Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunton Cum Doughton, Norfolk

Dunton Cum Doughton 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
CARR95.325473.83
FENN95.3254523.26
CLAXTON95.3254841.12
GRIEF95.32549,000.00
SANDS84.7337423.28
BARNES74.142034.41
OVERMAN74.142011,666.67
REX74.14202,592.59
MERRY74.1420555.56
GOOCH63.5503405.41
GRIMMER63.55032,727.27
LANGLEY63.5503161.73
BUNTING63.5503317.46
WRIGHT52.95869.22
HOWE52.958675.30
BASSHAM52.958610,000.00
DOWELL42.3669470.59
HOWES31.7751101.69
TAYLOR31.77512.78
ARTER31.77511,578.95
LAKE31.775180.00
CLARKE31.77518.76
ALLCOCK21.1834109.89
TUCK21.183492.17
BECK21.183450.63
AYRES21.183485.11
HUNTER21.183411.52
WARD21.18345.42
HARVEY21.183411.09
LONG10.59179.12
COPPER10.5917370.37
HURN10.5917227.27
WILSON10.59171.29
PIERCE10.591740.32
MARSHALL10.59173.53
HUNT10.59174.45
BOND10.591711.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OVERMAN0.1716911666.6667
BASSHAM0.1716910000.0000
GRIEF0.171699000.0000
GRIMMER0.171692727.2727
REX0.171692592.5926
ARTER0.171691578.9474
CLAXTON0.17169841.1215
MERRY0.17169555.5556
FENN0.17169523.2558
DOWELL0.17169470.5882
SANDS0.17169423.2804
GOOCH0.17169405.4054
COPPER0.17169370.3704
BUNTING0.17169317.4603
HURN0.17169227.2727
LANGLEY0.17169161.7251
ALLCOCK0.17169109.8901
HOWES0.17169101.6949
TUCK0.1716992.1659
AYRES0.1716985.1064
LAKE0.1716980.0000
HOWE0.1716975.3012
CARR0.1716973.8310
BECK0.1716950.6329
PIERCE0.1716940.3226
BARNES0.1716934.4149
HUNTER0.1716911.5207
BOND0.1716911.1732
HARVEY0.1716911.0865
WRIGHT0.171699.2217
LONG0.171699.1241
CLARKE0.171698.7617
WARD0.171695.4171
HUNT0.171694.4543
MARSHALL0.171693.5273
TAYLOR0.171692.7757
WILSON0.171691.2883

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 169 people called OVERMAN in Dunton Cum Doughton 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 11666.6667 in Dunton Cum Doughton means that 11666.6667% of the people in Dunton Cum Doughton on census day were called OVERMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OVERMAN 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 OVERMAN 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 OVERMAN 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 OVERMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Dunton Cum Doughton means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OVERMAN in Dunton Cum Doughton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunton Cum Doughton in 1881

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

ALLCOCK (2)  ARTER (3)  BARNES (7)  BASSHAM (5)  BECK (2)  BENSTEAD (1)  BOND (1)  BUNTING (6)  CARR (9)  CLARKE (3)  CLAXTON (9)  COPPER (1)  AYRES (2)  FENN (9)  GOOCH (6)  GRIEF (9)  GRIMMER (6)  HARVEY (2)  HURN (1)  HOWES (3)  HOWE (5)  OWEN (HOWES) (4)  HUNT (1)  HUNTER (2)  LAKE (3)  LANGLEY (6)  LINGWOOD (3)  LONG (1)  MARSHALL (1)  DOWELL (4)  MERRY (7)  OVERMAN (7)  OVERMENT (3)  PIERCE (1)  PENTIN (1)  POMFREY (2)  REX (7)  RUMBELOW (2)  SANDS (8)  STEAK (1)  TAYLOR (3)  TUCK (2)  WARD (2)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (5) 

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