Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westfield, Norfolk

Westfield 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
COOK1311.607158.43
WYATT1210.7143364.74
WYETT87.142920,000.00
GREENWOOD87.142991.95
MAYES65.3571555.56
STEVENSON65.357176.34
GOFFE65.35717,500.00
STAGG65.3571800.00
SYMONDS54.4643370.37
BUSH54.4643180.51
BROWN54.46436.77
HUDSON43.571443.62
READ32.678641.55
MANN21.785733.90
SCOTT21.78577.06
BASHAM10.8929357.14
SMITH10.89290.63
GODDARD10.892922.22
HAYDEN10.8929114.94
DIX10.892990.09
NEWELL10.892956.50
JORDAN10.892920.20
WARNER10.892924.51
GUYTON10.89292,000.00
GOFF10.8929138.89
SCALES10.8929151.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WYETT0.1111220000.0000
GOFFE0.111127500.0000
GUYTON0.111122000.0000
STAGG0.11112800.0000
MAYES0.11112555.5556
SYMONDS0.11112370.3704
WYATT0.11112364.7416
BASHAM0.11112357.1429
BUSH0.11112180.5054
SCALES0.11112151.5152
GOFF0.11112138.8889
HAYDEN0.11112114.9425
GREENWOOD0.1111291.9540
DIX0.1111290.0901
STEVENSON0.1111276.3359
COOK0.1111258.4270
NEWELL0.1111256.4972
HUDSON0.1111243.6205
READ0.1111241.5512
MANN0.1111233.8983
WARNER0.1111224.5098
GODDARD0.1111222.2222
JORDAN0.1111220.2020
SCOTT0.111127.0572
BROWN0.111126.7723
SMITH0.111120.6324

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 112 people called WYETT in Westfield 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 Westfield means that 20000.0000% of the people in Westfield on census day were called WYETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WYETT 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 WYETT 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 WYETT 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 WYETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Westfield means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WYETT in Westfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westfield in 1881

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

BASHAM (1)  BROWN (5)  BUSH (5)  COOK (13)  DIX (1)  GODDARD (1)  JORDAN (1)  GOFFE (6)  GOFF (1)  GREENWOOD (8)  GUYTON (1)  HAYDEN (1)  HUDSON (4)  MANN (2)  MAYES (6)  MILK (3)  NEWELL (1)  OLLEY (2)  READ (3)  ROWING (1)  SCOTT (2)  SCALES (1)  SYMONDS (5)  SMITH (1)  SOFTLY (4)  STAGG (6)  STEVENSON (6)  WARNER (1)  WYATT (12)  WYETT (8)