETT (1)  GALER (1)  GIPSON (1)  GOSS (1)  GRANGE (10)  GRAY (6)  GREEN (2)  GRIFFIN (3)  GRILING (1)  GRIMES (1)  HALES (3)  HALL (10)  HAMMOND (1)  HARDY (5)  HAVERSON (6)  HARBOUR (3)  HILL (1)  HODSON (7)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLMES (10)  HOLT (1)  HOVELL (3)  HOWARD (4)  HURRELL (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (3)  KIRBY (14)  LAKE (4)  LAWS (1)  LEADER (10)  LIGHT (3)  LAIGHT (1)  LING (8)  LUSHER (3)  MANSFIELD (2)  MARSHALL (4)  MASON (1)  MASSINGHAM (1)  MAYES (1)  MEDLER (3)  MEEK (1)  MALLOWS (2)  MINDHAM (5)  MIDDLETON (4)  MITCHELL (1)  MITCHELSON (1)  MONUMENT (3)  MOORE (3)  NEAL (4)  NEAVE (4)  NELSON (4)  NICHOLS (2)  OSTLER (1)  OVERTON (2)  PALMER (5)  PARMENTER (1)  PEARSON (2)  PECK (2)  PERRYMAN (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PRATT (4)  PRICE (10)  RAINES (14)  RAINS (4)  REEDER (4)  RAYSON (5)  RICHERS (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  RICHES (3)  RINGWOOD (2)  RIPPINGILL (5)  ROLFE (1)  ROMAGNOLI (1)  ROSE (9)  ROUT (1)  RUDD (2)  SADLER (2)  SANTY (3)  SAVORY (8)  SCRANCHER (1)  SEAMAN (5)  SETCHELL (3)  SHARPLEY (1)  SHEARS (3)  SHELDRAK (2)  SHIP (2)  SIMPSON (2)  SKERRY (3)  SMITH (14)  SOUTHGATE (5)  SQUIRRELL (1)  STANFORTH (3)  STEBBING (7)  THOMPSON (4)  THURSTON (6)  TWAITES (3)  TOLL (4)  TOWLER (3)  TURNBULL (2)  TURNER (1)  VALENTINE (1)  VEAL (9)  VERTIGAN (4)  VERTIGAIN (1)  VITTY (4)  WALDEN (1)  WALKER (2)  WARD (1)  WARNES (10)  WIFFEN (1)  WHITTLEY (13)  WHITLEY (4)  WHYBROW (1)  WICKS (4)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WISE (1)  WOMES (5)  WOODS (3)  WOOD (3)  WRIGHT (5)