Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilverstone, Norfolk

Kilverstone 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
COOK78.235341.47
HAWES78.2353666.67
SEXTON78.2353958.90
OXBOROUGH55.88248,333.33
STACEY55.8824261.78
MELTON33.52941,000.00
WEST33.529436.67
SAYER33.5294270.27
HAMMOND33.529461.98
SIMMONDS22.352988.11
EGGLETON22.3529588.24
OVERTON22.3529243.90
BIRD22.352930.77
HALL22.35298.00
COX11.17657.76
BAKER11.17655.37
HARRIS11.17654.63
SMITH11.17650.83
GATH11.17651,428.57
DAVY11.176595.24
WILLOUGHBY11.1765135.14
HUDSON11.176514.37
THORPE11.176529.76
ROSSON11.17652,000.00
CROOK11.176540.98
WILDER11.1765454.55
DEEKS11.1765370.37
RICHAN11.1765

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OXBOROUGH0.09858333.3333
ROSSON0.09852000.0000
GATH0.09851428.5714
MELTON0.09851000.0000
SEXTON0.0985958.9041
HAWES0.0985666.6667
EGGLETON0.0985588.2353
WILDER0.0985454.5455
DEEKS0.0985370.3704
SAYER0.0985270.2703
STACEY0.0985261.7801
OVERTON0.0985243.9024
WILLOUGHBY0.0985135.1351
DAVY0.098595.2381
SIMMONDS0.098588.1057
HAMMOND0.098561.9835
COOK0.098541.4692
CROOK0.098540.9836
WEST0.098536.6748
BIRD0.098530.7692
THORPE0.098529.7619
HUDSON0.098514.3678
HALL0.09857.9968
COX0.09857.7640
BAKER0.09855.3706
HARRIS0.09854.6296
SMITH0.09850.8332
RICHAN0.0985

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 85 people called OXBOROUGH in Kilverstone 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 8333.3333 in Kilverstone means that 8333.3333% of the people in Kilverstone on census day were called OXBOROUGH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OXBOROUGH 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 OXBOROUGH 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 OXBOROUGH 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 OXBOROUGH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Kilverstone means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OXBOROUGH in Kilverstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilverstone in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BIRD (2)  BRUNDLE (9)  CHENERY (7)  COOK (7)  COX (1)  CROOK (1)  DAVY (1)  DEEKS (1)  EGGLETON (2)  ELMERSON (1)  GATH (1)  HALL (2)  HAMMOND (3)  HARRIS (1)  HAWES (7)  HEG... (1)  HUDSON (1)  MELTON (3)  OVERTON (2)  OXBOROUGH (5)  RICHAN (1)  ROSSON (1)  SAYER (3)  SEXTON (7)  SIMMONDS (2)  SMITH (1)  STACEY (5)  THORPE (1)  WEST (3)  WILDER (1)  WILLOUGHBY (1) 

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