Top surnames from the 1881 census in Colkirk, Norfolk

Colkirk 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
NELSON4811.1369229.89
LAKE4510.4408471.20
TOLL347.88864,473.68
CATTON296.72852,071.43
BAILEY163.712324.65
CHAMBERS81.856132.64
POPE81.856153.84
HOWE81.856147.28
HIGH81.8561410.26
HOWARD61.392114.19
FROST61.392124.76
GIBSON61.392111.47
BULLARD61.3921458.02
GOODMAN51.160139.75
WRIGHT51.16013.62
SPARROW51.160191.58
FOX51.160112.49
CALTON51.1601925.93
HARPER51.160118.12
ANDERSON40.92814.70
SPINKS40.9281137.46
DUNN40.928111.16
JOHNSON40.92812.76
COKER40.9281197.04
BURRAGE40.9281476.19
SMITH40.92810.66
MARSHALL40.92815.53
GRIFFIN40.928119.72
IVES30.696159.41
HOOKS30.6961405.41
BRITTON30.696139.32
FIRTH30.696120.96
YOUNGMAN30.6961238.10
COOPER30.69612.86
JAMES20.46402.36
THOMPSON20.46401.55
NEAL20.464015.69
RUTLAND20.4640152.67
FARRER20.464069.93
LAMBERT20.46408.50
GREEN20.46401.65
ALLCOCK20.464043.01
SUMPTER20.4640294.12
NEAVE20.464099.01
MELTON20.4640131.58
ROLF20.4640263.16
CROPLEY20.4640289.86
CHAPMAN20.46403.27
ABRAM10.232064.52
BUSSY10.2320909.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOLL0.434314473.6842
CATTON0.434312071.4286
BILLUPS0.434311428.5714
CALTON0.43431925.9259
BUSSY0.43431909.0909
BURRAGE0.43431476.1905
LAKE0.43431471.2042
BULLARD0.43431458.0153
HIGH0.43431410.2564
HOOKS0.43431405.4054
GRIX0.43431370.3704
SUMPTER0.43431294.1176
CROPLEY0.43431289.8551
ROLF0.43431263.1579
YOUNGMAN0.43431238.0952
HAVERS0.43431232.5581
NELSON0.43431229.8851
COKER0.43431197.0443
RUTLAND0.43431152.6718
SPINKS0.43431137.4570
MELTON0.43431131.5789
KNOCK0.43431121.9512
NEAVE0.4343199.0099
SPARROW0.4343191.5751
FARRER0.4343169.9301
ABRAM0.4343164.5161
IVES0.4343159.4059
POPE0.4343153.8358
HOWE0.4343147.2813
ALLCOCK0.4343143.0108
BODDY0.4343141.8410
PURDY0.4343140.6504
GOODMAN0.4343139.7456
BRITTON0.4343139.3185
CHAMBERS0.4343132.6397
RAVEN0.4343127.6243
JARRETT0.4343125.3165
FROST0.4343124.7627
BAILEY0.4343124.6457
STOCKS0.4343121.3220
FIRTH0.4343120.9644
GRIFFIN0.4343119.7239
HARPER0.4343118.1225
EARL0.4343117.7305
FARRAR0.4343117.3913
NEAL0.4343115.6863
GATES0.4343114.9925
HOWARD0.4343114.1878
FOX0.4343112.4938
ALDRIDGE0.4343111.9617

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 431 people called TOLL in Colkirk 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 4473.6842 in Colkirk means that 4473.6842% of the people in Colkirk on census day were called TOLL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOLL 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 TOLL 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 TOLL 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 TOLL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Colkirk means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOLL in Colkirk than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Colkirk in 1881

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

ABRAM (1)  ALLCOCK (2)  ALDRIDGE (1)  ANDERSON (4)  BAILEY (16)  BARNAN (3)  BARTABY (21)  BATTERBY (5)  BILLUPS (1)  BODDY (1)  BRITTON (3)  BUCK (1)  BUCKENHAM (1)  BULLARD (6)  BURRAGE (4)  BUSSY (1)  CALTON (5)  CATTON (29)  CHAMBERS (8)  CHAPMAN (2)  COKER (4)  COOPER (3)  CROPLEY (2)  CUBITT (17)  DUNN (4)  EARL (1)  EASTICK (2)  FARRER (2)  FARRAR (1)  FIRTH (3)  FOX (5)  FROST (6)  JARRETT (1)  GATES (1)  GIBSON (6)  GOODMAN (5)  CRASSE (5)  GREAVES (1)  GREEN (2)  GRIFFIN (4)  GRIX (1)  HALL (1)  HARPER (5)  HARRIS (1)  HAVERS (1)  HIGH (8)  HOWARD (6)  HOWE (8)  HOOKS (3)  IVES (3)  JAMES (2)  JOHNSON (4)  KNOCK (1)  LAKE (45)  LAMBERT (2)  LUCKING (2)  MARSHALL (4)  MICKELBURGH (3)  MICKLEBURGH (4)  MELTON (2)  NEALE (1)  NEAL (2)  NEAVE (2)  NELSON (48)  OLLEY (1)  PALMER (1)  POPE (8)  PRESTON (1)  PRIOR (1)  PURDY (1)  PIE (2)  RAVEN (1)  ROLF (2)  RUTLAND (2)  SMITH (4)  SPARROW (5)  SPINKS (4)  STOCKS (1)  SUMPTER (2)  THING (1)  THOMPSON (2)  TOLL (34)  WASEY (1)  WRIGHT (5)  YOUNGMAN (3) 

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