Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sedgeford, Norfolk

Sedgeford 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
KIRBY354.6053121.36
HINES243.1579370.37
SEAMAN202.6316339.56
TAYLOR202.63164.12
RAINES192.50001,241.83
SMITH172.23681.58
HERRING162.1053205.39
MARSHALL151.973711.77
WALDEN151.9737269.30
WILLIAMSON151.973722.02
HOOKS131.7105992.37
RIX121.5789286.40
RUSH121.5789147.06
GRAVER121.57891,263.16
HUNT121.578911.89
WHITBY101.3158215.98
RICHARDSON101.31587.73
SEWELL101.315862.23
BROWN101.31582.00
HUDSON101.315816.07
CRISP101.315894.70
BINKS101.3158223.21
LAWS101.3158118.34
WOOLSEY91.1842989.01
WATERS91.184229.47
EWEN91.1842278.64
BENN81.0526184.76
PIERCE81.052671.62
STEWART81.05266.73
RAYNER70.921136.92
BULLARD70.9211303.03
ELDRIDGE70.921184.24
BATLEY70.9211212.77
CURTISS70.9211603.45
PLATTEN70.9211588.24
HUBBARD70.921137.88
CLAXTON60.7895124.74
OGLE60.7895246.91
FISHER60.78956.75
FOX60.78958.50
HUGGINS50.657978.13
CHAPMAN50.65794.63
WRIGHT50.65792.05
WELLS50.65797.91
WARNES50.6579199.20
SENTER50.65792,272.73
BROOKE50.657944.17
READ50.657910.21
RUDD40.526333.39
PEEL40.526329.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SENTER0.767602272.7273
GRAVER0.767601263.1579
RAINES0.767601241.8301
HOOKS0.76760992.3664
WOOLSEY0.76760989.0110
CURTISS0.76760603.4483
PLATTEN0.76760588.2353
LOOSE0.76760526.3158
SOUTHERLAND0.76760434.7826
FRARY0.76760425.5319
HINES0.76760370.3704
SEAMAN0.76760339.5586
BULLARD0.76760303.0303
RIX0.76760286.3962
EWEN0.76760278.6378
WALDEN0.76760269.2998
OGLE0.76760246.9136
BURRILL0.76760235.2941
WAGG0.76760224.7191
BINKS0.76760223.2143
WHITBY0.76760215.9827
BATLEY0.76760212.7660
HERRING0.76760205.3915
WARNES0.76760199.2032
PLAIN0.76760192.3077
BENN0.76760184.7575
BATCH0.76760156.2500
NEWSTEAD0.76760151.5152
MELTON0.76760149.2537
RUSH0.76760147.0588
CURL0.76760135.1351
PLAYFORD0.76760126.5823
CLAXTON0.76760124.7401
KIRBY0.76760121.3592
LAWS0.76760118.3432
CRISP0.7676094.6970
BUGG0.7676087.4636
ELDRIDGE0.7676084.2359
HUGGINS0.7676078.1250
FARTHING0.7676075.0000
PIERCE0.7676071.6204
SKIPPER0.7676070.1754
SKEET0.7676069.4444
CHILVERS0.7676067.1141
LEGGETT0.7676067.0017
SPRUCE0.7676065.3595
SEWELL0.7676062.2278
MUNSON0.7676058.8235
MOTT0.7676052.2648
SIDWELL0.7676047.8469

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 760 people called SENTER in Sedgeford 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 2272.7273 in Sedgeford means that 2272.7273% of the people in Sedgeford on census day were called SENTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SENTER 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 SENTER 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 SENTER 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 SENTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Sedgeford means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SENTER in Sedgeford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sedgeford in 1881

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

ALCOCK (2)  ALFLATT (1)  ASKER (9)  BACKHAM (1)  BALDWIN (3)  BATCH (1)  BATLEY (7)  BENN (8)  BECKERTON (10)  BINKS (10)  BIRD (1)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BOBBIN (2)  BROOKE (5)  BROWN (10)  BUGG (3)  BULL (1)  BULLARD (7)  BULLOCK (2)  BURRELL (1)  BURRILL (2)  BURTON (2)  SENTER (5)  CHAMBERS (3)  CHAPMAN (5)  CHESTER (4)  CHILVERS (2)  CLAXTON (6)  CRISP (10)  CROOKHAM (3)  CURL (2)  CURRIE (1)  CURTISS (7)  CUTHBERT (2)  DENS (1)  DOUGHTY (1)  DOWNES (2)  DOWNING (1)  DURHAM (1)  ELDRIDGE (7)  ELFLETT (1)  EMMS (1)  EWEN (9)  AYRES (1)  FARMER (2)  FARROW (2)  FARTHING (3)  FISHER (6)  FORSTER (3)  FULLER (1)  FOX (6)  FRANCIS (1)  FRARY (2)  FROST (1)  FURRELL (3)  GAMBLE (1)  GARNER (1)  JARRETT (1)  GOODERHAM (4)  GOODLIFFE (3)  GOTSELL (1)  GRAINGER (4)  GRAVER (12)  GROOM (3)  HERRING (GROOM) (2)  HARE (1)  HARPER (3)  HERRELD (1)  HERRING (16)  HINES (24)  OUGHTON (1)  HOWARD (1)  HUBBARD (7)  HUDSON (10)  HUGGINS (5)  HUNT (12)  HOOKS (13)  JACKSON (1)  JARVIS (4)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (3)  KENDALL (2)  KIRBY (35)  LAKE (1)  LANGLEY (1)  LAWS (10)  LAURENCE (1)  LEGGETT (4)  LEWIS (1)  LOOSE (4)  MANN (3)  MANSETT (4)  MARSHALL (15)  MASON (2)  MELTON (4)  MONUMENT (1)  MOTT (3)  MUNSON (1)  MUSSETT (1)  NEWELL (4)  NEWSTEAD (4)  NICHOLLS (2)  NOBES (2)  NUDDS (1)  OGLE (6)  PALMER (2)  PEACOCK (1)  PIERCE (8)  PEEL (4)  PATTINGALE (6)  PILGRIM (1)  PLAIN (1)  PLATTEN (7)  PLAYFORD (2)  POTTER (2)  RAINES (19)  RAMSOME (4)  RASSON (1)  RAYNER (7)  READ (5)  REED (1)  RICHARDSON (10)  RICHES (3)  RIX (12)  RUDD (4)  RUSH (12)  SADDLETON (7)  SADLER (2)  SEAMAN (20)  SEAPEY (1)  SEWELL (10)  SYDDELL (4)  SIDWELL (1)  SKEET (1)  SKERRY (6)  SKIPPER (2)  SMITH (17)  SPRINGALL (2)  SPRUCE (1)  STEWART (8)  STRANGLEMAN (6)  SOUTHERLAND (1)  SWANSON (1)  TAYLOR (20)  TEMPLE (3)  TOWNSHEND (2)  TURNER (4)  VINCENT (2)  WAGG (4)  WALDEN (15)  WARD (3)  WARNES (5)  WATERS (9)  WELCH (1)  WELLS (5)  WHITBY (10)  WICKS (1)  WILLIAMSON (15)  WOOLSEY (9)  WRAGG (2)  WRIGHT (5)  YAXLEY (2)