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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Southery, Norfolk

Southery 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
PORTER20817.5379233.73
OSLER746.23955,441.18
BELL443.709919.74
BOWERS262.1922120.20
LEGGE252.1079471.70
SMITH221.85501.31
ROWELL191.6020183.40
REGISTER181.51775,142.86
HALL171.43344.87
GALLAWAY171.43341,789.47
BROWN161.34912.05
BARRETT141.180417.58
HOLMAN131.096177.24
THORNHILL121.0118161.94
RODGERS121.011836.97
HARDY110.927515.49
WARD110.92754.25
BENNETT110.92755.64
FULLER110.927522.93
BRIGHTON100.8432238.10
FLACK90.7589107.78
TROWER90.7589468.75
RICHES90.758966.37
BARTON90.758914.05
POPE90.758922.02
PROCTOR90.758930.87
WOOTTON80.674574.28
BARROW80.674531.83
HART80.67457.91
WATSON80.67452.91
SUTTON70.59029.27
CHIVERS70.590266.92
TURNER70.59022.12
WOODS70.59029.36
CREEK70.5902319.63
ELMORE60.5059357.14
SIMPER60.5059465.12
HUTSON60.5059128.76
FINCHAM60.5059180.72
WYRE60.50591,621.62
NORMAN60.505910.92
BUTCHER60.505912.00
GOODGE60.5059705.88
TOWLER60.5059113.42
BARSON60.5059270.27
CATLIN50.4216177.31
CROW50.421627.93
BARLOW50.42167.81
ASHMAN50.421664.94
CASSON50.421670.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OSLER1.191,1865441.1765
REGISTER1.191,1865142.8571
LEMEN1.191,1861818.1818
GALLAWAY1.191,1861789.4737
WYRE1.191,1861621.6216
JULIUS1.191,1861111.1111
GOODGE1.191,186705.8824
LEGGE1.191,186471.6981
TROWER1.191,186468.7500
SIMPER1.191,186465.1163
ELMORE1.191,186357.1429
CREEK1.191,186319.6347
BARSON1.191,186270.2703
BRIGHTON1.191,186238.0952
PORTER1.191,186233.7341
ROWELL1.191,186183.3977
FINCHAM1.191,186180.7229
CATLIN1.191,186177.3050
SALLIS1.191,186170.4545
THORNHILL1.191,186161.9433
FLATT1.191,186152.6718
HUTSON1.191,186128.7554
BOWERS1.191,186120.2034
WATTON1.191,186116.5501
TOWLER1.191,186113.4216
FLACK1.191,186107.7844
LACK1.191,18699.0099
GALLEY1.191,18694.5626
LEMMON1.191,18693.0233
YOUNGS1.191,18688.4956
SAYLE1.191,18683.3333
HOLMAN1.191,18677.2430
WOOTTON1.191,18674.2804
CASSON1.191,18670.9220
CHIVERS1.191,18666.9216
RICHES1.191,18666.3717
PIGOTT1.191,18665.9341
ASHMAN1.191,18664.9351
GENT1.191,18649.1159
BULLEN1.191,18639.7456
LANGHAM1.191,18638.4615
RODGERS1.191,18636.9686
BARROW1.191,18631.8345
PROCTOR1.191,18630.8748
CROW1.191,18627.9330
VEAL1.191,18627.5862
THURSTON1.191,18623.8949
FULLER1.191,18622.9310
POPE1.191,18622.0157
BLACKMAN1.191,18620.7900

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,186 people called OSLER in Southery 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 5441.1765 in Southery means that 5441.1765% of the people in Southery on census day were called OSLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OSLER 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 OSLER 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 OSLER 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 OSLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.19 in Southery means that you are 1.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OSLER in Southery than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Southery in 1881

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

AKRED (4)  ADAMS (1)  AKRAD (4)  AINGER (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASHMAN (5)  ATTLESEY (9)  BARBER (2)  BARLEY (1)  BARLOW (5)  BARNES (2)  BARRETT (14)  BARSON (6)  BARTON (9)  BASS (1)  BELL (44)  BELSHAM (2)  BENNETT (11)  BENSON (2)  BISHOP (2)  BLACKMAN (3)  BLAND (2)  BOWERS (26)  BOYCE (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BRIGHTON (10)  BROOKES (1)  BROWS (3)  BROWN (16)  BUCKENHAM (8)  BULLEN (5)  BARROW (8)  BUSSEY (1)  BUTCHER (6)  CADEY (1)  CAPSEY (7)  CURSAN (1)  CURSON (1)  CASSON (5)  CATLIN (5)  CATERMOLE (10)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHIVERS (7)  CLARKE (1)  CLERK (1)  CLINGO (8)  COAL (6)  COLMAN (2)  COOK (3)  CREEK (7)  CROW (5)  CROWE (1)  DAINTREE (6)  DEARSLEY (5)  DUNENT (4)  DUNNETT (2)  ELMORE (6)  ENGLEDOW (1)  FERNLEY (2)  FELTWELL (25)  FERRINGTON (1)  FINCHAM (6)  FLACK (9)  FLATT (4)  FLATTERS (3)  FLECK (1)  FULLER (11)  GALLAWAY (17)  GALLEY (4)  GENT (5)  GIBBS (1)  GILBY (3)  GILBEY (2)  GOOBY (1)  GOODCHILD (2)  GOODGE (6)  HALL (17)  HARDY (11)  HARRIS (3)  HART (8)  HARTLEY (5)  HINSBEY (6)  HOLMAN (13)  HUTSON (6)  JACKSON (1)  JINKLING (1)  JOLLY (1)  JULIUS (4)  CLINGS (7)  KNOT (4)  LACK (4)  LANGHAM (2)  LEE (3)  LEGGE (25)  LEMMON (2)  LEMEN (2)  LEVIT (1)  LEWIS (3)  MACKENDER (MACENDER) (12)  MACENDER (1)  MARRUTT (1)  MARKHALL (9)  MITCHELL (1)  MODEN (1)  MOORE (2)  MOORFOOT (3)  MORLEY (1)  MUN (1)  NEGUIS (1)  NICHOLAS (1)  NORMAN (6)  NORTON (2)  OFFORD (1)  OGREG (1)  OSLER (74)  PAGE (1)  PARSONS (3)  PECKETT (7)  PELL (1)  PERRY (1)  PIGOTT (3)  PIKETT (10)  PICKETT (1)  PLAICE (7)  POCOCK (1)  POPE (9)  PORTER (208)  PROCTOR (9)  RAYNER (1)  REEVE (3)  REGISTER (18)  REED (3)  RHODES (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RICHES (9)  ROBERTS (3)  RODGERS (12)  ROGERS (RODGERS) (6)  ROWELL (19)  MACKROW (2)  RUSSELL (3)  SAYLE (2)  SALLIS (3)  SALMON (1)  SCOTT (4)  SIMPER (6)  SKINNER (3)  SMITH (22)  STIMSON (1)  STONE (4)  STRATTON (1)  SUMERS (1)  SUMMERS (1)  SUTTON (7)  TEASEL (8)  THOMPSON (2)  THORNHILL (12)  TROWER (9)  THURSTON (2)  TINGAY (3)  TOKELOVE (7)  TOWLER (6)  TOWNSEND (4)  TUCK (2)  TURNER (7)  VEAL (2)  WALKER (3)  WARD (11)  WATSON (8)  WENLOCK (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITEHEAD (5)  WYRE (6)  WOODS (7)  WOOTTON (8)  WATTON (5)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNGS (4)