Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wilby, Norfolk

Wilby 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
BARKER89.302371.11
LAKE89.3023418.85
RANDALL89.3023297.40
BROTHERS78.13954,117.65
HALLS66.9767882.35
LOVEDAY66.97671,132.08
HARVEY66.976765.36
COLMAN55.8140625.00
PAGE55.814072.67
RIX33.4884638.30
BOWER22.3256126.58
PECK22.3256137.93
BESSEY22.32565,000.00
HANTON11.1628666.67
BOOTON11.16281,428.57
HICKS11.162827.78
FRANCIS11.162819.53
SMITH11.16280.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BESSEY0.09865000.0000
BROTHERS0.09864117.6471
BOOTON0.09861428.5714
LOVEDAY0.09861132.0755
HALLS0.0986882.3529
HANTON0.0986666.6667
RIX0.0986638.2979
COLMAN0.0986625.0000
LAKE0.0986418.8482
RANDALL0.0986297.3978
PECK0.0986137.9310
BOWER0.0986126.5823
PAGE0.098672.6744
BARKER0.098671.1111
HARVEY0.098665.3595
HICKS0.098627.7778
FRANCIS0.098619.5313
SMITH0.09860.8235

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 86 people called BESSEY in Wilby 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 5000.0000 in Wilby means that 5000.0000% of the people in Wilby on census day were called BESSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BESSEY 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 BESSEY 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 BESSEY 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 BESSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Wilby means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BESSEY in Wilby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wilby in 1881

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

ALLIBAN (1)  BALDRY (5)  BANHAM (3)  BARKER (8)  BESSEY (2)  BOOTON (1)  BOWER (2)  BRETNOR (1)  BROTHERS (7)  COLMAN (5)  FOTWELL (1)  FRANCIS (1)  GARDACRE (2)  HALLS (6)  HANTON (1)  HARVEY (6)  HICKS (1)  LAKE (8)  LOVEDAY (6)  PAGE (5)  PECK (2)  RANDALL (8)  RIX (3)  SMITH (1)