Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hethel, Norfolk

Hethel 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
GOOCH128.0537916.03
THOMPSON96.040320.16
FULCHER96.04031,200.00
HAMMOND96.0403106.13
WELTON85.36911,481.48
BAILEY64.026826.74
FUNNELL64.0268731.71
MILLARD64.0268242.92
SMITH64.02682.85
RINGWOOD53.35572,777.78
EMMS53.3557892.86
COOK53.355716.89
BUSH53.3557135.87
GREAVES42.684691.53
SPARKES42.6846366.97
COAN32.01343,333.33
DENYER32.0134491.80
CLAXTON21.3423212.77
SPRUCE21.3423666.67
MOORE21.34236.71
HAYLETT21.3423769.23
THURSTON10.671195.24
HARRISON10.67113.02
PALMER10.67115.69
DUNSFORD10.6711454.55
MALLETT10.671175.19
TILLETT10.6711312.50
BLACKWOOD10.6711114.94
STEWARD10.671152.36
GARDINER10.671123.36
FROST10.671111.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COAN0.151493333.3333
RINGWOOD0.151492777.7778
WELTON0.151491481.4815
FULCHER0.151491200.0000
GOOCH0.15149916.0305
EMMS0.15149892.8571
HAYLETT0.15149769.2308
FUNNELL0.15149731.7073
SPRUCE0.15149666.6667
DENYER0.15149491.8033
DUNSFORD0.15149454.5455
SPARKES0.15149366.9725
TILLETT0.15149312.5000
MILLARD0.15149242.9150
CLAXTON0.15149212.7660
BUSH0.15149135.8696
BLACKWOOD0.15149114.9425
HAMMOND0.15149106.1321
THURSTON0.1514995.2381
GREAVES0.1514991.5332
MALLETT0.1514975.1880
STEWARD0.1514952.3560
BAILEY0.1514926.7380
GARDINER0.1514923.3645
THOMPSON0.1514920.1613
COOK0.1514916.8919
FROST0.1514911.9332
MOORE0.151496.7114
PALMER0.151495.6948
HARRISON0.151493.0239
SMITH0.151492.8520

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 149 people called COAN in Hethel 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 3333.3333 in Hethel means that 3333.3333% of the people in Hethel on census day were called COAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COAN 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 COAN 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 COAN 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 COAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Hethel means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COAN in Hethel than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hethel in 1881

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

BAILEY (6)  BASSINGTHWAIGHTE (3)  BASSINGWHITE (1)  BLACKWOOD (1)  BUSH (5)  CLAXTON (2)  COAN (3)  COOK (5)  CUNNELL (1)  DENYER (3)  DUNSFORD (1)  ELLISS (6)  EMMS (5)  FROST (1)  FULCHER (9)  FUNNELL (6)  GARDINER (1)  GOLDSPINK (5)  GOOCH (12)  GREAVES (4)  HAMMOND (9)  HARRISON (1)  HAYLETT (2)  MACKNESS (1)  MALLETT (1)  MYHILL (6)  MILLARD (6)  MOORE (2)  PALMER (1)  RINGWOOD (5)  SMITH (6)  SPARKES (4)  SPRUCE (2)  STEWARD (1)  THOMPSON (9)  THURSTON (1)  TILLETT (1)  WOLTON (3)  WELTON (8)