Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wacton, Norfolk

Wacton 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
DYE2410.25641,548.39
STIMPSON125.12821,142.86
PECK125.1282303.80
SMITH114.70093.33
FLATT104.27351,923.08
NICHOLS83.4188104.99
HOWLETT83.4188254.78
RICHES83.4188298.51
DADE72.99152,058.82
LINCOLN72.9915397.73
TUBBY72.99152,058.82
BLYTH62.5641162.60
EDWARDS62.56419.20
MANN62.564148.66
PIDGEON62.5641769.23
MEARS52.1368226.24
WESTON52.136852.41
ALEXANDER41.709432.28
CHADWICK41.709439.10
MOORE41.70948.55
LEECH41.7094104.99
HAMMOND41.709430.03
ROCHER31.282115,000.00
ROUSE31.282189.29
SNELLING20.8547105.26
RUDD20.854754.20
CARLTON20.8547166.67
HOLMES20.85477.02
PEARCE20.85479.30
LAIN20.85471,333.33
BUTLER20.85478.76
WALKER10.42741.28
SAFFORD10.42741,428.57
BROOKS10.42744.37
GROOM10.427430.49
BIDWELL10.4274172.41
COE10.427426.32
WARNER10.427411.72
BOAST10.4274212.77
SUTTON10.42746.71
BARNARD10.427417.21
MILLER10.42742.39
DAVENPORT10.427422.57
LOYD10.4274108.70
CHAPPEL10.427497.09
WILKINS10.42749.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROCHER0.2323415000.0000
DADE0.232342058.8235
TUBBY0.232342058.8235
FLATT0.232341923.0769
DYE0.232341548.3871
SAFFORD0.232341428.5714
LAIN0.232341333.3333
STIMPSON0.232341142.8571
PIDGEON0.23234769.2308
LINCOLN0.23234397.7273
PECK0.23234303.7975
RICHES0.23234298.5075
HOWLETT0.23234254.7771
MEARS0.23234226.2443
BOAST0.23234212.7660
BIDWELL0.23234172.4138
CARLTON0.23234166.6667
BLYTH0.23234162.6016
LOYD0.23234108.6957
SNELLING0.23234105.2632
LEECH0.23234104.9869
NICHOLS0.23234104.9869
CHAPPEL0.2323497.0874
ROUSE0.2323489.2857
RUDD0.2323454.2005
WESTON0.2323452.4109
MANN0.2323448.6618
CHADWICK0.2323439.1007
ALEXANDER0.2323432.2841
GROOM0.2323430.4878
HAMMOND0.2323430.0300
COE0.2323426.3158
DAVENPORT0.2323422.5734
BARNARD0.2323417.2117
WARNER0.2323411.7233
WILKINS0.232349.6712
PEARCE0.232349.3023
EDWARDS0.232349.1996
BUTLER0.232348.7642
MOORE0.232348.5488
HOLMES0.232347.0175
SUTTON0.232346.7114
BROOKS0.232344.3725
SMITH0.232343.3293
MILLER0.232342.3883
WALKER0.232341.2767

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 234 people called ROCHER in Wacton 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 15000.0000 in Wacton means that 15000.0000% of the people in Wacton on census day were called ROCHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROCHER 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 ROCHER 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 ROCHER 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 ROCHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Wacton means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROCHER in Wacton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wacton in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (4)  BARNARD (1)  BIDWELL (1)  BLYTH (6)  BOAST (1)  BORRETT (1)  BROOKS (1)  BUTLER (2)  CHADWICK (4)  CHAPPEL (1)  CARLTON (2)  COE (1)  DADE (7)  DAVENPORT (1)  DYE (24)  EDWARDS (6)  FLATT (10)  GOODRUM (NICHOLS) (2)  GRINT (1)  GROOM (1)  HAMMOND (4)  HOLMES (2)  HOWLETT (8)  LAIN (2)  LEECH (4)  LE GRICE (12)  LINCOLN (7)  LOYD (1)  LUDKIN (6)  MANN (6)  MILLER (1)  MOORE (4)  MUDICKER (1)  MEARS (5)  NICHOLS (8)  PEARCE (2)  PECK (12)  PIDGEON (6)  PUNCHARD (5)  RICHES (8)  ROCHER (3)  ROUSE (3)  RUDD (2)  SAFFORD (1)  SMITH (11)  SNELLING (2)  STIMPSON (12)  STRAIGER (1)  SUTTON (1)  TUBBY (7)  TOOK (1)  WALKER (1)  WELLBANK (1)  WARNER (1)  WESTON (5)  WILKINS (1)