Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westacre, Norfolk

Westacre 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
WILSON296.988015.22
REYNOLDS276.506075.10
WILLIAMSON204.819353.76
CURL153.61451,851.85
HOWARD102.409624.56
GORE102.4096213.22
ADAMS81.927713.08
NEWELL81.9277121.95
GAMBLE81.9277134.68
BROWN81.92772.92
HOLMAN81.9277135.82
BULLEN71.6867159.09
OSBORN71.686781.11
PITCHER71.6867217.39
BELDING61.44583,750.00
ANDREWS61.445815.09
WATTS61.445817.24
CALLER51.20481,724.14
DUKE51.2048103.73
SMITH51.20480.85
REYNOLD40.9639701.75
GREEN40.96393.42
TALLENT40.96393,076.92
DENNIS40.963932.57
SPARROW40.963976.05
SIMSON40.9639370.37
THOMAS40.96392.34
COOPER30.72292.97
FRYER30.722938.96
CARTER30.72294.31
DYE30.7229109.09
STAPLETON30.722971.94
FULLER20.481911.91
FLOYD20.481950.63
BOWES20.481952.49
HOWELL20.481911.44
GATES20.481931.10
RICHARDSON20.48192.83
READER20.481955.87
JARVIS20.481910.74
CORKE20.4819158.73
NICKLES10.2410454.55
BAILY10.241038.02
SMALLWOOD10.241026.11
KING10.24101.11
RICHES10.241021.10
WATKINS10.24103.98
PEEK10.241090.91
BAXTER10.24104.04
ARTHUR10.241011.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BELDING0.424153750.0000
TALLENT0.424153076.9231
CURL0.424151851.8519
CALLER0.424151724.1379
REYNOLD0.42415701.7544
BLOYE0.42415500.0000
NICKLES0.42415454.5455
SIMSON0.42415370.3704
PITCHER0.42415217.3913
GORE0.42415213.2196
GOODRUM0.42415181.8182
ROOM0.42415181.8182
BULLEN0.42415159.0909
CORKE0.42415158.7302
MEADEN0.42415149.2537
HOLMAN0.42415135.8234
GAMBLE0.42415134.6801
NEWELL0.42415121.9512
DYE0.42415109.0909
DUKE0.42415103.7344
PEEK0.4241590.9091
BEAR0.4241590.9091
YOUNGMAN0.4241582.6446
OSBORN0.4241581.1124
SPARROW0.4241576.0456
JURY0.4241575.1880
REYNOLDS0.4241575.1043
STAPLETON0.4241571.9424
DOLMAN0.4241556.1798
READER0.4241555.8659
WILLIAMSON0.4241553.7634
BOWES0.4241552.4934
FLOYD0.4241550.6329
FRYER0.4241538.9610
BAILY0.4241538.0228
DENNIS0.4241532.5733
GATES0.4241531.1042
WALES0.4241529.7619
SMALLWOOD0.4241526.1097
HOWARD0.4241524.5580
EMMERSON0.4241524.3902
RICHES0.4241521.0970
BEAN0.4241518.6220
SYMONS0.4241517.5439
WATTS0.4241517.2414
WILSON0.4241515.2151
ANDREWS0.4241515.0905
ADAMS0.4241513.0804
FULLER0.4241511.9119
HOWELL0.4241511.4351

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 415 people called BELDING in Westacre 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 3750.0000 in Westacre means that 3750.0000% of the people in Westacre on census day were called BELDING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BELDING 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 BELDING 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 BELDING 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 BELDING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Westacre means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BELDING in Westacre than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westacre in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  ANDREWS (6)  ARTHUR (1)  AYLMER (3)  BAILY (1)  BALDERS (1)  BARBER (1)  BAXTER (1)  BEAN (1)  BEAR (1)  BELDING (6)  BELDREY (1)  BIRD (1)  BLOYE (1)  BOLDERS (4)  BOUGHEN (10)  BOWES (2)  BROWN (8)  BULLEN (7)  CALLABY (16)  CALLER (5)  CARTER (3)  COOPER (3)  COOT (1)  CORKE (2)  CORSTON (4)  CURL (15)  DYE (3)  DENNIS (4)  DOLMAN (1)  DREW (1)  DUKE (5)  DYBLE (1)  EMMERSON (1)  EVERARD (21)  FULLER (2)  FRANKLIN (1)  FRYER (3)  GAMBLE (8)  GATES (2)  GOODRUM (1)  GORE (10)  GREEN (4)  HANORONY (5)  HOLMAN (8)  OUGHTON (2)  HOWARD (10)  HOWELL (2)  JARVIS (2)  JURY (1)  KING (1)  LAALE (2)  LADLE (2)  FLOYD (2)  MEADEN (1)  NEEVE (5)  NEWELL (8)  NICKLES (1)  OSBORN (7)  PEEK (1)  PITCHER (7)  READER (2)  REYNOLDS (27)  REYNOLD (4)  RICHARDSON (2)  RICHES (1)  ROOM (1)  SCOTT ? (1)  SILLIS (7)  SYMONS (1)  SIMSON (4)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (5)  SOFTLY (16)  SPARROW (4)  STAPLETON (3)  TALLENT (4)  THOMAS (4)  TOOK (5)  WALES (1)  WATKINS (1)  WATTS (6)  WIBAY (1)  WILLIAMSON (20)  WILSON (29)  WINEARLS (9)  WITTRED (4)  WHAITES (2)  YALLOP (1)  YOUNGMAN (1)