Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Wretham, Norfolk

West Wretham 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
GATES139.2857599.08
READER96.4286743.80
YOUNGS96.42861,698.11
BUSSEY75.00001,489.36
THOMPSON75.000016.69
DOWNS75.0000281.12
CARPENTER64.2857125.00
HALLS64.2857540.54
HENSLEY64.28573,529.41
BRIGGS42.857152.63
SIMS42.857195.24
BLOOMFIELD32.1429168.54
CROWE21.4286142.86
ALGER21.4286625.00
NUNN21.428681.63
BUTCHER21.428633.90
CADY21.42861,666.67
BARRETT21.428621.28
CHAPMAN21.428610.06
BONE10.714338.61
SPURLING10.7143476.19
FICKLING10.7143769.23
CORBELL10.71433,333.33
PEGG10.714372.99
MANNING10.714322.47
BOUGHTON10.7143172.41
SAYER10.714354.64
PAGE10.71438.94
CADDY10.7143250.00
BROWN10.71431.08
FLATT10.7143322.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HENSLEY0.141403529.4118
CORBELL0.141403333.3333
YOUNGS0.141401698.1132
CADY0.141401666.6667
BUSSEY0.141401489.3617
FICKLING0.14140769.2308
READER0.14140743.8017
ALGER0.14140625.0000
GATES0.14140599.0783
HALLS0.14140540.5405
SPURLING0.14140476.1905
FLATT0.14140322.5806
DOWNS0.14140281.1245
CADDY0.14140250.0000
BOUGHTON0.14140172.4138
BLOOMFIELD0.14140168.5393
CROWE0.14140142.8571
CARPENTER0.14140125.0000
SIMS0.1414095.2381
NUNN0.1414081.6327
PEGG0.1414072.9927
SAYER0.1414054.6448
BRIGGS0.1414052.6316
BONE0.1414038.6100
BUTCHER0.1414033.8983
MANNING0.1414022.4719
BARRETT0.1414021.2766
THOMPSON0.1414016.6905
CHAPMAN0.1414010.0604
PAGE0.141408.9366
BROWN0.141401.0835

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 140 people called HENSLEY in West Wretham 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 3529.4118 in West Wretham means that 3529.4118% of the people in West Wretham on census day were called HENSLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HENSLEY 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 HENSLEY 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 HENSLEY 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 HENSLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in West Wretham means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HENSLEY in West Wretham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Wretham in 1881

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

ALGER (2)  BAYNER (1)  BANKSLEY (2)  BARRETT (2)  BLOOMFIELD (3)  BONE (1)  BOUGHTON (1)  BRIGGS (4)  BROWN (1)  BUSSEY (7)  BUTCHER (2)  CADDY (1)  CADY (2)  CARPENTER (6)  CHAPMAN (2)  CORBELL (1)  CROWE (2)  DOWNS (7)  DUNNETT (3)  FICKLING (1)  FLATT (1)  GATES (13)  GAYFORD (4)  HALLS (6)  HENSLEY (6)  HENYLEY (5)  JARRAD (1)  MANNING (1)  NICKOLL (2)  NUNN (2)  PAGE (1)  PEGG (1)  READER (9)  MACKROW (1)  SAYER (1)  SHEREN (2)  SIMS (4)  SPURLING (1)  STANDLY (3)  STOBINS (6)  THOMPSON (7)  TINKINGSON (1)  WARBY (2)  YOUNGS (9) 

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