Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Somerton, Norfolk

West Somerton 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
THAIN145.98291,842.11
MILLER145.982933.44
PAIN125.1282571.43
SYMONDS114.7009390.07
HOWES104.2735244.50
HALES104.2735297.62
TURNER93.846213.82
HUDSON83.418841.75
GALLANT83.41882,051.28
GREEN72.991510.62
MAYHEW72.9915362.69
WATLING62.5641495.87
SMITH62.56411.82
BUDD52.1368168.35
BROOM52.1368173.61
ELLIES41.709420,000.00
KNIGHTS31.2821146.34
ANDRESS31.28213,750.00
PLANE31.28211,111.11
BROWN31.28211.94
ENGLISH31.282168.18
SQUIRES31.282190.63
CLARKE31.28216.33
WARD31.28215.87
BETTS20.854740.00
CURTIS20.854715.06
MOOR20.854760.98
BRAMBLE20.8547454.55
BENSLEY20.8547500.00
KING20.85473.92
TIBBS20.8547384.62
BLACKBURN20.854722.68
JOHNSON20.85472.54
THOMPSON20.85472.85
SUTTON10.42746.71
RUMP10.4274312.50
CATER10.427489.29
HAYLETT10.4274243.90
GOWEN10.4274227.27
LITTLEWOOD10.427433.11
ROGERS10.42743.29
LAWS10.427438.46
BARKER10.42743.27
CHAPMAN10.42743.01
POWLEY10.4274136.99
HOWARD10.42744.36
BRUNSON10.42742,500.00
NELSON10.42748.83
BROOKES10.427418.18
FUTTER10.4274285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELLIES0.2323420000.0000
ANDRESS0.232343750.0000
BRUNSON0.232342500.0000
GALLANT0.232342051.2821
THAIN0.232341842.1053
PLANE0.232341111.1111
PAIN0.23234571.4286
BENSLEY0.23234500.0000
WATLING0.23234495.8678
BRAMBLE0.23234454.5455
SYMONDS0.23234390.0709
TIBBS0.23234384.6154
MAYHEW0.23234362.6943
RUMP0.23234312.5000
HALES0.23234297.6190
FUTTER0.23234285.7143
HOWES0.23234244.4988
HAYLETT0.23234243.9024
GOWEN0.23234227.2727
BROOM0.23234173.6111
BUDD0.23234168.3502
KNIGHTS0.23234146.3415
POWLEY0.23234136.9863
SQUIRES0.2323490.6344
CATER0.2323489.2857
ENGLISH0.2323468.1818
MOOR0.2323460.9756
HUDSON0.2323441.7537
BETTS0.2323440.0000
LAWS0.2323438.4615
MILLER0.2323433.4368
LITTLEWOOD0.2323433.1126
BLACKBURN0.2323422.6757
BROOKES0.2323418.1818
CURTIS0.2323415.0602
TURNER0.2323413.8164
GREEN0.2323410.6238
NELSON0.232348.8261
SUTTON0.232346.7114
CLARKE0.232346.3278
WARD0.232345.8685
HOWARD0.232344.3554
KING0.232343.9216
ROGERS0.232343.2916
BARKER0.232343.2658
CHAPMAN0.232343.0093
THOMPSON0.232342.8531
JOHNSON0.232342.5439
BROWN0.232341.9449
SMITH0.232341.8160

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 234 people called ELLIES in West Somerton 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 20000.0000 in West Somerton means that 20000.0000% of the people in West Somerton on census day were called ELLIES.

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

All the surnames recorded in West Somerton in 1881

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

ANDRESS (3)  ANNISON (3)  BARKER (1)  BEAVOR (4)  BENSLEY (2)  BETTS (2)  BLACKBURN (2)  BRAMBLE (2)  BROOKES (1)  BROOM (5)  BROWN (3)  BRUNSON (1)  BUDD (5)  CATER (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHARSLEY (1)  CHUBBOCK (3)  CLARKE (3)  CURTIS (2)  DYBALL (4)  ELLIES (4)  FUTTER (1)  GALLANT (8)  JETTEN (4)  GOOSE (3)  GOWEN (1)  GREEN (7)  HALES (10)  HAYLETT (1)  HOWARD (1)  HOWES (10)  HUDSON (8)  ENGLISH (3)  JOHNSON (2)  KERRISON (1)  KING (2)  KNIGHTS (3)  LAWS (1)  LITTLEWOOD (1)  MAYHEW (7)  MILLER (14)  MOLL OR MOTT (4)  MOOR (2)  NELSON (1)  OLLEY (11)  PAIN (12)  PLANE (3)  POWLEY (1)  ROGERS (1)  RUMP (1)  SYMONDS (11)  SMITH (6)  SQUIRES (3)  SUTTON (1)  THAIN (14)  THOMPSON (2)  TIBBS (2)  TURNER (9)  WARD (3)  WATLING (6)