Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swannington, Norfolk

Swannington 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
ALLEN3611.042958.46
GREEN3310.122735.95
WILKINSON195.828238.19
BETTS164.9080229.56
LUBBOCK133.98773,023.26
THOMPSON123.681012.29
ROGERS103.067523.63
SMITH92.76071.96
HOWES92.7607157.89
COX92.760718.21
KEELER82.4540833.33
LAWS82.4540220.99
PLUNKETT82.4540930.23
BOOTY72.14721,320.75
CARR72.147229.76
WELLS61.840522.12
PYE61.8405123.20
HOLLAND51.533721.54
BARRETT51.533722.84
WILSON51.53373.34
MUNFORD41.2270833.33
LYNN41.2270140.35
MIDDLETON41.227023.38
COOPER41.22705.04
GASKINS41.22701,481.48
GAGEN30.92022,307.69
WATTS30.920210.98
STUBBS30.920234.84
EDWARDS30.92023.30
GROOM30.920265.65
ROUSE20.613542.74
LINCOLN20.613581.30
BELL20.61353.26
HOWSE20.6135158.73
WILKENSON20.61351,111.11
CHAPMAN20.61354.32
RANDALL20.613519.59
BATEMAN20.613523.75
NELSON20.613512.67
ROWE20.613510.81
MALLETT20.613568.73
LOVICK20.6135465.12
LACEY20.613533.28
SPINKS20.613590.91
DIGBY20.6135118.34
AUSTIN10.30676.28
WILKERSON10.3067303.03
CLARK10.30671.02
RIX10.306755.56
CABLE10.306760.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUBBOCK0.333263023.2558
GAGEN0.333262307.6923
GASKINS0.333261481.4815
BATCHELDER0.333261428.5714
BOOTY0.333261320.7547
WILKENSON0.333261111.1111
PLUNKETT0.33326930.2326
MUNFORD0.33326833.3333
KEELER0.33326833.3333
LOVICK0.33326465.1163
PARLETT0.33326322.5806
WILKERSON0.33326303.0303
BETTS0.33326229.5552
LAWS0.33326220.9945
HOWSE0.33326158.7302
HOWES0.33326157.8947
CRISPIN0.33326140.8451
LYNN0.33326140.3509
COPEMAN0.33326129.8701
PYE0.33326123.2033
DIGBY0.33326118.3432
SPINKS0.3332690.9091
PYKE0.3332688.4956
LINCOLN0.3332681.3008
MALLETT0.3332668.7285
HIGH0.3332668.0272
GROOM0.3332665.6455
CABLE0.3332660.9756
ALLEN0.3332658.4605
RIX0.3332655.5556
SELF0.3332643.1034
ROUSE0.3332642.7350
WILKINSON0.3332638.1910
GREEN0.3332635.9477
STUBBS0.3332634.8432
LACEY0.3332633.2779
PEGG0.3332631.2500
CARR0.3332629.7619
BATEMAN0.3332623.7530
ROGERS0.3332623.6295
MIDDLETON0.3332623.3781
BARRETT0.3332622.8415
WELLS0.3332622.1239
HOLLAND0.3332621.5424
SPARKS0.3332620.2840
RANDALL0.3332619.5886
COX0.3332618.2149
NELSON0.3332612.6662
JOYCE0.3332612.4844
TALBOT0.3332612.3153

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 326 people called LUBBOCK in Swannington 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 3023.2558 in Swannington means that 3023.2558% of the people in Swannington on census day were called LUBBOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUBBOCK 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 LUBBOCK 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 LUBBOCK 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 LUBBOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Swannington means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUBBOCK in Swannington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swannington in 1881

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

ALLEN (36)  ARCHER (1)  ATKINSON (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BARKER (1)  BARRETT (5)  BATCHELDER (1)  BATEMAN (2)  BELL (2)  BETTS (16)  BOOTY (7)  CABLE (1)  CARR (7)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARK (1)  COOPER (4)  COPEMAN (1)  COX (9)  CRISPIN (1)  DANIELS (1)  DIGBY (2)  DUNGAY (1)  EDWARDS (3)  GAGEN (3)  GASKINS (4)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (33)  GRIMER (2)  GROOM (3)  HIGH (1)  HILDYARD (2)  HOLLAND (5)  HOWES (9)  HOWSE (2)  JONES (1)  JOYCE (1)  LACEY (2)  LAWS (8)  LOVICK (2)  LINCOLN (2)  LUBBOCK (13)  LYNN (4)  MALLETT (2)  KEELER (8)  MIDDLETON (4)  MUNFORD (4)  NELSON (2)  PARLETT (1)  PEGG (1)  PYKE (1)  PLUNKETT (8)  PYE (6)  RANDALL (2)  RIX (1)  ROGERS (10)  ROUSE (2)  ROWE (2)  ROSE (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SELF (1)  SMITH (9)  SPARKS (1)  SPINKS (2)  STUBBS (3)  TALBOT (1)  THOMPSON (12)  WATTS (3)  WELLS (6)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILKENSON (2)  WILKINSON (19)  WILKERSON (1)  WILSON (5) 

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