Top surnames from the 1881 census in Anmer, Norfolk

Anmer 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
TAYLOR3118.562929.03
HOOKS1710.17965,862.07
HUBBARD137.7844320.20
BUNTING116.5868591.40
CURSON105.98802,631.58
SMITH84.79043.39
HALL84.790416.28
CHAPMAN63.592825.30
MELTON52.9940847.46
BRADFIELD31.7964566.04
JARVIS31.796440.05
HOUCHEN21.19762,222.22
GRIFFIN21.197625.45
STEEL21.197629.37
JOHNSON21.19763.56
OLIVER10.59888.40
WILSON10.59881.30
HUDSON10.59887.32
THOMPSON10.59882.00
GREY10.598827.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOOKS0.171675862.0690
CURSON0.171672631.5789
HOUCHEN0.171672222.2222
MELTON0.17167847.4576
BUNTING0.17167591.3978
BRADFIELD0.17167566.0377
HUBBARD0.17167320.1970
JARVIS0.1716740.0534
STEEL0.1716729.3686
TAYLOR0.1716729.0262
GREY0.1716727.6243
GRIFFIN0.1716725.4453
CHAPMAN0.1716725.2951
HALL0.1716716.2833
OLIVER0.171678.3963
HUDSON0.171677.3153
JOHNSON0.171673.5644
SMITH0.171673.3927
THOMPSON0.171671.9988
WILSON0.171671.3038

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 167 people called HOOKS in Anmer 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 5862.0690 in Anmer means that 5862.0690% of the people in Anmer on census day were called HOOKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOOKS 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 HOOKS 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 HOOKS 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 HOOKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Anmer means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOOKS in Anmer than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Anmer in 1881

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

BIX (1)  BRADFIELD (3)  BUNTING (11)  CURSON (10)  CHAPMAN (6)  COLDHAM (6)  DERISLEY (4)  DYBLE (17)  EBBAGE (1)  GREY (1)  GRIFFIN (2)  HALL (8)  HOUCHEN (2)  HUBBARD (13)  HUDSON (1)  HOOKS (17)  JARVIS (3)  JARVIES (1)  JOHNSON (2)  MELTON (5)  OLIVER (1)  SHREAD (6)  SMITH (8)  STEEL (2)  TAYLOR (31)  TERRING... (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THREAD (2)  WILSON (1)