Top surnames from the 1881 census in Knapton, Norfolk

Knapton 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
BRACKENBURY154.74682,173.91
WATTS144.430452.83
GEE144.4304173.70
PARDON134.11393,939.39
CHAMBERLIN134.11391,238.10
SEXTON123.7975441.18
SWANN123.7975347.83
HALL113.481011.83
MACE103.1646358.42
BEAN103.1646244.50
BAKER82.531611.55
TURNER82.53169.10
ROBINSON82.53167.94
ALLISON72.215277.95
POOLEY72.2152274.51
EVERITT61.8987226.42
CHILDS51.582386.21
LEE51.58239.68
HUBBARD41.265852.08
STEWARD41.265898.52
LAYCOCK41.265892.17
FARROW41.265867.45
SMALL41.265849.88
WILSON41.26582.76
ROBERTS41.26583.36
GRIMES30.949482.19
RICE30.949430.58
HASTINGS30.949474.63
BREEZE30.9494153.85
WILD30.949423.31
VINCENT20.632920.28
COOPER20.63292.60
PAIN20.632970.42
STOREY20.632924.91
WILLS20.632921.16
FISHER20.63295.41
DURRANT20.632940.40
HOLMES20.63295.20
WORTLEY20.6329208.33
WILKINS20.632914.32
HUDSON20.63297.73
APPLETON20.632940.40
HEDGE20.6329259.74
NASH20.632913.73
GARNHAM20.6329133.33
PARSONS10.31654.16
BALLS10.316524.69
HAYLETT10.3165178.57
MORTIMER10.316515.13
BUNN10.316532.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARDON0.323163939.3939
BRACKENBURY0.323162173.9130
CHAMBERLIN0.323161238.0952
SEXTON0.32316441.1765
MACE0.32316358.4229
SWANN0.32316347.8261
JEX0.32316277.7778
POOLEY0.32316274.5098
HEDGE0.32316259.7403
BEAN0.32316244.4988
EVERITT0.32316226.4151
WORTLEY0.32316208.3333
HAYLETT0.32316178.5714
GEE0.32316173.6973
BREEZE0.32316153.8462
GARNHAM0.32316133.3333
STEWARD0.3231698.5222
LAYCOCK0.3231692.1659
CHILDS0.3231686.2069
GRIMES0.3231682.1918
ALLISON0.3231677.9510
HASTINGS0.3231674.6269
CANHAM0.3231670.9220
PAIN0.3231670.4225
FARROW0.3231667.4536
WATTS0.3231652.8302
HUBBARD0.3231652.0833
SMALL0.3231649.8753
CORK0.3231642.7350
APPLETON0.3231640.4040
DURRANT0.3231640.4040
BUNN0.3231632.4675
RICE0.3231630.5810
STOREY0.3231624.9066
BALLS0.3231624.6914
WILD0.3231623.3100
WILLS0.3231621.1640
VINCENT0.3231620.2840
MORTIMER0.3231615.1286
WILKINS0.3231614.3164
NASH0.3231613.7268
HALL0.3231611.8318
BAKER0.3231611.5540
LOCK0.3231611.1111
LEE0.323169.6824
TURNER0.323169.0950
ROBINSON0.323167.9397
HUDSON0.323167.7310
KIRK0.323167.3099
OSBORNE0.323166.6313

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 316 people called PARDON in Knapton 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 3939.3939 in Knapton means that 3939.3939% of the people in Knapton on census day were called PARDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PARDON 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 PARDON 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 PARDON 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 PARDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Knapton means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PARDON in Knapton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Knapton in 1881

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

ALLISON (7)  APPLETON (2)  BAKER (8)  BALLS (1)  BEAN (10)  BECKERSON (2)  BLANCHFLOWER (1)  BREEZE (3)  BRACKENBURY (15)  BROWN (1)  BUMPHREY (7)  BUNN (1)  BARCHAM (6)  CANHAM (1)  CHAMBERLIN (13)  CHILDS (5)  CLARKE (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COOPER (2)  CORK (1)  DYBALL (1)  DURRANT (2)  EVERITT (6)  FARROW (4)  FISHER (2)  GARNHAM (2)  GEE (14)  GRIMES (3)  HALL (11)  HASTINGS (3)  HAYLETT (1)  HEDGE (2)  HOLMES (2)  HUBBARD (4)  HUDSON (2)  JEX (1)  KIRK (1)  KNIVETT (1)  LAYCOCK (4)  LEE (5)  LINGWOOD (5)  LOCK (1)  MACE (10)  MORTIMER (1)  NASH (2)  OSBORNE (1)  PALMER (1)  PARDON (13)  PARSONS (1)  PAIN (2)  POOLEY (7)  PUNCHER (3)  PYCROFT (2)  RICE (3)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (8)  SCOTTOW (2)  SEXTON (12)  SMALL (4)  STEWARD (4)  STOREY (2)  SWANN (12)  TURNER (8)  THIRTLE (1)  VINCENT (2)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (14)  WHITTLETON (3)  WILD (3)  WILKINS (2)  WILLS (2)  WILSON (4)  WORTLEY (2)  WORTS (8)  YAXLEY (7) 

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