Top surnames from the 1881 census in Corpusty, Norfolk

Corpusty 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
FIELD195.0132100.74
MIDDLETON174.485585.43
RICHES143.6939323.33
PEGG133.4301349.46
HILL123.166212.43
BURTON112.902434.07
GOLDSMITH102.6385169.78
KEELER102.6385892.86
JARVIS92.374752.91
GRAND92.37472,250.00
DIXON92.374721.68
THORNTON92.374747.22
PLATTEN82.11081,355.93
ROBERTS82.11085.61
RANSOM71.8470341.46
BYLES71.84701,060.61
POTTER71.847028.48
BATEMAN61.583161.29
MILLER61.58318.85
KEMP61.583128.54
BUSH61.583164.10
GIBSON51.319310.87
DAVISON51.319336.90
BETTS51.319361.73
DANIELS51.319342.02
LING41.0554111.73
CARMAN41.0554317.46
BULLOCK41.055432.44
HORN41.055446.46
HASE41.05542,666.67
WARD41.05544.83
SOUTHGATE30.7916101.01
MAYES30.791682.19
EKE30.7916441.18
BRADFIELD30.7916250.00
HANDCOCK30.7916340.91
DINGLE30.7916180.72
CARR20.52777.31
WILSON20.52771.15
WADE20.527713.18
SKERRETT20.5277909.09
WRIGHT20.52771.65
GALLANT20.5277317.46
BACON20.527721.01
SHELTON20.527744.84
LONG20.52778.13
NEALE10.263911.11
HARRISON10.26391.19
ALLEN10.26391.40
GRAY10.26391.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HASE0.383792666.6667
GRAND0.383792250.0000
PLATTEN0.383791355.9322
BYLES0.383791060.6061
SKERRETT0.38379909.0909
KEELER0.38379892.8571
EKE0.38379441.1765
PEGG0.38379349.4624
RANSOM0.38379341.4634
HANDCOCK0.38379340.9091
RICHES0.38379323.3256
GALLANT0.38379317.4603
CARMAN0.38379317.4603
BRADFIELD0.38379250.0000
DINGLE0.38379180.7229
HINSLEY0.38379175.4386
GOLDSMITH0.38379169.7793
WHILEY0.38379166.6667
LING0.38379111.7318
SOUTHGATE0.38379101.0101
FIELD0.38379100.7423
MIDDLETON0.3837985.4271
MAYES0.3837982.1918
BUSH0.3837964.1026
BETTS0.3837961.7284
BATEMAN0.3837961.2870
CANNELL0.3837960.9756
CALVER0.3837959.1716
JARVIS0.3837952.9101
THORNTON0.3837947.2193
HORN0.3837946.4576
SHELTON0.3837944.8430
DANIELS0.3837942.0168
DAVISON0.3837936.9004
BURTON0.3837934.0663
BULLOCK0.3837932.4412
SEXTON0.3837930.5810
KEMP0.3837928.5442
POTTER0.3837928.4784
DIXON0.3837921.6763
BACON0.3837921.0084
PYE0.3837917.6367
WADE0.3837913.1839
HILL0.3837912.4314
NEALE0.3837911.1111
GIBSON0.3837910.8696
WOODCOCK0.383799.2421
MILLER0.383798.8483
LONG0.383798.1334
CARR0.383797.3126

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 379 people called HASE in Corpusty 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 2666.6667 in Corpusty means that 2666.6667% of the people in Corpusty on census day were called HASE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HASE 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 HASE 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 HASE 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 HASE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Corpusty means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HASE in Corpusty than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Corpusty in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ARTHURTON (3)  BACON (2)  BAKER (1)  BATEMAN (6)  BETTS (5)  BYLES (7)  BRADFIELD (3)  BRUCE (1)  BULLOCK (4)  BURTON (11)  BUSH (6)  CALVER (1)  CANNELL (1)  CARMAN (4)  CARR (2)  CAWDRON (6)  COZENS (1)  CRASKE (7)  DANIELS (5)  DAVISON (5)  DINGLE (3)  DIXON (9)  EKE (3)  FIELD (19)  FITT (2)  FLOGDELL (4)  FOWELL (4)  FRIOR (1)  GALLANT (2)  GIBSON (5)  GLISTER (3)  GOLDSMITH (10)  GRAND (9)  GRAY (1)  HALL (1)  HANDCOCK (3)  HARRISON (1)  HASE (4)  HILL (12)  HINSLEY (1)  HIPPERSON (5)  HORN (4)  JARVIS (9)  KEMP (6)  KIDDELL (1)  LING (4)  LOADS (1)  LONG (2)  MARGATSON (2)  MARGELTON (5)  MARSHALL (1)  MASSINGHAM (1)  MAYES (3)  KEELER (10)  MIDDETON (1)  MIDDLETON (17)  MILLER (6)  NEALE (1)  PEGG (13)  PINCHER (14)  PLATTEN (8)  POTTER (7)  PRINTER (2)  PYE (1)  RANSOM (7)  RICHES (14)  RISEBORO (2)  ROBERTS (8)  SEXTON (1)  SKERRETT (2)  SHELTON (2)  SOUTHGATE (3)  THORNTON (9)  UTTING (3)  VOUT (6)  WADE (2)  WARD (4)  WESTNEY (4)  WILSON (2)  WOODCOCK (1)  WRIGHT (2)  WHILEY (1)  YEARHAM (3) 

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