Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Wootton, Norfolk

South Wootton 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
MARSTERS105.586610,000.00
GAMBLE105.5866390.63
STAPLETON73.9106388.89
KIRBY73.9106103.09
SMITH73.91062.77
YOUNGMAN63.35201,153.85
WHITBY52.7933458.72
RABY52.7933581.40
WAGG52.79331,190.48
HALL52.79339.49
WALKER52.79338.34
TINKER52.7933555.56
SHIPP52.7933892.86
WARNES42.2346677.97
MALLETT42.2346250.00
JEX42.23462,000.00
DRIVER42.2346120.48
JERRY42.23465,714.29
TOLL31.6760967.74
HOLMES31.676013.76
RAYNES31.6760833.33
LAKE31.676075.57
HARDY31.676027.99
ADAMS21.11737.58
FOSTER21.11738.36
JARVIS21.117324.91
BRIGGS21.117320.58
RICHARDS21.11737.40
MARTON21.1173606.06
GAGE21.1173198.02
BOWEN10.558713.51
GREIF10.558710,000.00
COUSENS10.5587227.27
SADLER10.558723.70
BLAKE10.558711.53
PALMER10.55874.74
FORSTER10.558717.04
COOPER10.55872.30
RUDD10.558735.46
BRIDGEMAN10.5587151.52
GRIX10.5587909.09
BIRD10.55877.31
BROWNE10.558730.49
ROWE10.55879.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GREIF0.1817910000.0000
MARSTERS0.1817910000.0000
JERRY0.181795714.2857
JEX0.181792000.0000
WAGG0.181791190.4762
YOUNGMAN0.181791153.8462
TOLL0.18179967.7419
GRIX0.18179909.0909
SHIPP0.18179892.8571
RAYNES0.18179833.3333
WARNES0.18179677.9661
MARTON0.18179606.0606
RABY0.18179581.3953
TINKER0.18179555.5556
WHITBY0.18179458.7156
GAMBLE0.18179390.6250
STAPLETON0.18179388.8889
MALLETT0.18179250.0000
COUSENS0.18179227.2727
GAGE0.18179198.0198
BRIDGEMAN0.18179151.5152
DRIVER0.18179120.4819
KIRBY0.18179103.0928
LAKE0.1817975.5668
RUDD0.1817935.4610
BROWNE0.1817930.4878
HARDY0.1817927.9851
JARVIS0.1817924.9066
SADLER0.1817923.6967
BRIGGS0.1817920.5761
FORSTER0.1817917.0358
HOLMES0.1817913.7615
BOWEN0.1817913.5135
BLAKE0.1817911.5340
ROWE0.181799.8328
HALL0.181799.4949
FOSTER0.181798.3577
WALKER0.181798.3445
ADAMS0.181797.5815
RICHARDS0.181797.3992
BIRD0.181797.3099
PALMER0.181794.7393
SMITH0.181792.7696
COOPER0.181792.2967

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 179 people called GREIF in South Wootton 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 10000.0000 in South Wootton means that 10000.0000% of the people in South Wootton on census day were called GREIF.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GREIF 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 GREIF 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 GREIF 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 GREIF here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in South Wootton means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GREIF in South Wootton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Wootton in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  BIRD (1)  BLAKE (1)  BLOMFIELD (5)  BORLEY (5)  BOWEN (1)  BRIDGEMAN (1)  BRIGGS (2)  BROWNE (1)  CARRITT (7)  CABOURN (2)  COOPER (1)  COUSENS (1)  DRIVER (4)  FORSTER (1)  FOSTER (2)  GAGE (2)  GAMBLE (10)  JERRY (4)  GREIF (1)  GRIX (1)  HALL (5)  HARDY (3)  HOLMES (3)  JARVIS (2)  JEX (4)  KIRBY (7)  LAKE (3)  MALLETT (4)  MARTON (2)  MARSTERS (10)  PALMER (1)  PANKS (8)  PINCHER (6)  RABY (5)  RAYNES (3)  RICHARDS (2)  ROWE (1)  RUDD (1)  RUNGAY (1)  SADLER (1)  SHIPP (5)  SMITH (7)  STAPLETON (7)  TINKER (5)  TOLL (3)  WAGG (5)  WALKER (5)  WARNES (4)  WHITBY (5)  YOUNGMAN (6) 

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