Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wendling, Norfolk

Wendling 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
CASON328.86437,804.88
CANN143.8781419.16
BLOOMFIELD133.6011283.22
CLAXTON133.6011567.69
RIX133.6011653.27
PARKER102.770114.56
BARKER102.770121.17
BURTON92.493129.27
CARTER82.216113.20
MUNDAY82.2161189.57
GREAVES71.939166.16
DODDS71.939192.11
DICKERSON71.9391476.19
HAINES61.662071.77
FARRER61.6620251.05
CRAWFORD51.385028.30
BARRETT51.385020.63
WILLIAMS51.38501.93
SYMONDS51.3850114.94
CODLING51.3850393.70
GODFREY51.385046.69
MOORE51.38506.93
CAPPS51.3850675.68
WALKER51.38504.14
WRIGHT51.38504.32
BUTTON41.108093.46
JACOB41.1080142.35
BONE41.108059.79
PARNELL41.1080114.61
GEORGE30.831014.16
WARNER30.831022.80
ROY30.831091.46
BATESON30.8310132.74
LOVETT30.831090.91
WHITE30.83102.59
BUTTERS30.8310169.49
BAKER30.83103.79
OVERY30.8310566.04
GREEN30.83102.95
JOHNSON20.55401.65
EAGLE20.5540100.00
TAYLOR20.55400.87
BAXTER20.55409.30
BLADES20.554097.56
FULLER20.554013.70
STANFORD20.554066.67
FROST20.55409.85
BARNARD10.277011.16
WEBB10.27702.04
HARVEY10.27702.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CASON0.363617804.8780
FERRER0.363611000.0000
CAPPS0.36361675.6757
RIX0.36361653.2663
CLAXTON0.36361567.6856
OVERY0.36361566.0377
NOLLER0.36361555.5556
DICKERSON0.36361476.1905
BLADE0.36361434.7826
CANN0.36361419.1617
CODLING0.36361393.7008
BLOOMFIELD0.36361283.2244
FARRER0.36361251.0460
MUNDAY0.36361189.5735
BUTTERS0.36361169.4915
JACOB0.36361142.3488
BATESON0.36361132.7434
SYMONDS0.36361114.9425
PARNELL0.36361114.6132
EAGLE0.36361100.0000
BLADES0.3636197.5610
BUTTON0.3636193.4579
DODDS0.3636192.1053
ROY0.3636191.4634
LOVETT0.3636190.9091
POWLEY0.3636189.2857
HAINES0.3636171.7703
STANFORD0.3636166.6667
GREAVES0.3636166.1626
BONE0.3636159.7907
BARNET0.3636157.8035
BODDY0.3636150.0000
GODFREY0.3636146.6853
POOLEY0.3636134.3643
PLUMB0.3636134.2466
ORTON0.3636129.4985
BURTON0.3636129.2683
CRAWFORD0.3636128.2965
WARNER0.3636122.7964
BARKER0.3636121.1685
BARRETT0.3636120.6271
SQUIRES0.3636119.5695
PARKER0.3636114.5645
GEORGE0.3636114.1643
FULLER0.3636113.6986
CARTER0.3636113.2013
MOON0.3636113.1406
REEVE0.3636111.8483
BARNARD0.3636111.1607
FROST0.363619.8522

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 361 people called CASON in Wendling 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 7804.8780 in Wendling means that 7804.8780% of the people in Wendling on census day were called CASON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CASON 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 CASON 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 CASON 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 CASON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Wendling means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CASON in Wendling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wendling in 1881

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

OVERY (3)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (3)  BALDEROW (1)  BARKER (10)  BARNARD (1)  BARNET (1)  BARRETT (5)  BARTLETT (1)  BATESON (3)  BAXTER (2)  BAYFIELD (6)  BLADE (1)  BLADES (2)  BLOOMFIELD (13)  BODDY (1)  BONE (4)  BURTON (9)  BUTTERS (3)  BUTTON (4)  CALLABY (3)  CALABY (2)  CANN (14)  CAPPS (5)  CARTER (8)  CASON (32)  CLARK (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLAXTON (13)  CODLING (5)  CRAWFORD (5)  DARKINS (2)  DICKERSON (7)  DODDS (7)  DUNTHORNE (4)  EAGLE (2)  AYTON (7)  ENGLEDOW (4)  FARRER (6)  FERRER (1)  FULLER (2)  FROST (2)  GEORGE (3)  GIBBS (1)  GODFREY (5)  GREAVES (7)  GREEN (3)  HARVEY (1)  HAINES (6)  HILL (1)  JACOB (4)  JOHNSON (2)  KNOBB (1)  LOVETT (3)  MARGARSON (7)  MENDHAM (1)  MILES (1)  MOON (1)  MOORE (5)  MORLEY (1)  MUNDAY (8)  NEECH (4)  NOLLER (1)  ORTON (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (10)  PARNELL (4)  PLUMB (1)  POOLEY (1)  POWLEY (1)  REEVE (1)  RIX (13)  ROY (3)  SAINTY (6)  SYMONDS (5)  SPURN (3)  SQUIRES (1)  STANFORD (2)  TAYLOR (2)  TIFFPLE (1)  TOLLIDAY (10)  WALKER (5)  WARNER (3)  WEBB (1)  WHITE (3)  WILLIAMS (5)  WRIGHT (5) 

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