Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brinton, Norfolk

Brinton 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
RAYNER148.4848339.81
RABY95.45451,139.24
GRIMES95.4545471.20
HAWES84.8485392.16
GOULDING84.8485496.89
WILLIAMS74.24245.91
THWAITES63.6364606.06
MYATT63.6364759.49
PAGE53.030337.91
GASKIN42.4242645.16
PECK31.8182107.53
COOPER31.81827.47
TOOKE31.81821,200.00
ASHBY31.8182108.30
JONES31.81821.61
SHAW21.21216.60
WARREN21.212118.13
SUMMERS21.212143.20
WOODS21.212119.23
BUTLER21.212112.43
JACOBS21.212150.63
BROCK10.606152.08
ADCOCK10.606161.35
EARL10.606146.30
YOUNG10.60612.82
CLAXTON10.606195.24
JARVIS10.606113.51
BREEZE10.606198.04
HARMER10.606160.98
ROBOTHAM10.6061333.33
GOOCH10.606168.97
MATTHEWS10.60616.95
SKILLINGS10.60611,666.67
COLMAN10.606164.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKILLINGS0.171651666.6667
TOOKE0.171651200.0000
RABY0.171651139.2405
MYATT0.17165759.4937
GASKIN0.17165645.1613
THWAITES0.17165606.0606
GOULDING0.17165496.8944
GRIMES0.17165471.2042
HAWES0.17165392.1569
RAYNER0.17165339.8058
ROBOTHAM0.17165333.3333
ASHBY0.17165108.3032
PECK0.17165107.5269
BREEZE0.1716598.0392
CLAXTON0.1716595.2381
GOOCH0.1716568.9655
COLMAN0.1716564.9351
ADCOCK0.1716561.3497
HARMER0.1716560.9756
BROCK0.1716552.0833
JACOBS0.1716550.6329
EARL0.1716546.2963
SUMMERS0.1716543.1965
PAGE0.1716537.9075
WOODS0.1716519.2308
WARREN0.1716518.1324
JARVIS0.1716513.5135
BUTLER0.1716512.4301
COOPER0.171657.4738
MATTHEWS0.171656.9493
SHAW0.171656.5985
WILLIAMS0.171655.9057
YOUNG0.171652.8209
JONES0.171651.6054

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 165 people called SKILLINGS in Brinton 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 1666.6667 in Brinton means that 1666.6667% of the people in Brinton on census day were called SKILLINGS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Brinton in 1881

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

ADCOCK (1)  ASHBY (3)  BANGAY (3)  BREEZE (1)  BROCK (1)  BUTLER (2)  CHASTNEY (4)  CLAXTON (1)  COLMAN (1)  COOPER (3)  CRASKE (7)  DAPLYN (1)  DUNTHORNE (1)  EARL (1)  ESGATE (2)  GASKIN (4)  WOODGETT (GASKIN) (2)  GOULDING (8)  GOOCH (1)  GRAVELING (10)  GRIMES (9)  HARMER (1)  HAWES (8)  JACOBS (2)  JARVIS (1)  JONES (3)  MATTHEWS (1)  MYATT (6)  NOBES (4)  PAGE (5)  PECK (3)  RABY (9)  RAYNER (14)  ROBOTHAM (1)  ROOK (SHAW) (6)  SHARPEN (9)  SHAW (2)  SKILLINGS (1)  SUMMERS (2)  THWAITES (6)  TOOKE (3)  WARREN (2)  WILLIAMS (7)  WOODS (2)  YOUNG (1)