Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wood Norton, Norfolk

Wood Norton 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
DOUGHTY217.3944581.72
DAWSON144.929644.71
DACK134.57751,494.25
SEWELL113.8732183.33
MARTIN103.521114.29
WALLER103.5211139.66
HIGH93.1690703.13
FRANCIS93.169053.19
LONG93.169048.86
WRIGHT93.16909.88
FICKLING93.16903,461.54
DEW93.1690545.45
MITCHELL82.816913.89
BIRD82.816936.87
RUTLAND72.4648813.95
DYE72.4648372.34
HUNT72.464818.56
SMITH62.11271.50
LAKE62.112795.39
ROWE51.760631.00
RUSSELL51.760614.42
ELLIOTT41.408516.60
MOORE31.05635.28
BALLS31.056382.42
HARMER31.0563106.76
RAYNER20.704228.25
RUST20.7042133.33
BUCK20.704232.84
HURN20.7042273.97
ANDREWS20.70427.35
HILL20.70422.77
SWORD20.7042357.14
MIDDLETON20.704213.41
SEAMAN20.704290.91
FRARY20.70421,176.47
RAYSON10.3521123.46
BARNARD10.352114.18
HONEY10.352157.47
TUCK10.352127.40
DRIVER10.352119.01
ALLEN10.35211.86
DENNIS10.352111.90
GREY10.352116.23
CLAXTON10.352155.56
KNOWLES10.35216.59
WHITE10.35211.10
BOTTOMLEY10.352121.14
HUDSON10.35214.30
EKE10.3521196.08
HIPKINS10.3521294.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FICKLING0.282843461.5385
DACK0.282841494.2529
FRARY0.282841176.4706
RUTLAND0.28284813.9535
HIGH0.28284703.1250
DOUGHTY0.28284581.7175
DEW0.28284545.4545
DYE0.28284372.3404
SWORD0.28284357.1429
HIPKINS0.28284294.1176
HURN0.28284273.9726
EKE0.28284196.0784
SEWELL0.28284183.3333
WALLER0.28284139.6648
RUST0.28284133.3333
RAYSON0.28284123.4568
HARMER0.28284106.7616
LAKE0.2828495.3895
SEAMAN0.2828490.9091
BALLS0.2828482.4176
WILKIN0.2828464.1026
HONEY0.2828457.4713
CLAXTON0.2828455.5556
FRANCIS0.2828453.1915
LONG0.2828448.8599
DAWSON0.2828444.7141
BOWES0.2828438.3142
BIRD0.2828436.8664
BUCK0.2828432.8407
ROWE0.2828430.9981
RAYNER0.2828428.2486
TUCK0.2828427.3973
HENDRY0.2828422.2222
BOTTOMLEY0.2828421.1416
WAKEFIELD0.2828419.6850
DRIVER0.2828419.0114
HUNT0.2828418.5578
ELLIOTT0.2828416.5975
GREY0.2828416.2338
RUSSELL0.2828414.4217
MARTIN0.2828414.2939
BARNARD0.2828414.1844
MITCHELL0.2828413.8865
MIDDLETON0.2828413.4138
DENNIS0.2828411.9048
WRIGHT0.282849.8782
HOWE0.282848.9686
ANDREWS0.282847.3502
KNOWLES0.282846.5920
MOORE0.282845.2826

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 284 people called FICKLING in Wood Norton 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 3461.5385 in Wood Norton means that 3461.5385% of the people in Wood Norton on census day were called FICKLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FICKLING 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 FICKLING 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 FICKLING 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 FICKLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Wood Norton means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FICKLING in Wood Norton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wood Norton in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (2)  ARLISS (1)  BALLS (3)  BARNARD (1)  BIRD (8)  BOTTOMLEY (1)  BOWES (1)  BUCK (2)  CLAXTON (1)  COOLING (4)  COTTS (6)  DACK (13)  DAWSON (14)  DYE (7)  DENNIS (1)  DEW (9)  DOUGHTY (21)  DRIVER (1)  EKE (1)  ELLIOTT (4)  FICKLING (9)  FRANCIS (9)  FRARY (2)  GORERSON (1)  GREY (1)  GREGORY (1)  GUNTON (2)  GUYMER (4)  HARMER (3)  HURN (2)  HENDRY (1)  HIGH (9)  HILL (2)  HIPKINS (1)  HONEY (1)  HOWE (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUNT (7)  KNOWLES (1)  LAKE (6)  LONG (9)  MARTIN (10)  MIDDLETON (2)  MITCHELL (8)  MOORE (3)  NOBES (2)  PHILLIPS (1)  RAYNER (2)  RAYSON (1)  REED (1)  ROWE (5)  RUSSELL (5)  RUST (2)  RUTLAND (7)  RYSBURGH (3)  SCORES (1)  SEAMAN (2)  SEWELL (11)  SMITH (6)  SWORD (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TOMBLING (1)  TUCK (1)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WALLER (10)  WARD (1)  WELLS (1)  WHITE (1)  WEDDUP (3)  WILKIN (1)  WINTERBONE (5)  WRIGHT (9)