Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tottenhill, Norfolk

Tottenhill 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
BOON287.6294813.95
CHAPMAN256.812047.97
TOWLER225.99461,341.46
DUFFIELD205.4496628.93
BAKER154.087218.65
BRAY123.269897.24
STAINES112.9973541.87
WIX112.99733,333.33
FOX102.724829.34
LEMMON92.45231,343.28
BARRETT82.179832.45
GANT82.1798606.06
PALMER71.907416.18
RODWELL71.9074353.54
STEVENS61.634915.66
JACOBS61.634968.26
WOODWARD51.362427.62
GREEN51.36244.84
JORDAN51.362430.83
TAYLOR51.36242.13
WARREN51.362420.37
THOMPSON41.08993.64
HEARN41.089982.30
JACKSON41.08993.90
PITCHER41.0899140.35
MAYES41.0899112.99
GRIGGS30.8174104.90
BUTLER30.81748.38
JACOB30.8174104.90
CARTER30.81744.87
CALEY30.8174211.27
THURSTON30.8174115.83
MASON20.54504.05
RUTLAND20.5450178.57
EMMS20.5450144.93
PROCTOR20.545022.17
BEAUMONT20.545018.38
NEAL20.545018.42
CHILDS20.545029.67
HOWARD20.54505.55
COLBY20.5450263.16
HARROD20.5450162.60
SEALES20.5450740.74
PURCELL10.272539.22
HUDSON10.27253.33
CRISP10.272519.61
HILL10.27251.07
SHIRLEY10.272533.33
COE10.272516.78
WILLIAMS10.27250.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WIX0.373673333.3333
LEMMON0.373671343.2836
TOWLER0.373671341.4634
BOON0.37367813.9535
SEALES0.37367740.7407
DUFFIELD0.37367628.9308
GANT0.37367606.0606
STAINES0.37367541.8719
CHESSON0.37367434.7826
RODWELL0.37367353.5354
COLBY0.37367263.1579
CALEY0.37367211.2676
RUTLAND0.37367178.5714
HARROD0.37367162.6016
EMMS0.37367144.9275
PITCHER0.37367140.3509
THURSTON0.37367115.8301
MAYES0.37367112.9944
JACOB0.37367104.8951
GRIGGS0.37367104.8951
BRAY0.3736797.2447
ROYAL0.3736796.1538
HEARN0.3736782.3045
JACOBS0.3736768.2594
RABY0.3736756.8182
CHAPMAN0.3736747.9662
PURCELL0.3736739.2157
SHIRLEY0.3736733.3333
BARRETT0.3736732.4544
JORDAN0.3736730.8261
CHILDS0.3736729.6736
FOX0.3736729.3427
WOODWARD0.3736727.6243
EYRE0.3736722.7273
PROCTOR0.3736722.1729
JUDD0.3736720.9644
WARREN0.3736720.3749
CRISP0.3736719.6078
GAMBLE0.3736719.0476
BAKER0.3736718.6521
NEAL0.3736718.4162
BEAUMONT0.3736718.3824
COE0.3736716.7785
PALMER0.3736716.1812
STEVENS0.3736715.6617
HOWES0.3736715.5763
CRAVEN0.3736714.1243
SHARPE0.373679.2421
BUTLER0.373678.3846
LORD0.373675.9102

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 367 people called WIX in Tottenhill 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 3333.3333 in Tottenhill means that 3333.3333% of the people in Tottenhill on census day were called WIX.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WIX 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 WIX 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 WIX 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 WIX here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.37 in Tottenhill means that you are 0.37 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WIX in Tottenhill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tottenhill in 1881

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

BAKER (15)  BARRETT (8)  BEAUMONT (2)  BOON (28)  BRAY (12)  BUTLER (3)  CARTER (3)  CAWDRON (1)  CHAPMAN (25)  CHESSON (1)  CHILDS (2)  COE (1)  COLBY (2)  CRAVEN (1)  CRISP (1)  DRACASS (1)  DUFFIELD (20)  EMBLING (1)  EMMS (2)  EYRE (1)  FOX (10)  GAMBLE (1)  GANT (8)  GOODDEN (5)  JORDAN (5)  GREEN (5)  GRIGGS (3)  HARROD (2)  HEARN (4)  HILL (1)  HOWARD (2)  HOWES (1)  HOWLING (2)  HUDSON (1)  JACKSON (4)  JACOB (3)  JACOBS (6)  JUDD (1)  CALEY (3)  LEMMON (9)  LORD (1)  MASON (2)  MAWBY (1)  MAYES (4)  NEAL (2)  PALMER (7)  PITCHER (4)  PROCTOR (2)  PURCELL (1)  RABY (1)  RANNWOOD (3)  ROBINSON (1)  RODWELL (7)  ROYAL (1)  RUTLAND (2)  SEALES (2)  SHARPE (1)  SHAWLL (6)  SHEARWOOD (14)  SHIRLEY (1)  SHREAD (1)  SMITH (1)  STAINES (11)  STEAENS (4)  STEVENS (6)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (4)  THURSTON (3)  TOWLER (22)  WALKER (1)  WARREN (5)  WHATKINS (17)  WATKINS (1)  WIX (11)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOODWARD (5) 

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