Top surnames from the 1881 census in Overstrand, Norfolk

Overstrand 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
CORK146.0870823.53
DENNIS146.0870205.88
CHADWICK135.6522129.22
GREEN125.217418.53
WOODHOUSE104.3478183.49
MATHEWS104.3478117.79
PAYNE93.913043.48
REYNOLDS93.913045.18
SUMMERS83.4783124.03
ROGERS83.478326.79
PAUL73.0435121.53
PRATT62.608745.42
TURNER62.60879.37
SIMPSON52.173912.43
BEVERLEY41.7391579.71
CROSS41.739125.27
CLEMENTS41.739152.42
BRIGHAM41.7391816.33
BETTS41.739181.30
ENGLAND41.739184.39
CHURCH41.739179.68
BOWDEN41.739160.24
LEEDER31.3043600.00
ABEL20.8696135.14
SEAGO20.86961,428.57
MAYES20.869690.09
LAMB20.869616.49
SPENCER20.86969.52
SAVORY20.8696235.29
KIRK20.869620.08
GRAY20.86966.09
ANDERSON20.86964.40
MIDDLETON20.869616.57
SALTER20.869638.02
FARROW10.434823.15
NICHOLS10.434813.35
ROYAL10.4348153.85
PRINCE10.434819.23
MILES10.43487.37
PAGE10.43485.44
COLMAN10.434846.73
JOHNSON10.43481.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEAGO0.232301428.5714
CORK0.23230823.5294
BRIGHAM0.23230816.3265
LEEDER0.23230600.0000
BEVERLEY0.23230579.7101
SAVORY0.23230235.2941
DENNIS0.23230205.8824
WOODHOUSE0.23230183.4862
ROYAL0.23230153.8462
ABEL0.23230135.1351
CHADWICK0.23230129.2247
SUMMERS0.23230124.0310
PAUL0.23230121.5278
MATHEWS0.23230117.7856
MAYES0.2323090.0901
ENGLAND0.2323084.3882
BETTS0.2323081.3008
CHURCH0.2323079.6813
BOWDEN0.2323060.2410
CLEMENTS0.2323052.4246
COLMAN0.2323046.7290
PRATT0.2323045.4201
REYNOLDS0.2323045.1807
PAYNE0.2323043.4783
SALTER0.2323038.0228
ROGERS0.2323026.7917
CROSS0.2323025.2685
FARROW0.2323023.1481
KIRK0.2323020.0803
PRINCE0.2323019.2308
GREEN0.2323018.5271
MIDDLETON0.2323016.5700
LAMB0.2323016.4880
NICHOLS0.2323013.3511
SIMPSON0.2323012.4285
SPENCER0.232309.5238
TURNER0.232309.3721
MILES0.232307.3692
GRAY0.232306.0901
PAGE0.232305.4377
ANDERSON0.232304.4024
JOHNSON0.232301.2940

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 230 people called SEAGO in Overstrand 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 1428.5714 in Overstrand means that 1428.5714% of the people in Overstrand on census day were called SEAGO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEAGO 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 SEAGO 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 SEAGO 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 SEAGO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Overstrand means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEAGO in Overstrand than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Overstrand in 1881

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

ABEL (2)  ANDERSON (2)  BAMBRIDGE (2)  BETTS (4)  BEVERLEY (4)  BOWDEN (4)  BRIGHAM (4)  BULLIMORE (4)  CHADWICK (13)  CHURCH (4)  CLEMENTS (4)  COLMAN (1)  COLMAN (CORK) (2)  COMBEN (5)  CORK (14)  CROSS (4)  DENNIS (14)  DENNIS (SULMAN) (4)  ENGLAND (4)  FARROW (1)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (12)  HERRIEVEN (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KIRK (2)  LAMB (2)  LEEDER (3)  MATHEWS (10)  MAYES (2)  MIDDLETON (2)  MILES (1)  NICHOLS (1)  PAGE (1)  PAUL (7)  PAYNE (9)  PRATT (6)  PRINCE (1)  REYNOLDS (9)  ROGERS (8)  ROYAL (1)  SALTER (2)  SAVORY (2)  SCOTTOW (7)  SEAGO (2)  SCOTTER (2)  SIMPSON (5)  SIZELAND (1)  SPENCER (2)  SPRINGALL (3)  SULMAN (2)  SUMMERS (8)  TOWNSHEND (1)  TURNER (6)  WOODHOUSE (10)