Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bodney, Norfolk

Bodney 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
SPINKS1110.67961,571.43
OAKLEY98.7379412.84
SAYER98.7379666.67
COCKERILL87.76701,600.00
JOLLY87.7670547.95
DIXON76.796162.06
GAMBLE76.7961476.19
PARTRIDGE76.7961260.22
WING65.8252923.08
MAINE54.85443,333.33
HERRING43.8835377.36
LOCKWOOD32.9126132.16
CRANE32.9126138.25
JOHNSON21.94175.78
FLATT21.9417869.57
GREEN21.94176.90
NEWTON10.970912.67
BICKET10.97092,000.00
WARD10.97094.44
NEWBY10.970997.09
KNOLL10.97095,000.00
WINGFIELD10.9709208.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KNOLL0.101035000.0000
MAINE0.101033333.3333
BICKET0.101032000.0000
COCKERILL0.101031600.0000
SPINKS0.101031571.4286
WING0.10103923.0769
FLATT0.10103869.5652
SAYER0.10103666.6667
JOLLY0.10103547.9452
GAMBLE0.10103476.1905
OAKLEY0.10103412.8440
HERRING0.10103377.3585
PARTRIDGE0.10103260.2230
WINGFIELD0.10103208.3333
CRANE0.10103138.2488
LOCKWOOD0.10103132.1586
NEWBY0.1010397.0874
DIXON0.1010362.0567
NEWTON0.1010312.6743
GREEN0.101036.8966
JOHNSON0.101035.7787
WARD0.101034.4444

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 103 people called KNOLL in Bodney 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 5000.0000 in Bodney means that 5000.0000% of the people in Bodney on census day were called KNOLL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Bodney in 1881

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

BALDRY (1)  BICKET (1)  COCKERILL (8)  CRANE (3)  DIXON (7)  FLATT (2)  GAMBLE (7)  GREEN (2)  HERRING (4)  JOHNSON (2)  JOLLY (8)  KNOLL (1)  LOCKWOOD (3)  MAINE (5)  NEWBY (1)  NEWTON (1)  OAKLEY (9)  PARTRIDGE (7)  RUSSELLS (2)  SAYER (9)  SHASONANN (1)  SPINKS (11)  WARD (1)  WING (6)  WINGFIELD (1) 

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