Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sutton, Norfolk

Sutton 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
SOUTHGATE195.0265641.89
ADDY164.2328993.79
BURTON153.968346.58
WATERSON143.7037886.08
BELL123.174616.89
MAYES102.6455274.73
LUBBOCK102.64552,000.00
KEMP92.381042.92
BEANE92.38103,461.54
BOWERS82.1164115.94
SMITH82.11641.50
NICKERSON82.11642,285.71
PLATTEN82.11641,355.93
ELLIS71.851912.75
EMMERSON71.8519187.67
NEAVE61.5873337.08
BOND61.587329.99
SEAGO61.58732,608.70
WILSON61.58733.46
RICHARDSON51.32287.77
HUNT51.32289.96
CLOWES51.3228238.10
AMIS51.32281,041.67
GIBBS41.058221.54
ORSBORN41.05822,222.22
GARRETT41.058246.62
WOOLSTON41.0582615.38
HARMER41.0582106.67
READ41.058216.41
LONDON41.0582212.77
BELSON41.05821,111.11
COVE41.0582487.80
HALES30.793755.35
RANSOME30.7937252.10
PEGGS30.7937750.00
WILKINS30.793717.95
POWLEY30.7937256.41
PAINE30.793757.58
DURRANT30.793750.68
PAGE30.79379.93
VINCENT20.529116.96
CLARKE20.52912.61
WARD20.52912.42
COLLINS20.52913.69
ARNOLD20.52919.81
GREEN20.52911.88
SUTTON20.52918.31
BREEZE20.529185.84
MILLS20.52914.08
TUCK20.529141.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEANE0.383783461.5385
SEAGO0.383782608.6957
NICKERSON0.383782285.7143
ORSBORN0.383782222.2222
LUBBOCK0.383782000.0000
PLATTEN0.383781355.9322
BELSON0.383781111.1111
AMIS0.383781041.6667
ADDY0.38378993.7888
FARRIN0.38378909.0909
WATERSON0.38378886.0759
PEGGS0.38378750.0000
SLIPPER0.38378689.6552
SOUTHGATE0.38378641.8919
WOOLSTON0.38378615.3846
COVE0.38378487.8049
NEAVE0.38378337.0787
MAYES0.38378274.7253
POWLEY0.38378256.4103
RANSOME0.38378252.1008
CLOWES0.38378238.0952
POSTLE0.38378227.2727
LONDON0.38378212.7660
EMMERSON0.38378187.6676
POWLES0.38378142.8571
EMPSON0.38378123.4568
BOWERS0.38378115.9420
GOWING0.38378107.5269
HARMER0.38378106.6667
BREEZE0.3837885.8369
WALPOLE0.3837867.1141
PAINE0.3837857.5816
HALES0.3837855.3506
DURRANT0.3837850.6757
GARRETT0.3837846.6200
BURTON0.3837846.5839
KEMP0.3837842.9185
TUCK0.3837841.2371
RUDD0.3837833.5570
KNIGHTS0.3837830.2115
BOND0.3837829.9850
GIBBS0.3837821.5401
BOWMAN0.3837820.2634
PLUMMER0.3837819.8020
LAURENCE0.3837818.6220
WILKINS0.3837817.9533
VINCENT0.3837816.9635
BELL0.3837816.8943
READ0.3837816.4136
BATCHELOR0.3837815.6006

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 378 people called BEANE in Sutton 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 3461.5385 in Sutton means that 3461.5385% of the people in Sutton on census day were called BEANE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEANE 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 BEANE 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 BEANE 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 BEANE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Sutton means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEANE in Sutton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sutton in 1881

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

AMIS (5)  ANNISON (1)  ARNOLD (2)  BATCHELOR (1)  BEANE (9)  BELL (12)  BELSON (4)  BOND (6)  BOWERS (8)  BOWMAN (2)  BREEZE (2)  BREWER (1)  BURTON (15)  CARTER (1)  CLARKE (2)  CLOWES (5)  COLLINS (2)  COVE (4)  DIBAL (1)  DURRANT (3)  DURRENT (1)  ADDY (16)  ELLIS (7)  EMMERSON (7)  EMMORSON (2)  EMPSON (1)  FARRIN (1)  FLOWERDAY (3)  FOX (2)  GARRETT (4)  GEOMEY (3)  GIBBS (4)  GOFFIN (2)  GOWING (1)  GREEN (2)  GREENACRE (9)  HALES (3)  HANNANT (1)  HARMER (4)  HARRIS (1)  HOWES (1)  HUNT (5)  JESSUT (3)  KEMP (9)  KERRISON (8)  KNIGHTS (1)  LAURENCE (1)  LEE (1)  LONDON (4)  LOWGER (1)  LUBBOCK (10)  MACGOON (2)  MAYES (10)  MYHILL (3)  MEALE (2)  MILLS (2)  MEAL (9)  NEAL (1)  NEAVE (6)  NICKERSON (8)  ORSBORN (4)  PAGE (3)  PAINE (3)  PEGGS (3)  PLATTEN (8)  PLUMMER (1)  POSTLE (1)  POWLES (1)  POWLEY (3)  RANSOME (3)  READ (4)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROUNCE (2)  RUDD (2)  SEAGO (6)  SIMS (1)  SLIPPER (2)  SMITH (8)  SOUTHGATE (19)  STANTON (1)  SUTTON (2)  THAINE (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TUCK (2)  TURNER (1)  VINCENT (2)  WHALL (5)  WALPOLE (1)  WARD (2)  WATERSON (14)  WATTS (1)  WHELAM (1)  WILKINS (3)  WILSON (6)  WOOLSTON (4)  WORTS (5)