Top surnames from the 1881 census in Letheringsett, Norfolk

Letheringsett 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
MOORE186.315831.58
SCOTT103.508813.87
BOYCE103.5088234.19
CASTON93.15793,214.29
TURNER93.157911.35
SEWELL93.1579149.50
ABRAM82.8070784.31
YOUNGMAN82.8070963.86
COOK82.807014.13
NEAL82.807094.90
BAINES72.4561128.21
HEWITT62.105343.23
LAWRENCE62.105332.41
WOODHOUSE62.105388.89
FILBY62.1053967.74
PLATTEN51.75441,136.36
SIMMONS51.754442.99
RICHES51.7544153.37
JEFFRIES51.7544139.66
WRIGHT51.75445.47
COOPER51.75447.21
GIRLING41.4035220.99
GROUT41.4035540.54
LUBBOCK41.40351,081.08
RAYNER31.052642.19
SUTTON31.052616.53
COOKE31.052619.07
DUFFIELD31.0526121.46
STIMPSON31.0526234.38
GIDNEY31.05261,153.85
HASTINGS31.052682.64
HOWES20.701840.16
WILLIAMSON20.70187.83
LEWIS20.70182.67
WEBB20.70185.18
CLARK20.70182.33
WATSON20.70183.03
HUMPHERYS20.70182,222.22
GOSLING20.701844.84
CHESNEY20.7018555.56
ROWE20.701812.35
BAKER10.35091.60
HALLOCK10.35092,000.00
CLARKE10.35091.73
MONEY10.350958.82
FULCHER10.350969.44
BLOGG10.3509188.68
PURDY10.350961.35
SILLAS10.3509
MANN10.35096.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CASTON0.292853214.2857
HUMPHERYS0.292852222.2222
HALLOCK0.292852000.0000
GIDNEY0.292851153.8462
PLATTEN0.292851136.3636
LUBBOCK0.292851081.0811
FILBY0.29285967.7419
YOUNGMAN0.29285963.8554
ABRAM0.29285784.3137
CHESNEY0.29285555.5556
GROUT0.29285540.5405
GARRET0.29285277.7778
STIMPSON0.29285234.3750
BOYCE0.29285234.1920
TANN0.29285232.5581
GIRLING0.29285220.9945
WICK0.29285200.0000
BLOGG0.29285188.6792
RICHES0.29285153.3742
SEWELL0.29285149.5017
JEFFRIES0.29285139.6648
BAINES0.29285128.2051
DUFFIELD0.29285121.4575
CODLING0.29285100.0000
NEAL0.2928594.8992
WOODHOUSE0.2928588.8889
HASTINGS0.2928582.6446
FULCHER0.2928569.4444
SAUL0.2928568.4932
BILLING0.2928562.8931
PURDY0.2928561.3497
MONEY0.2928558.8235
GOSLING0.2928544.8430
POOLEY0.2928543.4783
HEWITT0.2928543.2277
SIMMONS0.2928542.9923
RAYNER0.2928542.1941
HOWES0.2928540.1606
LAWRENCE0.2928532.4149
MOORE0.2928531.5845
COOKE0.2928519.0718
SUTTON0.2928516.5289
COOK0.2928514.1318
SCOTT0.2928513.8677
ROWE0.2928512.3533
TURNER0.2928511.3450
WARNER0.292859.6246
WILLIAMSON0.292857.8278
COOPER0.292857.2119
MANN0.292856.6622

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 285 people called CASTON in Letheringsett 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 3214.2857 in Letheringsett means that 3214.2857% of the people in Letheringsett on census day were called CASTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CASTON 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 CASTON 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 CASTON 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 CASTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Letheringsett means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CASTON in Letheringsett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Letheringsett in 1881

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

ABRAM (8)  BAILEY (1)  BAINES (7)  BAKER (1)  BILLING (1)  BLOGG (1)  BOND (1)  BOYCE (10)  BUNKELL (8)  CASTON (9)  CHASTNEY (5)  CHESNEY (2)  CLARKE (1)  CLARK (2)  CODLING (1)  COOKE (3)  COOK (8)  COOPER (5)  COZENS HARDY (8)  DUFFIELD (3)  FILBY (6)  FOX (1)  FRARY (RICHES) (2)  FULCHER (1)  GARRET (1)  GIDNEY (3)  GIRLING (4)  GOSLING (2)  GROUT (4)  HALLOCK (1)  HASTINGS (3)  HEYHOE (1)  HELSDON (1)  HEWITT (6)  HOWES (2)  HUMPHERYS (2)  JECKELL (3)  JEFFRIES (5)  JONES (1)  LAWRENCE (6)  LIVOCK (1)  LEWIS (2)  LUBBOCK (4)  MANN (1)  MELBOURN (2)  MONEY (1)  MOORE (18)  MORTRAM (11)  NEAL (8)  PLATTEN (5)  POOLEY (1)  PURDY (1)  RANT (1)  RAYNER (3)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHES (5)  ROWE (2)  SAUL (1)  SCOTT (10)  SEPPINGS (1)  SEWELL (9)  SHARPEN (1)  SHERINGHAM (1)  SHRIMPTON (1)  SILLAS (1)  SILLIS (1)  SIMMONS (5)  SMITH (1)  STIMPSON (3)  SUTTON (3)  TANN (1)  THAXTER (2)  TURNER (9)  WARNER (1)  WATSON (2)  WEBB (2)  WICK (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WOODHOUSE (6)  WRIGHT (5)  YOUNGMAN (8) 

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