Top surnames from the 1881 census in Southacre, Norfolk

Southacre 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
WISEMAN79.7222707.07
PIKE56.9444239.23
WATTS56.944482.78
PALMER56.944458.89
OSBORNE45.5556116.28
ROBBINS45.5556353.98
BATESON34.1667666.67
REEDER34.16671,500.00
LUSHER22.77781,666.67
REYNOLDS22.777832.05
BARKER22.777821.23
ROBERSON22.77781,818.18
BACK11.3889263.16
WELLS11.388916.69
HARWOOD11.388951.81
COOK11.38896.99
BARRY11.388976.92
MOLETT11.3889
WIX11.38891,666.67
LOCKE11.3889153.85
HARRISON11.38896.26
BULL11.388932.89
MARSH11.388919.46
HOWARD11.388914.14
EAGLE11.3889250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROBERSON0.07721818.1818
LUSHER0.07721666.6667
WIX0.07721666.6667
REEDER0.07721500.0000
WISEMAN0.0772707.0707
BATESON0.0772666.6667
ROBBINS0.0772353.9823
BACK0.0772263.1579
EAGLE0.0772250.0000
PIKE0.0772239.2344
LOCKE0.0772153.8462
OSBORNE0.0772116.2791
WATTS0.077282.7815
BARRY0.077276.9231
PALMER0.077258.8928
HARWOOD0.077251.8135
BULL0.077232.8947
REYNOLDS0.077232.0513
BARKER0.077221.2314
MARSH0.077219.4553
WELLS0.077216.6945
HOWARD0.077214.1443
COOK0.07726.9930
HARRISON0.07726.2578
MOLETT0.0772

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 72 people called ROBERSON in Southacre 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 1818.1818 in Southacre means that 1818.1818% of the people in Southacre on census day were called ROBERSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROBERSON 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 ROBERSON 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 ROBERSON 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 ROBERSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Southacre means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROBERSON in Southacre than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Southacre in 1881

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

BACK (1)  BARKER (2)  BATESON (3)  BARRY (1)  BLOY (1)  BOUGIN (1)  BULL (1)  COOK (1)  EAGLE (1)  HAMOND (2)  HARRISON (1)  HARWOOD (1)  HOWARD (1)  LOCKE (1)  LUSHER (2)  MARSH (1)  MERRISON (1)  MOBS (1)  MOLETT (1)  OSBORNE (4)  PALMER (5)  PIKE (5)  REEDER (3)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROBERSON (2)  ROBBINS (4)  SCULTER (3)  VARRELL (4)  WATTS (5)  WELLS (1)  WIX (1)  WISEMAN (7)  YALLOP (2) 

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