Top surnames from the 1881 census in Morston, Norfolk

Morston 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
WOOD105.952418.68
HEWITT84.761997.80
ARMIGER84.761916,000.00
GOTTS74.16672,500.00
SEALES74.16675,833.33
LUCK63.5714431.65
TAYLOR63.57145.58
FENN63.5714350.88
BRIEN63.57141,052.63
ABRAHAM52.9762301.20
ROGERS52.976222.93
MOTT42.3810314.96
WALTON42.381033.84
KNOWLES42.381044.59
TEMPLE42.3810181.00
THOMPSON42.38107.95
FISK42.3810449.44
BLACK31.785727.57
BUCHAN31.7857138.25
SAVORY31.7857483.87
PIKE21.190540.98
FICKLING21.19051,333.33
BARNES21.19059.89
DAVIDSON21.190514.16
BUTCHER21.190528.25
FOSTER21.19058.90
PALLANT21.1905869.57
BUCK21.190555.56
POTTER21.190518.35
DAWSON10.59525.40
COLLINS10.59524.15
HIGH10.5952131.58
BONE10.595232.15
TURNER10.59522.14
KENNET10.59521,428.57
BROUGHTON10.595231.95
BOAST10.5952294.12
LEWIS10.59522.26
DALTON10.595225.91
HOWARD10.59526.06
HARMER10.595260.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARMIGER0.1716816000.0000
SEALES0.171685833.3333
GOTTS0.171682500.0000
KENNET0.171681428.5714
FICKLING0.171681333.3333
BRIEN0.171681052.6316
PALLANT0.17168869.5652
SAVORY0.17168483.8710
FISK0.17168449.4382
LUCK0.17168431.6547
FENN0.17168350.8772
MOTT0.17168314.9606
ABRAHAM0.17168301.2048
BOAST0.17168294.1176
TEMPLE0.17168180.9955
BUCHAN0.17168138.2488
HIGH0.17168131.5789
HEWITT0.1716897.7995
HARMER0.1716860.2410
BUCK0.1716855.5556
KNOWLES0.1716844.5931
PIKE0.1716840.9836
WALTON0.1716833.8409
BONE0.1716832.1543
BROUGHTON0.1716831.9489
BUTCHER0.1716828.2486
BLACK0.1716827.5735
DALTON0.1716825.9067
ROGERS0.1716822.9253
WOOD0.1716818.6811
POTTER0.1716818.3486
DAVIDSON0.1716814.1643
BARNES0.171689.8912
FOSTER0.171688.9047
THOMPSON0.171687.9475
HOWARD0.171686.0643
TAYLOR0.171685.5845
DAWSON0.171685.3996
COLLINS0.171684.1477
LEWIS0.171682.2640
TURNER0.171682.1381

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 168 people called ARMIGER in Morston 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 16000.0000 in Morston means that 16000.0000% of the people in Morston on census day were called ARMIGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARMIGER 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 ARMIGER 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 ARMIGER 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 ARMIGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Morston means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARMIGER in Morston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Morston in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (5)  ARMIGER (8)  BARNES (2)  BLACK (3)  BOAST (1)  BONE (1)  BOWNETT (1)  BROUGHTON (1)  BRIEN (6)  BUCHAN (3)  BUCK (2)  BUTCHER (2)  COLLINS (1)  DALTON (1)  DAVIDSON (2)  DAWSON (1)  DORANT (1)  FENN (6)  FICKLING (2)  FISK (4)  FOSTER (2)  JARY (8)  GIRDLESTONE (2)  GOTTS (7)  GREENACRE (8)  HARMER (1)  HEWITT (8)  HIGH (1)  HOWARD (1)  KENNET (1)  KNOWLES (4)  LEWIS (1)  LINNESS (4)  LUCK (6)  MIDLETON (1)  MOTT (4)  PALLANT (2)  PIKE (2)  POTTER (2)  ROGERS (5)  SEALES (7)  SAVORY (3)  SURF (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TEMPLE (4)  THOMPSON (4)  TURNER (1)  WALTON (4)  WARDROPPER (2)  WOOD (10)  WORDINGHAM (3)