Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elsing, Norfolk

Elsing 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
ISBELL307.672615,000.00
DACK225.62661,833.33
MATTHEWS174.347849.84
WIER164.09215,517.24
RIX164.0921744.19
MELTON133.3248942.03
NAYLOR133.324888.20
BOWES133.3248362.12
EARL102.5575195.69
KENT92.301854.64
VINCE82.0460337.55
BUSHELL82.0460211.08
CLARKE82.046010.10
RANDALL82.046065.31
KENDLE71.79031,750.00
RUDD71.7903113.45
FARROW71.790395.37
DARBY71.7903111.47
RINGROSE61.5345631.58
CULLEY61.5345361.45
MACK61.5345152.67
WILKIN51.2788233.64
MILES51.278821.67
NICHOLS51.278839.25
MILLER41.02305.72
BAILEY41.02306.79
FOX41.023011.02
COLE41.023011.23
LOVE30.767332.36
REEDER30.7673283.02
BOWMAN30.767329.38
YEOMANS30.767393.17
HAGON30.7673937.50
WILSON30.76731.67
BENNETT20.51153.11
HARRIS20.51152.01
COOPER20.51152.10
BROWNE20.511527.93
PACE20.5115114.94
BLYTHE20.511567.34
SMITH20.51150.36
NELSON10.25585.28
GUTTERIDGE10.255850.25
SHAW10.25581.39
BUXTON10.255817.04
DUCKER10.2558108.70
BARNARD10.255810.30
HARDY10.25584.27
TOWELL10.255890.09
GREEN10.25580.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ISBELL0.3939115000.0000
BERVER0.3939110000.0000
WIER0.393915517.2414
DACK0.393911833.3333
KENDLE0.393911750.0000
MELTON0.39391942.0290
HAGON0.39391937.5000
RIX0.39391744.1860
RINGROSE0.39391631.5789
BOWES0.39391362.1170
CULLEY0.39391361.4458
VINCE0.39391337.5527
REEDER0.39391283.0189
WILKIN0.39391233.6449
BUSHELL0.39391211.0818
EARL0.39391195.6947
MACK0.39391152.6718
PACE0.39391114.9425
RUDD0.39391113.4522
DARBY0.39391111.4650
DUCKER0.39391108.6957
FARROW0.3939195.3678
YEOMANS0.3939193.1677
TOWELL0.3939190.0901
NAYLOR0.3939188.1954
BLYTHE0.3939167.3401
RANDALL0.3939165.3061
KENT0.3939154.6448
GUTTERIDGE0.3939150.2513
MATTHEWS0.3939149.8388
NICHOLS0.3939139.2465
BRUNTON0.3939132.5733
LOVE0.3939132.3625
BOWMAN0.3939129.3830
GOOCH0.3939129.1545
BROWNE0.3939127.9330
LARGE0.3939124.8139
MILES0.3939121.6732
BUXTON0.3939117.0358
COLE0.3939111.2296
FOX0.3939111.0193
BARNARD0.3939110.2987
CLARKE0.3939110.0972
BAILEY0.393916.7923
MILLER0.393915.7176
NELSON0.393915.2798
MIDDLETON0.393914.8709
HARDY0.393914.2699
BARBER0.393914.2499
BENNETT0.393913.1124

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 391 people called ISBELL in Elsing 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 15000.0000 in Elsing means that 15000.0000% of the people in Elsing on census day were called ISBELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ISBELL 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 ISBELL 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 ISBELL 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 ISBELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Elsing means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ISBELL in Elsing than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elsing in 1881

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

BAILEY (4)  BARBER (1)  BARNARD (1)  BENNETT (2)  BERVER (1)  BLYTHE (2)  BOWES (13)  BOWMAN (3)  BROWNE (2)  BRUNTON (1)  BUNNETT (5)  BUSHELL (8)  BUXTON (1)  CLARKE (8)  CLITHEROE (1)  COLE (4)  COOPER (2)  COTTS (1)  GOWARD (9)  CRASKE (1)  CULLEY (6)  DACK (22)  DARBY (7)  DAWSON (1)  DUCKER (1)  EARL (10)  ELSDEN (1)  FARROW (7)  FITT (4)  FOX (4)  GADBOTT (1)  GOOCH (1)  GREEN (1)  GUTTERIDGE (1)  GUYMER (2)  KENDLE OR GUYMER (2)  HAGON (3)  HARDY (1)  HARRIS (2)  ISBELL (30)  KENDLE (7)  KENT (9)  LARGE (1)  LEGGATT (3)  LEWELL (3)  LOVE (3)  LEVEREDGE (10)  MARSHAM (25)  MATTHEWS (17)  MACK (6)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILES (5)  MILLER (4)  MELTON (13)  MURRAY (1)  NAYLOR (13)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLS (5)  PACE (2)  RANDALL (8)  REEDER (3)  RINGROSE (6)  RIX (16)  RUDD (7)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (2)  TOWELL (1)  VALPY (6)  WIER (16)  WILKIN (5)  WILSON (3)  VINCE (8)  YEOMANS (3)