Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gunton, Norfolk

Gunton 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
HOWES810.8108620.16
SLAUGHTER68.10811,621.62
ALLAN56.7568107.53
HOOKER56.7568793.65
POLLE56.7568
BEANE45.40548,000.00
GREY34.0541187.50
HARMER34.0541410.96
COVELL34.05412,500.00
MATTHEWS22.702731.01
BENNET22.7027196.08
BRIGGS11.351424.88
VINCE11.3514222.22
STAMP11.3514185.19
CHAPMAN11.35149.51
ROCKHILL11.351410,000.00
IVES11.3514114.94
HART11.351415.85
THROWER11.3514416.67
EARLE11.3514217.39
BRODIE11.3514101.01
WILLIAMSON11.351415.08
STRONG11.351490.91
SEXTON11.3514156.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROCKHILL0.077410000.0000
BEANE0.07748000.0000
COVELL0.07742500.0000
SLAUGHTER0.07741621.6216
HOOKER0.0774793.6508
HOWES0.0774620.1550
THROWER0.0774416.6667
HARMER0.0774410.9589
VINCE0.0774222.2222
EARLE0.0774217.3913
BENNET0.0774196.0784
GREY0.0774187.5000
STAMP0.0774185.1852
SEXTON0.0774156.2500
IVES0.0774114.9425
ALLAN0.0774107.5269
BRODIE0.0774101.0101
STRONG0.077490.9091
MATTHEWS0.077431.0078
BRIGGS0.077424.8756
HART0.077415.8479
WILLIAMSON0.077415.0830
CHAPMAN0.07749.5147
POLLE0.0774

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 74 people called ROCKHILL in Gunton 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 10000.0000 in Gunton means that 10000.0000% of the people in Gunton on census day were called ROCKHILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROCKHILL 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 ROCKHILL 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 ROCKHILL 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 ROCKHILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Gunton means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROCKHILL in Gunton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gunton in 1881

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

ALLAN (5)  AMIES (2)  ATTEW (2)  BEANE (4)  BENNET (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BRODIE (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  COVELL (3)  EARLE (1)  GABB (1)  GREY (3)  GUIVER (2)  HARMER (3)  HART (1)  HARBORD (5)  HOOKER (5)  HOWES (8)  IVES (1)  LUSCHOW (1)  MATTHEWS (2)  POLLE (5)  ROCKHILL (1)  SEXTON (1)  SINFIELD (1)  SLAUGHTER (6)  STAMP (1)  STRONG (1)  THROWER (1)  WHITWOOD (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  VINCE (1) 

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