Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fersfield, Norfolk

Fersfield 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
BOND196.5744124.18
HOSKINS175.8824602.84
KERRY113.8062564.10
CALTON113.80623,055.56
SPURLING103.46022,380.95
WILLIAMS103.46024.82
BACK82.7682519.48
HAWES82.7682224.72
WADE72.422160.50
ELLIS72.422116.68
PUNT62.07612,000.00
HART62.076124.34
SMITH62.07611.47
RIVETT62.0761560.75
MEARS62.0761220.59
BRAITHWAITE51.7301149.25
FENN51.7301170.65
EATON41.384149.44
ROBINSON41.38414.34
WOODCOCK41.384148.48
CRICK41.3841231.21
JESSUP41.3841493.83
STARNES41.38414,444.44
MUNFORD31.0381714.29
HOWLETT31.038177.32
NOBLE31.038125.00
GRANT31.038110.46
WITHAM31.0381258.62
WALKER31.03813.10
GREENWOOD31.038113.37
BAXTER20.692011.61
HALL20.69202.35
PEARCE20.69207.53
NEWSTEAD20.6920200.00
WOODS20.692010.98
BELL10.34601.84
JACKSON10.34601.24
WISEMAN10.346025.19
PEACOCK10.34609.71
ALLUM10.346090.91
COMRIE10.3460212.77
CASON10.3460312.50
MAIDEN10.3460126.58
GREEN10.34601.23
FARROW10.346018.45
POLEY10.3460769.23
HEWES10.3460285.71
SYMONDS10.346028.74
COBB10.346024.33
MORTIMER10.346016.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STARNES0.292894444.4444
CALTON0.292893055.5556
SPURLING0.292892380.9524
PUNT0.292892000.0000
POLEY0.29289769.2308
MUNFORD0.29289714.2857
HOSKINS0.29289602.8369
KERRY0.29289564.1026
RIVETT0.29289560.7477
BACK0.29289519.4805
JESSUP0.29289493.8272
CASON0.29289312.5000
HEWES0.29289285.7143
WITHAM0.29289258.6207
CRICK0.29289231.2139
HAWES0.29289224.7191
MEARS0.29289220.5882
COMRIE0.29289212.7660
NEWSTEAD0.29289200.0000
FENN0.29289170.6485
BRAITHWAITE0.29289149.2537
MAIDEN0.29289126.5823
BOND0.29289124.1830
ALLUM0.2928990.9091
HOWLETT0.2928977.3196
WADE0.2928960.5013
CATCHPOLE0.2928953.7634
CRACKNELL0.2928950.0000
EATON0.2928949.4438
WOODCOCK0.2928948.4848
LAND0.2928948.0769
KNIGHTS0.2928939.5257
SAGE0.2928938.9105
SYMONDS0.2928928.7356
WISEMAN0.2928925.1889
NOBLE0.2928925.0000
HART0.2928924.3408
COBB0.2928924.3309
HOWES0.2928919.8020
FARROW0.2928918.4502
ELLIS0.2928916.6786
MORTIMER0.2928916.5563
BUCK0.2928916.1551
GREENWOOD0.2928913.3690
BAXTER0.2928911.6144
WOODS0.2928910.9769
GRANT0.2928910.4603
PEACOCK0.292899.7087
PEARCE0.292897.5330
WILLIAMS0.292894.8170

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 289 people called STARNES in Fersfield 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 4444.4444 in Fersfield means that 4444.4444% of the people in Fersfield on census day were called STARNES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STARNES 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 STARNES 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 STARNES 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 STARNES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Fersfield means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STARNES in Fersfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fersfield in 1881

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

ALLUM (1)  BACK (8)  BANHAM (BOND) (2)  BAXTER (2)  BELL (1)  BLOMFIELD (12)  BOND (19)  BRAITHWAITE (5)  BUCK (1)  CALTON (11)  CASON (1)  CATCHPOLE (1)  COBB (1)  COMRIE (1)  CRACKNELL (1)  CRICK (4)  DANNES (3)  EATON (4)  ELLIS (7)  FARROW (1)  FENN (5)  GARROOD (8)  GRANT (3)  GREEN (1)  GREENWOOD (3)  HALL (2)  HART (6)  HAWES (8)  HOSKINS (17)  HOWES (1)  HOWLETT (3)  HEWES (1)  JACKSON (1)  JESSUP (4)  KERRY (11)  KNIGHTS (1)  LANCHESTER (15)  LAND (1)  LIVES (6)  MACHENLY (1)  MAIDEN (1)  MISOM (7)  MISON (1)  MORTIMER (1)  MUNFORD (3)  MUSK (2)  MEARS (6)  NEWSTEAD (2)  NOBLE (3)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARCE (2)  POLEY (1)  PUNT (6)  RIVETT (6)  ROBINSON (4)  SAGE (1)  SYMONDS (1)  SMITH (6)  SPURDONS (6)  SPURLING (10)  STARNES (4)  WADE (7)  WALKER (3)  WITHAM (3)  WILLIAMS (10)  WISEMAN (1)  WOODS (2)  WOODCOCK (4)  WARBY (1) 

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