Top surnames from the 1881 census in Forncett St Mary, Norfolk

Forncett St Mary 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
BROOKES238.3636356.04
DRAKE228.0000274.66
MOORE217.636438.19
FROST155.454597.02
BROWN134.72737.17
POTTER124.363667.30
HARVEY124.363640.87
COPEMAN82.90911,230.77
COOPER72.545510.46
COLEMAN62.181843.80
GRAY62.181815.28
GARDINER62.181875.95
HOLMES51.818214.93
LAND41.4545202.02
SPICER41.4545108.11
FULLER31.090926.98
DURRANT31.090969.77
FULCHER31.0909215.83
JEFFRIES31.090986.96
OAKLEY31.090951.55
SCOTT31.09094.31
RATTEE31.090915,000.00
WILLIAMS20.72731.01
THOMPSON20.72732.43
DAVY20.727359.00
NEWMAN20.72739.78
SMITH20.72730.52
MAYES10.363637.74
BARKER10.36362.78
GOWING10.3636147.06
ROBSON10.36365.52
ALLEN10.36361.92
YOUNG10.36361.69
CHAPLIN10.363625.38
JOHNSON10.36361.08
WHITE10.36361.13
PATTERSON10.363610.43
BYE10.363672.46
STURMAN10.3636163.93
DAVIS10.36361.65
BAYES10.3636121.95
HALES10.363625.32
SELF10.363651.28
LONG10.36365.61
BAKER10.36361.66
GOODSON10.363672.99
RAVEN10.363643.29
CLAPHAM10.363642.19
KNIGHT10.36362.95
WILSON10.36360.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RATTEE0.2827515000.0000
COPEMAN0.282751230.7692
BROOKES0.28275356.0372
DRAKE0.28275274.6567
FULCHER0.28275215.8273
LAND0.28275202.0202
STURMAN0.28275163.9344
GOWING0.28275147.0588
BAYES0.28275121.9512
SPICER0.28275108.1081
FROST0.2827597.0246
CALEY0.2827593.4579
JEFFRIES0.2827586.9565
MAYOR0.2827583.3333
GARDINER0.2827575.9494
GOODSON0.2827572.9927
BYE0.2827572.4638
HAUGHTON0.2827571.4286
PLOWMAN0.2827570.9220
DURRANT0.2827569.7674
POTTER0.2827567.3023
DAVY0.2827558.9971
OAKLEY0.2827551.5464
SELF0.2827551.2821
COLEMAN0.2827543.7956
RAVEN0.2827543.2900
CLAPHAM0.2827542.1941
HARVEY0.2827540.8719
CANN0.2827539.2157
MOORE0.2827538.1888
MAYES0.2827537.7358
FULLER0.2827526.9784
CHAPLIN0.2827525.3807
HALES0.2827525.3165
PECK0.2827521.5054
CULLEN0.2827520.7469
GRAY0.2827515.2827
HOLMES0.2827514.9298
COOPER0.2827510.4649
PATTERSON0.2827510.4275
HUMPHREYS0.2827510.3306
NEWMAN0.282759.7800
BROWN0.282757.1712
ARNOLD0.282756.7476
WHEELER0.282756.0241
LONG0.282755.6054
ROBSON0.282755.5249
LANE0.282755.2770
SCOTT0.282754.3116
BARNES0.282753.0211

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 275 people called RATTEE in Forncett St Mary 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 15000.0000 in Forncett St Mary means that 15000.0000% of the people in Forncett St Mary on census day were called RATTEE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RATTEE 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 RATTEE 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 RATTEE 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 RATTEE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Forncett St Mary means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RATTEE in Forncett St Mary than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Forncett St Mary in 1881

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

ABLETT (1)  ALBOROUGH (3)  ALLEN (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BAKER (1)  BARKER (1)  BARNES (1)  BLANCHFLOWER (2)  BROOKES (23)  BROWN (13)  BURBURY (2)  BYE (1)  BAYES (1)  CANN (1)  CHAPLIN (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLAPHAM (1)  COLEMAN (6)  COOK (1)  COOPER (7)  COPEMAN (8)  CULLEN (1)  DAVY (2)  DAVIS (1)  DRAKE (22)  DURRANT (3)  FALGATE (12)  FULLER (3)  FROST (15)  FULCHER (3)  GARDINER (6)  GOODSON (1)  GOWING (1)  GRAY (6)  HALES (1)  HARVEY (12)  HOLMES (5)  HAUGHTON (1)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JEFFRIES (3)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  CALEY (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LAND (4)  LANE (1)  LONG (1)  LUDKIN (7)  MAYES (1)  MICKELBURGH (4)  MOORE (21)  MAYOR (1)  NEWMAN (2)  NUDDS (2)  OAKLEY (3)  PATTERSON (1)  PECK (1)  PLOWMAN (1)  POTTER (12)  RATFORD (2)  RATTEE (3)  RAVEN (1)  ROBSON (1)  SCOTT (3)  SELF (1)  SHELDRAKE (6)  SMITH (2)  SPICER (4)  STURMAN (1)  THOMPSON (2)  WHEELER (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITWOOD (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILSON (1)  YOUNG (1) 

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