Top surnames from the 1881 census in Colby, Norfolk

Colby 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
BULLOCK166.6390204.08
HALL156.224121.16
HOOKER124.9793582.52
CROW93.7344247.25
LOWN83.31954,444.44
CLARK83.319511.04
DANIELS72.904692.47
MONEY72.9046486.11
BARNEY72.90461,250.00
HUMPHREY72.9046109.03
COTTON62.4896104.35
COVEL62.48967,500.00
GIBBONS62.489677.42
FARROW62.4896132.74
BATES52.074732.59
TUDMAN52.074712,500.00
FULLER52.074751.28
ANDERSON41.65988.40
NEAVE41.6598353.98
DOUGHTY41.6598130.29
BULLER41.6598506.33
YOUNGMAN31.2448428.57
HYLTON31.24482,142.86
PRATT31.244821.66
MATTHEWS31.244814.27
SLAUGHTER20.8299168.07
GREEN20.82992.95
CHAMBERLIN20.8299250.00
GAYE20.82991,818.18
BISHOP20.829911.88
WORTON20.8299392.16
GORE20.829973.53
BECK20.829935.46
SPOONER20.829957.47
DOVE10.414936.23
TOOLEY10.4149120.48
HOMES10.4149243.90
COLLMAN10.41491,250.00
NEAL10.414914.03
WITHAM10.4149104.17
BAILEY10.41492.75
PEGG10.414942.19
MOYE10.4149625.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TUDMAN0.2424112500.0000
COVEL0.242417500.0000
LOWN0.242414444.4444
HYLTON0.242412142.8571
GAYE0.242411818.1818
BARNEY0.242411250.0000
COLLMAN0.242411250.0000
MOYE0.24241625.0000
HOOKER0.24241582.5243
BULLER0.24241506.3291
MONEY0.24241486.1111
YOUNGMAN0.24241428.5714
WORTON0.24241392.1569
NEAVE0.24241353.9823
CHAMBERLIN0.24241250.0000
CROW0.24241247.2527
HOMES0.24241243.9024
BULLOCK0.24241204.0816
SLAUGHTER0.24241168.0672
FARROW0.24241132.7434
DOUGHTY0.24241130.2932
TOOLEY0.24241120.4819
HUMPHREY0.24241109.0343
COTTON0.24241104.3478
WITHAM0.24241104.1667
DANIELS0.2424192.4703
GIBBONS0.2424177.4194
GORE0.2424173.5294
SPOONER0.2424157.4713
FULLER0.2424151.2821
PEGG0.2424142.1941
DOVE0.2424136.2319
BECK0.2424135.4610
BATES0.2424132.5945
PRATT0.2424121.6606
HALL0.2424121.1566
MATTHEWS0.2424114.2721
NEAL0.2424114.0252
BISHOP0.2424111.8765
CLARK0.2424111.0436
ANDERSON0.242418.4034
GREEN0.242412.9468
BAILEY0.242412.7548

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 241 people called TUDMAN in Colby 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 12500.0000 in Colby means that 12500.0000% of the people in Colby on census day were called TUDMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TUDMAN 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 TUDMAN 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 TUDMAN 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 TUDMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Colby means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TUDMAN in Colby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Colby in 1881

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

ANDERSON (4)  ATTEW (4)  BAILEY (1)  BARNEY (7)  BATES (5)  BECK (2)  BISHOP (2)  BULLER (4)  BULLOCK (16)  CURSONS (3)  CHAMBERLIN (2)  CLARK (8)  COLEGATE (4)  COLLMAN (1)  COTTON (6)  COVEL (6)  CROW (9)  CURSENS (4)  DANIELS (7)  DEMS (5)  DOUGHTY (4)  DOVE (1)  EASTOE (9)  ELPH (1)  FARROW (6)  FULLER (5)  GAYE (2)  GIBBONS (6)  GLISTER (1)  GORE (2)  GOSLETT (4)  GREEN (2)  HALL (15)  HYLTON (3)  HOOKER (12)  HOMES (1)  HUMPHREY (7)  LOWN (8)  MATTHEWS (3)  MONEY (7)  MOYE (1)  NEAL (1)  NEAVE (4)  NEWSTARD (3)  PANTNEY (2)  PEGG (1)  PLATFORD (3)  PRATT (3)  SISENS (3)  SLAUGHTER (2)  SPOONER (2)  TOOLEY (1)  TUDMAN (5)  THURTLE (5)  WORTON (2)  WITHAM (1)  YOUNGMAN (3)