Top surnames from the 1881 census in Caston, Norfolk

Caston 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
MURRELL325.8824824.74
GOOCH162.9412335.43
MANN132.389745.36
BARNES122.205918.33
BARNARD122.205988.89
COOPER112.02218.31
HEWETT112.0221173.78
GREEN101.83826.53
DRAKE101.838263.09
WYER91.6544796.46
OSBORNE81.470630.82
CHAPMAN81.470610.35
PEASE81.4706388.35
SAUNDERS71.286814.03
KNOTT71.286864.87
GODDARD71.286832.01
BAXTER71.286821.59
CLARKE71.28686.35
WEBSTER71.286814.80
DAVEY61.102926.83
BELL61.10295.87
WALKER61.10293.29
KNIGHTS61.1029125.79
BUSH61.102944.68
ANDERSON61.10295.58
HOUCHEN61.10292,000.00
HAWES50.919174.52
PERRY50.919112.50
KENNY50.919176.80
WATERMAN50.9191118.20
POOLEY50.9191113.90
HARWIN50.91912,380.95
STONE50.919112.71
OVERTON50.919194.70
BENSLEY50.9191531.91
SHURMAN40.73531,600.00
DOWNES40.735359.44
AYERS40.7353122.32
HOY40.7353127.80
DAVIES40.73531.45
NEWMAN40.73539.89
TUBBY40.7353500.00
COLES30.551515.83
CORLEY30.5515361.45
RICHES30.551548.23
EVERITT30.551565.79
SAYER30.551542.08
BACK20.367668.73
PARTRIDGE20.367614.07
YEOMANS20.367644.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARWIN0.545442380.9524
HOUCHEN0.545442000.0000
SHURMAN0.545441600.0000
MURRELL0.54544824.7423
WYER0.54544796.4602
BENSLEY0.54544531.9149
TUBBY0.54544500.0000
GERMANY0.54544465.1163
PEASE0.54544388.3495
CORLEY0.54544361.4458
GOOCH0.54544335.4298
WHITEBREAD0.54544256.4103
HEWETT0.54544173.7757
COPEMAN0.54544155.0388
COWLES0.54544152.6718
HOY0.54544127.7955
KNIGHTS0.54544125.7862
AYERS0.54544122.3242
WATERMAN0.54544118.2033
POOLEY0.54544113.8952
OVERTON0.5454494.6970
BARNARD0.5454488.8889
CURSON0.5454480.6452
KENNY0.5454476.8049
HAWES0.5454474.5156
BASHAM0.5454474.0741
BACK0.5454468.7285
EVERITT0.5454465.7895
KNOTT0.5454464.8749
DRAKE0.5454463.0915
DOWNES0.5454459.4354
SELF0.5454451.8135
BALES0.5454449.2611
RICHES0.5454448.2315
MANN0.5454445.3594
BUSH0.5454444.6761
YEOMANS0.5454444.6429
SAYER0.5454442.0757
FELTHAM0.5454441.6667
FENN0.5454436.2319
GODDARD0.5454432.0073
OSBORNE0.5454430.8166
BALLS0.5454428.6944
PLUMMER0.5454427.5103
DAVEY0.5454426.8336
CRISP0.5454426.4550
LINCOLN0.5454424.3902
BAXTER0.5454421.5916
MACE0.5454420.8333
BARNES0.5454418.3262

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 544 people called HARWIN in Caston 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 2380.9524 in Caston means that 2380.9524% of the people in Caston on census day were called HARWIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARWIN 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 HARWIN 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 HARWIN 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 HARWIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Caston means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARWIN in Caston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Caston in 1881

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

ALDIS (5)  ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (6)  BACK (2)  BALLS (2)  BILHAM (2)  BILLHAM (4)  BAMBRIDGE (6)  BANHAM (35)  BARNARD (12)  BARNES (12)  BASHAM (1)  BAXTER (7)  BAHER (1)  BALES (1)  BELL (6)  BENSLEY (5)  BILLIAM (1)  BRETT (1)  BUCKENHAM (2)  BUCKLE (1)  BUSH (6)  CURSON (1)  CATOR (39)  CHAPMAN (8)  CLARK (1)  CLARKE (7)  COLES (3)  COLLINS (2)  CONSTABLE (1)  COOPER (11)  COPEMAN (2)  CORLEY (3)  COWLES (2)  CRASKE (1)  CRISP (2)  DAVEY (6)  DAVIES (4)  DOWNES (4)  DRAKE (10)  EVERITT (3)  AYERS (4)  FELTHAM (1)  FENN (2)  FAULKE (1)  FOX (1)  GARRETT (1)  GERMANY (2)  GODDARD (7)  GOOCH (16)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (10)  GREENACRE (1)  HARWIN (5)  HAWES (5)  HEWETT (11)  HOLMES (1)  HOUCHEN (6)  HOY (4)  HOOK (1)  INGRAM (1)  JACOBS (1)  KENNY (5)  KING (2)  KNIGHTS (6)  KNOTT (7)  LAWRENCE (1)  LAYT (3)  LINCOLN (1)  LITTLEPROUD (7)  MANN (13)  MATLES (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MATLESS (4)  MACE (1)  MURRELL (32)  MURFET (3)  MUSK (3)  NEWMAN (4)  NORTON (1)  OFFICE (3)  OSBORNE (8)  OVERTON (5)  PARKER (1)  PARTRIDGE (2)  PEASE (8)  PEEKE (3)  PERRY (5)  PLUMMER (2)  POOLEY (5)  RICE (1)  RICHARDS (2)  RICHES (3)  RUFFELS (9)  SAUNDERS (7)  SAYER (3)  SELF (2)  SHURMAN (4)  STONE (5)  SUSHAMS (7)  SUSSAMS (5)  TAYLOR (1)  TUBBY (4)  VINCENT (1)  WALKER (6)  WARD (1)  WATERMAN (5)  WATERS (1)  WYER (9)  WEBSTER (7)  WHITEBREAD (1)  WHITROD (6)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  YEOMANS (2)  YOUNGHAM (1) 

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