Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westwick, Norfolk

Westwick 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
DRURY179.2896584.19
MOORE94.918024.60
WATLING94.9180947.37
DAVISON84.3716122.32
HUNT84.371632.91
JOBSON73.8251648.15
SIDELL73.825123,333.33
DENNIS73.8251129.39
COOPER73.825115.72
COLEMAN52.732254.82
MACK42.1858217.39
LEWIS31.63936.24
WATTS31.639319.56
CROSS31.639323.83
FISHER21.09299.34
DUCKER21.0929465.12
OATES21.092970.18
BUSH21.092944.25
MEEK21.092993.90
THANE21.09294,000.00
HARMER21.0929110.50
DYE21.0929165.29
LACEY21.092959.35
HALES21.092976.05
CARR10.54647.57
ABBS10.5464312.50
HEWITT10.546411.22
GOODSON10.5464109.89
ELLIS10.54643.76
LARANCE10.54645,000.00
SAVAGE10.546414.22
CASE10.546454.64
MOUNT10.5464140.85
GAPP10.5464769.23
BECKET10.5464270.27
WATSON10.54642.36
STACEY10.546424.33
HIBBERT10.546437.31
PETRE10.5464833.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SIDELL0.1818323333.3333
LARANCE0.181835000.0000
THANE0.181834000.0000
WATLING0.18183947.3684
PETRE0.18183833.3333
GAPP0.18183769.2308
JOBSON0.18183648.1481
DRURY0.18183584.1924
DUCKER0.18183465.1163
ABBS0.18183312.5000
BECKET0.18183270.2703
MACK0.18183217.3913
DYE0.18183165.2893
MOUNT0.18183140.8451
DENNIS0.18183129.3900
DAVISON0.18183122.3242
HARMER0.18183110.4972
GOODSON0.18183109.8901
MEEK0.1818393.8967
HALES0.1818376.0456
OATES0.1818370.1754
LACEY0.1818359.3472
COLEMAN0.1818354.8246
CASE0.1818354.6448
BUSH0.1818344.2478
HIBBERT0.1818337.3134
HUNT0.1818332.9083
MOORE0.1818324.5969
STACEY0.1818324.3309
CROSS0.1818323.8284
WATTS0.1818319.5567
COOPER0.1818315.7233
SAVAGE0.1818314.2248
HEWITT0.1818311.2233
FISHER0.181839.3371
CARR0.181837.5700
LEWIS0.181836.2357
ELLIS0.181833.7636
WATSON0.181832.3557

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 183 people called SIDELL in Westwick 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 23333.3333 in Westwick means that 23333.3333% of the people in Westwick on census day were called SIDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SIDELL 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 SIDELL 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 SIDELL 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 SIDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Westwick means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SIDELL in Westwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westwick in 1881

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

ABBS (1)  BECKET (1)  BLOOM (DYE) (4)  BUSH (2)  CARR (1)  CLOUTING (6)  COLEMAN (5)  COOPER (7)  CROSS (3)  DAVISON (8)  DYE (2)  DENNIS (7)  DYBALL (14)  DRURY (17)  DUCKER (2)  ELLIS (1)  FISHER (2)  GAPP (1)  GOODSON (1)  GOOSE (2)  HALES (2)  HANNANT (3)  HARMER (2)  HEWITT (1)  HIBBERT (1)  HUNT (8)  JOBSON (7)  CASE (1)  LACEY (2)  LARANCE (1)  LEWIS (3)  MACK (4)  MEEK (2)  MOORE (9)  MOUNT (1)  NOCKALL (2)  OATES (2)  POLGRAVE (7)  PETRE (1)  PHILLIPPS (3)  SAVAGE (1)  SIDELL (7)  STACEY (1)  THANE (2)  TOWNSHEND (10)  WATLING (9)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (3)