Top surnames from the 1881 census in Guestwick, Norfolk

Guestwick 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
BAKER137.103832.42
BUNTING116.0109539.22
MOY116.01092,972.97
IRELAND84.3716188.24
MARSHALL84.371626.07
SEAMAN73.8251492.96
LAMBERT63.278760.06
PEARCE52.732229.74
RICHES52.7322239.23
KIDD52.7322134.05
HUDSON52.732233.38
SPENCER42.185823.94
GILBERT42.185838.39
JENKINSON42.1858125.00
SKILLINGS42.18585,714.29
FROST31.639329.15
PALMER31.639313.91
WILEY31.6393666.67
NEALE31.639369.12
GALER31.63932,142.86
HICKMAN21.092964.94
CHAPMAN21.09297.70
BENNETT21.09296.65
TAYLOR21.09291.71
EKE21.0929606.06
WALTON10.54647.76
ADCOCK10.546455.25
LAWRENCE10.54648.42
EARL10.546441.84
WOODCOCK10.546419.16
PEELING10.5464909.09
WALLER10.546421.69
SMITH10.54640.39
MOORE10.54642.73
FARROW10.546429.15
SCOTT10.54642.16
DIXON10.54644.99
RACKHAM10.5464200.00
BUTLER10.54645.61
PEARCY10.5464285.71
RUMP10.5464400.00
KING10.54642.51
WOODS10.54648.67
DANIELL10.5464196.08
PEGG10.546455.56
JARVIS10.546412.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKILLINGS0.181835714.2857
MOY0.181832972.9730
GALER0.181832142.8571
PEELING0.18183909.0909
WILEY0.18183666.6667
EKE0.18183606.0606
BUNTING0.18183539.2157
SEAMAN0.18183492.9577
RUMP0.18183400.0000
PEARCY0.18183285.7143
RICHES0.18183239.2344
RACKHAM0.18183200.0000
DANIELL0.18183196.0784
IRELAND0.18183188.2353
KIDD0.18183134.0483
JENKINSON0.18183125.0000
NEALE0.1818369.1244
HICKMAN0.1818364.9351
LAMBERT0.1818360.0601
PEGG0.1818355.5556
ADCOCK0.1818355.2486
EARL0.1818341.8410
GILBERT0.1818338.3877
HUDSON0.1818333.3778
BAKER0.1818332.4190
PEARCE0.1818329.7442
FROST0.1818329.1545
FARROW0.1818329.1545
MARSHALL0.1818326.0671
SPENCER0.1818323.9378
WALLER0.1818321.6920
WOODCOCK0.1818319.1571
PALMER0.1818313.9082
JARVIS0.1818312.1803
WOODS0.181838.6655
LAWRENCE0.181838.4175
WALTON0.181837.7640
CHAPMAN0.181837.6953
BENNETT0.181836.6489
BUTLER0.181835.6054
DIXON0.181834.9875
MOORE0.181832.7330
KING0.181832.5075
SCOTT0.181832.1598
TAYLOR0.181831.7090
SMITH0.181830.3870

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 183 people called SKILLINGS in Guestwick 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 5714.2857 in Guestwick means that 5714.2857% of the people in Guestwick on census day were called SKILLINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SKILLINGS 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 SKILLINGS 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 SKILLINGS 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 SKILLINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Guestwick means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SKILLINGS in Guestwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Guestwick in 1881

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

ADCOCK (1)  BAKER (13)  BENNETT (2)  BUNKLE (2)  BUNTING (11)  BUTLER (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  DANIELL (1)  DIXON (1)  EARL (1)  EKE (2)  FARROW (1)  FROST (3)  GAYFORD (9)  GALER (3)  GILBERT (4)  HARDINGHAM (1)  HICKMAN (2)  HUDSON (5)  IRELAND (8)  JARVIS (1)  JENKINSON (4)  KIDD (5)  KING (1)  LAMBERT (6)  LAWRENCE (1)  MARSHALL (8)  MASSINGHAM (7)  MERRISON (2)  MOORE (1)  MOY (11)  NEALE (3)  PALMER (3)  PARFIT (6)  PORRETT (2)  PEARCE (5)  PEELING (1)  PEGG (1)  PEARCY (1)  RACKHAM (1)  RICHES (5)  RUMP (1)  SCOTT (1)  SEAMAN (7)  SKILLINGS (4)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (4)  TAYLOR (2)  THAXTER (8)  WALLER (1)  WALTON (1)  WOODS (1)  WOODCOCK (1)  WILEY (3) 

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