Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wiggenhall St Mary Virgin, Norfolk

Wiggenhall St Mary Virgin 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
LEWIS226.875026.15
TAYLOR154.68757.33
MARSTON123.7500402.68
SPRATT123.7500674.16
MALLETT113.4375385.96
MARSTERS92.81254,736.84
WILSON92.81256.12
SMITH92.81251.99
LEET82.50005,333.33
EGGETT82.50003,333.33
RICHARDSON72.187512.85
HUNT72.187516.47
BART72.18753,684.21
SCOTT61.87507.41
EMMERSON61.8750189.87
KENT61.875044.51
NICHOLS61.875057.53
FINCHAM61.8750666.67
BELL61.87509.98
JUDD61.8750144.23
PITCHER61.8750241.94
AUSTIN51.562531.97
BAKER51.56257.13
WRIGHT51.56254.87
DAWS41.2500243.90
BARRETT41.250018.61
BRIDGES41.250078.59
RIX41.2500227.27
CAPPS30.9375454.55
WOLSEY30.93751,363.64
EAGLETON30.9375769.23
BENNINGTON30.9375638.30
SANDS30.937583.80
OGDEN30.937533.15
BAILEY30.93756.22
EVANS30.93752.15
OFFORD20.6250198.02
GOLDEN20.6250148.15
BURTON20.62507.34
ELGAR20.6250317.46
DIGGINS20.6250384.62
BARRET20.6250219.78
HOWARD20.62506.37
SAMSON20.625087.34
BALL10.31253.78
YOUNGS10.312581.97
ROGERS10.31252.41
BLOCK10.3125156.25
THOMAS10.31250.76
OVERTON10.312532.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEET0.323205333.3333
MARSTERS0.323204736.8421
BART0.323203684.2105
EGGETT0.323203333.3333
WOLSEY0.323201363.6364
EAGLETON0.32320769.2308
SPRATT0.32320674.1573
FINCHAM0.32320666.6667
BENNINGTON0.32320638.2979
CAPPS0.32320454.5455
MARSTON0.32320402.6846
MALLETT0.32320385.9649
DIGGINS0.32320384.6154
ELGAR0.32320317.4603
DAWS0.32320243.9024
PITCHER0.32320241.9355
RIX0.32320227.2727
BARRET0.32320219.7802
OFFORD0.32320198.0198
EMMERSON0.32320189.8734
BLOCK0.32320156.2500
SPRUCE0.32320153.8462
GOLDEN0.32320148.1481
JUDD0.32320144.2308
DENNEY0.32320129.8701
SAMSON0.3232087.3362
SANDS0.3232083.7989
YOUNGS0.3232081.9672
CHILVERS0.3232079.3651
BRIDGES0.3232078.5855
NICHOLS0.3232057.5264
KENT0.3232044.5104
POOLEY0.3232038.7597
WILES0.3232036.1011
OGDEN0.3232033.1492
OVERTON0.3232032.1543
AUSTIN0.3232031.9693
CROWE0.3232031.3480
LEWIS0.3232026.1500
BARRETT0.3232018.6133
HUNT0.3232016.4706
BETTS0.3232014.6199
RICHARDSON0.3232012.8511
BELL0.323209.9784
SCOTT0.323207.4102
BENTLEY0.323207.3855
BURTON0.323207.3368
TAYLOR0.323207.3299
BAKER0.323207.1306
HOWARD0.323206.3694

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 320 people called LEET in Wiggenhall St Mary Virgin 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 5333.3333 in Wiggenhall St Mary Virgin means that 5333.3333% of the people in Wiggenhall St Mary Virgin on census day were called LEET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEET 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 LEET 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 LEET 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 LEET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Wiggenhall St Mary Virgin means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEET in Wiggenhall St Mary Virgin than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wiggenhall St Mary Virgin in 1881

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

ADDERSON (1)  AUSTIN (5)  BAILEY (3)  BAKER (5)  BALL (1)  BARRETT (4)  BARRET (2)  BART (7)  BATTERHAM (3)  BELL (6)  BENNINGTON (3)  BENTLEY (1)  BETTS (1)  BLOCK (1)  BRIDGES (4)  BUGHTON (1)  BURTON (2)  CAPPS (3)  CHALEYER (2)  CHENERY (8)  CHILVERS (1)  COOPER (1)  CROSS (1)  CROWE (1)  DADMAN (3)  DAWS (4)  DENNEY (1)  DIGGINS (2)  EGGETT (8)  EAGLETON (3)  ELGAR (2)  EMMERSON (6)  EVANS (3)  FEEK (2)  FINCHAM (6)  GOLDEN (2)  HELSHAM (2)  HEWITSON (1)  HOWARD (2)  HUNT (7)  JOHNSON (1)  JUDD (6)  KENT (6)  LANE (1)  LEWIS (22)  LEET (8)  MALLETT (11)  MARSTON (12)  MARSTERS (9)  MURFET (10)  NEWMAN (1)  NICHOLS (6)  OCKLEY (2)  OFFORD (2)  OGDEN (3)  OVERTON (1)  PITCHER (6)  POOLEY (1)  RICHARDSON (7)  RIX (4)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERS (1)  SAMSON (2)  SANDS (3)  SCOTT (6)  SKIPP (4)  SMITH (9)  SPRATT (12)  SPRUCE (1)  STALHAM (4)  TAYLOR (15)  THOMAS (1)  UNWIN (1)  WILES (1)  WILSON (9)  WOLSEY (3)  WOODWARD (1)  WRIGHT (5)  YOUNGS (1)