Top surnames from the 1881 census in Irstead, Norfolk

Irstead 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
WRIGHT2214.864946.34
BLOOM117.43242,200.00
BALLS96.0811473.68
CANHAM96.08111,363.64
BEALES85.40541,269.84
DOWE74.72977,777.78
SIDELL74.729723,333.33
ALLARD64.05411,153.85
LING64.0541428.57
ALLEN64.054121.46
MACE32.0270230.77
BALDWIN32.027047.54
WISEMAN32.0270147.78
GILDING21.35141,538.46
HAUGHTON21.3514266.67
GAY21.3514101.52
BOWMAN21.351451.68
JONES10.67570.60
HARVEY10.67576.33
STARLING10.675791.74
SEELY10.6757714.29
JOHNSON10.67572.01
SMITH10.67570.48
RANDELL10.6757108.70
THORNTON10.675713.44
PEGGS10.6757625.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SIDELL0.1514823333.3333
DOWE0.151487777.7778
BLOOM0.151482200.0000
GILDING0.151481538.4615
CANHAM0.151481363.6364
BEALES0.151481269.8413
ALLARD0.151481153.8462
SEELY0.15148714.2857
PEGGS0.15148625.0000
BALLS0.15148473.6842
LING0.15148428.5714
HAUGHTON0.15148266.6667
MACE0.15148230.7692
WISEMAN0.15148147.7833
RANDELL0.15148108.6957
GAY0.15148101.5228
STARLING0.1514891.7431
BOWMAN0.1514851.6796
BALDWIN0.1514847.5436
WRIGHT0.1514846.3353
ALLEN0.1514821.4592
THORNTON0.1514813.4409
HARVEY0.151486.3291
JOHNSON0.151482.0109
JONES0.151480.5966
SMITH0.151480.4785

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 148 people called SIDELL in Irstead 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 23333.3333 in Irstead means that 23333.3333% of the people in Irstead on census day were called SIDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SIDELL 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 SIDELL 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 SIDELL 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 SIDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Irstead means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SIDELL in Irstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Irstead in 1881

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

ALLARD (6)  ALLEN (6)  BALDWIN (3)  BALLS (9)  BEALES (8)  BLOOM (11)  BOWMAN (2)  CANHAM (9)  COLK (7)  DOWE (7)  EDRICH (1)  FLOWERDEW (3)  GAY (2)  GILDING (2)  HARVEY (1)  HAUGHTON (2)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  LING (6)  MACE (3)  MORTISHEAD (2)  PEGGS (1)  RANDELL (1)  SEELY (1)  SCARLAND (18)  SIDELL (7)  SMITH (1)  STARLING (1)  THORNTON (1)  WISEMAN (3)  WRIGHT (22)