Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Snoring, Norfolk

Little Snoring 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
COOPER145.072520.85
PARKER134.710124.77
HARVEY124.347840.72
CLARKE113.985519.67
BACON113.9855158.50
TENNANT93.2609305.08
PAUL82.8986115.77
HALL82.89869.85
MANN72.536248.14
WEST72.536226.35
GILDER72.5362972.22
TUCK62.1739169.49
GENT62.1739253.16
ALCOCK62.1739150.75
NEAVE51.8116384.62
HILL51.81167.11
BROWN51.81162.75
GIDNEY51.81161,923.08
SOUTHGATE41.4493185.19
DICKENS41.4493138.41
GOODMAN41.449349.69
SHAW41.44937.89
JACKSON41.44935.19
ROGERS41.449311.16
WATERS41.449336.07
BARNES31.08709.03
POWELL31.08708.71
WILKIN31.0870198.68
BELL31.08705.78
SEEMAN20.724620,000.00
HOWELL20.724617.20
SKIPPER20.7246192.31
SANDS20.724664.72
PORTER20.72469.66
MOORE20.72463.62
GATES20.724646.84
MERRY10.362348.54
FARROW10.362319.31
ABBS10.3623204.08
BOARDMAN10.362322.57
MOSS10.36235.88
EKE10.3623204.08
HOWARD10.36233.69
COPEMAN10.3623153.85
HARRISON10.36231.63
BUSSEY10.3623106.38
DREW10.362313.72
NEAL10.362312.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEEMAN0.2827620000.0000
GIDNEY0.282761923.0769
GILDER0.28276972.2222
NEAVE0.28276384.6154
TENNANT0.28276305.0847
GENT0.28276253.1646
ABBS0.28276204.0816
EKE0.28276204.0816
WILKIN0.28276198.6755
SKIPPER0.28276192.3077
SOUTHGATE0.28276185.1852
TUCK0.28276169.4915
BACON0.28276158.5014
COPEMAN0.28276153.8462
ALCOCK0.28276150.7538
DICKENS0.28276138.4083
PAUL0.28276115.7742
BUSSEY0.28276106.3830
SANDS0.2827664.7249
GOODMAN0.2827649.6894
MERRY0.2827648.5437
MANN0.2827648.1431
GATES0.2827646.8384
HARVEY0.2827640.7194
WATERS0.2827636.0685
WEST0.2827626.3455
PARKER0.2827624.7666
BOARDMAN0.2827622.5734
COOPER0.2827620.8520
CLARKE0.2827619.6674
FARROW0.2827619.3050
HOWELL0.2827617.1969
DREW0.2827613.7174
NEAL0.2827612.2399
ROGERS0.2827611.1638
HALL0.282769.8522
PORTER0.282769.6572
BARNES0.282769.0307
POWELL0.282768.7133
SHAW0.282767.8895
HILL0.282767.1124
MOSS0.282765.8789
BELL0.282765.7848
JACKSON0.282765.1860
HOWARD0.282763.6928
MOORE0.282763.6238
BROWN0.282762.7482
HARRISON0.282761.6321

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 276 people called SEEMAN in Little Snoring 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 20000.0000 in Little Snoring means that 20000.0000% of the people in Little Snoring on census day were called SEEMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEEMAN 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 SEEMAN 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 SEEMAN 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 SEEMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Little Snoring means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEEMAN in Little Snoring than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Snoring in 1881

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

ALCOCK (6)  ABBS (1)  BACON (11)  BANYARD (4)  BARNES (3)  BELL (3)  BOARDMAN (1)  BOWDER (2)  BROWN (5)  BUGDALE (10)  BUSHEL (7)  BUSSEY (1)  CLARKE (11)  COOPER (14)  COPEMAN (1)  DICKENS (4)  DREW (1)  EKE (1)  FARROW (1)  GATES (2)  GILDER (7)  GENT (6)  GIDNEY (5)  GOODMAN (4)  HALL (8)  HARRISON (1)  HARVEY (12)  HILL (5)  HOWARD (1)  HOWELL (2)  JACKSON (4)  MANN (7)  MERRY (1)  MONSER (1)  MOORE (2)  MOSS (1)  NEAL (1)  NEAVE (5)  NICKALLS (8)  NOBES (23)  PARKER (13)  PAUL (8)  PORTER (2)  POWELL (3)  ROGERS (4)  SANDS (2)  SEEMAN (2)  SHAW (4)  SHERRINGHAM (5)  SKIPPER (2)  SOUTHGATE (4)  TUDDENHAM (5)  TENNANT (9)  TUCK (6)  WATERS (4)  WEST (7)  WILKIN (3)