Top surnames from the 1881 census in Syderstone, Norfolk

Syderstone 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
HURN326.18962,388.06
GRAVER315.99614,843.75
ALLEN305.802730.72
LANGLEY203.8685176.37
GREEVES193.67503,333.33
HARPER122.321136.25
TAYLOR112.12773.33
RICHES101.9342169.20
STEWARD101.9342150.60
DAWES101.9342142.05
GROOM91.7408124.14
SKIPPER81.5474412.37
ARCHER81.547437.42
KEELY81.54741,509.43
LAWES81.5474355.56
GREEN71.35404.81
RICE71.354043.61
DAW61.1605167.60
WILLIAMSON61.160512.95
CRISP61.160583.45
COLLISON61.1605283.02
HOOK61.160578.33
SIMONS61.160587.98
CLEMENTS61.160534.99
HUNTER50.96719.42
BROWN50.96711.47
BASEY50.96712,272.73
CLAMP50.9671316.46
SIMPSON50.96715.53
CORNWALL50.9671227.27
HOWARD40.77377.88
HARRISON40.77373.49
STIMPSON30.5803129.31
GRIFFIN30.580312.33
WILKIN30.5803106.01
HEWITT30.580311.91
ROYAL30.5803205.48
BARNES30.58034.82
CURL30.5803300.00
HOUSTON20.386830.40
MASE20.38681,333.33
HILL20.38681.52
RYE20.386899.50
BEAVER20.386887.34
JACKSON20.38681.38
NEAL20.386813.07
HAMMOND20.38686.80
BULLOCK20.386811.89
BENN20.386867.80
BACK10.193436.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRAVER0.525174843.7500
GREEVES0.525173333.3333
HURN0.525172388.0597
BASEY0.525172272.7273
KEELY0.525171509.4340
MASE0.525171333.3333
BASSHAM0.52517666.6667
SKIPPER0.52517412.3711
LAWES0.52517355.5556
COMAN0.52517333.3333
CLAMP0.52517316.4557
CURL0.52517300.0000
COLLISON0.52517283.0189
CORNWALL0.52517227.2727
ROYAL0.52517205.4795
LANGLEY0.52517176.3668
RICHES0.52517169.2047
DAW0.52517167.5978
STEWARD0.52517150.6024
DAWES0.52517142.0455
STIMPSON0.52517129.3103
GROOM0.52517124.1379
WILKIN0.52517106.0071
RYE0.5251799.5025
SWINTON0.5251793.4579
CAPES0.5251790.9091
SIMONS0.5251787.9765
BEAVER0.5251787.3362
CRISP0.5251783.4492
HOOK0.5251778.3290
BENN0.5251767.7966
DACK0.5251762.8931
PULLIN0.5251754.3478
RICE0.5251743.6137
RANSON0.5251739.0625
ARCHER0.5251737.4181
HARPER0.5251736.2538
BACK0.5251736.2319
CLEMENTS0.5251734.9854
ALLEN0.5251730.7188
HOUSTON0.5251730.3951
HOOKER0.5251722.6244
STYLES0.5251718.3150
NEAL0.5251713.0719
WILLIAMSON0.5251712.9450
SPARKS0.5251712.7877
GRIFFIN0.5251712.3305
HEWITT0.5251711.9142
BULLOCK0.5251711.8906
HUNTER0.525179.4180

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 517 people called GRAVER in Syderstone 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 4843.7500 in Syderstone means that 4843.7500% of the people in Syderstone on census day were called GRAVER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRAVER 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 GRAVER 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 GRAVER 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 GRAVER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Syderstone means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRAVER in Syderstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Syderstone in 1881

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

ALLEN (30)  ANDERSON (1)  ARCHER (8)  ARMERGER (6)  BACK (1)  BAMBRIDGE (1)  BARNES (3)  BASEY (5)  BASSHAM (1)  BATES (1)  BEAVER (2)  BENN (2)  BOWMAN (1)  BROWN (5)  BULLOCK (2)  CAPES (1)  CARR (1)  CARTER (1)  CLAMP (5)  CLEMENTS (6)  COOK (1)  CORNWALL (5)  COLLISON (6)  CRISP (6)  CUBITT (8)  COMAN (1)  CURL (3)  DACK (1)  DAWES (10)  DAW (6)  DODMAN (2)  AYTON (2)  FREEZER (4)  FREWER (1)  GAYFORD (1)  GLASSWELL (10)  GRAVER (31)  GREEVES (19)  GREEN (7)  GRIFFIN (3)  GROOM (9)  GUYMER (1)  HAMMOND (2)  HARPER (12)  HARRISON (4)  HURN (32)  HEWITT (3)  HILL (2)  HIPKIN (35)  HOOKER (1)  HOUSTON (2)  HOWARD (4)  HUNT (1)  HUNTER (5)  HOOK (6)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KEELY (8)  LANGLEY (20)  LAWES (8)  LEWIS (1)  MASE (2)  MITCHELL (1)  MUSSETT (9)  NEAL (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORTON (1)  OLLEY (2)  PULLIN (1)  RYE (2)  RANSON (1)  RICE (7)  RICHES (10)  ROWE (1)  ROYAL (3)  SCRIVINER (4)  SHACKCLOTH (6)  SHELTRUM (10)  SIMONS (6)  SIMPSON (5)  SKIPPER (8)  SPARKS (1)  STEWARD (10)  STIMPSON (3)  STYLES (1)  SWINTON (1)  TAYLOR (11)  TAYTON (7)  UTTERIDGE (4)  UTTING (1)  VERTIGAN (6)  WALTON (1)  WARNER (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITELEGGE (2)  WILKIN (3)  WILLIMONT (5)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (1)