Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norton, Nottinghamshire

Norton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Nottinghamshire

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
MITCHELL103.906319.26
GODFREY103.9063131.75
THOMPSON103.906313.04
ROGERS93.515627.08
WHITEN83.12506,153.85
ASHFORD83.1250316.21
MARLOW83.1250265.78
WOOD83.12509.81
BEAUMONT72.734492.23
SMITH72.73441.94
JACKSON72.73449.78
HALL72.73449.29
ROPER62.3438112.57
PAGE62.343829.31
HETT62.34384,615.38
DUNSTAN51.9531342.47
HIBBS51.9531561.80
PRESLEY51.95312,631.58
WYATT51.953166.58
RUSSELL51.953116.00
LEVICK51.95311,428.57
STOCKS51.9531179.21
MORTON41.562529.24
GRANGER41.5625152.67
LINDLEY41.5625158.10
CUNNING41.56255,714.29
HILL41.56256.14
LUCAS31.171925.34
JENNINGS31.171923.11
TINKER31.1719232.56
BARKER31.17198.96
HANCOCK31.171925.75
BEMROSE31.17191,250.00
LUDLOW31.1719223.88
WILSON31.17192.55
WATERHOUSE31.171976.92
OSBORNE31.171924.55
PICKARD20.781356.02
THORNTON20.781315.54
COWAN20.781338.31
RADFORD10.390620.62
CROWDER10.390698.04
SWIFT10.390612.64
BUGG10.390686.21
HARDWICK10.390625.51
BONE10.390621.05
WEBSTER10.39064.49
DAY10.39064.15
STUBBS10.390614.79
BROWN10.39060.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITEN0.262566153.8462
CUNNING0.262565714.2857
HETT0.262564615.3846
PRESLEY0.262562631.5789
LEVICK0.262561428.5714
BEMROSE0.262561250.0000
HIBBS0.26256561.7978
DUNSTAN0.26256342.4658
ASHFORD0.26256316.2055
MARLOW0.26256265.7807
TINKER0.26256232.5581
LUDLOW0.26256223.8806
STOCKS0.26256179.2115
LINDLEY0.26256158.1028
GRANGER0.26256152.6718
GODFREY0.26256131.7523
MELLORS0.26256125.0000
CAMM0.26256121.9512
ROPER0.26256112.5704
CROWDER0.2625698.0392
BEAUMONT0.2625692.2266
BUGG0.2625686.2069
WATERHOUSE0.2625676.9231
WYATT0.2625666.5779
PICKARD0.2625656.0224
COWAN0.2625638.3142
BRAIN0.2625636.3636
RICH0.2625631.1526
PAGE0.2625629.3112
MORTON0.2625629.2398
ROGERS0.2625627.0758
HANCOCK0.2625625.7511
HARDWICK0.2625625.5102
LUCAS0.2625625.3378
OSBORNE0.2625624.5499
JENNINGS0.2625623.1125
BONE0.2625621.0526
RADFORD0.2625620.6186
MITCHELL0.2625619.2567
RUSSELL0.2625616.0000
THORNTON0.2625615.5400
STUBBS0.2625614.7929
THOMPSON0.2625613.0395
SWIFT0.2625612.6422
POLLARD0.2625610.7181
WOOD0.262569.8075
JACKSON0.262569.7847
HALL0.262569.2949
BARKER0.262568.9552
HAYES0.262566.2814

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 256 people called WHITEN in Norton 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 6153.8462 in Norton means that 6153.8462% of the people in Norton on census day were called WHITEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITEN 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 WHITEN 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 WHITEN 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 WHITEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Norton means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITEN in Norton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norton in 1881

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

ASHFORD (8)  ASHBERRY (4)  ASHBURY (1)  BAKER (1)  BARKER (3)  BARTRAP (1)  BEAUMONT (7)  BEMROSE (3)  BONE (1)  BOALER (12)  BRAELLY (1)  BRAIN (1)  BROWN (1)  BUGG (1)  CAMM (1)  COWAN (2)  CROWDER (1)  CUNNING (4)  DAY (1)  DRABBLE (1)  DUCKMANTON (1)  DUNSTAN (5)  GABITASS (3)  GUIRDHAM (2)  GODFREY (10)  GRANGER (4)  HALL (7)  HANCOCK (3)  HARDWICK (1)  HAYES (1)  HETT (6)  HIBBS (5)  HILL (4)  JACKSON (7)  JENNINGS (3)  LEVICK (5)  LINDLEY (4)  LUCAS (3)  LUDLOW (3)  MARLOW (8)  MELLORS (1)  MERRIELS (3)  MITCHELL (10)  MORTON (4)  OSBORNE (3)  PAGE (6)  PICKARD (2)  POLLARD (1)  PRESLEY (5)  RADFORD (1)  RICH (1)  ROGERS (9)  ROPER (6)  RUSSELL (5)  SMITH (7)  SPAVOLD (1)  STOCKS (5)  STUBBS (1)  SWIFT (1)  THOMPSON (10)  THORNTON (2)  TINKER (3)  WATERHOUSE (3)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITEN (8)  WILSON (3)  WOODS (1)  WOOD (8)  WYATT (5) 

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