Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stiffkey, Norfolk

Stiffkey 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
BAKER225.069123.13
REYNOLDS184.147547.87
JARVIS184.147592.40
SUTTON173.917161.53
NEWSTED143.225823,333.33
GREEN143.225811.46
WRIGHT132.99549.34
MANN92.073739.37
OLIVER92.073729.07
CARTER92.073712.35
PEARSON92.073717.85
HALL81.84336.27
CURSON81.8433808.08
PURDY81.8433322.58
WARNER61.382537.93
GRIFFIN61.382529.38
HURST61.382538.71
BUNTING61.3825123.97
LEE40.92175.64
BRIDGES40.921757.97
MALLETT40.9217103.36
WILSON40.92172.01
LARNER40.9217291.97
BRERETON40.9217220.99
ARMIGER40.92173,333.33
JORDON30.6912153.85
JARRETT30.691275.38
BARNES30.69125.74
MATTHEW30.691291.46
BETTS30.691232.33
ANDERSON20.46082.33
HOWELL20.460810.93
REYNOLD20.4608333.33
POTTS20.460813.81
BELL20.46082.45
MOTT20.460860.98
BUCK20.460821.51
PLUMB20.460856.98
DUNN20.46085.54
LOWN20.4608606.06
WATERS20.460811.47
BROWN20.46080.70
WALKER20.46081.38
SMITH20.46080.33
NEAL10.23047.79
HUBBARD10.23049.48
RUCKER10.23041,250.00
CORK10.230431.06
WOOD10.23040.72
BULLEN10.230421.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEWSTED0.4343423333.3333
ARMIGER0.434343333.3333
RUCKER0.434341250.0000
CURSON0.43434808.0808
LOWN0.43434606.0606
REYNOLD0.43434333.3333
PURDY0.43434322.5806
SEALES0.43434312.5000
LARNER0.43434291.9708
GIDNEY0.43434250.0000
KENDLE0.43434222.2222
BRERETON0.43434220.9945
JORDON0.43434153.8462
BUNTING0.43434123.9669
MALLETT0.43434103.3592
JARVIS0.4343492.4025
MATTHEW0.4343491.4634
JARRETT0.4343475.3769
DACK0.4343475.1880
SUTTON0.4343461.5273
MOTT0.4343460.9756
BRIDGES0.4343457.9710
PLUMB0.4343456.9801
REYNOLDS0.4343447.8723
MANN0.4343439.3701
HURST0.4343438.7097
WARNER0.4343437.9267
SPINKS0.4343434.1297
BETTS0.4343432.3276
CORK0.4343431.0559
GRIFFIN0.4343429.3830
OLIVER0.4343429.0698
BAKER0.4343423.1335
BULLEN0.4343421.7391
BUCK0.4343421.5054
JEFFRIES0.4343418.3486
PEARSON0.4343417.8536
HOWLETT0.4343417.1821
RUDD0.4343414.6199
POTTS0.4343413.8122
ASHBY0.4343413.7363
HOWES0.4343413.1752
CARTER0.4343412.3542
WATERS0.4343411.4679
GREEN0.4343411.4557
HOWELL0.4343410.9349
HUBBARD0.434349.4787
WRIGHT0.434349.3371
RAYNER0.434349.2336
NEAL0.434347.7882

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 434 people called NEWSTED in Stiffkey 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 23333.3333 in Stiffkey means that 23333.3333% of the people in Stiffkey on census day were called NEWSTED.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEWSTED 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 NEWSTED 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 NEWSTED 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 NEWSTED here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Stiffkey means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEWSTED in Stiffkey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stiffkey in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  ARMIGER (4)  ASHBY (1)  BAKER (22)  BARNES (3)  BAYFIELD (8)  BELL (2)  BETTS (3)  BRACKNELL (4)  BRERETON (4)  BRIDGES (4)  BROWN (2)  BUCK (2)  BULLEN (1)  BUNTING (6)  CURSON (8)  CARTER (9)  CAWDION (1)  CHASTON (2)  CHESTNEY (11)  CORK (1)  DACK (1)  DENNIS (1)  DOWSING (19)  DUNN (2)  FRANKLING (11)  JARRETT (3)  JARY (10)  GIDNEY (1)  JORDON (3)  GREEN (14)  GRIFFIN (6)  HALL (8)  HARVEY (1)  HEWITT (1)  HOWES (1)  HOWELL (2)  HOWLETT (1)  HUBBARD (1)  HURST (6)  JARVIS (18)  JEFFRIES (1)  KENDLE (1)  LARNER (4)  LEE (4)  LOWN (2)  MALLETT (4)  MANN (9)  MASKAL (1)  MATTHEW (3)  MOTT (2)  NEAL (1)  NEWSTED (14)  NOBES (1)  OLIVER (9)  PEARSON (9)  PELLS (10)  PIGGETT (1)  PLUMB (2)  POTTS (2)  PURDY (8)  RAYNER (1)  REYNOLDS (18)  REYNOLD (2)  RUCKER (1)  ROWE (1)  RUDD (1)  SEALES (1)  SCARFE (3)  SHORTING (2)  SMITH (2)  SPINKS (1)  SUTTON (17)  THORAGATE (4)  THOROGATE (5)  WALKER (2)  WALL (1)  WARDINGHAM (4)  WARMASS (2)  WARNER (6)  WATERS (2)  WISKER (3)  WILSON (4)  WINTERBONE (7)  WOOD (1)  WORDINGHAM (29)  WRIGHT (13)  YAXLEY (3)