Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shelfanger, Norfolk

Shelfanger 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
BLOOMFIELD164.6784367.82
SMITH154.38603.11
ROPER154.3860210.67
POTTER113.216449.59
JOLLY102.9240206.19
PEARCE102.924031.83
PAGE102.924036.58
ELLIS82.339216.11
PEACOCK82.339265.63
BARHAM82.3392379.15
BROWN82.33923.55
WILLIAMS72.04682.85
PUNT72.04682,000.00
KEMP61.754431.63
SELF61.7544246.91
HUGGINS61.7544208.33
COBB61.7544123.46
REEVE61.754475.00
BANNISTER51.462084.60
BELL51.46207.78
BEALES51.4620342.47
EATON51.462052.25
MURTON41.1696344.83
BARKER41.16968.94
CHAPMAN41.16968.24
ASHBY41.169669.69
COLEMAN41.169623.47
FULLER41.169628.92
BATES41.169618.38
CHAPLIN41.169681.47
ROLFE30.877267.57
CHINNERY30.8772731.71
BAKER30.87724.00
BIRCH30.877221.41
KERRY30.8772129.87
THURSTON30.8772124.48
PORCHER30.87722,727.27
SPICER30.877265.22
CLARKE30.87724.33
ELSEY20.5848190.48
JARRETT20.584863.90
ANNESS20.58481,666.67
WELTON20.5848161.29
EVERETT20.584832.57
BURROWS20.584813.36
PLANE20.5848512.82
BONE20.584831.55
MARTIN20.58482.37
FISHER20.58485.00
JESSUP20.5848210.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PORCHER0.343422727.2727
PUNT0.343422000.0000
ANNESS0.343421666.6667
BOBBY0.343421250.0000
CHINNERY0.34342731.7073
PLANE0.34342512.8205
BARHAM0.34342379.1469
BLOOMFIELD0.34342367.8161
MURTON0.34342344.8276
BEALES0.34342342.4658
SELF0.34342246.9136
COKE0.34342227.2727
ROPER0.34342210.6742
JESSUP0.34342210.5263
HUGGINS0.34342208.3333
JOLLY0.34342206.1856
LEVERETT0.34342192.3077
ELSEY0.34342190.4762
STRIKE0.34342175.4386
GALLANT0.34342175.4386
WELTON0.34342161.2903
KERRY0.34342129.8701
THURSTON0.34342124.4813
COBB0.34342123.4568
BANNISTER0.3434284.6024
ELVIN0.3434283.3333
CHAPLIN0.3434281.4664
REEVE0.3434275.0000
ASHBY0.3434269.6864
FARRINGTON0.3434268.0272
ROLFE0.3434267.5676
PEACOCK0.3434265.6276
STIMPSON0.3434265.3595
SPICER0.3434265.2174
JARRETT0.3434263.8978
DOWSON0.3434253.4759
EATON0.3434252.2466
POTTER0.3434249.5942
SPARKES0.3434239.8406
PAGE0.3434236.5764
EVERETT0.3434232.5733
PEARCE0.3434231.8269
KEMP0.3434231.6289
BONE0.3434231.5457
HARRINGTON0.3434230.8166
PEAKE0.3434230.3030
FULLER0.3434228.9226
BETTS0.3434227.3598
COLEMAN0.3434223.4742
PLUMMER0.3434221.8818

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 342 people called PORCHER in Shelfanger 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 2727.2727 in Shelfanger means that 2727.2727% of the people in Shelfanger on census day were called PORCHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PORCHER 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 PORCHER 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 PORCHER 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 PORCHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Shelfanger means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PORCHER in Shelfanger than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shelfanger in 1881

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

ANNESS (2)  ASHBY (4)  AWORTH (2)  BAKER (3)  BALDRY (1)  BANHAM (2)  BANNISTER (5)  BARHAM (8)  BARKER (4)  BATES (4)  BAWLY (1)  BEALES (5)  BELL (5)  BETTS (2)  BIRCH (3)  BLOOMFIELD (16)  BOBBY (2)  BONE (2)  BOWEN (1)  BRAZER (1)  BROWN (8)  BURROWS (2)  CHAPLIN (4)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHINNERY (3)  CHILDEHOUSE (1)  CHURCHYARD (2)  CLARKE (3)  COBB (6)  COLEMAN (4)  COOKE (1)  COKE (1)  CRELLAN (1)  DOWSON (1)  EATON (5)  ELLIS (8)  ELSEY (2)  ELVIN (1)  EVERETT (2)  FARRINGTON (2)  FISHER (2)  FULLER (4)  FRANCIS (1)  GALLANT (1)  JARRETT (2)  GAYMER (3)  GOODERHAM (1)  HALL (1)  HARRINGTON (2)  HUGGINS (6)  JESSUP (2)  JOLLY (10)  KEMP (6)  KERRIDGE (7)  KERRY (3)  KING (1)  LAYN (2)  LEVERETT (1)  LUMMAS (2)  MURTON (4)  MARTIN (2)  MICKLEBURGH (1)  MUNDFORD (7)  PAGE (10)  PEACOCK (8)  PEAKE (1)  PEARCE (10)  PLANANE (2)  PLANE (2)  PLUMMER (1)  PORCHER (3)  POTTER (11)  PUNT (7)  REEVE (6)  ROLFE (3)  ROPER (15)  SCARFE (4)  SCOTT (1)  SADD (1)  SELF (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHULVER (3)  SILLET (1)  SMITH (15)  SPARKES (1)  SPICER (3)  SPURDENS (3)  STIMPSON (1)  STRIKE (1)  THURSTON (3)  WELTON (2)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILSON (1)  WARBY (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUELLS (2)