Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Bilney, Norfolk

West Bilney 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
BROWN2611.659217.69
BACK219.41701,764.71
HUNTER104.484343.67
STACY94.03591,384.62
ARTER83.58743,200.00
GAMBLE83.5874250.78
HOLLAND83.587450.38
BARKER73.139023.99
RAYNOR73.1390451.61
CLARKE73.139015.49
HAMMOND73.139055.12
BUTLER62.690627.60
HEARN62.6906203.39
SHAFTO62.69066,000.00
SAVAGE52.242258.34
CURL52.24221,162.79
HOWARD52.242222.85
DYE52.2422337.84
MARTIN41.79377.28
BAILEY41.793711.91
RASPBERRY41.793720,000.00
CARTER41.793710.69
WILSON31.34532.93
COLLINSON31.3453114.50
GREEN20.89693.18
WARD20.89694.11
POWLEY20.8969289.86
REEVE20.896938.39
KERRY20.8969132.45
READER10.448452.08
PYE10.448430.03
DAW10.448464.52
CLAXTON10.448470.92
THURSTON10.448463.69
LANGLEY10.448420.45
SMITH10.44840.32
MELTON10.4484126.58
TAYLOR10.44840.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RASPBERRY0.2222320000.0000
SHAFTO0.222236000.0000
ARTER0.222233200.0000
BACK0.222231764.7059
STACY0.222231384.6154
CURL0.222231162.7907
RAYNOR0.22223451.6129
DYE0.22223337.8378
POWLEY0.22223289.8551
GAMBLE0.22223250.7837
HEARN0.22223203.3898
KERRY0.22223132.4503
MELTON0.22223126.5823
COLLINSON0.22223114.5038
CLAXTON0.2222370.9220
DAW0.2222364.5161
THURSTON0.2222363.6943
SAVAGE0.2222358.3431
HAMMOND0.2222355.1181
READER0.2222352.0833
HOLLAND0.2222350.3778
HUNTER0.2222343.6681
REEVE0.2222338.3877
PYE0.2222330.0300
BUTLER0.2222327.5989
BARKER0.2222323.9890
HOWARD0.2222322.8519
LANGLEY0.2222320.4499
BROWN0.2222317.6871
CLARKE0.2222315.4902
BAILEY0.2222311.9083
CARTER0.2222310.6866
MARTIN0.222237.2820
WARD0.222234.1051
GREEN0.222233.1847
WILSON0.222232.9291
TAYLOR0.222230.7012
SMITH0.222230.3176

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 223 people called RASPBERRY in West Bilney 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 20000.0000 in West Bilney means that 20000.0000% of the people in West Bilney on census day were called RASPBERRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RASPBERRY 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 RASPBERRY 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 RASPBERRY 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 RASPBERRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in West Bilney means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RASPBERRY in West Bilney than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Bilney in 1881

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

ARTER (8)  AYLMER (1)  BACK (21)  BAILEY (4)  BALDRY (7)  BARKER (7)  BRASNETT (8)  BROWN (26)  HOUSEHOLD (3)  BUTLER (6)  CARTER (4)  CLARKE (7)  CLAXTON (1)  COLLINSON (3)  CURL (5)  DAW (1)  DYE (5)  GAMBLE (8)  GREEN (2)  HAMMOND (7)  HEARN (6)  HOLLAND (8)  HOWARD (5)  HUNTER (10)  KERRY (2)  LANGLEY (1)  MARTIN (4)  MIDDLEDITCH (3)  MELTON (1)  POWLEY (2)  PURDAY (2)  PYE (1)  RASPBERRY (4)  RAYNOR (7)  READER (1)  REEVE (2)  SAVAGE (5)  SHAFTO (6)  SKERRY (2)  SMITH (1)  STACY (9)  TAYLOR (1)  THURSTON (1)  WARD (2)  WILSON (3) 

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