Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norwich St Lawrence, Norfolk

Norwich St Lawrence 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
RIX213.4202621.30
DAINES142.2801965.52
METCALF132.1173104.59
SAUNDERS111.791519.53
HIGGINS111.791535.44
BRETT101.628785.76
BROWNE91.465880.07
ELLIS91.465810.09
STIMPSON91.4658327.27
VINCENT81.302941.78
SMART81.302928.61
RAY71.140157.61
WILDE71.140178.30
READER71.1401132.08
POWLEY60.9772315.79
HORNE60.977244.91
CLAXTON60.9772154.24
HUGGINS60.9772116.05
HARRELL60.97721,250.00
FOREMAN50.814362.27
SULLIVAN50.814319.38
ROE50.814341.81
HERRING50.814379.37
PRATT50.814314.18
BARBER50.814313.53
GREEN50.81432.89
EDWARDS50.81432.92
NORTON50.814324.49
MILLER40.65153.64
DRAKE40.651522.36
HAYHOE40.6515634.92
SHEPHERD40.65158.89
MANN40.651512.37
HARVEY40.65156.10
SAYER40.651549.75
STUBBS40.651524.68
COOPER40.65152.68
CLARKE40.65153.22
GOLDER40.6515239.52
ROPER40.651531.30
BREESE40.6515243.90
POPE40.651518.90
ALLEN40.65153.45
CHAPMAN40.65154.59
GEMMELL40.6515108.40
DIXON40.65155.95
HALL30.48861.66
BRAY30.488614.53
WHITE30.48861.52
BOAST30.4886243.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHARON0.616143333.3333
CORSEY0.616143333.3333
HARRELL0.616141250.0000
LESSEY0.616141111.1111
DAINES0.61614965.5172
AGNES0.61614833.3333
JEAN0.61614740.7407
HAYHOE0.61614634.9206
RIX0.61614621.3018
BALAAM0.61614370.3704
BATTEY0.61614338.9831
STIMPSON0.61614327.2727
POWLEY0.61614315.7895
WARTERS0.61614256.4103
BOAST0.61614243.9024
BREESE0.61614243.9024
GOLDER0.61614239.5210
HAYLETT0.61614185.1852
FREDERICK0.61614172.4138
BULLMAN0.61614169.4915
CLAXTON0.61614154.2416
DEWING0.61614153.8462
GRAND0.61614151.5152
BRACKENBURY0.61614149.2537
HARCOURT0.61614148.1481
READER0.61614132.0755
RUMBLE0.61614131.0044
TUTTLE0.61614126.5823
GELL0.61614124.2236
LOVICK0.61614123.4568
HUGGINS0.61614116.0542
GEMMELL0.61614108.4011
METCALF0.61614104.5857
ROUT0.61614104.1667
MUSKETT0.6161495.2381
ELVIN0.6161492.5926
BRETT0.6161485.7633
PATCH0.6161485.4701
HURRELL0.6161482.1918
BROWNE0.6161480.0712
HERRING0.6161479.3651
WILDE0.6161478.2998
SOLOMAN0.6161474.6269
FIELDS0.6161467.7966
FOREMAN0.6161462.2665
WILKIN0.6161459.5238
RAY0.6161457.6132
SMITHSON0.6161450.9338
SAYER0.6161449.7512
DAW0.6161447.0588

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 614 people called SHARON in Norwich St Lawrence 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 Norwich St Lawrence means that 3333.3333% of the people in Norwich St Lawrence on census day were called SHARON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHARON 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 SHARON 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 SHARON 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 SHARON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Norwich St Lawrence means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHARON in Norwich St Lawrence than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norwich St Lawrence in 1881

