Top surnames from the 1881 census in Panxworth, Norfolk

Panxworth 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
HARRIS1410.219040.21
WRIGHT85.839418.20
COLEMAN85.8394117.13
NEVE85.83942,222.22
GOODSON75.10951,029.41
JENNEY64.379610,000.00
GRAPES64.37967,500.00
WATERS64.3796109.09
SOUTHGATE53.6496467.29
WILLSON53.6496324.68
CLARE42.9197202.02
LAKE42.9197131.58
SAUNDERS42.919731.82
CROWE42.9197291.97
SUTTON42.919745.87
SLATER42.919748.25
CHAPMAN32.189815.42
ALEXANDER21.459927.59
WALKER21.45994.36
MALLETT21.4599163.93
GREEN21.45995.18
NEWMAN21.459919.63
TURNER21.45995.24
LOVICK21.45991,111.11
MOLL21.45991,538.46
TOOKE10.7299476.19
NEAVE10.7299156.25
FEARY10.72991,428.57
WATTS10.72998.70
MOORE10.72993.65
BROWN10.72991.11
STEWARD10.729956.82
HINDES10.7299714.29
SCOTT10.72992.89
WISEMAN10.729953.19
DAVIDSON10.72998.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JENNEY0.1413710000.0000
GRAPES0.141377500.0000
NEVE0.141372222.2222
MOLL0.141371538.4615
FEARY0.141371428.5714
LOVICK0.141371111.1111
GOODSON0.141371029.4118
HINDES0.14137714.2857
TOOKE0.14137476.1905
SOUTHGATE0.14137467.2897
WILLSON0.14137324.6753
CROWE0.14137291.9708
CLARE0.14137202.0202
MALLETT0.14137163.9344
NEAVE0.14137156.2500
LAKE0.14137131.5789
COLEMAN0.14137117.1303
WATERS0.14137109.0909
STEWARD0.1413756.8182
WISEMAN0.1413753.1915
SLATER0.1413748.2509
SUTTON0.1413745.8716
HARRIS0.1413740.2068
SAUNDERS0.1413731.8218
ALEXANDER0.1413727.5862
NEWMAN0.1413719.6271
WRIGHT0.1413718.2025
CHAPMAN0.1413715.4162
WATTS0.141378.7032
DAVIDSON0.141378.6806
TURNER0.141375.2438
GREEN0.141375.1840
WALKER0.141374.3611
MOORE0.141373.6496
SCOTT0.141372.8852
BROWN0.141371.1073

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 137 people called JENNEY in Panxworth 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 10000.0000 in Panxworth means that 10000.0000% of the people in Panxworth on census day were called JENNEY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Panxworth in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (2)  BROWN (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  CLARE (4)  COLEMAN (8)  CROWE (4)  DAVIDSON (1)  FEARY (1)  GOODSON (7)  GRAPES (6)  GREEN (2)  HARRIS (14)  HINDES (1)  JENNEY (6)  LAKE (4)  LOVICK (2)  MALLETT (2)  MOLL (2)  MACKEE (1)  MOORE (1)  NEVE (8)  NEAVE (1)  NEWMAN (2)  PENDLE (7)  SAUNDERS (4)  SCOTT (1)  SLATER (4)  SOUTHGATE (5)  STEWARD (1)  SUTTON (4)  TOOKE (1)  TURNER (2)  WALKER (2)  WATERS (6)  WATTS (1)  WILLGRASS (2)  WILLSON (5)  WISEMAN (1)  WRIGHT (8)