Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Walsham St Lawrence, Norfolk

South Walsham St Lawrence 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
HARDESTY156.550210,714.29
DANIELS146.1135194.71
EVANS135.676912.99
READ93.930160.98
PARKER93.930120.67
HARRIS83.493413.75
BURTON73.056835.88
SMITH73.05682.16
HOWARD73.056831.15
HILTON62.620176.24
GRAPES62.62014,615.38
FULLER62.620164.79
LEMMON52.18341,190.48
GILLINGS52.1834925.93
THROWER41.7467547.95
MCKEE41.74672,500.00
WATTS41.746720.83
BEEK41.74678,000.00
TURNER41.74676.27
CURTIS31.310023.08
SADLER31.310055.56
BROWNE31.310071.60
CATER31.3100272.73
WRIGHT20.87342.72
CORSEY20.873410,000.00
LAND20.8734121.21
NORTON20.873426.28
BALLS20.873468.26
COVELL20.8734540.54
BOATRIGHT20.873420,000.00
BELL10.43672.32
ALEXANDER10.43678.25
PALMER10.43673.71
BIRCH10.436710.66
CROWE10.436743.86
COOK10.43672.20
ENGLAND10.436721.19
BETTS10.436720.41
LONDON10.436787.72
DANIEL10.436719.76
SIDELL10.43672,500.00
MOLL10.4367476.19
DINGLE10.4367100.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOATRIGHT0.2322920000.0000
HARDESTY0.2322910714.2857
CORSEY0.2322910000.0000
BEEK0.232298000.0000
GRAPES0.232294615.3846
MCKEE0.232292500.0000
SIDELL0.232292500.0000
LEMMON0.232291190.4762
GILLINGS0.23229925.9259
THROWER0.23229547.9452
COVELL0.23229540.5405
MOLL0.23229476.1905
CATER0.23229272.7273
DANIELS0.23229194.7149
LAND0.23229121.2121
DINGLE0.23229100.0000
LONDON0.2322987.7193
HILTON0.2322976.2389
BROWNE0.2322971.5990
BALLS0.2322968.2594
FULLER0.2322964.7948
READ0.2322960.9756
SADLER0.2322955.5556
CROWE0.2322943.8596
BURTON0.2322935.8790
HOWARD0.2322931.1526
NORTON0.2322926.2812
CURTIS0.2322923.0769
ENGLAND0.2322921.1864
WATTS0.2322920.8333
PARKER0.2322920.6659
BETTS0.2322920.4082
DANIEL0.2322919.7628
HARRIS0.2322913.7457
EVANS0.2322912.9909
BIRCH0.2322910.6610
ALEXANDER0.232298.2508
TURNER0.232296.2745
PALMER0.232293.7051
WRIGHT0.232292.7226
BELL0.232292.3240
COOK0.232292.1983
SMITH0.232292.1649

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 229 people called BOATRIGHT in South Walsham St Lawrence 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 20000.0000 in South Walsham St Lawrence means that 20000.0000% of the people in South Walsham St Lawrence on census day were called BOATRIGHT.

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

All the surnames recorded in South Walsham St Lawrence in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  AUMSON (3)  BEEK (4)  BALLS (2)  BELL (1)  BETTS (1)  BIRCH (1)  BOATRIGHT (2)  BROWNE (3)  BURTON (7)  CATER (3)  COOK (1)  CORSEY (2)  COVELL (2)  CROWE (1)  COMON (1)  CURTIS (3)  DANIELS (14)  DANIEL (1)  DINGLE (1)  EBBAGE (11)  ENGLAND (1)  EVANS (13)  FULLER (6)  JERMANY (11)  GILLINGS (5)  GRAPES (6)  HAIDLEY (2)  HARDESTY (15)  HARRIS (8)  HILTON (6)  HOWARD (7)  KERRISON (4)  KIDMAN (5)  LAND (2)  LEMMON (5)  LONDON (1)  MOLL (1)  MCKEE (4)  NORTON (2)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (9)  READ (9)  SADLER (3)  SIDELL (1)  SMITH (7)  STAMFORD (5)  THAXTER (1)  THURKETTLE (5)  THROWER (4)  TURNER (4)  WARMALL (1)  WATTS (4)  WISKEN (4)  WRIGHT (2)