Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aslacton, Norfolk

Aslacton 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
KING134.318919.82
COLEMAN123.986780.00
ALDRICH103.32232,040.82
TURNER103.322311.93
BRIGGS103.322361.16
ALEXANDER103.322362.77
SMITH103.32232.35
SEMMENS92.99002,368.42
BECKETT92.9900150.00
SAVORY92.9900810.81
ELVIN92.9900849.06
GROVE82.6578227.27
PHILPOT72.3256346.53
OAKLEY72.3256109.72
HART61.993423.37
MANSER51.6611735.29
MAYES51.6611172.41
ATKINS41.328935.43
ARNOLD41.328924.65
BOULTON41.328973.66
WOODROW41.3289215.05
RAYNER41.328953.26
TENNANT41.3289124.61
BROOKS41.328913.60
BETTS41.328962.11
LEVERETT30.9967666.67
JAMES30.99675.07
SIMMONS30.996724.41
COOPER30.99674.10
MEARS30.9967105.63
GOWER30.996794.94
ROWLAND20.664523.36
CHAPMAN20.66454.68
MORRIS20.66452.99
REYNOLDS20.66457.67
JOLLY20.664546.84
FROST20.664511.82
DAWSON10.33223.01
KIRBY10.33228.76
TAYLOR10.33220.52
FISHER10.33222.84
LAYTON10.332241.49
THOMPSON10.33221.11
BUSH10.332213.46
PALMER10.33222.82
HEYWOOD10.332216.69
TANN10.3322217.39
SEWELL10.332215.72
BARNARD10.332213.39
LINCOLN10.332244.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEMMENS0.303012368.4211
ALDRICH0.303012040.8163
ELVIN0.30301849.0566
SAVORY0.30301810.8108
MANSER0.30301735.2941
LEVERETT0.30301666.6667
PHILPOT0.30301346.5347
GROVE0.30301227.2727
TANN0.30301217.3913
WOODROW0.30301215.0538
MAYES0.30301172.4138
BECKETT0.30301150.0000
TENNANT0.30301124.6106
OAKLEY0.30301109.7179
MEARS0.30301105.6338
GOWER0.3030194.9367
COLEMAN0.3030180.0000
BOULTON0.3030173.6648
ALEXANDER0.3030162.7746
BETTS0.3030162.1118
BRIGGS0.3030161.1621
RAYNER0.3030153.2623
JOLLY0.3030146.8384
LINCOLN0.3030144.0529
LAYTON0.3030141.4938
ATKINS0.3030135.4296
ARNOLD0.3030124.6457
SIMMONS0.3030124.4101
HART0.3030123.3736
ROWLAND0.3030123.3645
KING0.3030119.8171
HEYWOOD0.3030116.6945
SEWELL0.3030115.7233
BROOKS0.3030113.5962
BUSH0.3030113.4590
BARNARD0.3030113.3869
TURNER0.3030111.9346
FROST0.3030111.8203
KIRBY0.303018.7566
REYNOLDS0.303017.6717
LAMBERT0.303016.0864
JAMES0.303015.0744
CHAPMAN0.303014.6784
COOPER0.303014.0972
SAUNDERS0.303013.6219
DAWSON0.303013.0139
MORRIS0.303012.9851
FISHER0.303012.8385
PALMER0.303012.8185
SMITH0.303012.3529

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 301 people called SEMMENS in Aslacton 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 2368.4211 in Aslacton means that 2368.4211% of the people in Aslacton on census day were called SEMMENS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEMMENS 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 SEMMENS 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 SEMMENS 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 SEMMENS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Aslacton means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEMMENS in Aslacton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aslacton in 1881

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

ALDRICH (10)  ALEXANDER (10)  ARNOLD (4)  ARTERTON (7)  ATKINS (4)  BANHAM (6)  BARNARD (1)  BECKETT (9)  BETTS (4)  BLOY (4)  BOULTON (4)  BRIGGS (10)  BROOKS (4)  BURROUGHES (5)  BUSH (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  COLEMAN (12)  COOPER (3)  DAWSON (1)  DAYNES (1)  ELVIN (9)  FALGATE (2)  FISHER (1)  FROST (2)  GOOSE (5)  GOWER (3)  GROVE (8)  HART (6)  HEYWOOD (1)  JAMES (3)  JEBETT (1)  JOLLY (2)  KING (13)  KIRBY (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LAYTON (1)  LEVERETT (3)  LIGHTON (21)  LINCOLN (1)  MANSER (5)  MAYES (5)  MC ABGRESS (1)  MORRIS (2)  MEARS (3)  OAKLEY (7)  PALMER (1)  PHILPOT (7)  POLVER (1)  RAYNER (4)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROWLAND (2)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVORY (9)  SEMMENS (9)  SEWELL (1)  SIMMONS (3)  SMITH (10)  TANN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TENNANT (4)  THOMPSON (1)  TRUDGELL (4)  TUNMORE (15)  TURNER (10)  WEBSDALE (1)  WOODCROFT (1)  WOODROW (4)