Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodbastwick, Norfolk

Woodbastwick 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
TOWNSEND167.5829178.57
ELLIS157.109048.96
FRYER136.1611332.48
FOX136.161166.36
HUBBARD115.2133214.43
COE104.7393291.55
BACHELOR83.79152,666.67
HARVEY73.317531.07
NEWSTEAD73.3175958.90
WOODCOCK62.843699.67
GOULDEN52.3697675.68
HORNER41.895799.50
STARLING41.8957258.06
DUNSTER41.8957701.75
STONE31.421819.67
WINTER31.421840.11
HEWETT31.4218122.45
NICKERSON31.42181,500.00
GIBBS31.421828.93
SHARMAN20.947968.73
TURNER20.94793.40
SEWELL20.947944.84
WIGG20.9479344.83
SMITH20.94790.67
DAVEY10.473911.53
HARMER10.473947.85
PRATT10.47398.25
GARROD10.473990.09
LUBBOCK10.4739357.14
WOODS10.47397.52
LOWNDES10.4739140.85
HOWARD10.47394.83
BALE10.473962.89
SAUNDERS10.47395.17
WATTS10.47395.65
LONG10.47397.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BACHELOR0.212112666.6667
NICKERSON0.212111500.0000
NEWSTEAD0.21211958.9041
DUNSTER0.21211701.7544
GOULDEN0.21211675.6757
LUBBOCK0.21211357.1429
WIGG0.21211344.8276
FRYER0.21211332.4808
COE0.21211291.5452
STARLING0.21211258.0645
HUBBARD0.21211214.4250
TOWNSEND0.21211178.5714
LOWNDES0.21211140.8451
HEWETT0.21211122.4490
WOODCOCK0.2121199.6678
HORNER0.2121199.5025
GARROD0.2121190.0901
SHARMAN0.2121168.7285
FOX0.2121166.3604
BALE0.2121162.8931
ELLIS0.2121148.9556
HARMER0.2121147.8469
SEWELL0.2121144.8430
WINTER0.2121140.1070
HARVEY0.2121131.0697
GIBBS0.2121128.9296
STONE0.2121119.6721
DAVEY0.2121111.5340
PRATT0.212118.2508
WOODS0.212117.5188
LONG0.212117.3046
WATTS0.212115.6529
SAUNDERS0.212115.1680
HOWARD0.212114.8286
TURNER0.212113.4048
SMITH0.212110.6713

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 211 people called BACHELOR in Woodbastwick 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 2666.6667 in Woodbastwick means that 2666.6667% of the people in Woodbastwick on census day were called BACHELOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BACHELOR 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 BACHELOR 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 BACHELOR 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 BACHELOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Woodbastwick means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BACHELOR in Woodbastwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodbastwick in 1881

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

BALE (1)  BACHELOR (8)  BOWERIN (1)  COBEN (3)  COE (10)  DAVEY (1)  DUNSTER (4)  ELLIS (15)  FOX (13)  FRYER (13)  GARROD (1)  JERMANY (14)  GIBBS (3)  GOFFIN (2)  GOULDEN (5)  HARDISTON (3)  HARMER (1)  HARVEY (7)  HERWIN (4)  HEWETT (3)  HORNER (4)  HOWARD (1)  HUBBARD (11)  LINGWOOD (7)  LONG (1)  LOWNDES (1)  LUBBOCK (1)  LURKIN (3)  LURKINS (3)  NEWSTEAD (7)  NICKERSON (3)  PLEVINS (1)  PRATT (1)  RUSHBROOKE (7)  SAUNDERS (1)  SEWELL (2)  SHARMAN (2)  SMITH (2)  STARLING (4)  STONE (3)  THIRKETTLE (3)  TOWNSEND (16)  TURNER (2)  WATTS (1)  WIGG (2)  WINTER (3)  WOODS (1)  WOODCOCK (6) 

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