Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hellington, Norfolk

Hellington 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
THROWER1313.00004,062.50
RICHES99.0000789.47
STURMAN99.00004,090.91
BLAZER99.000090,000.00
BARWICK66.00001,395.35
HOLMAN66.0000422.54
HURRELL44.0000677.97
GODDARD44.000099.50
BREWER22.000075.47
BUXTON22.0000133.33
BROWN11.00001.52
PRESTON11.000020.00
SMITH11.00000.71
LAWS11.000090.09
HAZELL11.0000128.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLAZER0.1010090000.0000
STURMAN0.101004090.9091
THROWER0.101004062.5000
BARWICK0.101001395.3488
RICHES0.10100789.4737
HURRELL0.10100677.9661
HOLMAN0.10100422.5352
BUXTON0.10100133.3333
HAZELL0.10100128.2051
GODDARD0.1010099.5025
LAWS0.1010090.0901
BREWER0.1010075.4717
PRESTON0.1010020.0000
BROWN0.101001.5170
SMITH0.101000.7083

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 100 people called BLAZER in Hellington 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 90000.0000 in Hellington means that 90000.0000% of the people in Hellington on census day were called BLAZER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLAZER 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 BLAZER 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 BLAZER 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 BLAZER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Hellington means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLAZER in Hellington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hellington in 1881

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

BARWICK (6)  BLAZER (9)  BREWER (2)  BROWN (1)  BUTTLE (4)  BUXTON (2)  FORDER (1)  GODDARD (4)  HAZELL (1)  HOLMAN (6)  HURRELL (4)  LAWS (1)  MASSINGHAM (1)  PERFIT (3)  PRESTON (1)  RICHES (9)  SMITH (1)  STURMAN (9)  THROWER (13)  YALLOP (22)