Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stokesby With Herringby, Norfolk

Stokesby With Herringby 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
PALMER309.009076.43
ROGERS278.108162.46
GOLDER195.70572,087.91
BLAND144.2042202.60
GOWEN133.90392,096.77
SMITH103.00302.13
POWLEY92.7027873.79
STEWARD92.7027210.28
RUMBOLD92.70271,232.88
WHITE92.70278.41
DINGLE82.4024551.72
CANWELL72.10217,777.78
MILLER61.801810.07
BELTON61.8018335.20
STARLING61.8018244.90
GRAVER61.80181,463.41
READ61.801827.95
CURTIS51.501526.46
PULFORD51.5015581.40
HALL51.50155.10
GREEN41.20124.27
JONES41.20121.06
MUNFORD41.2012816.33
BROOKS41.201212.29
FOWLER41.201221.03
GRIMMER41.2012930.23
BOWERS41.201265.90
BENNS30.9009967.74
NICHOLES30.90091,071.43
SHREEVE30.9009468.75
BOND30.900917.02
HARRINGTON30.900947.47
PATTERSON30.900925.84
SELF30.9009126.58
HALES20.600641.84
BARRETT20.60068.94
GAY20.600645.05
GIBBS20.600612.22
EMPSON20.6006281.69
BURNS20.60068.94
KNIGHTS20.600668.49
HERBERT20.600616.08
STEVENS10.30032.88
DRAKE10.300310.31
BULLOCK10.30039.23
WATERS10.30037.47
RACKHAM10.3003109.89
THOMPSON10.30031.00
ENGLISH10.300315.97
HAGEN10.3003312.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CANWELL0.333337777.7778
GOWEN0.333332096.7742
GOLDER0.333332087.9121
GRAVER0.333331463.4146
RUMBOLD0.333331232.8767
NICHOLES0.333331071.4286
BENNS0.33333967.7419
GRIMMER0.33333930.2326
POWLEY0.33333873.7864
MUNFORD0.33333816.3265
PULFORD0.33333581.3953
DINGLE0.33333551.7241
SHREEVE0.33333468.7500
TUNGATE0.33333400.0000
BELTON0.33333335.1955
HAGEN0.33333312.5000
EMPSON0.33333281.6901
STARLING0.33333244.8980
STEWARD0.33333210.2804
BLAND0.33333202.6049
SELF0.33333126.5823
RACKHAM0.33333109.8901
THROWER0.3333394.3396
PALMER0.3333376.4331
KNIGHTS0.3333368.4932
BOWERS0.3333365.8979
ROGERS0.3333362.4566
RANDELL0.3333348.0769
HARRINGTON0.3333347.4684
GAY0.3333345.0450
HALES0.3333341.8410
FORDHAM0.3333337.3134
DOLAN0.3333334.4828
MITCHEL0.3333330.7692
READ0.3333327.9460
CURTIS0.3333326.4550
PATTERSON0.3333325.8398
FOWLER0.3333321.0305
BOND0.3333317.0164
HERBERT0.3333316.0772
ENGLISH0.3333315.9744
HEYWOOD0.3333315.1057
BROOKS0.3333312.2888
GIBBS0.3333312.2249
DRAKE0.3333310.3093
MILLER0.3333310.0705
BULLOCK0.333339.2336
BARRETT0.333338.9445
BURNS0.333338.9445
WHITE0.333338.4081

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 333 people called CANWELL in Stokesby With Herringby 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 7777.7778 in Stokesby With Herringby means that 7777.7778% of the people in Stokesby With Herringby on census day were called CANWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CANWELL 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 CANWELL 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 CANWELL 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 CANWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Stokesby With Herringby means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CANWELL in Stokesby With Herringby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stokesby With Herringby in 1881

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

BARRETT (2)  BAXTER (1)  BELTON (6)  BENNS (3)  BLAND (14)  BOND (3)  BOWERS (4)  BROOKS (4)  BULLOCK (1)  BURNS (2)  BUTTERTON (2)  CANWELL (7)  CUDDEN (4)  CURTIS (5)  DINGLE (8)  DOLAN (1)  DRAKE (1)  EMPSON (2)  FORDHAM (1)  FOWLER (4)  FROSDICK (14)  GAY (2)  GEDGE (2)  GEORGE (1)  GIBBS (2)  GOLDER (19)  GOWEN (13)  GOWN (7)  GRAVER (6)  GREEN (4)  GRIMMER (4)  HAGEN (1)  HALES (2)  HALL (5)  HARRINGTON (3)  HERBERT (2)  HEYWOOD (1)  ENGLISH (1)  JARMY (1)  JOHNSONS (1)  JONES (4)  KNIGHTS (2)  LONG (1)  MILLER (6)  MITCHEL (1)  MUNFORD (4)  NICHOLES (3)  PALGRAVE (7)  PALMER (30)  PATTERSON (3)  POWLEY (9)  PULFORD (5)  RACKHAM (1)  RANDELL (1)  READ (6)  ROGERS (27)  RUMBOLD (9)  SELF (3)  SHREEVE (3)  SMITH (10)  STEVENS (1)  STEWARD (9)  STARLING (6)  THOMPSON (1)  THROWER (1)  TUNGATE (1)  THURTLE (3)  WATERS (1)  WHITE (9)