Top surnames from the 1881 census in Colveston, Norfolk

Colveston 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
NUNN1125.00001,428.57
DIXON511.3636103.73
SAYER49.0909689.66
BUNTING49.0909816.33
WING49.09091,428.57
SPINKS49.09091,333.33
JACOBS24.5455190.48
GRIEF24.54556,666.67
ANDERSON12.272711.51
WALKER12.27276.79
CHANDLER12.272770.92
TWIDDY12.27273,333.33
KING12.272710.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRIEF0.04446666.6667
TWIDDY0.04443333.3333
WING0.04441428.5714
NUNN0.04441428.5714
SPINKS0.04441333.3333
BUNTING0.0444816.3265
SAYER0.0444689.6552
JACOBS0.0444190.4762
DIXON0.0444103.7344
CHANDLER0.044470.9220
ANDERSON0.044411.5075
KING0.044410.4275
WALKER0.04446.7889

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 44 people called GRIEF in Colveston 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 Colveston means that 6666.6667% of the people in Colveston on census day were called GRIEF.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRIEF 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 GRIEF 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 GRIEF 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 GRIEF here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Colveston means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRIEF in Colveston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Colveston in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  BOUD (3)  BUNTING (4)  CHANDLER (1)  DIXON (5)  GRIEF (2)  JACOBS (2)  KING (1)  NUNN (11)  SAYER (4)  SPINKS (4)  TWIDDY (1)  WALKER (1)  WING (4)