Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wolferton, Norfolk

Wolferton 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
GENT1910.27031,194.97
GULL189.72979,000.00
HUDSON158.108199.01
RICHES84.3243377.36
GODFREY84.3243145.72
HODGKIN84.32433,333.33
MINNS73.7838864.20
SALMON73.7838165.88
ROBBINS63.2432207.61
PERRY63.243244.09
GRIMES52.7027233.64
NURSE52.7027555.56
BASSHAM42.16228,000.00
SAYER42.1622165.29
RIX42.1622392.16
COX42.162214.27
HALL31.62165.51
BRIGHT31.621680.21
POOLEY31.6216201.34
DUFFIELD31.6216187.50
MALLETT31.6216181.82
BUTTERS21.0811219.78
DAVIDSON21.081112.86
SMITH21.08110.77
CLAXTON21.0811170.94
WILSON21.08112.35
CHAPMAN21.08117.61
DICKERSON21.0811266.67
GALLAGHER10.540535.59
WINCH10.5405120.48
MANN10.540510.26
LEGGETT10.540568.97
DANIELS10.540517.21
BECKHAM10.5405625.00
MAYNARD10.540535.21
STEELE10.540520.20
LUSHER10.5405333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GULL0.191859000.0000
BASSHAM0.191858000.0000
HODGKIN0.191853333.3333
GENT0.191851194.9686
MINNS0.19185864.1975
BECKHAM0.19185625.0000
NURSE0.19185555.5556
RIX0.19185392.1569
RICHES0.19185377.3585
LUSHER0.19185333.3333
DICKERSON0.19185266.6667
GRIMES0.19185233.6449
BUTTERS0.19185219.7802
ROBBINS0.19185207.6125
POOLEY0.19185201.3423
DUFFIELD0.19185187.5000
MALLETT0.19185181.8182
CLAXTON0.19185170.9402
SALMON0.19185165.8768
SAYER0.19185165.2893
GODFREY0.19185145.7195
WINCH0.19185120.4819
HUDSON0.1918599.0099
BRIGHT0.1918580.2139
LEGGETT0.1918568.9655
PERRY0.1918544.0852
GALLAGHER0.1918535.5872
MAYNARD0.1918535.2113
STEELE0.1918520.2020
DANIELS0.1918517.2117
COX0.1918514.2653
DAVIDSON0.1918512.8617
MANN0.1918510.2564
CHAPMAN0.191857.6132
HALL0.191855.5117
WILSON0.191852.3538
SMITH0.191850.7657

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 185 people called GULL in Wolferton 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 9000.0000 in Wolferton means that 9000.0000% of the people in Wolferton on census day were called GULL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GULL 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 GULL 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 GULL 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 GULL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Wolferton means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GULL in Wolferton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wolferton in 1881

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

BASSHAM (4)  BECKHAM (1)  BRIGHT (3)  BUTTERS (2)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLAXTON (2)  COX (4)  COCK (1)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIDSON (2)  DICKERSON (2)  DUFFIELD (3)  GALLAGHER (1)  GAYFORD (3)  GENT (19)  GODFREY (8)  GOUCH (1)  GREAVIES (1)  GRIMES (5)  GULL (18)  HALL (3)  HODGKIN (8)  HUDSON (15)  LEGGETT (1)  LUSHER (1)  MALLETT (3)  MANN (1)  MAYNARD (1)  MINNS (7)  NURSE (5)  PERRY (6)  POOLEY (3)  RICHES (8)  RIX (4)  ROBBINS (6)  SALMON (7)  SAYER (4)  SMITH (2)  SPRINGALL (1)  STAINFORTH (2)  STEELE (1)  WILSON (2)  WINCH (1)  WOOBY (1)  YALLUP (1)  YARRAD (8)