Top surnames from the 1881 census in Palling, Norfolk

Palling 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
CROWE235.0109502.18
MARTINS183.92162,400.00
GRAPES153.26805,769.23
WHARTON112.3965171.07
WATTS112.396528.58
WOODROW102.1786352.11
POSTLE102.17861,851.85
BISHOP102.178631.18
DEARY91.96082,432.43
EMPSON91.9608909.09
WHEELER91.960832.48
BROWN91.96082.97
BELL71.52518.12
ABBS71.5251864.20
SADLER71.525164.70
THOMPSON71.52515.09
ELVIN71.5251432.10
HARRIS61.30725.14
FEATHER61.3072255.32
SPOONER61.307290.63
SAYER61.307299.83
FEATHERS61.30724,615.38
TUCK51.089384.89
GOTTS51.0893657.89
HAYWOOD51.089351.92
ELLIS40.87156.00
GRICE40.871584.57
FRENCH40.871517.85
BROWNE40.871547.56
BAKER40.87153.98
DEAN40.871512.55
GOSS40.8715100.00
JONES40.87150.77
PLUMMER40.871565.25
WARNES40.8715263.16
DURRANT30.653641.78
WRIGHT30.65362.04
BROOM30.653653.00
RICHES30.653657.14
KNIGHTS30.653674.63
NICHOLS30.653620.07
LITTLEWOOD30.653650.68
RICHARDS30.65364.33
MILES20.43577.39
LAYCOCK20.435731.70
HAYLOCK20.4357160.00
BARNARD20.435717.56
DANIELS20.435713.87
HARVEY20.43574.08
LANE20.43576.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRAPES0.464595769.2308
FEATHERS0.464594615.3846
DEARY0.464592432.4324
MARTINS0.464592400.0000
POSTLE0.464591851.8519
EMPSON0.46459909.0909
ABBS0.46459864.1975
GOTTS0.46459657.8947
CROWE0.46459502.1834
ELVIN0.46459432.0988
WOODROW0.46459352.1127
WARNES0.46459263.1579
FEATHER0.46459255.3191
EBBS0.46459208.3333
WHARTON0.46459171.0731
HAYLOCK0.46459160.0000
GOSS0.46459100.0000
SAYER0.4645999.8336
SPOONER0.4645990.6344
TUCK0.4645984.8896
GRICE0.4645984.5666
KNIGHTS0.4645974.6269
YOUNGMAN0.4645974.6269
PLUMMER0.4645965.2529
SADLER0.4645964.6950
RICHES0.4645957.1429
BROOM0.4645953.0035
HAYWOOD0.4645951.9211
LITTLEWOOD0.4645950.6757
BROWNE0.4645947.5624
DURRANT0.4645941.7827
WHEELER0.4645932.4792
LAYCOCK0.4645931.6957
BISHOP0.4645931.1818
WATTS0.4645928.5789
NICHOLS0.4645920.0669
CONSTABLE0.4645919.6850
FRENCH0.4645917.8492
BARNARD0.4645917.5593
DANIELS0.4645913.8696
DEAN0.4645912.5549
LACEY0.4645911.8203
HORNER0.4645911.4416
SWAN0.464598.4104
BELL0.464598.1159
MILES0.464597.3855
LANE0.464596.3231
ELLIS0.464596.0015
HARRIS0.464595.1436
THOMPSON0.464595.0909

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 459 people called GRAPES in Palling 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 5769.2308 in Palling means that 5769.2308% of the people in Palling on census day were called GRAPES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRAPES 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 GRAPES 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 GRAPES 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 GRAPES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Palling means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRAPES in Palling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Palling in 1881

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

AMESS (15)  ABBS (7)  BAKER (4)  BARGUEL (7)  BARNARD (2)  BEEVOR (3)  BELL (7)  BISHOP (10)  BROOM (3)  BROWN (9)  BROWNE (4)  BIRCHAM (1)  COGGY (1)  CONSTABLE (1)  CROWE (23)  CUBITT (4)  DANIELS (2)  DAVIES (1)  DEAN (4)  DEBBAGE (24)  DEARY (9)  DURRANT (3)  ELLIS (4)  ELVIN (7)  EMPSON (9)  EBBS (1)  FEATHER (6)  FEATHERS (6)  FRENCH (4)  GIBBS (1)  GOSS (4)  GOTTS (5)  GRAPES (15)  GREEN (1)  GREENGRASS (4)  GRICE (4)  HARRIS (6)  HARVEY (2)  HAYLOCK (2)  HAYWOOD (5)  HORNER (1)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (4)  KERRISON (17)  KNIGHTS (3)  LACEY (1)  LANE (2)  LAWRENCE (1)  LAYCOCK (2)  LITTLEWOOD (3)  LOADS (2)  LEALE (5)  MARTINS (18)  MILES (2)  MYHILL (3)  NICHOLS (3)  NUDD (1)  PALMER (1)  PESTELL (19)  PLUMMER (4)  POPAY (12)  PORRID (1)  POSTLE (10)  PRATT (1)  RICHARDS (3)  RICHES (3)  RUDRAM (5)  SADLER (7)  SAYER (6)  SPOONER (6)  SWAN (1)  THAINE (12)  THOMPSON (7)  TUCK (5)  WARNES (4)  WATTS (11)  WHARTON (11)  WHEELER (9)  WOODROW (10)  WOOLSTONE (8)  WRIGHT (3)  YOUNGMAN (1) 

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