Top surnames from the 1881 census in Horningtoft, Norfolk

Horningtoft 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
JOHNSON2210.280430.60
DREW146.5421247.79
LIST125.60753,333.33
FUTTER94.20562,812.50
CURSON83.73831,632.65
DALTON73.2710142.57
FINCH62.803784.27
ALLEN62.803714.84
REEVE62.8037120.00
BAKER62.803712.80
GOODMAN52.336480.13
SUTTON41.869229.37
GRAVER41.86921,481.48
FROST41.869233.25
RAVEN41.8692222.22
CAPPS31.4019681.82
TAIT31.401947.62
WEBSTER31.401916.12
BAXTER20.934615.69
TENNANT20.934687.72
STRANGE20.934686.96
CLARE20.934664.52
YOUNGMAN20.9346317.46
BELTON20.9346173.91
DAVEY20.934622.73
CHESNEY20.9346740.74
SEAMAN10.467360.24
PARKER10.46732.46
CLAXTON10.467373.53
BARNETT10.467310.36
CUSHING10.4673263.16
SMITH10.46730.33
KIRK10.467310.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIST0.212143333.3333
FUTTER0.212142812.5000
CURSON0.212141632.6531
GRAVER0.212141481.4815
CHESNEY0.21214740.7407
CAPPS0.21214681.8182
YOUNGMAN0.21214317.4603
CUSHING0.21214263.1579
DREW0.21214247.7876
RAVEN0.21214222.2222
BELTON0.21214173.9130
DALTON0.21214142.5662
REEVE0.21214120.0000
TENNANT0.2121487.7193
STRANGE0.2121486.9565
FINCH0.2121484.2697
GOODMAN0.2121480.1282
CLAXTON0.2121473.5294
CLARE0.2121464.5161
SEAMAN0.2121460.2410
TAIT0.2121447.6190
FROST0.2121433.2502
JOHNSON0.2121430.5981
SUTTON0.2121429.3686
DAVEY0.2121422.7273
WEBSTER0.2121416.1204
BAXTER0.2121415.6863
ALLEN0.2121414.8405
BAKER0.2121412.7959
KIRK0.2121410.7875
BARNETT0.2121410.3627
PARKER0.212142.4570
SMITH0.212140.3310

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 214 people called LIST in Horningtoft 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 3333.3333 in Horningtoft means that 3333.3333% of the people in Horningtoft on census day were called LIST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIST 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 LIST 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 LIST 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 LIST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Horningtoft means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIST in Horningtoft than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Horningtoft in 1881

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

ALLEN (6)  ANNISON (7)  BAKER (6)  BARNETT (1)  BAXTER (2)  BELTON (2)  CAPPS (3)  CURSON (8)  CURSON (SUTTON) (2)  CHESNEY (2)  CLARE (2)  CLAXTON (1)  CUSHING (1)  DALTON (7)  DAVEY (2)  DOY (13)  GORGE (DOY) (2)  DREW (14)  FINCH (6)  FROST (4)  FUTTER (9)  GORGE (3)  GOODMAN (5)  GRAVER (4)  HOWLING (SUTTON) (4)  JOHNSON (22)  KIRK (1)  LARKMENT (1)  LIST (12)  MENDHAM (4)  MICKLEBORO (16)  PARKER (1)  PHILIPPO (8)  RAVEN (4)  REEVE (6)  SEAMAN (1)  SMITH (1)  STEGGLES (1)  STRANGE (2)  SUTTON (4)  TAIT (3)  TENNANT (2)  TUFFS (2)  WEBSTER (3)  WINEARLS (1)  WORMER (1)  YOUNGMAN (2) 

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