Top surnames from the 1881 census in Besthorpe, Norfolk

Besthorpe 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
DOWNES204.0984331.13
WARREN173.483652.10
CLARKE132.663913.15
SMITH122.45901.74
BROWNE102.0492111.86
HOWES81.639393.79
LEIGHTON81.6393152.38
BUTTERS81.6393333.33
DOUBLEDAY81.6393784.31
JOHNSON81.63934.88
FORSTER81.639350.00
EDWARDS81.63935.88
EVERETT71.434479.91
STANDLEY71.4344843.37
PERFECT71.4344642.20
GREEN71.43445.09
YOUNGMAN71.4344489.51
BRIGGS61.229522.64
GOOCH61.2295140.19
HOWARD61.229512.53
ROBERTS61.22953.27
WEBSTER61.229514.14
HUMPHREY61.229546.15
JOLLY61.229586.71
DAINES61.2295517.24
BANKS51.024619.98
SAUNDERS51.024611.17
GILHAM51.0246352.11
MINNS51.0246232.56
WRIGHT51.02463.19
COOK51.02465.16
ALLEN51.02465.42
POTTER51.024615.80
BAYES51.0246342.47
GOULD40.819722.69
BARNARD40.819733.03
WOODROW40.8197132.45
LAIN30.6148967.74
GOWERS30.6148225.56
SEWELL30.614829.07
COWLES30.6148256.41
CASTLETON30.6148731.71
LEEDER30.6148285.71
BURT30.614825.88
RIDER30.614863.16
CALVER30.6148137.61
EDMUNDS30.614847.17
WILKINS20.40989.27
HILLING20.4098312.50
REEVE20.409817.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAIN0.49488967.7419
STANDLEY0.49488843.3735
DOUBLEDAY0.49488784.3137
CASTLETON0.49488731.7073
PERFECT0.49488642.2018
DAINES0.49488517.2414
YOUNGMAN0.49488489.5105
GILHAM0.49488352.1127
BAYES0.49488342.4658
BUTTERS0.49488333.3333
DOWNES0.49488331.1258
HILLING0.49488312.5000
LEEDER0.49488285.7143
COWLES0.49488256.4103
STARKE0.49488243.9024
HANTON0.49488235.2941
MINNS0.49488232.5581
GOWERS0.49488225.5639
MOWER0.49488170.9402
LEIGHTON0.49488152.3810
GOOCH0.49488140.1869
SPURLING0.49488138.8889
CALVER0.49488137.6147
WOODROW0.49488132.4503
WARNES0.49488124.2236
BROWNE0.49488111.8568
HOWES0.4948893.7866
JOLLY0.4948886.7052
EVERETT0.4948879.9087
PRESS0.4948870.9220
DUCKETT0.4948864.3087
RIDER0.4948863.1579
LINCOLN0.4948854.3478
WARREN0.4948852.0993
POOLEY0.4948850.7614
FORSTER0.4948850.0000
EDMUNDS0.4948847.1698
FELTHAM0.4948846.5116
HUMPHREY0.4948846.1538
HAWES0.4948833.2226
BARNARD0.4948833.0306
BAILY0.4948832.3625
SEWELL0.4948829.0698
HOOK0.4948827.6625
BOYCE0.4948827.3598
SEAMAN0.4948826.4550
HALLS0.4948825.9067
BURT0.4948825.8844
DENNY0.4948824.3902
KNIGHTS0.4948823.3645

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 488 people called LAIN in Besthorpe 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 967.7419 in Besthorpe means that 967.7419% of the people in Besthorpe on census day were called LAIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAIN 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 LAIN 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 LAIN 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 LAIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Besthorpe means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAIN in Besthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Besthorpe in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (5)  EASTOLL (18)  ATHOW (4)  BAILY (1)  BANKS (5)  BARNARD (4)  BARNES (1)  BARROT (1)  BOYCE (2)  BRIGGS (6)  BROWNE (10)  BURT (3)  BUTTERS (8)  BAYES (5)  CADEY (3)  CALVER (3)  CASTLETON (3)  CLARKE (13)  COOK (5)  COWLES (3)  DAINES (6)  DENNY (1)  DOUBLEDAY (8)  DOWNES (20)  DRAKE (2)  DUCKETT (2)  DUNNETT (18)  EAGLING (39)  AYTON (14)  AVES (1)  EDMUNDS (3)  EDWARDS (8)  EVERETT (7)  FELTHAM (1)  FENDICK (1)  FORSTER (8)  GILHAM (5)  GODDARD (1)  GOOCH (6)  GOODWIN (2)  GOULD (4)  GOWERS (3)  GREEN (7)  GREENACRE (6)  HAFF (1)  HALLS (1)  HANTON (2)  HARDIMENT (4)  HAWES (2)  HOWARD (6)  HOWES (8)  HUMPHREY (6)  HOOK (2)  HILLING (2)  JOHNSON (8)  JOLLY (6)  KNIGHTS (1)  LAKE (1)  LAIN (3)  LARKMAN (5)  LEEDER (3)  LEIGHTON (8)  LINCOLN (2)  LEVENTON (2)  LONG (1)  MALLETT (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MINNS (5)  MOWER (2)  NELSON (2)  NOBBS (1)  NOBES (6)  PAGE (2)  PALMER (2)  PERFECT (7)  PETLEY (1)  POOLEY (2)  POTTER (5)  PRESS (1)  PYMER (4)  QUANTRILL (2)  REEVE (2)  RIDER (3)  ROBERTS (6)  SAUNDERS (5)  SAVOURY (1)  SEAMAN (1)  SEWELL (3)  SHALDERS (1)  SMITH (12)  SPURLING (1)  STANDLEY (7)  STARKE (1)  STEWARD (1)  SYDER (3)  WARNES (2)  WARREN (17)  WEBSTER (6)  WIGBY (3)  WILKINS (2)  WOODROW (4)  WRIGHT (5)  YOUNGMAN (7)