Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashill, Norfolk

Ashill 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
BUTTERS294.4207900.62
DENNIS233.5061118.50
ALLCOCK223.3537310.73
JOHNSON213.20129.53
OXBOROUGH203.04884,347.83
ROBINSON192.89639.08
OLDFIELD172.5915156.83
MILLER162.439013.63
AMYS142.134112,727.27
ELLIS131.981713.65
SCOTT131.98177.83
LOCKWOOD131.981789.72
NELSON131.981740.91
GRAY121.829312.81
ASHBY111.6768100.00
CHILVERS111.6768428.02
BLOWER101.5244258.40
GARNER91.372043.39
ADCOCK91.3720138.89
DENT91.372072.00
CARTER91.37208.17
COKER81.2195258.90
SAVORY81.2195330.58
BACON81.219548.51
HARTT71.06713,181.82
BRISLEY71.06711,060.61
SEAR60.9146243.90
WARD60.91464.19
GRIMES60.914679.16
GRIMMER60.9146714.29
COOPER50.76223.13
DURRANT50.762248.69
LOVEDAY50.7622124.69
SMITH50.76220.54
FULCHER50.7622150.60
DREW50.762228.85
WALKER50.76222.28
PALMER50.76226.47
FRANKLIN50.762222.96
GREEN40.60982.17
BRANCH40.6098119.05
BROWNE40.609833.31
REEVE30.457319.56
HORSLEY30.457348.94
LAMBERT30.45738.38
BRUNTON30.457358.25
MOORE20.30491.52
HOLLIDAY20.304923.26
COLLIS20.304929.50
CODLING20.304986.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AMYS0.6665612727.2727
OXBOROUGH0.666564347.8261
HARTT0.666563181.8182
BRISLEY0.666561060.6061
BUTTERS0.66656900.6211
GRIMMER0.66656714.2857
PENISTON0.66656454.5455
CHILVERS0.66656428.0156
SAVORY0.66656330.5785
ALLCOCK0.66656310.7345
AUSTON0.66656303.0303
DORR0.66656277.7778
COKER0.66656258.8997
BLOWER0.66656258.3979
SEAR0.66656243.9024
BRAME0.66656181.8182
RINGER0.66656176.9912
OLDFIELD0.66656156.8266
FULCHER0.66656150.6024
HEADS0.66656144.9275
ADCOCK0.66656138.8889
LOVEDAY0.66656124.6883
BRANCH0.66656119.0476
DENNIS0.66656118.4956
ASHBY0.66656100.0000
GREER0.6665690.9091
LOCKWOOD0.6665689.7170
CODLING0.6665686.9565
GRIMES0.6665679.1557
EASTER0.6665675.4717
DENT0.6665672.0000
HIGH0.6665667.3401
BIDWELL0.6665662.1118
BRUNTON0.6665658.2524
HORSLEY0.6665648.9396
DURRANT0.6665648.6855
BACON0.6665648.5143
GIRLING0.6665647.8469
GARNER0.6665643.3944
MELTON0.6665643.1034
SEED0.6665642.1941
NELSON0.6665640.9062
BROWNE0.6665633.3056
COLLIS0.6665629.4985
DREW0.6665628.8517
HOLLIDAY0.6665623.2558
FRANKLIN0.6665622.9568
STARLING0.6665620.7469
REEVE0.6665619.5567
POOLEY0.6665618.8679

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 656 people called AMYS in Ashill 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 12727.2727 in Ashill means that 12727.2727% of the people in Ashill on census day were called AMYS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AMYS 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 AMYS 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 AMYS 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 AMYS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Ashill means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AMYS in Ashill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashill in 1881

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

ABRA (1)  ADCOCK (9)  ALLCOCK (22)  AMYS (14)  ASHBY (11)  AUSTON (1)  BACON (8)  BALDWIN (1)  BARTLETT (2)  BENNETT (1)  BETTS (2)  BIDWELL (1)  BIRD (1)  BLIGH (21)  BLOWER (10)  BOUGHEN (6)  BRAME (1)  BRANCH (4)  BRISLEY (7)  BROWNE (4)  BRUNTON (3)  BUNNETT (1)  BUTCHER (2)  BUTTERS (29)  CANN (1)  CARTER (9)  CATOR (34)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHILVERS (11)  COKER (8)  CODLING (2)  COLLINS (2)  COLLIS (2)  COOPER (5)  CORBLE (2)  COCK (14)  CROWFOOT (2)  DARSLEY (10)  DENNIS (23)  DENT (9)  DORR (1)  DREW (5)  DURRANT (5)  EASTER (2)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (13)  ESGATE (2)  FAROLE (1)  FAYERS (1)  FOROLE (1)  FRANKLIN (5)  FULCHER (5)  GARNER (9)  JARY (6)  GIRLING (2)  GRAY (12)  GREEN (4)  GREER (2)  GRIMES (6)  GRIMMER (6)  HOLLIDAY (2)  HARTT (7)  HARVY (2)  HEADS (1)  HIGH (2)  HOGGETT (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HORSLEY (3)  HOWARD (1)  HOWLING (1)  JOHNSON (21)  KEMP (1)  LAMBERT (3)  LOCKWOOD (13)  LOVEDAY (5)  MANN (1)  MARGERSON (11)  MASON (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MILLER (16)  MELTON (1)  MOORE (2)  NELSON (13)  OLDFIELD (17)  OXBOROUGH (20)  PALMER (5)  PENISTON (1)  POOLEY (1)  POPE (1)  PRECIOUS (8)  PROTHEROE (1)  PURSE (16)  REEVE (3)  REDITT (3)  RINGER (2)  RISEBROOKE (1)  ROBINSON (19)  SAVORY (8)  SAYER (1)  SEAR (6)  SCOTT (13)  SEED (2)  SIVELL (6)  SMITH (5)  STARLING (1)  STEBBINGS (1)  TWAITES (2)  VARGERSON (2)  WALKER (5)  WARD (6)  WELLS (2)  WILLIAMS (1) 

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