Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Lynn, Norfolk

West Lynn 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
LEE233.993124.43
EDWARDS223.819413.70
DOWDY132.25694,062.50
YOUNG132.256910.51
MERRY122.0833279.07
ELLIS101.736111.96
PARKER101.73619.13
THORP101.7361128.04
BOSWELL91.5625166.36
ROUT81.3889888.89
NORMAN81.388929.97
FOX71.215313.09
HART71.215314.25
BEATY71.2153530.30
CHAPLIN71.215384.75
HILTON71.215335.35
LOVELL71.215358.09
LACK71.2153357.14
CLAXTON71.2153191.78
JOHNSON61.04173.10
REACH61.04171,250.00
SMITH61.04170.74
BROCK61.041789.69
OWEN61.04178.78
CRAIN61.04171,111.11
EBBS61.0417983.61
ROLLISON61.04171,875.00
WILLIAMS61.04171.45
SMYTHE61.0417535.71
TANN50.8681574.71
COLLISON50.8681211.86
LEWIS50.86813.30
LAKE50.868139.15
SWIFT50.868128.11
GREY50.868140.03
CASTLE50.868143.71
SIMPKIN50.8681231.48
HILL50.86813.41
VICKERS40.694427.05
RUSSELL40.69445.69
MOORE40.69443.47
MEDLOCK40.6944449.44
PIGG40.6944235.29
FOREMAN40.694453.12
WADE40.694417.35
CROW40.694446.03
MITCHELL40.69443.42
JACKSON40.69442.48
CRAWFORD40.694414.19
BRIDGES40.694443.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DOWDY0.585764062.5000
DEFOE0.585762000.0000
ROLLISON0.585761875.0000
BOBBITT0.585761250.0000
REACH0.585761250.0000
BUFF0.585761153.8462
CRAIN0.585761111.1111
SWATMAN0.585761111.1111
EBBS0.58576983.6066
ROUT0.58576888.8889
TANN0.58576574.7126
SMYTHE0.58576535.7143
BEATY0.58576530.3030
MEDLOCK0.58576449.4382
LACK0.58576357.1429
MERRY0.58576279.0698
PIGG0.58576235.2941
SIMPKIN0.58576231.4815
HAGON0.58576212.7660
COLLISON0.58576211.8644
LINFORD0.58576196.0784
CLAXTON0.58576191.7808
EGGLETON0.58576176.2115
BOSWELL0.58576166.3586
THORP0.58576128.0410
EAGLE0.58576125.3918
BARRET0.58576122.6994
BAYES0.58576116.2791
PINNOCK0.58576109.8901
HOMES0.58576102.0408
BROCK0.5857689.6861
WHITBY0.5857685.4701
CHAPLIN0.5857684.7458
EWAN0.5857676.3359
SECKER0.5857675.7576
WALDEN0.5857671.0900
LOVELL0.5857658.0913
FOREMAN0.5857653.1208
BULLEN0.5857649.0998
CROW0.5857646.0299
CASTLE0.5857643.7063
BRIDGES0.5857643.6681
STEWARD0.5857640.5405
GREY0.5857640.0320
LAKE0.5857639.1543
COUSINS0.5857638.6100
HILTON0.5857635.3535
GOODSON0.5857634.8432
SAYERS0.5857631.4465
NORMAN0.5857629.9738

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 576 people called DOWDY in West Lynn 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 4062.5000 in West Lynn means that 4062.5000% of the people in West Lynn on census day were called DOWDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DOWDY 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 DOWDY 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 DOWDY 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 DOWDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in West Lynn means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DOWDY in West Lynn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Lynn in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ADDERSON (9)  ALLEN (1)  APPLEBY (1)  BAINES (2)  BAISBERRY (1)  BARNEBY (7)  BARRET (2)  BATES (3)  BAXTER (4)  BEATY (7)  BECK (1)  BELAMY (1)  BENSTEAD (1)  BOBBITT (1)  BODGER (1)  BOSWELL (9)  BRIDGES (4)  BROCK (6)  BROWN (1)  BUFF (3)  BULLEN (3)  BAYES (2)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CASTLE (5)  CAUKHAM (1)  CHAPLIN (7)  CLAXTON (7)  COLE (3)  COLLISON (5)  COURTMAN (1)  COUSINS (4)  CRAIN (6)  CRANE (3)  CRAWFORD (4)  CROOT (2)  CROW (4)  CULFEAR (3)  CURTIS (1)  DAWSON (2)  DAY (2)  DEFOE (1)  DENT (2)  DOWDY (13)  EAGLE (4)  EARISH (1)  EBBAGE (1)  EDWARDS (22)  EGGLETON (4)  ELLIS (10)  EMBLING (4)  EBBS (6)  EWAN (1)  FISHER (3)  FOREMAN (4)  FOX (7)  FRAMINGHAM (5)  FRANKLIN (1)  GIRDLESTON (7)  GOLDSMITH (1)  GOODSON (1)  GREY (5)  GRUMMETT (2)  HAGON (1)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (3)  HART (7)  HILDON (9)  HILL (5)  HILTON (7)  HORNIGOLD (14)  HOWES (2)  HUDSON (1)  HUGGINS (1)  HOMES (1)  JACKSON (4)  JEWSON (3)  JOHNSON (6)  JUDD (1)  KENT (1)  KING (3)  LACK (7)  LAKE (5)  LAPPAGE (4)  LAVENDER (1)  LEE (23)  LEWIS (5)  LINFORD (3)  LOVELL (7)  LUMPDEN (1)  MANN (3)  MASON (3)  MAYCROFT (2)  MEADOWS (1)  MEDLOCK (4)  MERRY (12)  MITCHELL (4)  MOORE (4)  MOTBY (2)  NOBES (3)  NORMAN (8)  OWEN (6)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (10)  PIGG (4)  PINNOCK (2)  PORTER (2)  QUANTRELL (1)  REYNOLDS (4)  RICHMOND (1)  RINGROW (1)  REACH (6)  ROBINSON (2)  ROLLISON (6)  ROUT (8)  RUSSELL (4)  SAYERS (2)  SECKER (1)  SHORT (1)  SIMPKIN (5)  SKERRY (1)  SMITH (6)  SMYTHE (6)  SOFTLY (1)  SOUTTER (1)  STEPHENS (1)  STEWARD (3)  SWATMAN (4)  SWIFT (5)  TANN (5)  THORP (10)  TRUNDELL (4)  TURNER (2)  VICKERS (4)  VINCENT (2)  WADE (4)  WAKEFIELD (2)  WALDEN (3)  WALKER (4)  WARDALE (2)  WHITBY (3)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILES (1)  WOODS (3)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WAITE (2)  YOUNG (13)