Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swanton Novers, Norfolk

Swanton Novers 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
LEEDER5318.72798,688.52
FOX258.833995.13
BULLOCK165.6537173.72
DUCKER134.59361,969.70
CODLING134.59361,313.13
SMITH103.53362.50
BULLEN82.8269266.67
GIDNEY72.47352,692.31
CLARE72.4735170.73
COOPER62.12018.72
TWIDDY62.12012,857.14
CLARK62.12017.05
SANDS51.7668157.73
CURSON51.7668769.23
SHAVE41.4134645.16
EWEN41.4134333.33
BAILEY41.41349.38
ROOK41.4134207.25
MAY41.413422.20
PATRICK31.060153.19
RIX31.0601192.31
GRIMES31.060191.74
COLMAN31.0601113.64
POINTER31.0601250.00
WALTON31.060115.06
BALDWIN20.706716.57
ROBERTS20.70671.88
HARPER20.706711.04
DAWSON20.70676.41
FUTTER20.7067465.12
BACON20.706728.13
KENDLE10.3534344.83
DAY10.35343.75
ATKINSON10.35343.63
WOODS10.35345.60
POOLEY10.353443.86
SMALLS10.35341,000.00
LUCK10.353442.74
JOLLY10.353424.94
WILSON10.35340.77
SPALDING10.353449.26
MONEY10.353459.17
EARLE10.353456.82
SHEPHERD10.35344.82
BUCKLE10.353432.47
DEWING10.3534333.33
HILL10.35341.39
RAYNER10.353414.16
GRAVER10.3534285.71
PEARCE10.35343.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEEDER0.282838688.5246
TWIDDY0.282832857.1429
GIDNEY0.282832692.3077
DUCKER0.282831969.6970
CODLING0.282831313.1313
SMALLS0.282831000.0000
CURSON0.28283769.2308
SHAVE0.28283645.1613
FUTTER0.28283465.1163
KENDLE0.28283344.8276
DEWING0.28283333.3333
EWEN0.28283333.3333
GRAVER0.28283285.7143
BULLEN0.28283266.6667
POINTER0.28283250.0000
ROOK0.28283207.2539
RIX0.28283192.3077
BULLOCK0.28283173.7242
CLARE0.28283170.7317
SANDS0.28283157.7287
COLMAN0.28283113.6364
FOX0.2828395.1294
GRIMES0.2828391.7431
MONEY0.2828359.1716
EARLE0.2828356.8182
PATRICK0.2828353.1915
SPALDING0.2828349.2611
POOLEY0.2828343.8596
LUCK0.2828342.7350
BUCKLE0.2828332.4675
BACON0.2828328.1294
EARL0.2828327.0270
JOLLY0.2828324.9377
MAY0.2828322.1976
BALDWIN0.2828316.5700
WALTON0.2828315.0602
RAYNER0.2828314.1643
HARPER0.2828311.0375
BAILEY0.282839.3831
COOPER0.282838.7159
CLARK0.282837.0538
DAWSON0.282836.4123
WOODS0.282835.6022
SHEPHERD0.282834.8216
PEARCE0.282833.8462
DAY0.282833.7538
ATKINSON0.282833.6284
SMITH0.282832.5026
ROBERTS0.282831.8785
HILL0.282831.3873

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 283 people called LEEDER in Swanton Novers 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 8688.5246 in Swanton Novers means that 8688.5246% of the people in Swanton Novers on census day were called LEEDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEEDER 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 LEEDER 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 LEEDER 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 LEEDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Swanton Novers means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEEDER in Swanton Novers than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swanton Novers in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BACON (2)  BAILEY (4)  BALDWIN (2)  BOULTOR (1)  BUCKLE (1)  BULLEN (8)  BULLOCK (16)  CURSON (5)  CLARE (7)  CLARK (6)  CODLING (13)  COLMAN (3)  COOPER (6)  COSSER (3)  DAWSON (2)  DAY (1)  DEWING (1)  DUCKER (13)  EARL (1)  EARLE (1)  ELYARD (2)  EWEN (4)  FOX (25)  FUTTER (2)  GIDNEY (7)  GRAVER (1)  GRIMES (3)  HARPER (2)  HILL (1)  HORRILL (3)  JOLLY (1)  KENDLE (1)  LEEDER (53)  LUCK (1)  MALLOCK (2)  MAY (4)  MONEY (1)  MUSSETT (4)  OLLEY (1)  PATRICK (3)  SEPPINGS (PATRICK) (2)  PEARCE (1)  POINTER (3)  PULL (1)  POOLEY (1)  RA...STEAD (1)  RAYNER (1)  RIX (3)  ROBERTS (2)  ROOK (4)  MACRO (3)  SALKIND (6)  SANDS (5)  SEPPINGS (1)  SHAVE (4)  SHEPHERD (1)  SMALLS (1)  SMITH (10)  SPALDING (1)  TWIDDY (6)  WALTON (3)  WILSON (1)  WOODS (1)  YARHAM (3) 

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