Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorpe Market, Norfolk

Thorpe Market 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
HURN4220.58827,924.53
BACON188.8235350.88
GIBBONS157.3529228.66
MOY146.86273,414.63
ROGERS115.392241.53
BARBER104.902081.43
GOLDEN94.41181,046.51
WARD94.411820.19
GEE73.4314134.36
TAYLOR62.94124.60
PAINTER62.9412214.29
MILLS52.451018.90
WIGGETT52.45101,851.85
MAYES52.4510253.81
MORTER52.45103,571.43
CLARKE41.96089.68
EARLE31.4706236.22
HUBBARD10.490220.16
EWING10.490253.19
GREY10.490222.62
WELLS10.49025.89
BANE10.4902400.00
WOODHOUSE10.490220.70
GREEN10.49021.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HURN0.202047924.5283
MORTER0.202043571.4286
MOY0.202043414.6341
WIGGETT0.202041851.8519
GOLDEN0.202041046.5116
BANE0.20204400.0000
BACON0.20204350.8772
MAYES0.20204253.8071
EARLE0.20204236.2205
GIBBONS0.20204228.6585
PAINTER0.20204214.2857
GEE0.20204134.3570
BARBER0.2020481.4332
EWING0.2020453.1915
ROGERS0.2020441.5251
GREY0.2020422.6244
WOODHOUSE0.2020420.7039
WARD0.2020420.1930
HUBBARD0.2020420.1613
MILLS0.2020418.8964
CLARKE0.202049.6759
WELLS0.202045.8928
TAYLOR0.202044.5991
GREEN0.202041.7406

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 204 people called HURN in Thorpe Market 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 7924.5283 in Thorpe Market means that 7924.5283% of the people in Thorpe Market on census day were called HURN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HURN 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 HURN 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 HURN 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 HURN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Thorpe Market means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HURN in Thorpe Market than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorpe Market in 1881

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

BACON (18)  BANE (1)  BARBER (10)  CLARKE (4)  CUSHION (1)  EARLE (3)  EWING (1)  GEE (7)  GIBBONS (15)  GOLDEN (9)  GREY (1)  GREEN (1)  GUIVER (6)  HURN (42)  HUBBARD (1)  MAYES (5)  MILLS (5)  MORTER (5)  MOY (14)  PAINTER (6)  PLUMBLY (4)  RISEBROW (4)  ROGERS (11)  TAYLOR (6)  WARD (9)  WELLS (1)  WHITWOOD (8)  WIGGETT (5)  WOODHOUSE (1) 

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