Top surnames from the 1881 census in Setchey, Norfolk

Setchey 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
PAYNE1210.1695112.99
BROOKS108.474686.73
TRANTER97.62711,034.48
NEAL86.7797229.23
PARNELL86.7797701.75
WINFIELD65.0847612.24
MITCHELL65.084725.06
NEWELL43.3898215.05
SEAL43.3898470.59
CARTER43.389820.19
BARNES32.542421.13
STEVENS32.542424.35
HAWES21.6949136.99
FEARING21.694920,000.00
WEBSTER21.694919.49
THORPE21.694942.83
BIRD10.847511.09
ALLDAY10.8475625.00
WHITTAKER10.847517.89
WOOD10.84752.66
HALL10.84752.88
COUZENS10.8475344.83
RICHES10.847574.07
BOWERS10.847546.51
ALLEN10.84754.49
WAUGH10.847562.11
GARNER10.847526.81
REYNOLDS10.84759.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FEARING0.1211820000.0000
TRANTER0.121181034.4828
PARNELL0.12118701.7544
ALLDAY0.12118625.0000
WINFIELD0.12118612.2449
SEAL0.12118470.5882
COUZENS0.12118344.8276
NEAL0.12118229.2264
NEWELL0.12118215.0538
HAWES0.12118136.9863
PAYNE0.12118112.9944
BROOKS0.1211886.7303
RICHES0.1211874.0741
WAUGH0.1211862.1118
BOWERS0.1211846.5116
THORPE0.1211842.8266
GARNER0.1211826.8097
MITCHELL0.1211825.0627
STEVENS0.1211824.3506
BARNES0.1211821.1268
CARTER0.1211820.1918
WEBSTER0.1211819.4932
WHITTAKER0.1211817.8891
BIRD0.1211811.0865
REYNOLDS0.121189.7847
ALLEN0.121184.4863
HALL0.121182.8810
WOOD0.121182.6596

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 118 people called FEARING in Setchey 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 20000.0000 in Setchey means that 20000.0000% of the people in Setchey on census day were called FEARING.

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

All the surnames recorded in Setchey in 1881

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

ALLDAY (1)  ALLEN (1)  BARNES (3)  BIRD (1)  BOWERS (1)  BROOKS (10)  CARTER (4)  CHESTNEY (6)  COUZENS (1)  FAYERS (5)  FEARING (2)  FOOTTER (1)  FORSPETH (1)  FROW (1)  GARNER (1)  GREENACRE (6)  HALL (1)  HAWES (2)  MALBY (1)  MITCHELL (6)  NEAL (8)  NEWELL (4)  PARNELL (8)  PAYNE (12)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHES (1)  SEAL (4)  STEVENS (3)  THORPE (2)  TRANTER (9)  WAUGH (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WHITTAKER (1)  WINFIELD (6)  WOOD (1) 

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