Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thurning, Norfolk

Thurning 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
HALL105.649719.20
FARROW95.0847271.08
PARTRIDGE95.0847194.81
BRUCE95.0847108.56
RUDD95.0847322.58
LADELL95.084718,000.00
RICHES84.5198396.04
POYNTON73.95482,413.79
FAIRCLOTH73.95483,684.21
GAY63.3898254.24
JONAS63.38982,000.00
BREESE52.82491,063.83
SEXTON52.8249326.80
DANIELS42.259971.94
GIRLING42.2599353.98
FENWICK42.2599172.41
GAFF31.69491,764.71
BURTON21.129913.26
HARVEY21.129910.58
STOKES21.129926.77
POTTER21.129917.42
EWEN21.1299266.67
CODLING10.5650161.29
SMITH10.56500.40
WALPOLE10.5650142.86
GREY10.565026.04
LAWS10.565050.76
COTTRELL10.565063.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LADELL0.1817718000.0000
FAIRCLOTH0.181773684.2105
POYNTON0.181772413.7931
JONAS0.181772000.0000
GAFF0.181771764.7059
BREESE0.181771063.8298
RICHES0.18177396.0396
GIRLING0.18177353.9823
SEXTON0.18177326.7974
RUDD0.18177322.5806
FARROW0.18177271.0843
EWEN0.18177266.6667
GAY0.18177254.2373
PARTRIDGE0.18177194.8052
FENWICK0.18177172.4138
CODLING0.18177161.2903
WALPOLE0.18177142.8571
BRUCE0.18177108.5645
DANIELS0.1817771.9424
COTTRELL0.1817763.2911
LAWS0.1817750.7614
STOKES0.1817726.7738
GREY0.1817726.0417
HALL0.1817719.2049
POTTER0.1817717.4216
BURTON0.1817713.2626
HARVEY0.1817710.5820
SMITH0.181770.4001

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 177 people called LADELL in Thurning 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 18000.0000 in Thurning means that 18000.0000% of the people in Thurning on census day were called LADELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LADELL 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 LADELL 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 LADELL 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 LADELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Thurning means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LADELL in Thurning than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thurning in 1881

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

ALDIS (4)  BILHAM (1)  BREESE (5)  BROWNSELL (BRONSELL) (2)  BRONSELL (1)  BROWNSELL (4)  BRUCE (9)  BUNNETT (1)  BURTON (2)  CODLING (1)  COTTRELL (1)  DANIELS (4)  DOCKING (5)  EGGELTON (1)  EWEN (2)  FAIRCLOTH (7)  FARROW (9)  FENWICK (4)  GAFF (3)  GAY (6)  GIRLING (4)  GREY (1)  HALL (10)  HARVEY (2)  JONAS (6)  LADELL (9)  LAWS (1)  OLLEY (5)  PARTRAGE (PARTRIDGE) (12)  PARTRIDGE (9)  POYNTON (7)  POTTER (2)  RICHES (8)  RISBOROUGH (2)  RUDD (9)  SEXTON (5)  SMITH (1)  STOKES (2)  STRUTT (8)  THIRTLE (1)  WALPOLE (1) 

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