Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thuxton, Norfolk

Thuxton 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
STOCKING76.93078,750.00
WYMER76.93077,777.78
HOLLAND76.930797.36
ABBOTT65.9406134.83
HOWARD65.940660.54
GOFF65.9406923.08
WARNER54.9505135.87
TAYLOR54.95057.74
PALMER43.960433.59
FINCH43.9604119.05
EDWARDS32.970310.66
HOLMAN32.9703209.79
SEAMAN32.9703384.62
MIDDLETON21.980237.74
WRIGHT21.98026.17
CHAPLIN21.9802137.93
MAYS21.9802344.83
GAFF21.98022,000.00
STEWARD21.9802153.85
CUSTANCE21.98021,666.67
NORTON21.980259.52
JUDE21.98021,052.63
WARD21.98029.07
CLAXTON10.9901156.25
TUTTLE10.9901769.23
TURNER10.99013.56
BUNN10.9901102.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STOCKING0.101018750.0000
WYMER0.101017777.7778
GAFF0.101012000.0000
CUSTANCE0.101011666.6667
JUDE0.101011052.6316
GOFF0.10101923.0769
TUTTLE0.10101769.2308
SEAMAN0.10101384.6154
MAYS0.10101344.8276
HOLMAN0.10101209.7902
CLAXTON0.10101156.2500
STEWARD0.10101153.8462
CHAPLIN0.10101137.9310
WARNER0.10101135.8696
ABBOTT0.10101134.8315
FINCH0.10101119.0476
BUNN0.10101102.0408
HOLLAND0.1010197.3574
HOWARD0.1010160.5449
NORTON0.1010159.5238
MIDDLETON0.1010137.7358
PALMER0.1010133.5852
EDWARDS0.1010110.6572
WARD0.101019.0662
TAYLOR0.101017.7411
WRIGHT0.101016.1728
TURNER0.101013.5575

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 101 people called STOCKING in Thuxton 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 8750.0000 in Thuxton means that 8750.0000% of the people in Thuxton on census day were called STOCKING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STOCKING 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 STOCKING 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 STOCKING 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 STOCKING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Thuxton means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STOCKING in Thuxton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thuxton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (6)  BATTERBEE (1)  BUNN (1)  CHAPLIN (2)  CLAXTON (1)  CUSTANCE (2)  DEATH (3)  EDWARDS (3)  FINCH (4)  FUTTEN (1)  GAFF (2)  GOFF (6)  HOLLAND (7)  HOLMAN (3)  HOWARD (6)  JUDE (2)  MAYS (2)  MIDDLETON (2)  NORTON (2)  PALMER (4)  SEAMAM (5)  SEAMAN (3)  STEWARD (2)  STOCKING (7)  TAYLOR (5)  TWAITS (1)  TURNER (1)  TUTTLE (1)  WARD (2)  WARNER (5)  WRIGHT (2)  WYMER (7)