Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wiveton, Norfolk

Wiveton 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
COOPER168.695735.75
COE137.0652434.78
BONE105.4348293.26
DRIVER105.4348293.26
WHISKER105.43485,555.56
DIX105.4348549.45
GOOCH94.8913559.01
BOND73.804371.87
PROUDFOOT63.2609750.00
GRIMES63.2609281.69
JARVIS63.260972.64
BUCK63.2609152.28
FOX63.260935.13
WYNN52.7174314.47
BLACKWOOD42.1739373.83
SKILLINGS42.17395,714.29
STEWARD42.1739169.49
MURRELL31.6304229.01
GANT31.6304454.55
WITHERS21.087066.23
ANDERSON21.08705.50
DIGBY21.0870210.53
HAMMOND21.087019.08
EVERETT21.087060.61
BISHOP21.087015.55
SADLER21.087046.08
BUNN21.0870111.73
NEWTON21.087014.18
GRAVELIN21.0870
NASH21.087023.58
KNOWLES10.543510.17
EASON10.5435126.58
HURN10.5435208.33
CHAPMAN10.54353.83
JOHNSON10.54351.62
HIGH10.5435120.48
MOUNTAIN10.543576.34
ELLIS10.54353.74
BEAVIS10.5435133.33
HARPER10.54358.49
PURDY10.543595.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKILLINGS0.181845714.2857
WHISKER0.181845555.5556
PROUDFOOT0.18184750.0000
GOOCH0.18184559.0062
DIX0.18184549.4505
GANT0.18184454.5455
COE0.18184434.7826
BLACKWOOD0.18184373.8318
WYNN0.18184314.4654
BONE0.18184293.2551
DRIVER0.18184293.2551
GRIMES0.18184281.6901
MURRELL0.18184229.0076
DIGBY0.18184210.5263
HURN0.18184208.3333
STEWARD0.18184169.4915
BUCK0.18184152.2843
BEAVIS0.18184133.3333
EASON0.18184126.5823
HIGH0.18184120.4819
BUNN0.18184111.7318
PURDY0.1818495.2381
MOUNTAIN0.1818476.3359
JARVIS0.1818472.6392
BOND0.1818471.8686
WITHERS0.1818466.2252
EVERETT0.1818460.6061
SADLER0.1818446.0829
COOPER0.1818435.7462
FOX0.1818435.1288
NASH0.1818423.5849
HAMMOND0.1818419.0840
BISHOP0.1818415.5521
NEWTON0.1818414.1844
KNOWLES0.1818410.1729
HARPER0.181848.4890
ANDERSON0.181845.5036
CHAPMAN0.181843.8270
ELLIS0.181843.7425
JOHNSON0.181841.6176
GRAVELIN0.18184

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 184 people called SKILLINGS in Wiveton 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 5714.2857 in Wiveton means that 5714.2857% of the people in Wiveton on census day were called SKILLINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SKILLINGS 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 SKILLINGS 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 SKILLINGS 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 SKILLINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Wiveton means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SKILLINGS in Wiveton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wiveton in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  BILHAM (2)  BEAVIS (1)  BISHOP (2)  BLACKWOOD (4)  BOND (7)  BONE (10)  BUCK (6)  BUNN (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  COE (13)  COOPER (16)  CRASKE (2)  CRASKY (1)  DIX (10)  DIGBY (2)  DRIVER (10)  EASON (1)  ELLIS (1)  EVERETT (2)  FOX (6)  GANT (3)  JARY (3)  GIRDKSTONE (2)  GOOCH (9)  GRAVELIN (2)  GRIMES (6)  HAMMOND (2)  HARPER (1)  HURN (1)  HIGH (1)  JARVIS (6)  JOHNSON (1)  KNOWLES (1)  LUBBECK (1)  MURRELL (3)  MOUNTAIN (1)  NASH (2)  NEWTON (2)  PENBREY (1)  PROUDFOOT (6)  PURDY (1)  RAMN (1)  SADLER (2)  SKILLINGS (4)  STEWARD (4)  WHISKER (10)  WYNN (5)  WITHERS (2) 

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