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

ABLETT (6)  AGNES (1)  ALLEN (4)  ALLURED (1)  AMIES (6)  BALAAM (3)  BROWNE (BALAAM) (2)  BALDRY (3)  BALLS (1)  BALSTON (2)  BARBER (5)  BARKER (3)  BARRETT (1)  BATTEY (2)  BAWLEY (2)  BECKETT (2)  BELL (2)  BENORETT (1)  BEXFIELD (1)  BLACK (1)  BLACKBURY (3)  BOAST (3)  BOWERS (3)  BOWGER (9)  BREESE (4)  BRACKENBURY (2)  BRAY (3)  BRETT (10)  BROCK (1)  BROWNE (9)  BROWN (3)  BRUNNING (2)  BULLMAN (1)  BURGESS (2)  BUTTRES (1)  CALVER (1)  CAWDSON (5)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLARKE (4)  CLAXTON (6)  CLEAVER (1)  CULYER (4)  COOPER (4)  CORSEY (2)  CUSHION (5)  DANIELS (2)  DARVEY (2)  DAVIS (1)  DAW (2)  DAINES (14)  DEWING (1)  DIXON (4)  DOWNER (1)  DRAKE (4)  EDWARDS (5)  ELLIS (9)  ELVIN (2)  FAIRHEAD (1)  FALSHAW (3)  FARN (7)  FAXLEY (8)  FIELDS (2)  FISHER (1)  FITT (8)  FOREMAN (5)  FREDERICK (1)  FREEMAN (1)  FRILLER (2)  GARNETT (1)  GARWOOD (1)  GEMMELL (4)  GELL (2)  GIRDLESTONE (6)  GOLDER (4)  GRAND (1)  GREEN (5)  GRIFFIN (1)  GUNTON (6)  HALL (3)  HANNANT (4)  HARCOURT (2)  HARMSBY (1)  HARRIS (2)  HARRELL (6)  HART (1)  HARVEY (4)  HATTON (1)  HAWES (2)  HAYHOE (4)  HAYLETT (2)  HAYLET (1)  HERRING (5)  HEWITT (2)  HIGGINS (11)  HIGH (1)  HORNE (6)  HOWES (2)  HUBY (2)  HUGGINS (6)  HUMPHREY (3)  HURRELL (3)  JACKSON (3)  JEAN (2)  JEFFERY (1)  JONES (3)  KEDDINGTON (1)  KEMP (1)  KIRK (2)  KIRKLAND (1)  KNIVETT (2)  LAMBERT (1)  LANE (2)  LARKMAN (7)  LECKER (1)  ST LEDGER (1)  LEGGETT (1)  LEMON (1)  LESSEY (1)  LOVICK (1)  LINGWOOD (1)  LURATMAN (2)  LYNCH (1)  MALSTER (6)  MANN (4)  MAPFASTINE (1)  MARTIN (2)  MAYES (1)  MC ILMORROW (1)  MEEK (1)  METCALF (13)  MIDDLETON (2)  MILLER (4)  MONEY (1)  MURPHY (2)  MUSKETT (1)  NEALE (2)  NOBBS (2)  NORMAN (1)  NORTON (5)  OLDIN (1)  OSBORNE (1)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (3)  PATCH (1)  PEARCE (1)  POPE (4)  POTTER (2)  POWLEY (6)  PRATT (5)  RAY (7)  READER (7)  REEVES (3)  REEVE (1)  RICE (1)  RICHES (2)  RIX (21)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROPER (4)  ROE (5)  ROUT (1)  RUMBLE (3)  RUSSENS (3)  SAUNDERS (11)  SAYER (4)  SHARMAN (1)  SHARON (1)  SHEARRING (2)  SHEPHERD (4)  SYMONDS (1)  SIMPSONE (3)  SMART (8)  SMITHSON (3)  SOLOMAN (1)  SOPWA (2)  SPILLING (1)  SPOWA (1)  STIMPSON (9)  STRANGLEMAN (1)  STUBBS (4)  SULLIVAN (5)  THIRKS (1)  TILLEY (2)  TILNEY (4)  TOWNSEND (1)  TUTTLE (1)  TILLYARD (2)  VINCENT (8)  WHALL (1)  WARTERS (1)  WATSON (1)  WEGG (2)  WELLS (1)  WESKEY (1)  WEST (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WHITE (3)  WILDE (7)  WILKIN (2)  WILSON (1)  WOOKCOCK (6)  WRIGHT (2)