Top surnames from the 1881 census in Watlington, Norfolk

Watlington 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
FENDLEY264.200318,571.43
SMITH162.58481.83
TANN152.42331,595.74
BRINN121.93865,714.29
CLARE111.7771122.77
GREEN111.77716.31
PARNELL101.6155167.22
PALMER101.615513.71
COKER101.6155342.47
TURNER101.61555.80
LAKE91.454065.60
DENT81.292467.85
FREEMAN81.292420.24
MASON81.29249.61
CAPPS81.2924625.00
DUFFIELD81.2924148.98
MOBBS81.2924343.35
FRANKLIN81.292438.91
MILAND71.13097,000.00
WOOD71.13093.55
ROBERTSON71.13096.75
SPRATT71.1309203.49
HARRINGTON60.969351.06
BARKER60.96937.41
CHILVERS60.9693246.91
MORTON60.969318.14
WEBSTER60.969311.15
BALLS60.969375.66
JERRY60.96932,500.00
CARTER60.96935.77
HIGH60.9693214.29
BAKER50.80783.69
STAR50.8078943.40
HOWARD50.80788.23
BATEMAN40.646225.02
JACOBS40.646226.97
BOWDEN40.646222.40
LACK40.6462189.57
GARROD40.6462123.08
BLYTH40.646240.98
THOMPSON40.64622.16
LAMBERT40.646211.84
SWEETING40.6462161.29
MITCHELL40.64623.19
REED40.64628.85
CHILDS40.646235.18
STARKE40.6462769.23
RICHES30.484742.37
HARVEY30.48474.54
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Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FENDLEY0.6261918571.4286
MILAND0.626197000.0000
BRINN0.626195714.2857
WHISLER0.626192857.1429
JERRY0.626192500.0000
TANN0.626191595.7447
STAR0.62619943.3962
STARKE0.62619769.2308
CAPPS0.62619625.0000
MOBBS0.62619343.3476
COKER0.62619342.4658
CASON0.62619289.8551
CAPP0.62619277.7778
CHILVERS0.62619246.9136
WOLSEY0.62619238.0952
HUNSLEY0.62619232.5581
HIGH0.62619214.2857
SPRATT0.62619203.4884
SHILLING0.62619200.0000
LACK0.62619189.5735
PARNELL0.62619167.2241
SWEETING0.62619161.2903
PINNOCK0.62619153.8462
DUFFIELD0.62619148.9758
GARROD0.62619123.0769
CLARE0.62619122.7679
BEAR0.62619121.9512
RUMP0.62619117.6471
EVERSON0.6261999.5025
SWABY0.6261988.4956
DOWNER0.6261984.0336
BALLS0.6261975.6620
DENT0.6261967.8541
LAKE0.6261965.5977
HARRINGTON0.6261951.0638
MELTON0.6261945.8716
RICHES0.6261942.3729
BLYTH0.6261940.9836
FRANKLIN0.6261938.9105
KNIGHTS0.6261936.9004
CHILDS0.6261935.1803
CRISP0.6261934.8837
VINE0.6261934.7826
STARR0.6261932.7869
STAPLETON0.6261932.1543
JACOBS0.6261926.9724
WING0.6261925.7069
BATEMAN0.6261925.0156
SIMONS0.6261924.4798
BOWDEN0.6261922.3964

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 619 people called FENDLEY in Watlington 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 18571.4286 in Watlington means that 18571.4286% of the people in Watlington on census day were called FENDLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FENDLEY 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 FENDLEY 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 FENDLEY 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 FENDLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Watlington means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FENDLEY in Watlington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Watlington in 1881

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

BAKER (5)  BALLS (6)  BANYARD (2)  BARKER (6)  BATEMAN (4)  BAXTER (2)  BEAR (2)  BENNETT (1)  BENNET (1)  BIRD (2)  BISHOP (2)  BLYTH (4)  BOTTERHAM (1)  BOWDEN (4)  BRIGHT (1)  BRINN (12)  BROWN (1)  BRUNDELL (3)  BUCKINGHAM (1)  BUSH (3)  BUTLER (3)  CAPP (3)  CAPPS (8)  CARTER (6)  CASON (2)  KATTON (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHILBY (1)  CHILDS (4)  CHILVERS (6)  CLARE (11)  CLAYDON (3)  COKER (10)  COUGENS (1)  COUSSENS (10)  CRISP (3)  DENT (8)  DOCKING (8)  DOWNER (2)  DUCKLING (1)  DUFFIELD (8)  EVERSON (2)  FARROW (1)  FENDLY (5)  FENDLEY (26)  FITT (2)  FEATHERBY (4)  FULLER (1)  FOX (3)  FRANKLIN (8)  FREEMAN (8)  GARROD (4)  GATHERGOOD (8)  JARY (1)  JERRY (6)  GOFFIN (1)  GOODBURY (11)  GORE (1)  GREEN (11)  GRISP (3)  GUNNS (3)  GUTTRIDGE (6)  HAMMOND (1)  HARPLEY (1)  HARRINGTON (6)  HARRISON (1)  HARVEY (3)  HIGH (6)  HOWARD (5)  HUBBARD (1)  HUNSLEY (1)  JACKSON (3)  JACOBS (4)  KENT (1)  KIDMAN (16)  KING (1)  KISBY (5)  KNIGHTS (2)  LACK (4)  LAKE (9)  LAMBERT (4)  LANCASTER (2)  LANGLEY (1)  LEVERINGTON (12)  MALT (5)  MANN (1)  MASON (8)  FAILES (8)  MEEK (1)  MINDHAM (1)  MILAND (7)  MELTON (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MOBBS (8)  MORLEY (2)  MORTON (6)  MOUGHTON (7)  PAGE (3)  PAINTER (1)  PALMER (10)  PARNELL (10)  PARRINDER (4)  PINNOCK (3)  POPE (1)  POTTER (2)  REEVE (1)  REED (4)  RICHES (3)  ROBERTSON (7)  RUMP (1)  SCULPHER (1)  SHERITT (4)  SHILLING (3)  SIMONS (2)  SMITH (16)  SPRATT (7)  STAPLETON (2)  STARKE (4)  STAR (5)  STARR (1)  STEVENS (1)  STEPHENS (1)  STREET (1)  STIBBON (5)  STUDD (1)  SWABY (1)  SWEETING (4)  TANN (15)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (4)  THORPE (1)  TURNER (10)  VINCENT (2)  VINE (2)  VIOLEN (4)  VIOLIN (4)  WALKER (2)  WARD (2)  WARREN (1)  WELBOURN (1)  WEBSTER (6)  WHISLER (2)  WHITRICK (12)  WING (1)  WITERICK (3)  WOLSEY (1)  WOOD (7)  WRIGHT (3)