Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirstead, Norfolk

Kirstead 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
BURGESS136.467793.12
BECKETT94.4776224.44
BUTCHER94.4776106.26
DICKERSON83.9801975.61
PYE83.9801265.78
SKEET83.98012,105.26
GOWER83.9801379.15
STURMAN73.48261,555.56
BUCK73.4826162.41
SAYER62.9851228.14
GOLDSMITH62.9851192.31
MAYHEW41.9900240.96
EVERETT31.492583.10
SHARMAN31.4925108.30
GOOCH31.4925170.45
FROST31.492526.55
BIRD31.492519.53
MARTINS31.4925909.09
LOYNES20.99501,176.47
CHAMBERLIN20.9950298.51
REYNOLDS20.995011.49
SPARKES20.9950136.05
TROWER20.9950606.06
JARVIS20.995022.17
ROWELL10.497556.82
GIRLING10.497578.13
ADAMS10.49753.38
PALMER10.49754.22
HUGGINS10.497559.17
BALES10.4975133.33
LLOYD10.49754.26
HOWELL10.497511.81
ARMSTRONG10.49756.51
FLINT10.497527.70
CHAMBERS10.49758.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKEET0.202012105.2632
STURMAN0.202011555.5556
LOYNES0.202011176.4706
DICKERSON0.20201975.6098
MARTINS0.20201909.0909
TROWER0.20201606.0606
GOWER0.20201379.1469
CHAMBERLIN0.20201298.5075
PYE0.20201265.7807
MAYHEW0.20201240.9639
SAYER0.20201228.1369
BECKETT0.20201224.4389
GOLDSMITH0.20201192.3077
GOOCH0.20201170.4545
BUCK0.20201162.4130
SPARKES0.20201136.0544
BALES0.20201133.3333
SHARMAN0.20201108.3032
BUTCHER0.20201106.2574
BURGESS0.2020193.1232
EVERETT0.2020183.1025
GIRLING0.2020178.1250
HUGGINS0.2020159.1716
ROWELL0.2020156.8182
FLINT0.2020127.7008
FROST0.2020126.5487
JARVIS0.2020122.1729
BIRD0.2020119.5313
HOWELL0.2020111.8064
REYNOLDS0.2020111.4877
CHAMBERS0.202018.7489
ARMSTRONG0.202016.5104
LLOYD0.202014.2608
PALMER0.202014.2212
ADAMS0.202013.3761

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 201 people called SKEET in Kirstead 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 2105.2632 in Kirstead means that 2105.2632% of the people in Kirstead on census day were called SKEET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SKEET 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 SKEET 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 SKEET 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 SKEET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Kirstead means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SKEET in Kirstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirstead in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BALDRY (1)  BARLEE (2)  BALES (1)  BECKETT (9)  BIRD (3)  BORRED (2)  BUCK (7)  BURGESS (13)  BUTCHER (9)  CHAMBERLIN (2)  CHAMBERS (1)  DICKERSON (8)  EVERETT (3)  FLINT (1)  FROST (3)  GALLIERS (1)  GIRLING (1)  GOLDSMITH (6)  GOOCH (3)  GOOSE (1)  GOWER (8)  GRIMER (8)  HOWELL (1)  HUGGINS (1)  JARVIS (2)  KERRISON (1)  LEGOOD (1)  LLOYD (1)  LOYNES (2)  MARTINS (3)  MAYHEW (4)  PALMER (1)  PYE (8)  QUADLING (2)  REDGRAVE (16)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROWELL (1)  SAYER (6)  SHARMAN (3)  SHINGLE (1)  SKEET (8)  SPARKES (2)  STURMAN (7)  TROWER (2)  TIBBENHAM (1)  TONGS (1)  WHALL (5)  WORNES (6)  WEEDING (6)  WEDDUP (8)  YALLOP (4) 

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