Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tunstall, Norfolk

Tunstall 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
YOUNGS98.33332,195.12
WATERS98.3333207.37
GOLDER65.55562,068.97
WYMER65.55566,666.67
BARBER65.555692.31
POWLEY65.55561,764.71
NICHOLLS54.629688.65
TURNER43.703713.31
BECK43.7037158.10
LAWN32.77781,111.11
SKINNER32.777854.74
GILLETT21.8519175.44
WATTS21.851922.08
WARD10.92594.24
MORE10.9259119.05
MOSS10.925915.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WYMER0.111086666.6667
YOUNGS0.111082195.1220
GOLDER0.111082068.9655
POWLEY0.111081764.7059
LAWN0.111081111.1111
WATERS0.11108207.3733
GILLETT0.11108175.4386
BECK0.11108158.1028
MORE0.11108119.0476
BARBER0.1110892.3077
NICHOLLS0.1110888.6525
SKINNER0.1110854.7445
WATTS0.1110822.0751
MOSS0.1110815.0150
TURNER0.1110813.3067
WARD0.111084.2391

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 108 people called WYMER in Tunstall 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 6666.6667 in Tunstall means that 6666.6667% of the people in Tunstall on census day were called WYMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WYMER 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 WYMER 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 WYMER 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 WYMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Tunstall means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WYMER in Tunstall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tunstall in 1881

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

ARNOP (10)  BARBER (6)  BECK (4)  BLAUH OR BLAND (4)  FRANSHAM (9)  GILLETT (2)  GOLDER (6)  GUNTON (6)  LAWN (3)  MORE (1)  MOSS (1)  NICHOLLS (5)  POWLEY (6)  RUNBOLD (4)  SKINNER (3)  TURNER (4)  WARD (1)  WATERS (9)  WATTS (2)  WYMER (6)  YOUNGS (9)  YOVIL (7)