Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk

Shouldham Thorpe 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
CARTER3211.510868.58
BRITTON258.9928508.13
WATSON165.755424.81
EASTER124.31651,071.43
MUFFETT113.95687,333.33
BENNETT103.597121.89
GOSS103.5971413.22
BRIGHTON93.2374918.37
THOMPSON72.51808.41
FLATT72.51801,147.54
DANE72.51801,147.54
HARROD72.5180752.69
CALEY62.1583555.56
GAMBLE51.7986125.63
BEALES51.7986423.73
TURNER41.43885.17
DREW41.438854.50
LANCASTER41.438857.89
CREED41.4388258.06
BAXTER41.438824.14
CORK41.4388194.17
SPRUCE41.4388714.29
CROSS31.079115.68
HULIN31.07912,000.00
HARRISS31.0791164.84
BOWEN31.079126.11
WARD31.07914.94
LACK31.0791315.79
LEACH20.719417.44
ANDERSON20.71943.64
BURY20.719496.62
PILGRIM20.7194127.39
PARLETT20.7194769.23
COE10.359722.12
SHINN10.3597212.77
MORLEY10.35979.00
WATKIN10.359741.15
HOFF10.3597476.19
REEVE10.359715.38
HANDCOCK10.3597153.85
BOUCH10.3597303.03
MAKINS10.3597357.14
READ10.35975.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MUFFETT0.282787333.3333
HULIN0.282782000.0000
DANE0.282781147.5410
FLATT0.282781147.5410
EASTER0.282781071.4286
BRIGHTON0.28278918.3673
PARLETT0.28278769.2308
HARROD0.28278752.6882
SPRUCE0.28278714.2857
CALEY0.28278555.5556
BRITTON0.28278508.1301
HOFF0.28278476.1905
BEALES0.28278423.7288
GOSS0.28278413.2231
MAKINS0.28278357.1429
LACK0.28278315.7895
BOUCH0.28278303.0303
CREED0.28278258.0645
SHINN0.28278212.7660
CORK0.28278194.1748
HARRISS0.28278164.8352
HANDCOCK0.28278153.8462
PILGRIM0.28278127.3885
GAMBLE0.28278125.6281
BURY0.2827896.6184
CARTER0.2827868.5812
LANCASTER0.2827857.8871
DREW0.2827854.4959
WATKIN0.2827841.1523
BOWEN0.2827826.1097
WATSON0.2827824.8100
BAXTER0.2827824.1400
COE0.2827822.1239
BENNETT0.2827821.8866
LEACH0.2827817.4368
CROSS0.2827815.6822
REEVE0.2827815.3846
MORLEY0.282789.0009
THOMPSON0.282788.4054
READ0.282785.5804
TURNER0.282785.1686
WARD0.282784.9399
ANDERSON0.282783.6423

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 278 people called MUFFETT in Shouldham Thorpe 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 7333.3333 in Shouldham Thorpe means that 7333.3333% of the people in Shouldham Thorpe on census day were called MUFFETT.

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

All the surnames recorded in Shouldham Thorpe in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  MACARTHY (1)  BELHAM (2)  BATTERHAM (12)  BAXTER (4)  BEALES (5)  BENNETT (10)  BURY (2)  BOWEN (3)  BRACKENBY (8)  BRIGHTON (9)  BRITTON (25)  BOUCH (1)  BUCKENHAM (6)  CARTER (32)  CLAYDON (1)  COE (1)  CORK (4)  CREED (4)  CROSS (3)  DANE (7)  DREW (4)  EASTER (12)  FLATT (7)  GAMBLE (5)  JARY (4)  GOSS (10)  HANDCOCK (1)  HARRISS (3)  HARRAD (2)  HARROD (7)  HOFF (1)  HOVELS (1)  HULIN (3)  CALEY (6)  LACK (3)  LANCASTER (4)  LEACH (2)  MAKINS (1)  MUFFETT (11)  MORLEY (1)  PARLETT (2)  PILGRIM (2)  REEVE (1)  READ (1)  SHINN (1)  SPRUCE (4)  THOMPSON (7)  TUFFS (2)  TURNER (4)  WARD (3)  WATKIN (1)  WATSON (16)  WHITRICK (4)