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

Wiggenhall 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
CARTER138.965553.41
JACKSON106.896624.68
MUSE74.82767,777.78
MASON53.448325.64
BARBER42.758645.82
TIDD42.75862,500.00
BUTTER42.7586579.71
HAMMOND42.758648.43
BENTON42.7586266.67
RICHES32.0690180.72
HASTINGS32.0690162.16
DENT32.0690108.70
HOWE32.069052.72
CLARKE32.069010.21
TOWLER32.0690461.54
COOMBES21.3793129.03
PAGE21.379317.26
KIDD21.379367.80
BAXTER21.379323.15
SPANTON21.37931,052.63
ADDISON21.379399.50
HAYLETT21.3793769.23
EDWARDS10.68972.47
ADAMS10.68974.68
BEESON10.6897172.41
GRIGGS10.689788.50
ALLGOOD10.6897909.09
CLIFTON10.689748.78
ELMER10.6897204.08
CROSS10.689710.02
JACOB10.689788.50
GROOM10.689749.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MUSE0.151457777.7778
TIDD0.151452500.0000
SPANTON0.151451052.6316
ALLGOOD0.15145909.0909
HAYLETT0.15145769.2308
BUTTER0.15145579.7101
TOWLER0.15145461.5385
BENTON0.15145266.6667
ELMER0.15145204.0816
RICHES0.15145180.7229
BEESON0.15145172.4138
HASTINGS0.15145162.1622
COOMBES0.15145129.0323
DENT0.15145108.6957
ADDISON0.1514599.5025
JACOB0.1514588.4956
GRIGGS0.1514588.4956
KIDD0.1514567.7966
CARTER0.1514553.4100
HOWE0.1514552.7241
GROOM0.1514549.2611
CLIFTON0.1514548.7805
HAMMOND0.1514548.4262
BARBER0.1514545.8190
MASON0.1514525.6410
JACKSON0.1514524.6792
BAXTER0.1514523.1481
PAGE0.1514517.2563
CLARKE0.1514510.2110
CROSS0.1514510.0200
ADAMS0.151454.6795
EDWARDS0.151452.4746

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 145 people called MUSE in Wiggenhall 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 7777.7778 in Wiggenhall St Peter means that 7777.7778% of the people in Wiggenhall St Peter on census day were called MUSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MUSE 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 MUSE 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 MUSE 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 MUSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Wiggenhall St Peter means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MUSE in Wiggenhall St Peter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wiggenhall St Peter in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ADDISON (2)  ALLGOOD (1)  BANYARD (2)  BARBER (4)  BAXTER (2)  BEESON (1)  BENTON (4)  BROWN (RICHES) (2)  BULLINGHAM (7)  BUNKALL (1)  BUTTER (4)  CARTER (13)  CHINERY (6)  CLARKE (3)  CLIFTON (1)  COOMBES (2)  COCK (4)  CROSS (1)  DENT (3)  EDWARDS (1)  ELMER (1)  GRIGGS (1)  GROOM (1)  HAMMOND (4)  HASTINGS (3)  HAYLETT (2)  HOWE (3)  JACKSON (10)  JACOB (1)  KETTRINGHAM (5)  KIDD (2)  MASON (5)  MOUGHTEN (3)  MUSE (7)  PAGE (2)  RICHES (3)  RUDLAND (6)  RUDLY (9)  SAGROTT (2)  SPANTON (2)  STEBBINGS (1)  TIDD (4)  TOWLER (3) 

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