Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alpington, Norfolk

Alpington 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
HAZELL148.58901,102.36
CLEAR106.13502,941.18
MARSHALL74.294525.60
WHITMORE74.2945489.51
KERRY74.2945636.36
CURTIS74.294575.68
BEAUMONT74.2945144.93
FREESTONE53.0675714.29
FOSTER53.067522.95
FROST42.454043.67
BURGESS42.454035.34
CARVER31.8405202.70
WRIGHT31.84055.74
WAITS31.84053,333.33
PITCHER31.8405238.10
BROWN21.22701.86
TALBERT21.22702,222.22
KING21.22705.63
ADCOCK21.2270124.22
MOORE21.22706.14
FESTER21.227020,000.00
BIRD21.227016.05
PRESTON21.227024.57
LESTER21.227077.82
MIDDLETON21.227023.36
WILLIAMSON21.227013.69
ROPER10.613529.50
LAMBERT10.613511.24
SHARMAN10.613544.44
MINNS10.6135138.89
LAKE10.613527.70
SAYER10.613546.73
LAWRENCE10.61359.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FESTER0.1616320000.0000
WAITS0.161633333.3333
CLEAR0.161632941.1765
TALBERT0.161632222.2222
HAZELL0.161631102.3622
FREESTONE0.16163714.2857
KERRY0.16163636.3636
WHITMORE0.16163489.5105
PITCHER0.16163238.0952
CARVER0.16163202.7027
BEAUMONT0.16163144.9275
MINNS0.16163138.8889
ADCOCK0.16163124.2236
LESTER0.1616377.8210
CURTIS0.1616375.6757
SAYER0.1616346.7290
SHARMAN0.1616344.4444
FROST0.1616343.6681
BURGESS0.1616335.3357
ROPER0.1616329.4985
LAKE0.1616327.7008
MARSHALL0.1616325.6035
PRESTON0.1616324.5700
MIDDLETON0.1616323.3645
FOSTER0.1616322.9463
BIRD0.1616316.0514
WILLIAMSON0.1616313.6893
LAMBERT0.1616311.2360
LAWRENCE0.161639.4429
MOORE0.161636.1369
WRIGHT0.161635.7372
KING0.161635.6306
BROWN0.161631.8613

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 163 people called FESTER in Alpington 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 20000.0000 in Alpington means that 20000.0000% of the people in Alpington on census day were called FESTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FESTER 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 FESTER 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 FESTER 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 FESTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Alpington means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FESTER in Alpington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alpington in 1881

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

ADCOCK (2)  ALDIS (1)  ANNES (5)  BEAUMONT (7)  BELDERSON (4)  BIRD (2)  BROWN (2)  BURGESS (4)  BOWTELL (6)  CALTHORPE (2)  CARVER (3)  CLEAR (10)  CULLING (5)  CURTIS (7)  DODMAN (3)  FESTER (2)  FOSTER (5)  FREESTONE (5)  FROST (4)  HAZELL (14)  KERRY (7)  KING (2)  LAKE (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LARKMAN (9)  LAWRENCE (1)  LESTER (2)  MADDAS (MADDS) (2)  MADDS (1)  MARSHALL (7)  MIDDLETON (2)  MINNS (1)  MOORE (2)  PERRIMENT (5)  PITCHER (3)  PRESTON (2)  REDGAVE (1)  ROPER (1)  SAYER (1)  SHARMAN (1)  STARMAN (1)  TALBERT (2)  WHITMORE (7)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WRIGHT (3)  WAITS (3)