Top surnames from the 1881 census in Matlask, Norfolk

Matlask 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
HARMER1911.58541,165.64
LEEDER106.09762,857.14
NEWSTEAD106.09761,754.39
WILLIAMSON84.878054.42
FISH84.8780262.30
GRAND84.87804,444.44
WILKINSON74.268327.97
BLYTH63.6585231.66
GEE63.6585143.20
HEWITT63.658575.09
LUBBOCK42.43901,818.18
NICHOLLS42.439046.67
BULLEN42.4390229.89
COOK31.82939.21
TEMPLE31.8293139.53
WRIGHT21.21953.80
WATTS21.219514.55
RICHES21.2195106.38
WARD21.21955.58
IVORY10.6098294.12
HAZEL10.6098188.68
RUSSELL10.60985.00
WARNES10.6098185.19
SUTTON10.60989.58
BOWMAN10.609823.36
LEE10.60983.73
HAZLEWOOD10.6098270.27
STEWARD10.609847.39
PLANE10.6098526.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRAND0.161644444.4444
LEEDER0.161642857.1429
LUBBOCK0.161641818.1818
NEWSTEAD0.161641754.3860
HARMER0.161641165.6442
PLANE0.16164526.3158
IVORY0.16164294.1176
HAZLEWOOD0.16164270.2703
FISH0.16164262.2951
BLYTH0.16164231.6602
BULLEN0.16164229.8851
HAZEL0.16164188.6792
WARNES0.16164185.1852
GEE0.16164143.1981
TEMPLE0.16164139.5349
RICHES0.16164106.3830
HEWITT0.1616475.0939
WILLIAMSON0.1616454.4218
STEWARD0.1616447.3934
NICHOLLS0.1616446.6744
WILKINSON0.1616427.9664
BOWMAN0.1616423.3645
WATTS0.1616414.5455
SUTTON0.161649.5785
COOK0.161649.2081
WARD0.161645.5819
RUSSELL0.161644.9950
WRIGHT0.161643.8016
LEE0.161643.7313

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 164 people called GRAND in Matlask 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 4444.4444 in Matlask means that 4444.4444% of the people in Matlask on census day were called GRAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRAND 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 GRAND 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 GRAND 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 GRAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Matlask means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRAND in Matlask than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Matlask in 1881

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

BIX (6)  BLYTH (6)  BOWMAN (1)  BULLEN (4)  COOK (3)  FISH (8)  GEE (6)  GLISTER (5)  GRAND (8)  GREENACRE (8)  HARMER (19)  HAZEL (1)  HAZLEWOOD (1)  HEWITT (6)  IVORY (1)  LEEDER (10)  LEE (1)  LUBBOCK (4)  NEWSTEAD (10)  NICHOLLS (4)  NOCKLES (1)  PLANE (1)  QUANTRILL (4)  RICHES (2)  RISEBOROUGH (16)  RUSSELL (1)  STEWARD (1)  SUTTON (1)  TEMPLE (3)  WARD (2)  WARNES (1)  WATTS (2)  WILKINSON (7)  WILLIAMSON (8)  WRIGHT (2)