Top surnames from the 1881 census in Beeston Regis, Norfolk

Beeston Regis 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
WEST2010.3627107.64
COOPER126.217625.56
MORTIMER115.6995272.28
PLATTEN105.18133,333.33
FIELD105.1813104.17
SMITH94.66323.30
SAYER84.1451316.21
EMERY84.1451190.02
GRAY84.145129.04
DENNIS73.6269122.59
SHEPHERD73.626949.51
CURTIS63.108854.79
KING63.108814.27
CREMER63.10885,454.55
EDWARDS52.59079.30
FUNNELL42.0725373.83
BROUGHTON42.0725111.11
DUFFIELD42.0725239.52
BLYTH31.554498.68
COX31.554410.26
FARROW31.554482.87
FULLER31.554438.41
BOSWORTH31.5544263.16
DAVIDSON21.036312.32
GRIMES21.036389.69
OSBORNE21.036321.72
GRICE21.0363100.50
WOODHOUSE21.036343.76
MATTHEWS21.036311.88
WARD21.03634.74
CODLING10.5181147.06
MINNS10.5181117.65
WIGG10.5181188.68
LONG10.51817.99
THETFORD10.51811,000.00
WRIGHT10.51811.62
MIDDLETON10.51819.87
LAKE10.518123.36
PYKE10.5181149.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CREMER0.191935454.5455
PLATTEN0.191933333.3333
THETFORD0.191931000.0000
FUNNELL0.19193373.8318
SAYER0.19193316.2055
MORTIMER0.19193272.2772
BOSWORTH0.19193263.1579
DUFFIELD0.19193239.5210
EMERY0.19193190.0238
WIGG0.19193188.6792
PYKE0.19193149.2537
CODLING0.19193147.0588
DENNIS0.19193122.5919
MINNS0.19193117.6471
BROUGHTON0.19193111.1111
WEST0.19193107.6426
FIELD0.19193104.1667
GRICE0.19193100.5025
BLYTH0.1919398.6842
GRIMES0.1919389.6861
FARROW0.1919382.8729
CURTIS0.1919354.7945
SHEPHERD0.1919349.5050
WOODHOUSE0.1919343.7637
FULLER0.1919338.4123
GRAY0.1919329.0381
COOPER0.1919325.5591
LAKE0.1919323.3645
OSBORNE0.1919321.7155
KING0.1919314.2653
DAVIDSON0.1919312.3229
MATTHEWS0.1919311.8765
COX0.1919310.2564
MIDDLETON0.191939.8717
EDWARDS0.191939.2954
LONG0.191937.9872
WARD0.191934.7438
SMITH0.191933.3026
WRIGHT0.191931.6152

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 193 people called CREMER in Beeston Regis 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 5454.5455 in Beeston Regis means that 5454.5455% of the people in Beeston Regis on census day were called CREMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CREMER 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 CREMER 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 CREMER 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 CREMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Beeston Regis means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CREMER in Beeston Regis than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Beeston Regis in 1881

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

BLYTH (3)  BOIGHTEN (1)  BOSWORTH (3)  BROUGHTON (4)  CHASTNEY (1)  CODLING (1)  COOPER (12)  COX (3)  CREMER (6)  CURTIS (6)  DAVIDSON (2)  DELF (1)  DENNIS (7)  DYBALL (6)  DUFFIELD (4)  EDWARDS (5)  EMERY (8)  FARROW (3)  FIELD (10)  FULLER (3)  FUNNELL (4)  GRAY (8)  GRICE (2)  GRIMES (2)  HARDINGHAM (1)  KING (6)  LAKE (1)  LONG (1)  MATTHEWS (2)  MIDDLETON (1)  MINNS (1)  MORTIMER (11)  OSBORNE (2)  PYKE (1)  PLATTEN (10)  SAYER (8)  SHEPHERD (7)  SMITH (9)  THETFORD (1)  WARD (2)  WEST (20)  WIGG (1)  WOODHOUSE (2)  WRIGHT (1) 

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