Top surnames from the 1881 census in Threxton, Norfolk

Threxton 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
LAKE810.0000451.98
COOKE78.7500158.73
DAY56.250066.40
RAYNER56.2500250.00
WATSON56.250026.94
ABBOTT45.0000113.31
BARTON45.000092.59
STACEY45.0000222.22
DAINES45.00002,105.26
GRIFFIN33.750079.79
BROOKS22.500025.58
DREW22.500094.79
LAMBERT22.500045.77
LUCAS11.250027.03
SWATMAN11.25002,000.00
CRANE11.250059.17
REYNOLDS11.250014.43
LOVE11.250052.63
HOWARD11.250012.74
ASHBY11.250074.63
ROBINSON11.25003.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DAINES0.08802105.2632
SWATMAN0.08802000.0000
LAKE0.0880451.9774
RAYNER0.0880250.0000
STACEY0.0880222.2222
COOKE0.0880158.7302
ABBOTT0.0880113.3144
DREW0.088094.7867
BARTON0.088092.5926
GRIFFIN0.088079.7872
ASHBY0.088074.6269
DAY0.088066.4011
CRANE0.088059.1716
LOVE0.088052.6316
LAMBERT0.088045.7666
LUCAS0.088027.0270
WATSON0.088026.9397
BROOKS0.088025.5754
REYNOLDS0.088014.4300
HOWARD0.088012.7389
ROBINSON0.08803.9200

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 80 people called DAINES in Threxton 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 2105.2632 in Threxton means that 2105.2632% of the people in Threxton on census day were called DAINES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAINES 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 DAINES 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 DAINES 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 DAINES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Threxton means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DAINES in Threxton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Threxton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (4)  ASHBY (1)  BARTON (4)  BRANCHAM (2)  BROOKS (2)  COOKE (7)  CRANE (1)  DAY (5)  DAINES (4)  DREW (2)  GRIFFIN (3)  HOGGETT (14)  HOWARD (1)  LAKE (8)  LAMBERT (2)  LOVE (1)  LUCAS (1)  MARGARSTON (1)  RAYNER (5)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  STACEY (4)  SWATMAN (1)  WATSON (5) 

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