Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holverstone, Norfolk

Holverstone 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
STONE316.6667230.77
TALBOT211.1111444.44
OXBOROUGH211.111120,000.00
ETHERIDGE211.11111,818.18
LUSHER211.11116,666.67
SMITH211.11117.87
GILLETT15.5556526.32
CRACKNELL15.5556833.33
DUNHAM15.55561,111.11
WRIGHT15.555617.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OXBOROUGH0.021820000.0000
LUSHER0.02186666.6667
ETHERIDGE0.02181818.1818
DUNHAM0.02181111.1111
CRACKNELL0.0218833.3333
GILLETT0.0218526.3158
TALBOT0.0218444.4444
STONE0.0218230.7692
WRIGHT0.021817.3310
SMITH0.02187.8678

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 18 people called OXBOROUGH in Holverstone 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 20000.0000 in Holverstone means that 20000.0000% of the people in Holverstone on census day were called OXBOROUGH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OXBOROUGH 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 OXBOROUGH 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 OXBOROUGH 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 OXBOROUGH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.02 in Holverstone means that you are 0.02 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OXBOROUGH in Holverstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holverstone in 1881

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

CRACKNELL (1)  DUNHAM (1)  ETHERIDGE (2)  GILLETT (1)  HEMNELL (1)  LUSHER (2)  OXBOROUGH (2)  SMITH (2)  STONE (3)  TALBOT (2)  WRIGHT (1)