Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk

Ashwellthorpe 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
BROWNE338.9189486.73
SQUIRES205.4054381.68
ROYAL154.05411,428.57
PITCHER123.2432418.12
RIX112.9730539.22
TAYLOR112.97304.65
HOWES112.9730170.02
LONG92.432437.50
MUSKETT92.43241,428.57
DUFFIELD82.1622249.22
MOORE82.162210.81
GOLDSMITH82.1622139.13
KIDD82.1622106.24
WALTERS82.162245.35
BUNN71.8919193.91
GOODRUM71.89191,428.57
KNIGHT71.891915.35
WARD61.62167.42
HARVEY61.621615.19
LAMBERT61.621629.72
LOCKE61.6216180.72
DARLING61.6216169.49
WATTS51.351416.12
HUNT51.351410.18
BARNES51.351411.23
KELLAM51.35142,272.73
FISHER51.351411.54
BARRETT51.351420.12
LAND41.0811149.81
ELLIOTT41.081112.74
HOWLETT41.081180.65
LING41.0811114.29
COVENEY41.0811689.66
BARNARD41.081143.57
SHEARING41.0811444.44
WELCHER41.08116,666.67
KING30.81083.72
CARROLL30.810840.38
RICHMOND30.810836.99
DEWING30.8108769.23
BALLS20.540542.19
LOCK20.540518.99
DANSON20.5405240.96
BENSON20.540519.94
RUSHMORE20.54051,333.33
JOHNSON20.54051.61
RICHES20.540547.28
BOLTON20.540512.55
HALE20.540515.06
KEMP10.27034.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WELCHER0.373706666.6667
KELLAM0.373702272.7273
GOODRUM0.373701428.5714
MUSKETT0.373701428.5714
ROYAL0.373701428.5714
RUSHMORE0.373701333.3333
DEWING0.37370769.2308
COVENEY0.37370689.6552
RIX0.37370539.2157
BROWNE0.37370486.7257
SHEARING0.37370444.4444
PITCHER0.37370418.1185
SQUIRES0.37370381.6794
ARTIS0.37370357.1429
DUFFIELD0.37370249.2212
DANSON0.37370240.9639
EAGLETON0.37370222.2222
BUNN0.37370193.9058
TUBBY0.37370185.1852
LOCKE0.37370180.7229
LEVERETT0.37370178.5714
HOWES0.37370170.0155
DARLING0.37370169.4915
LAND0.37370149.8127
ABLE0.37370144.9275
GOLDSMITH0.37370139.1304
FLATT0.37370121.9512
LING0.37370114.2857
WOODHAMS0.37370108.6957
KIDD0.37370106.2417
SLIGHT0.37370105.2632
HOWLETT0.3737080.6452
RICHES0.3737047.2813
LOWES0.3737046.5116
WALTERS0.3737045.3515
BARNARD0.3737043.5730
GIRLING0.3737042.3729
BALLS0.3737042.1941
CARROLL0.3737040.3769
LONG0.3737037.5000
RICHMOND0.3737036.9914
WALES0.3737033.3333
LAMBERT0.3737029.7177
COLMAN0.3737028.9855
MAYES0.3737028.0112
BARRETT0.3737020.1207
BENSON0.3737019.9402
LOCK0.3737018.9934
WALTER0.3737017.6367
WATTS0.3737016.1186

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 370 people called WELCHER in Ashwellthorpe 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 6666.6667 in Ashwellthorpe means that 6666.6667% of the people in Ashwellthorpe on census day were called WELCHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WELCHER 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 WELCHER 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 WELCHER 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 WELCHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.37 in Ashwellthorpe means that you are 0.37 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WELCHER in Ashwellthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashwellthorpe in 1881

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

ABLE (1)  ALLTREES (2)  ARTIS (1)  BACON (1)  BALLS (2)  BANHAM (1)  BARNARD (4)  BARNES (5)  BARRETT (5)  BATTLEDAY (1)  BELL (1)  BENSON (2)  BOLTON (2)  BOTHWAY (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWNE (33)  BROWN (1)  BUNN (7)  CAMSLEY (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CARROLL (3)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARKE (1)  COLMAN (1)  COOK (1)  COVENEY (4)  CULLINGTON (2)  DANSON (2)  DARLING (6)  DAUF (3)  DEWING (3)  DUFFIELD (8)  EAGLETON (1)  ELLIOTT (4)  FISH (1)  FISHER (5)  FLATT (1)  GIRLING (1)  GOLDSMITH (8)  GOODRUM (7)  GOSTLING (1)  HALE (2)  HARVEY (6)  HOPKINS (1)  HOWES (11)  HOWLETT (4)  HUNT (5)  JOHNSON (2)  KELLAM (5)  KEMP (1)  KIDD (8)  KING (3)  KNIGHT (7)  LAMBERT (6)  LAND (4)  LEVERETT (1)  LING (4)  LOCKE (6)  LOCK (2)  LONG (9)  LOWES (1)  MAYES (1)  MOORE (8)  MORLEY (1)  MUSKETT (9)  NICHOLS (1)  PALMER (1)  PHILLIPPS (2)  PITCHER (12)  PRATT (1)  RADLIFFE (4)  RICHES (2)  RICHMOND (3)  RIX (11)  ROYAL (15)  RUSHMORE (2)  SAVAGE (1)  SHEARING (4)  SLIGHT (1)  SMITH (1)  SPARKALL (1)  SQUIRES (20)  TUDENHAM (1)  TAYLOR (11)  TUBBY (1)  WALES (1)  WALTER (1)  WALTERS (8)  WHAPSHOT (1)  WARD (6)  WATTS (5)  WELCHER (4)  WHEELER (1)  WITTON (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOODHAMS (1)