Top surnames from the 1881 census in Illington, Norfolk

Illington 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
DIXON1113.0952119.57
BALE78.33331,111.11
WARD67.142932.70
OSBORNE55.9524124.69
BAXTER55.952499.80
JESSUP55.95242,173.91
PINNER44.76191,904.76
ELSEY44.76191,538.46
BUNTING33.5714319.15
DOE33.5714750.00
BUSSEY33.57141,071.43
SMITH33.57142.53
MINN33.571410,000.00
COWLES33.57141,500.00
CHAPMAN22.381016.76
HUNT22.381017.92
BIRD22.381031.15
JACKSON22.38108.52
HOWES22.3810136.05
HINSLEY11.1905769.23
DOWNES11.190596.15
KNACK11.1905
DENT11.190562.50
JARRED11.19055,000.00
KING11.19055.46
DAWSON11.190510.80
EDWARDS11.19054.27
HUNTER11.190511.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MINN0.088410000.0000
JARRED0.08845000.0000
JESSUP0.08842173.9130
PINNER0.08841904.7619
ELSEY0.08841538.4615
COWLES0.08841500.0000
BALE0.08841111.1111
BUSSEY0.08841071.4286
HINSLEY0.0884769.2308
DOE0.0884750.0000
BUNTING0.0884319.1489
HOWES0.0884136.0544
OSBORNE0.0884124.6883
DIXON0.0884119.5652
BAXTER0.088499.8004
DOWNES0.088496.1538
DENT0.088462.5000
WARD0.088432.6975
BIRD0.088431.1526
HUNT0.088417.9211
CHAPMAN0.088416.7645
HUNTER0.088411.5875
DAWSON0.088410.7991
JACKSON0.08848.5179
KING0.08845.4615
EDWARDS0.08844.2717
SMITH0.08842.5295
KNACK0.0884

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 84 people called MINN in Illington 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 Illington means that 10000.0000% of the people in Illington on census day were called MINN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MINN 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 MINN 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 MINN 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 MINN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Illington means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MINN in Illington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Illington in 1881

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

BALE (7)  BAXTER (5)  BIRD (2)  BUNTING (3)  BUSSEY (3)  CHAPMAN (2)  COWLES (3)  DAWSON (1)  DENT (1)  DIXON (11)  DOE (3)  DOWNES (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELSEY (4)  HINSLEY (1)  HOWES (2)  HUNT (2)  HUNTER (1)  JACKSON (2)  JARRED (1)  JESSUP (5)  KING (1)  KNACK (1)  MINN (3)  OSBORNE (5)  PINNER (4)  SMITH (3)  WARD (6) 

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