Top surnames from the 1881 census in Winterton, Norfolk

Winterton 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
GEORGE668.3544142.36
BROWN496.20259.41
KING475.949427.30
POWLES475.94943,197.28
HAYLETT344.30382,446.04
SMITH273.41772.42
GREEN243.038010.79
LARNER232.9114920.00
RUMP222.78482,018.35
RUDD141.7722112.36
KETTLE141.7722202.60
TODD121.519029.85
HICKEY111.3924223.58
MOLL111.39241,486.49
LEACH101.265830.67
EMPSON91.1392529.41
BESSEY91.13922,647.06
WILLIAMS81.01271.41
UNDERWOOD81.012737.52
FLAXMAN81.0127575.54
WATSON81.01274.37
WOODHOUSE70.886137.39
WARNES70.8861268.20
CHANEY70.8861424.24
HOVELL60.7595952.38
EGGETT60.75951,016.95
BALSAM60.75952,608.70
AMIS50.6329505.05
BULLOCK50.632919.46
STARLING50.632986.06
HEWETT50.632954.41
ROGERS50.63294.87
MURRILL50.63294,166.67
MILLER40.50632.83
HILL40.50631.99
HALL40.50631.72
SPOONER40.506335.09
JOHNSON40.50631.51
WAITE30.379718.29
HAMLEY30.3797300.00
PAGE30.37974.75
HARVEY30.37973.56
SUTTON30.37975.96
BAIN30.379715.31
RICHARDSON30.37972.23
READ20.25323.93
MATHESON20.253218.52
SHREEVE20.2532131.58
HANNAM20.253282.64
BISHOP20.25323.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MURRILL0.797904166.6667
POWLES0.797903197.2789
BESSEY0.797902647.0588
BALSAM0.797902608.6957
HAYLETT0.797902446.0432
RUMP0.797902018.3486
MOLL0.797901486.4865
EGGETT0.797901016.9492
HOVELL0.79790952.3810
LARNER0.79790920.0000
FLAXMAN0.79790575.5396
EMPSON0.79790529.4118
AMIS0.79790505.0505
CHANEY0.79790424.2424
HAMLEY0.79790300.0000
WARNES0.79790268.1992
HICKEY0.79790223.5772
PLANE0.79790219.7802
KETTLE0.79790202.6049
TRETT0.79790200.0000
CORR0.79790158.7302
GEORGE0.79790142.3641
MACNAB0.79790140.8451
SHREEVE0.79790131.5789
RUDD0.79790112.3596
STARLING0.7979086.0585
GOWAN0.7979083.3333
HANNAM0.7979082.6446
HANTON0.7979072.9927
HEWETT0.7979054.4070
PEDDIE0.7979047.3934
DARNELL0.7979044.2478
BALLANTINE0.7979041.3223
MCKENZIE0.7979037.8788
UNDERWOOD0.7979037.5235
WOODHOUSE0.7979037.3932
SPOONER0.7979035.0877
LEACH0.7979030.6748
TODD0.7979029.8507
HIGH0.7979028.0112
KING0.7979027.2986
WILTON0.7979026.3158
HAGAN0.7979025.3165
MARLOW0.7979021.5517
BARNS0.7979019.6078
BULLOCK0.7979019.4553
MATHESON0.7979018.5185
WAITE0.7979018.2927
HAYDEN0.7979016.2338
BAIN0.7979015.3061

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 790 people called MURRILL in Winterton 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 4166.6667 in Winterton means that 4166.6667% of the people in Winterton on census day were called MURRILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MURRILL 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 MURRILL 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 MURRILL 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 MURRILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.79 in Winterton means that you are 0.79 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MURRILL in Winterton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Winterton in 1881

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

AMIS (5)  ANNISON (1)  BAIN (3)  BALDWIN (1)  BALLANTINE (1)  BALSAM (6)  BAMPTON (1)  BARNS (1)  BESSEY (9)  BISHOP (2)  BOULT (3)  BOND (1)  BOUGEN (22)  BRETT (1)  BROWN (49)  BULLOCK (5)  BUNGUARD (1)  CALDER (1)  CORR (1)  CHANEY (7)  CHAPMAN (1)  DARNELL (1)  DYBALL (23)  DOVE (1)  EGGETT (6)  EMPSON (9)  FAWCETT (1)  FLAXMAN (8)  FORBES (1)  FYFE (1)  GEDGE (1)  GEORGE (66)  GILES (1)  GISLEHAM (6)  GOFFIN (29)  GOWAN (1)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (24)  GREENACRE (1)  GROOM (1)  HAGAN (1)  HALES (1)  HALL (4)  HAMLEY (3)  HANNAH (1)  HANNAM (2)  HANTON (1)  HARDIE (1)  HARVEY (3)  HAYDEN (1)  HAYLETT (34)  HARBORD (1)  HEWETT (5)  HEWKE (1)  HICKEY (11)  HIGH (1)  HILL (4)  HODDS (31)  HORNER (1)  HOVELL (6)  HUDSON (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KETTLE (14)  KING (47)  LARNER (23)  LEACH (10)  LEWIS (1)  LITTLEWOOD (1)  LOGAN (1)  MARLOW (2)  MATHESON (2)  MOLL (11)  MAXWELL (1)  MCKENZIE (1)  MACNAB (1)  MILLER (4)  MILLS (1)  MURRILL (5)  MURRAY (1)  PAGE (3)  PARKER (1)  PASLIE (1)  PATRICK (1)  PECK (1)  PEDDIE (1)  PESTELL (2)  PLANE (2)  POPAY (15)  POWLES (47)  PRATT (2)  PYE (1)  READ (2)  RICHARDSON (3)  ROGERS (5)  RUDD (14)  RUMP (22)  SHEALES (8)  SHREEVE (2)  SYMONDS (1)  SMITH (27)  SOULSBY (1)  SPOONER (4)  STEPHENSON (1)  STARLING (5)  SUTTON (3)  THOMPSON (2)  TODD (12)  TRETT (1)  TURNER (1)  THURTLE (4)  UNDERWOOD (8)  WALTON (2)  WARNES (7)  WATSON (8)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (8)  WILTON (2)  WOOD (1)  WOODHOUSE (7)  WAITE (3)