Top surnames from the 1881 census in Paston, Norfolk

Paston 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
WRIGHT3011.904837.11
LEE187.142943.71
HEWITT155.9524122.25
ROBERTS135.158713.71
NEAL114.3651147.45
HENNESSEY93.57142,045.45
EARL83.1746242.42
MASON83.174623.61
DIXON72.777825.35
HURN72.77781,076.92
WOODHOUSE62.3810100.50
RANDALL51.984163.37
GAGE51.9841352.11
COLE51.984121.78
LAYCOCK51.9841144.51
ALLARD41.5873449.44
WILKINS41.587335.91
FISHER41.587313.56
SIZER31.1905681.82
GRAY31.19058.34
HEDGE20.7937327.87
ABBS20.7937454.55
PAGE20.79379.93
TURNER20.79372.85
DUCKER20.7937338.98
PURDY20.7937138.89
RICE20.793725.58
CHILDS10.396821.60
POOLEY10.396849.26
GIBBONS10.396812.35
WILEY10.3968161.29
LONGLEY10.396858.48
LAURANCE10.3968151.52
COOPER10.39681.63
BAXTER10.39686.66
GRIMES10.396834.36
WILSON10.39680.86
HUY10.396810,000.00
WORTLEY10.3968131.58
OSBORN10.396819.08
LYONS10.396817.83
STEWARD10.396830.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUY0.2525210000.0000
HENNESSEY0.252522045.4545
HURN0.252521076.9231
SIZER0.25252681.8182
ABBS0.25252454.5455
ALLARD0.25252449.4382
GAGE0.25252352.1127
DUCKER0.25252338.9831
HEDGE0.25252327.8689
EARL0.25252242.4242
WILEY0.25252161.2903
LAURANCE0.25252151.5152
NEAL0.25252147.4531
LAYCOCK0.25252144.5087
PURDY0.25252138.8889
WORTLEY0.25252131.5789
HEWITT0.25252122.2494
WOODHOUSE0.25252100.5025
RANDALL0.2525263.3714
LONGLEY0.2525258.4795
POOLEY0.2525249.2611
LEE0.2525243.7105
WRIGHT0.2525237.1103
WILKINS0.2525235.9066
GRIMES0.2525234.3643
STEWARD0.2525230.8642
RICE0.2525225.5754
DIXON0.2525225.3531
MASON0.2525223.6128
COLE0.2525221.7770
CHILDS0.2525221.5983
OSBORN0.2525219.0840
LYONS0.2525217.8253
ROBERTS0.2525213.7131
FISHER0.2525213.5593
GIBBONS0.2525212.3457
PAGE0.252529.9256
GRAY0.252528.3380
BAXTER0.252526.6578
TURNER0.252522.8510
COOPER0.252521.6313
WILSON0.252520.8640

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 252 people called HUY in Paston 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 Paston means that 10000.0000% of the people in Paston on census day were called HUY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUY 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 HUY 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 HUY 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 HUY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Paston means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUY in Paston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Paston in 1881

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

ALLARD (4)  ABBS (2)  AYMONDS (1)  BAXTER (1)  BREARY (2)  BULLIMORE (6)  BUMFREY (4)  BARCHAM (7)  CHILDS (1)  CLIPPERTON (9)  COLE (5)  COLEBY (4)  COOPER (1)  DEEKER (2)  DYBALL (1)  DIXON (7)  DUCKER (2)  EARL (8)  FISHER (4)  GAGE (5)  GIBBONS (1)  GRAY (3)  GRIMES (1)  HURN (7)  HENNESSEY (9)  HEWITT (15)  HEDGE (2)  HUY (1)  LONGLEY (1)  LAURANCE (1)  LAYCOCK (5)  LEE (18)  LYONS (1)  MASON (8)  MYHILL (5)  NEAL (11)  OSBORN (1)  PAGE (2)  PLUMBLY (1)  POOLEY (1)  PURDY (2)  RANDALL (5)  RENAIRE (2)  RICE (2)  ROBERTS (13)  SIZELAND (1)  SIZER (3)  STEWARD (1)  TURNER (2)  THIRTLE (7)  WILKINS (4)  WILSON (1)  WOODHOUSE (6)  WORTLEY (1)  WORTS (1)  WRIGHT (30)  WILEY (1)