Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gunthorpe, Norfolk

Gunthorpe 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
FULLER156.7873167.79
LOOSE135.88245,909.09
BUNN125.4299558.14
LYNN104.5249518.13
ELGAR83.61991,818.18
BAILEY73.167421.03
KIDDLE73.16741,458.33
WAKEFIELD62.7149151.52
GRAY52.262415.85
BALLS52.2624176.68
PAYNE41.810020.11
FICKLING41.81002,000.00
JARVIS41.810040.32
LONG41.810027.89
DENNIS31.357545.87
BROWN31.35752.06
BELL31.35757.22
CURSON31.3575600.00
BRIDGES31.357585.23
BOWMER20.9050800.00
MANN20.905017.18
EVANS20.90502.07
WILKIN10.452582.64
BOOTH10.45254.59
LEMMONS10.4525
ROWE10.45257.97
HARVEY10.45254.24
CATCHPOLE10.452570.42
FURNESS10.452556.50
BREMNER10.452552.63
LOCK10.452515.90
WALKER10.45251.35
ROGERS10.45253.49
CANHAM10.4525102.04
MELBOURNE10.4525222.22
BROOKES10.452519.27
FARROW10.452524.10
LITTLE10.45259.57
DIX10.452545.87
CROSS10.45256.57
RANSOM10.452583.33
GRANT10.45254.56
FROST10.45258.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOOSE0.222215909.0909
FICKLING0.222212000.0000
ELGAR0.222211818.1818
KIDDLE0.222211458.3333
BOWMER0.22221800.0000
CURSON0.22221600.0000
BUNN0.22221558.1395
LYNN0.22221518.1347
MELBOURNE0.22221222.2222
BALLS0.22221176.6784
FULLER0.22221167.7852
WAKEFIELD0.22221151.5152
CANHAM0.22221102.0408
BRIDGES0.2222185.2273
RANSOM0.2222183.3333
WILKIN0.2222182.6446
CATCHPOLE0.2222170.4225
FURNESS0.2222156.4972
BREMNER0.2222152.6316
DIX0.2222145.8716
DENNIS0.2222145.8716
JARVIS0.2222140.3226
LONG0.2222127.8940
FARROW0.2222124.0964
BAILEY0.2222121.0273
PAYNE0.2222120.1106
BROOKES0.2222119.2678
MANN0.2222117.1821
LOCK0.2222115.8983
GRAY0.2222115.8479
LITTLE0.222219.5694
FROST0.222218.0451
ROWE0.222217.9681
BELL0.222217.2237
CROSS0.222216.5746
BOOTH0.222214.5872
GRANT0.222214.5600
HARVEY0.222214.2373
ROGERS0.222213.4855
EVANS0.222212.0710
BROWN0.222212.0593
WALKER0.222211.3517
LEMMONS0.22221

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 221 people called LOOSE in Gunthorpe 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 5909.0909 in Gunthorpe means that 5909.0909% of the people in Gunthorpe on census day were called LOOSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LOOSE 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 LOOSE 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 LOOSE 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 LOOSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Gunthorpe means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LOOSE in Gunthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gunthorpe in 1881

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

AMIES (3)  BAILEY (7)  BALLS (5)  BAMBRIDGE (36)  BELL (3)  BOOTH (1)  BOWMER (2)  BREMNER (1)  BRIDGES (3)  BROOKES (1)  BROWN (3)  BUNN (12)  CANHAM (1)  CURSON (3)  CATCHPOLE (1)  CROSS (1)  DENNIS (3)  DIX (1)  ELGAR (8)  EVANS (2)  FARROW (1)  FICKLING (4)  FITT (7)  FLICKLING (2)  FULLER (15)  FROST (1)  FURNESS (1)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (5)  HARVEY (1)  JARVIS (4)  KIDDLE (7)  LEMMONS (1)  LIVICK (4)  LITTLE (1)  LOCK (1)  LONG (4)  LOOSE (13)  LYNN (10)  MANN (2)  MASSINGHAM (3)  MERRYFIELD (2)  MELBOURNE (1)  MOTHERCOLE (1)  NOBES (1)  PAYNE (4)  PLEASANCE (1)  PUMFREY (3)  RANSOM (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROWE (1)  SEEKER (5)  SAVOURY (1)  SHARPEN (2)  SPARKE (4)  WAKEFIELD (6)  WALKER (1)  WILKIN (1) 

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