Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weybourne, Norfolk

Weybourne 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
DIGBY2510.68382,066.12
NURSE198.11971,666.67
GRICE135.5556539.42
PITCHER125.1282659.34
WOODHOUSE93.8462162.45
DADY83.41884,000.00
WOODYARD83.41886,153.85
PERKINS72.991566.48
GROUT72.99151,166.67
GRAND52.13682,000.00
HOLLAND52.136830.01
ALLEN52.136811.31
COOKE52.136838.73
ROPER41.709482.14
STARLING41.7094232.56
LYNES41.7094666.67
HURN41.7094655.74
ABBS31.2821731.71
DIXON31.282111.70
CHARTERS31.2821468.75
MEDLAR31.28215,000.00
SEXTON31.2821148.51
WARD31.28215.87
BOLDING20.85471,250.00
TUCK20.854766.67
SMITH20.85470.61
LONG20.854713.18
BIRD20.854711.19
EVERITT20.8547102.04
PORTER20.854711.39
SADDLER20.8547285.71
WILLIAMSON10.42744.77
MOY10.4274208.33
DACK10.4274138.89
WOODS10.42746.78
WESTON10.427410.48
KNOWLES10.42748.00
COOPER10.42741.76
HILL10.42741.68
BREEZE10.427469.44
PILCH10.42741,000.00
GREY10.427419.72
NICHOLS10.427413.12
DYKE10.427443.10
SPINK10.427452.91
PLAYFORD10.4274204.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WOODYARD0.232346153.8462
MEDLAR0.232345000.0000
DADY0.232344000.0000
DIGBY0.232342066.1157
GRAND0.232342000.0000
NURSE0.232341666.6667
BOLDING0.232341250.0000
GROUT0.232341166.6667
PILCH0.232341000.0000
ABBS0.23234731.7073
LYNES0.23234666.6667
PITCHER0.23234659.3407
HURN0.23234655.7377
GRICE0.23234539.4191
CHARTERS0.23234468.7500
SADDLER0.23234285.7143
STARLING0.23234232.5581
MOY0.23234208.3333
PLAYFORD0.23234204.0816
WOODHOUSE0.23234162.4549
SEXTON0.23234148.5149
DACK0.23234138.8889
EVERITT0.23234102.0408
ROPER0.2323482.1355
BREEZE0.2323469.4444
TUCK0.2323466.6667
PERKINS0.2323466.4767
SPINK0.2323452.9101
DYKE0.2323443.1034
COOKE0.2323438.7297
HOLLAND0.2323430.0120
GREY0.2323419.7239
LONG0.2323413.1752
NICHOLS0.2323413.1234
DIXON0.2323411.7005
PORTER0.2323411.3895
ALLEN0.2323411.3122
BIRD0.2323411.1857
WESTON0.2323410.4822
KNOWLES0.232348.0000
WOODS0.232346.7751
WARD0.232345.8685
WILLIAMSON0.232344.7664
COOPER0.232341.7569
HILL0.232341.6779
SMITH0.232340.6053

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 234 people called WOODYARD in Weybourne 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 6153.8462 in Weybourne means that 6153.8462% of the people in Weybourne on census day were called WOODYARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WOODYARD 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 WOODYARD 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 WOODYARD 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 WOODYARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Weybourne means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WOODYARD in Weybourne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weybourne in 1881

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

ALLEN (5)  ABBS (3)  BECKERSON (4)  BIRD (2)  BOLDING (2)  BREEZE (1)  CHARTERS (3)  COOKE (5)  COOPER (1)  DACK (1)  DADY (8)  DYBALL (1)  DYKE (1)  DIGBY (25)  DIXON (3)  EVERITT (2)  JEARY (6)  GRAND (5)  SMITH (GRAND) (4)  GREY (1)  GRICE (13)  GROUT (7)  HURN (4)  HILL (1)  HOLLAND (5)  KNOWLES (1)  LYNES (4)  LONG (2)  MACKRELL (6)  MEDLAR (3)  MONEMENT (5)  MOY (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NURSE (19)  OTTY (14)  PERKINS (7)  PITCHER (12)  PILCH (1)  PLAYFORD (1)  PORTER (2)  PROUDFOTT (1)  ROPER (4)  SADDLER (2)  SEXTON (3)  SMITH (2)  SPINK (1)  STARLING (4)  TUCK (2)  WARD (3)  WESTON (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WOODS (1)  WOODHOUSE (9)  WOODYARD (8)