Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weasenham St Peter, Norfolk

Weasenham St Peter 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
BLAZIER134.850726,000.00
CHAPMAN114.104528.90
OVERMAN103.731311,111.11
STARLING103.7313507.61
BASS82.9851264.03
HOWLETT82.9851222.84
BEAN82.9851230.55
HAZEL82.9851930.23
CARR72.611936.19
NICHOLS72.611980.18
ADCOCK62.2388226.42
ASKINS62.23887,500.00
TURNER62.23888.04
ARTIS62.23883,000.00
HENDLEY62.23881,333.33
POOLEY62.2388277.78
ASKEW51.8657165.02
WHITMORE51.8657212.77
LINCOLN51.8657247.52
WATTS51.865722.25
CAMPBELL41.49258.82
NEAL41.492550.44
RICHES41.4925130.72
EVANS41.49253.42
HILLING31.1194857.14
WIX31.11941,250.00
PATCHER31.119415,000.00
SMITH31.11940.79
PARLETT20.7463800.00
LOCKWOOD20.746333.78
GREEN20.74632.65
RALPH20.746349.02
CHILVERS20.7463190.48
BARTLE20.7463126.58
LANGHAM20.7463170.94
WEIGHT20.7463327.87
ASKIN20.7463909.09
KENDLE20.7463714.29
TAYLOR20.74631.17
HOWE20.746319.01
REEVE20.746331.90
COOK20.74633.76
JOPLIN10.3731588.24
SWIRE10.3731370.37
NELSON10.37317.70
ROWLES10.373184.75
BENNETT10.37312.27
YOUNGER10.373168.97
LEAK10.373197.09
DUFFIELD10.373143.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLAZIER0.2726826000.0000
PATCHER0.2726815000.0000
OVERMAN0.2726811111.1111
ASKINS0.272687500.0000
WHITON0.272683333.3333
ARTIS0.272683000.0000
HENDLEY0.272681333.3333
WIX0.272681250.0000
HAZEL0.27268930.2326
ASKIN0.27268909.0909
HILLING0.27268857.1429
PILCH0.27268833.3333
PARLETT0.27268800.0000
KENDLE0.27268714.2857
DOWDY0.27268666.6667
JOPLIN0.27268588.2353
STARLING0.27268507.6142
SWIRE0.27268370.3704
WEIGHT0.27268327.8689
POOLEY0.27268277.7778
BASS0.27268264.0264
LINCOLN0.27268247.5248
BEAN0.27268230.5476
ADCOCK0.27268226.4151
HOWLETT0.27268222.8412
WHITMORE0.27268212.7660
KNOCK0.27268196.0784
CHILVERS0.27268190.4762
LANGHAM0.27268170.9402
ASKEW0.27268165.0165
RICHES0.27268130.7190
BARTLE0.27268126.5823
LEAK0.2726897.0874
ROWLES0.2726884.7458
NICHOLS0.2726880.1833
YOUNGER0.2726868.9655
EARLE0.2726860.2410
NEAL0.2726850.4414
RALPH0.2726849.0196
DUFFIELD0.2726843.1034
CARR0.2726836.1944
LOCKWOOD0.2726833.7838
REEVE0.2726831.8979
CHAPMAN0.2726828.9017
WATTS0.2726822.2519
HOWE0.2726819.0114
BARNARD0.2726815.0376
BATEMAN0.2726814.4509
CAMPBELL0.272688.8203
TURNER0.272688.0429

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 268 people called BLAZIER in Weasenham St Peter 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 26000.0000 in Weasenham St Peter means that 26000.0000% of the people in Weasenham St Peter on census day were called BLAZIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLAZIER 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 BLAZIER 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 BLAZIER 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 BLAZIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Weasenham St Peter means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLAZIER in Weasenham St Peter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weasenham St Peter in 1881

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

ADCOCK (6)  ALLEN (1)  ARTIS (6)  ASKEW (5)  ASKIN (2)  ASKINS (6)  BARNARD (1)  BARTALY (1)  BARTLE (2)  BASS (8)  BATEMAN (1)  BEAN (8)  BENNETT (1)  BLANT (4)  BLAXTER (2)  BLAZIER (13)  BLOY (8)  CADGE (1)  CAMPBELL (4)  CARR (7)  CHAPMAN (11)  CHILVERS (2)  CLANTER (1)  COOK (2)  DESDMON (9)  DYBALL (5)  DOWDY (1)  DUFFIELD (1)  EARLE (1)  EVANS (4)  GREEN (2)  HAZEL (8)  HENDLEY (6)  HOWE (2)  HOWLETT (8)  HILLING (3)  JOPLIN (1)  KENDLE (2)  KING (1)  KNOCK (1)  LEAK (1)  LANGHAM (2)  LEWIS (1)  LINCOLN (5)  LOCKWOOD (2)  MAKEREL (1)  MASON (1)  MERRISON (1)  MOORCRAFT (1)  NEAL (4)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLS (7)  OVERMAN (10)  PARLETT (2)  PATCHER (3)  PILCH (1)  POOLEY (6)  POWELL (1)  REEVE (2)  RICHES (4)  RALPH (2)  ROWLES (1)  SAPEY (1)  SCARF (4)  SMITH (3)  SOFTLEY (3)  STARLING (10)  SWIRE (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TURNER (6)  WATTS (5)  WEBOALE (4)  WHITMORE (5)  WHITON (1)  WIX (3)  WEIGHT (2)  YOUNGER (1) 

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