Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kempstone, Norfolk

Kempstone 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
SEAMAN1021.27662,777.78
WATERS612.7660317.46
PYE510.6383714.29
CHAMBERLAIN48.5106312.50
BYE36.38301,250.00
SHIN36.383030,000.00
THURSTON36.3830909.09
SANDS24.2553377.36
PAYNE24.255347.28
HOWARD12.127721.69
RATHMAN12.1277
LAWS12.1277192.31
HOOD12.127776.92
HOWES12.1277121.95
WINTER12.127759.88
THOMPSON12.12777.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHIN0.054730000.0000
SEAMAN0.05472777.7778
BYE0.05471250.0000
THURSTON0.0547909.0909
PYE0.0547714.2857
SANDS0.0547377.3585
WATERS0.0547317.4603
CHAMBERLAIN0.0547312.5000
LAWS0.0547192.3077
HOWES0.0547121.9512
HOOD0.054776.9231
WINTER0.054759.8802
PAYNE0.054747.2813
HOWARD0.054721.6920
THOMPSON0.05477.1023
RATHMAN0.0547

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 47 people called SHIN in Kempstone 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 30000.0000 in Kempstone means that 30000.0000% of the people in Kempstone on census day were called SHIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHIN 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 SHIN 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 SHIN 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 SHIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Kempstone means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHIN in Kempstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kempstone in 1881

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

BONDON (1)  BYE (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (4)  HOOD (1)  HOWARD (1)  HOWES (1)  LAWS (1)  PAYNE (2)  PYE (5)  SANDS (2)  SHOWLER (1)  SEAMAN (10)  SHIN (3)  THOMPSON (1)  THURSTON (3)  WATERS (6)  WINTER (1)  RATHMAN (1) 

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