Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whissonsett, Norfolk

Whissonsett 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
BARKER426.907952.79
PARKER376.085532.00
BASHAM203.28951,333.33
NELSON203.289567.91
ROBINSON182.96059.29
MAKINS172.79612,741.94
DIXON162.631624.02
HALL152.46718.39
ROPER152.4671118.48
MOORE152.467112.34
BARRETT111.809226.94
WARNER91.480340.60
RICHES91.4803129.50
BAKER91.48036.76
SKINNER81.315825.92
LAKEY81.31581,290.32
STAPLETON81.3158131.15
BURGESS81.315818.94
BROWN71.15131.75
MASON71.15138.56
HIGH71.1513254.55
ATKINS71.151330.70
JARRED71.15134,666.67
CARR71.151315.96
STANGROOM60.98681,538.46
CHAPMAN60.98686.95
IVES60.986884.27
CUSHING60.9868550.46
CLARKE60.98684.87
WRIGHT60.98683.08
BURNETT60.986835.67
BUCK60.986846.05
FINN60.9868108.11
HILL60.98683.87
MINISTER50.82241,562.50
BUNNING50.8224781.25
MELTON50.8224232.56
TAYLOR50.82241.29
BAILEY50.82245.46
DIX40.657966.67
WATTS40.65797.85
REEVE40.657928.15
SMITH40.65790.47
HARRIS30.49341.94
RAMON30.49343,750.00
KEELER30.4934166.67
FOX30.49345.31
FINCH30.493414.82
STRATTON30.493456.93
FISH30.493426.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JARRED0.616084666.6667
RAMON0.616083750.0000
MAKINS0.616082741.9355
MINISTER0.616081562.5000
STANGROOM0.616081538.4615
BASHAM0.616081333.3333
LAKEY0.616081290.3226
BUNNING0.61608781.2500
CUSHING0.61608550.4587
LUBBOCK0.61608375.0000
HIGH0.61608254.5455
MELTON0.61608232.5581
TANN0.61608217.3913
LUSHER0.61608204.0816
KEELER0.61608166.6667
STAPLETON0.61608131.1475
RICHES0.61608129.4964
GARMAN0.61608128.2051
ROPER0.61608118.4834
FINN0.61608108.1081
IVES0.6160884.2697
BURRAGE0.6160884.0336
MELLON0.6160879.3651
NELSON0.6160867.9117
DIX0.6160866.6667
STRATTON0.6160856.9260
CHRISTOPHER0.6160855.8659
BARKER0.6160852.7903
BUCK0.6160846.0476
WARNER0.6160840.5954
BURNETT0.6160835.6718
PARKER0.6160831.9958
WATLING0.6160831.7460
ATKINS0.6160830.7018
SANDS0.6160829.3686
GAGE0.6160829.2398
ASKEW0.6160829.1121
REEVE0.6160828.1492
BARRETT0.6160826.9410
LACEY0.6160826.7857
FISH0.6160826.5018
SKINNER0.6160825.9235
BALLS0.6160825.6739
DIXON0.6160824.0204
SOUTHGATE0.6160821.0084
BURGESS0.6160818.9439
COLMAN0.6160817.6678
OVERTON0.6160816.9492
CARR0.6160815.9562
RUSH0.6160815.3139

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 608 people called JARRED in Whissonsett 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 4666.6667 in Whissonsett means that 4666.6667% of the people in Whissonsett on census day were called JARRED.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JARRED 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 JARRED 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 JARRED 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 JARRED here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Whissonsett means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JARRED in Whissonsett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whissonsett in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  AMOS (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ANNISON (7)  ANISON (2)  ASKEW (2)  ATKINS (7)  BACON (2)  BAILEY (5)  BAKER (9)  BALLS (2)  BARBER (1)  BARKER (42)  BARNES (2)  BARRETT (11)  BASHAM (20)  BLOY (3)  BROWN (7)  BUCK (6)  BUNNING (5)  BURGESS (8)  BURNETT (6)  BURRAGE (1)  BUSCALL (7)  CARR (7)  CARTER (1)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHRISTOPHER (2)  CLARKE (6)  COLMAN (1)  COODE (2)  COOPER (3)  CRASKE (9)  CUSHING (6)  DALTON (2)  DEWHURST (1)  DIX (4)  DIXON (16)  DODMAN (3)  DROZIER (1)  DUNGAR (10)  DURBAN (1)  EGLINGTON (3)  ELYARD (3)  FARROW (1)  FINCH (3)  FINN (6)  FISH (3)  FOX (3)  FROST (1)  GAGE (1)  GARMAN (1)  GAY (1)  GOSTLING (1)  HALL (15)  HARRIS (3)  HEWITT (1)  HIGH (7)  HILL (6)  HOWARD (2)  IVES (6)  JARRED (7)  JOHNSON (1)  JUBY (7)  KERRRISON (5)  LACEY (3)  LAKEY (8)  LANE (2)  LOADS (3)  LUBBOCK (3)  LUSHER (2)  MAKINS (17)  MARTIN (3)  MASON (7)  KEELER (3)  MELLON (1)  MICKLEBURGH (2)  MELTON (5)  MINISTER (5)  MITCHLEY (1)  MOORE (15)  NELSON (20)  NEWMAN (1)  OVERTON (1)  PARKER (37)  PLOWRIGHT (2)  RAMON (3)  REEVE (4)  RICHES (9)  ROBINSON (18)  ROPER (15)  RUSH (1)  SANDS (2)  SAYER (1)  SEPPINGS (1)  SKINNER (8)  SMITH (4)  SOUTHGATE (1)  STANGROOM (6)  STAPLETON (8)  STRATTON (3)  TANN (2)  TAYLOR (5)  THING (11)  TWITE (2)  WARNER (9)  WATLING (1)  WATTS (4)  WELBOURNE (1)  WEST (1)  WHITE (1)  WILMERSON (7)  WINCARLES (2)  WRIGHT (6)  YARHAM (1)  YAXLEY (4)