Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gately, Norfolk

Gately 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
FROST159.7403173.21
BETTS127.7922364.74
DREW106.4935245.70
HUDSON106.493579.30
DAY106.493568.97
BASHAM85.19482,105.26
BIRD85.194867.97
HILL85.194820.40
EDWARDS74.545516.31
WHIDBY53.246850,000.00
SPOONER42.5974180.18
ANDREWS42.597427.10
MARSH31.948127.30
MITCHELL31.94819.60
WILLIAMSON31.948121.72
ANDERSON21.29876.57
CODLING21.2987370.37
HAWES21.2987105.26
BALLS21.2987101.52
SALMOND21.2987625.00
POSTLE10.6494555.56
EVERITT10.649477.52
LOOSE10.6494666.67
CLARK10.64942.16
HOWE10.649416.53
GODFREY10.649421.88
MEEK10.649455.87
CURSON10.6494285.71
KING10.64942.98
CATTON10.6494200.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHIDBY0.1515450000.0000
BASHAM0.151542105.2632
LOOSE0.15154666.6667
SALMOND0.15154625.0000
POSTLE0.15154555.5556
CODLING0.15154370.3704
BETTS0.15154364.7416
CURSON0.15154285.7143
DREW0.15154245.7002
CATTON0.15154200.0000
SPOONER0.15154180.1802
FROST0.15154173.2102
HAWES0.15154105.2632
BALLS0.15154101.5228
HUDSON0.1515479.3021
EVERITT0.1515477.5194
DAY0.1515468.9655
BIRD0.1515467.9694
MEEK0.1515455.8659
MARSH0.1515427.2975
ANDREWS0.1515427.1003
GODFREY0.1515421.8818
WILLIAMSON0.1515421.7234
HILL0.1515420.3978
HOWE0.1515416.5289
EDWARDS0.1515416.3094
MITCHELL0.151549.6031
ANDERSON0.151546.5746
KING0.151542.9797
CLARK0.151542.1603

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 154 people called WHIDBY in Gately 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 50000.0000 in Gately means that 50000.0000% of the people in Gately on census day were called WHIDBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHIDBY 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 WHIDBY 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 WHIDBY 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 WHIDBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Gately means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHIDBY in Gately than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gately in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  ANDREWS (4)  ARCHBOULD (7)  BALLS (2)  BASHAM (8)  BETTS (12)  BIRD (8)  BLANCHFLOWER (1)  CURSON (1)  CATTON (1)  CLARK (1)  CODLING (2)  DAY (10)  DREW (10)  EDWARDS (7)  EVERITT (1)  FROST (15)  GODFREY (1)  MC GORMAN (1)  HAWES (2)  HILL (8)  HOWE (1)  HUDSON (10)  KING (1)  LIDDLELOW (1)  LOOSE (1)  MARSH (3)  MEEK (1)  MITCHELL (3)  PHILLIPPO (5)  POSTLE (1)  SALMOND (2)  SPOONER (4)  SUFFLING (3)  WHIDBY (5)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WINDEBANK (6) 

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