Top surnames from the 1881 census in Felbrigg, Norfolk

Felbrigg 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
LEEDER1510.48954,838.71
CATTON96.29371,956.52
REYNOLDS96.293772.64
SMITH85.59443.96
PAYNE85.594462.16
LINES85.5944526.32
HARRIS85.594422.01
WARD74.895122.41
LAMB64.195879.58
GRIMES64.1958363.64
WOODHOUSE64.1958176.99
PARSON53.4965781.25
HALL42.79729.51
NICKOLS32.09791,578.95
TODD21.398627.47
ROYALL21.39862,222.22
STAMP21.3986190.48
DURRANT21.398689.29
MATHEWS10.699318.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEEDER0.141434838.7097
ROYALL0.141432222.2222
CATTON0.141431956.5217
NICKOLS0.141431578.9474
PARSON0.14143781.2500
LINES0.14143526.3158
GRIMES0.14143363.6364
STAMP0.14143190.4762
WOODHOUSE0.14143176.9912
DURRANT0.1414389.2857
LAMB0.1414379.5756
REYNOLDS0.1414372.6392
PAYNE0.1414362.1601
TODD0.1414327.4725
WARD0.1414322.4072
HARRIS0.1414322.0143
MATHEWS0.1414318.9394
HALL0.141439.5080
SMITH0.141433.9622

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 143 people called LEEDER in Felbrigg 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 4838.7097 in Felbrigg means that 4838.7097% of the people in Felbrigg on census day were called LEEDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEEDER 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 LEEDER 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 LEEDER 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 LEEDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Felbrigg means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEEDER in Felbrigg than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Felbrigg in 1881

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

CATTON (9)  CAWSTON (4)  CRASKE (2)  DURRANT (2)  LINES (GRIMES) (2)  GRIMES (6)  HALL (4)  HARRIS (8)  LAMB (6)  LARWOOD (5)  LEEDER (15)  THURSTON (LEADER) (2)  LEEDER (TODD) (2)  LINES (8)  MASSINGHAM (7)  MATHEWS (1)  NICKOLS (3)  PARSON (5)  PAYNE (8)  REYNOLDS (9)  ROYALL (2)  SILLINGS (5)  SMITH (8)  STAMP (2)  TIBBENHAM (3)  TODD (2)  WARD (7)  WOODHOUSE (6)