Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stody, Norfolk

Stody 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
SMITH1713.07699.26
RAYNER1410.7692432.10
STEWARD86.1538479.04
EMERY75.3846246.48
FAIRBAIRN75.3846729.17
SLAUGHTER75.38461,093.75
DACK64.61541,500.00
GIDNEY53.84624,166.67
PECK43.0769181.82
MACK43.0769305.34
JARVIS43.076968.61
WILLIAMS32.30773.21
CUSHING21.5385869.57
EKE21.5385869.57
KNOWLES21.538528.82
WATERSON21.5385370.37
BAILEY10.76925.11
KENDLE10.7692769.23
HILLING10.7692588.24
ROBINS10.769236.23
BRETT10.769240.49
HUDSON10.76929.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GIDNEY0.131304166.6667
DACK0.131301500.0000
SLAUGHTER0.131301093.7500
CUSHING0.13130869.5652
EKE0.13130869.5652
KENDLE0.13130769.2308
FAIRBAIRN0.13130729.1667
HILLING0.13130588.2353
STEWARD0.13130479.0419
RAYNER0.13130432.0988
WATERSON0.13130370.3704
MACK0.13130305.3435
EMERY0.13130246.4789
PECK0.13130181.8182
JARVIS0.1313068.6106
BRETT0.1313040.4858
ROBINS0.1313036.2319
KNOWLES0.1313028.8184
HUDSON0.131309.3985
SMITH0.131309.2618
BAILEY0.131305.1073
WILLIAMS0.131303.2123

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 130 people called GIDNEY in Stody 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 4166.6667 in Stody means that 4166.6667% of the people in Stody on census day were called GIDNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GIDNEY 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 GIDNEY 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 GIDNEY 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 GIDNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Stody means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GIDNEY in Stody than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stody in 1881

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

BAILEY (1)  BRETT (1)  BRETTINGHAM (2)  CUSHING (2)  DACK (6)  EKE (2)  EMERY (7)  FAIRBAIRN (7)  GIDNEY (5)  GOYLE (2)  GRAVELING (14)  HARDINGHAM (7)  HUDSON (1)  HILLING (1)  JARVIS (4)  KENDLE (1)  KNOWLES (2)  MACK (4)  NORGATE (2)  PECK (4)  RAYNER (14)  ROBINS (1)  SLAUGHTER (7)  SMITH (17)  STEWARD (8)  WATERSON (2)  WEGG (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  YARHAM (2) 

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