Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk

Thorpe Abbotts 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
ALDEN125.33332,068.97
WEST125.333355.40
REEVE114.8889209.13
SARJEANT94.00004,736.84
MARKE94.000015,000.00
WHITING94.0000207.85
GIRLING83.5556559.44
FINCH83.5556106.81
SMITH73.11112.20
READ62.666741.38
HAMMOND52.222239.03
BRYANT41.777841.62
CHANDLER41.777855.33
GUNNING31.3333365.85
ELVIN31.3333379.75
RAYNER31.333353.48
DEBENHAM31.3333714.29
HEWITT20.888918.25
CATCHPOLE20.8889137.93
NUNN20.888950.76
KNIGHTS20.8889101.52
PAYNE20.88899.88
MARKS20.888943.48
KING20.88894.08
BULLOCKS10.444410,000.00
RAYNOR10.444464.10
OSBON10.44443,333.33
JONES10.44440.39
HAYHOE10.4444434.78
WALLER10.444417.64
BURLINGHAM10.4444666.67
SCOTT10.44441.76
HOWARD10.44444.53
BLOOMFIELD10.444434.97
WALLACE10.44446.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARKE0.2322515000.0000
BULLOCKS0.2322510000.0000
SARJEANT0.232254736.8421
OSBON0.232253333.3333
ALDEN0.232252068.9655
DEBENHAM0.23225714.2857
BURLINGHAM0.23225666.6667
GIRLING0.23225559.4406
HAYHOE0.23225434.7826
ELVIN0.23225379.7468
GUNNING0.23225365.8537
REEVE0.23225209.1255
WHITING0.23225207.8522
CATCHPOLE0.23225137.9310
FINCH0.23225106.8091
KNIGHTS0.23225101.5228
RAYNOR0.2322564.1026
WEST0.2322555.4017
CHANDLER0.2322555.3250
RAYNER0.2322553.4759
NUNN0.2322550.7614
MARKS0.2322543.4783
BRYANT0.2322541.6233
READ0.2322541.3793
HAMMOND0.2322539.0320
BLOOMFIELD0.2322534.9650
HEWITT0.2322518.2482
WALLER0.2322517.6367
PAYNE0.232259.8765
WALLACE0.232256.4893
HOWARD0.232254.5290
KING0.232254.0783
SMITH0.232252.2034
SCOTT0.232251.7565
JONES0.232250.3924

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 225 people called MARKE in Thorpe Abbotts 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 15000.0000 in Thorpe Abbotts means that 15000.0000% of the people in Thorpe Abbotts on census day were called MARKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARKE 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 MARKE 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 MARKE 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 MARKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Thorpe Abbotts means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARKE in Thorpe Abbotts than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorpe Abbotts in 1881

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

ALDEN (12)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BOHOUGHT (1)  BRYANT (4)  BULLOCKS (1)  BURLINGHAM (1)  CATCHPOLE (2)  CHANDLER (4)  CHARLISH (2)  CHENERY (14)  CHILVER (42)  DEBENHAM (3)  ELSEAY (4)  ELVIN (3)  FINCH (8)  FLATMAN (5)  GAUSSEN (6)  GIRLING (8)  GUNNING (3)  HAMMOND (5)  HAYEE (1)  HAYHOE (1)  HEWITT (2)  HOWARD (1)  JONES (1)  KING (2)  KNIGHTS (2)  MARKS (2)  MARKE (9)  NUNN (2)  OSBON (1)  PAYNE (2)  RAYNER (3)  RAYNOR (1)  REEVE (11)  READ (6)  SARJEANT (9)  SCOTT (1)  SMITH (7)  STEAVENS (1)  VALIANT (6)  WALLACE (1)  WALLER (1)  WEST (12)  WHATLING (2)  WHITING (9) 

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