Top surnames from the 1881 census in Denton, Norfolk

Denton 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
HOLLAND316.378689.60
JOHNSON204.115212.25
REVELL183.7037640.57
HARRIS102.05768.10
WRIGHT102.05766.41
MARTIN102.05768.35
MAYHEW91.8519224.44
GOWER91.8519176.47
WALKER81.64614.92
SMITH81.64611.17
INGLE71.4403353.54
COOPER71.44035.92
BUTTON71.4403121.32
MILLS71.440311.11
MILLER71.44038.05
BARBER71.440323.93
ALDRIDGE61.234663.69
BAKER61.23465.63
LAMB61.234623.40
BUNN51.0288105.49
BASDEN51.02883,333.33
BARNES51.02888.55
SKINNER51.028820.27
CATCHPOLE51.0288159.74
MOORE40.82304.12
MIDDLETON40.823015.68
BULLEN40.823077.67
POWLES40.8230444.44
KERRY40.8230121.58
FROST40.823014.64
WORMAN40.8230800.00
ALDOUS40.8230203.05
ABRAM30.6173172.41
PEARSON30.61735.31
MARTEN30.6173202.70
PEARCE30.61736.72
BURGESS30.61738.89
CLARK30.61732.05
GOODWIN30.617311.71
OSBORN30.617329.67
RICHES20.411535.97
REEVE20.411517.61
BROTHERS20.4115215.05
WILES20.411547.51
JAMES20.41152.10
ALDRED20.411547.96
HEMMING20.411546.51
TODD20.41158.09
BACON20.411516.38
ISBELL20.4115800.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASDEN0.494863333.3333
WORMAN0.49486800.0000
ISBELL0.49486800.0000
REVELL0.49486640.5694
POWLES0.49486444.4444
INGLE0.49486353.5354
MAYHEW0.49486224.4389
BROTHERS0.49486215.0538
ALDOUS0.49486203.0457
MARTEN0.49486202.7027
GOWER0.49486176.4706
ABRAM0.49486172.4138
CATCHPOLE0.49486159.7444
CHALKER0.49486144.9275
REX0.49486129.8701
KERRY0.49486121.5805
BUTTON0.49486121.3172
BUNN0.49486105.4852
HOLLAND0.4948689.5954
BULLEN0.4948677.6699
ALDRIDGE0.4948663.6943
WITHAM0.4948651.2821
ALDRED0.4948647.9616
CANNELL0.4948647.6190
WILES0.4948647.5059
HEMMING0.4948646.5116
DIX0.4948641.6667
CABLE0.4948640.9836
KILLICK0.4948640.3226
RICHES0.4948635.9712
PEMBERTON0.4948632.4149
DYE0.4948631.0559
HOWLETT0.4948630.6748
OSBORN0.4948629.6736
BUXTON0.4948627.3973
HAZELL0.4948626.4550
WILLIAM0.4948624.0964
BARBER0.4948623.9316
LAMB0.4948623.4009
PAIN0.4948622.8833
SKINNER0.4948620.2675
REEVE0.4948617.6056
BACON0.4948616.3800
MIDDLETON0.4948615.6801
FROST0.4948614.6359
COBB0.4948614.4718
JOHNSON0.4948612.2481
GOODWIN0.4948611.7142
MILLS0.4948611.1058
FARROW0.4948610.9649

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 486 people called BASDEN in Denton 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 3333.3333 in Denton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Denton on census day were called BASDEN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Denton in 1881

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

ABRAM (3)  ALDOUS (4)  ALDRED (2)  ALDRIDGE (6)  ALGAR (1)  ARYES (1)  BACON (2)  BAKER (6)  BALDDORE (1)  BALDRY (3)  BANHAM (2)  BARBER (7)  BARNES (5)  BASDEN (5)  BEAUMONT (1)  BOND (1)  BORRETT (3)  BROTHERS (2)  BROWS (2)  BROWN (1)  BUFFS (8)  BULLEN (4)  BUNERY (1)  BUNN (5)  BURGESS (3)  BUTTON (7)  BUXTON (2)  CABLE (1)  CANNELL (1)  CARNEBY (2)  CARTHIER (3)  CATCHPOLE (5)  CATTING (1)  CHALKER (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHITTLEBURGH (2)  CLARK (3)  COOB (3)  COBB (1)  COOPER (7)  CORNEBY (1)  DALLESTON (8)  DYE (1)  DEAUVERUX (4)  DIX (2)  AYTON (1)  FAIRHEAD (5)  FARROW (1)  FEBENHAM (1)  FELMINGHAM (1)  FLATMAN (2)  FORTESCUE (1)  FRESTON (2)  FROST (4)  GIBBS (1)  GIESELEE (1)  GOODA (7)  GOODWIN (3)  GOURING (1)  GOWER (9)  GREMER OR GRIMER (2)  HARRIS (10)  HAZELL (1)  HEMMING (2)  HOLLAND (31)  HOWLETT (2)  HUNTER (1)  INGLE (7)  ISBELL (2)  JAMES (2)  JOHNSON (20)  KEABLE (11)  KERRY (4)  KILLICK (1)  KILWAY (1)  LAMB (6)  LEACH (1)  LEGOOD (1)  LEWELL (2)  LOOMB (1)  MARTEN (3)  MARTIN (10)  MAYHEW (9)  MIDDLETON (4)  MILLER (7)  MILLS (7)  MOORE (4)  NADINGHAM (1)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NOBBS (1)  OKELY (10)  OLLEY (5)  OSBORN (3)  OTWAY (1)  PAGE (1)  PATRICK (1)  PAIN (1)  PEARCE (3)  PEARSON (3)  PEMBERTON (2)  POWLES (4)  QUANTRELL (2)  REEVE (2)  REVELL (18)  REX (1)  RICHIS (2)  RICHES (2)  SHELDRAKE (1)  SKINNER (5)  SMITH (8)  ST IMILDMAY (5)  TAYLOR (2)  TODD (2)  WALKER (8)  WALNE (3)  WARD (2)  WORMAN (4)  WATSON (1)  WISKIN (1)  WITHAM (1)  WILLIAM (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILES (2)  WOOLLERTON (1)  WOOLLORTON (36)  WRIGHT (10)