Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashwicken, Norfolk

Ashwicken 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
BUGG88.24741,818.18
COLLISON77.21651,750.00
WATSON77.216531.11
CROWE66.1856618.56
MASON55.154638.34
GROOM55.1546367.65
REED55.154670.62
CURL44.12372,105.26
BODDY33.0928555.56
DREW33.0928117.19
LAMBERT33.092856.71
REYNOLDS22.061923.81
PALMER22.061917.50
GREEN22.06197.32
ALLEN11.03095.46
STARLING11.0309140.85
PARK11.030933.22
BLAND11.030949.75
GRIMES11.030989.29
SKILLING11.03091,000.00
BACK11.0309192.31
JARVIS11.030922.99
TWISS11.0309769.23
RHODES11.030922.22
PRATT11.030917.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CURL0.10972105.2632
BUGG0.10971818.1818
COLLISON0.10971750.0000
SKILLING0.10971000.0000
TWISS0.1097769.2308
CROWE0.1097618.5567
BODDY0.1097555.5556
GROOM0.1097367.6471
BACK0.1097192.3077
STARLING0.1097140.8451
DREW0.1097117.1875
GRIMES0.109789.2857
REED0.109770.6215
LAMBERT0.109756.7108
BLAND0.109749.7512
MASON0.109738.3436
PARK0.109733.2226
WATSON0.109731.1111
REYNOLDS0.109723.8095
JARVIS0.109722.9885
RHODES0.109722.2222
PRATT0.109717.9533
PALMER0.109717.4978
GREEN0.10977.3206
ALLEN0.10975.4585

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 97 people called CURL in Ashwicken 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 2105.2632 in Ashwicken means that 2105.2632% of the people in Ashwicken on census day were called CURL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CURL 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 CURL 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 CURL 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 CURL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Ashwicken means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CURL in Ashwicken than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashwicken in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  BACK (1)  BANNELL (3)  BLAND (1)  BLAXTER (1)  BODDY (3)  BUGG (8)  COLLISON (7)  CROWE (6)  CURL (4)  DREW (3)  GREEN (2)  GRIMES (1)  GROOM (5)  HANSLIP (8)  JARVIS (1)  LAMBERT (3)  MASON (5)  PALMER (2)  PARK (1)  PRATT (1)  REED (5)  REYNOLDS (2)  RHODES (1)  SIZELAND (3)  SKILLING (1)  STEEGLES (1)  STARLING (1)  SUCKLING (8)  TWISS (1)  WATSON (7) 

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