Top surnames from the 1881 census in Melton Constable, Norfolk

Melton Constable 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
BRETT119.3220491.07
HUDSON97.627193.17
CODLING86.77971,951.22
RUDD65.0847322.58
SANDS54.2373378.79
TWIDDY54.23735,555.56
NICHOLS43.3898104.17
SLATER32.542442.02
GIDNEY32.54242,727.27
BELL21.69499.02
ADAMS21.694911.50
THOMPSON21.69495.66
SMITH21.69491.20
HILL21.69496.66
BECK21.694972.46
NELSON21.694934.97
BALDWIN21.694939.76
MILES21.694928.74
CLARKE21.69498.36
GRIEF10.84751,428.57
PEARSON10.84757.29
FROST10.847515.08
WAKEFIELD10.847547.39
DENT10.847544.44
JONES10.84750.75
CHILVERS10.8475217.39
GOOCH10.847597.09
WEEDON10.8475181.82
PARKER10.84754.46
EMPSON10.8475400.00
STUBBS10.847532.05
JARVIS10.847518.87
HARTY10.84751,000.00
ROBINSON10.84752.66
WATERS10.847521.10
OSBORN10.847540.65
EKE10.8475476.19
TURVEY10.8475181.82
SPRUCE10.8475416.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TWIDDY0.121185555.5556
GIDNEY0.121182727.2727
CODLING0.121181951.2195
GRIEF0.121181428.5714
HARTY0.121181000.0000
BRETT0.12118491.0714
EKE0.12118476.1905
SPRUCE0.12118416.6667
EMPSON0.12118400.0000
SANDS0.12118378.7879
RUDD0.12118322.5806
CHILVERS0.12118217.3913
WEEDON0.12118181.8182
TURVEY0.12118181.8182
NICHOLS0.12118104.1667
GOOCH0.1211897.0874
HUDSON0.1211893.1677
BECK0.1211872.4638
WAKEFIELD0.1211847.3934
DENT0.1211844.4444
SLATER0.1211842.0168
OSBORN0.1211840.6504
BALDWIN0.1211839.7614
NELSON0.1211834.9650
STUBBS0.1211832.0513
MILES0.1211828.7356
WATERS0.1211821.0970
JARVIS0.1211818.8679
FROST0.1211815.0830
ADAMS0.1211811.5009
BELL0.121189.0212
CLARKE0.121188.3647
PEARSON0.121187.2939
HILL0.121186.6556
THOMPSON0.121185.6577
PARKER0.121184.4563
ROBINSON0.121182.6582
SMITH0.121181.2004
JONES0.121180.7483

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 118 people called TWIDDY in Melton Constable 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 5555.5556 in Melton Constable means that 5555.5556% of the people in Melton Constable on census day were called TWIDDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TWIDDY 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 TWIDDY 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 TWIDDY 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 TWIDDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Melton Constable means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TWIDDY in Melton Constable than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Melton Constable in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  BALDWIN (2)  BECK (2)  BELL (2)  BLEACH (8)  BRETT (11)  CHILVERS (1)  CLARKE (2)  CODLING (8)  CRASKE (7)  DENT (1)  DREWORY (1)  EKE (1)  EMPSON (1)  FOWKE (1)  FREEZER (2)  FROST (1)  GIDNEY (3)  GOOCH (1)  GRIEF (1)  HARTY (1)  HILL (2)  HUDSON (9)  JARVIS (1)  JECKELL (1)  JONES (1)  LUGTON (1)  MILES (2)  NELSON (2)  NICHOLS (4)  OSBORN (1)  PARKER (1)  PEARSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RUDD (6)  SANDS (5)  SCULPHER (1)  SLATER (3)  SMITH (2)  SPRUCE (1)  STUBBS (1)  THOMPSON (2)  TURVEY (1)  TWIDDY (5)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WATERS (1)  WEEDON (1)  WINTERBONE (2) 

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