Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodrising, Norfolk

Woodrising 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
BROWN1414.583322.12
CLARKE99.375046.27
GARWOOD88.33331,702.13
JENNESS88.333380,000.00
THURSTON55.2083735.29
VASSAR55.208350,000.00
GRANT44.166741.97
WARD33.125014.31
DEMPSEY22.0833333.33
ROBERTS22.08335.54
GILLSON22.08331,818.18
GRAVES22.0833136.99
ROSE22.083328.09
PURDY22.0833363.64
BEETS11.04175,000.00
PAGE11.041713.04
HEAD11.041742.74
RAWLING11.0417285.71
NEWSON11.0417163.93
TUFTS11.04175,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JENNESS0.109680000.0000
VASSAR0.109650000.0000
BEETS0.10965000.0000
TUFTS0.10965000.0000
GILLSON0.10961818.1818
GARWOOD0.10961702.1277
THURSTON0.1096735.2941
PURDY0.1096363.6364
DEMPSEY0.1096333.3333
RAWLING0.1096285.7143
NEWSON0.1096163.9344
GRAVES0.1096136.9863
CLARKE0.109646.2725
HEAD0.109642.7350
GRANT0.109641.9727
ROSE0.109628.0899
BROWN0.109622.1239
WARD0.109614.3062
PAGE0.109613.0378
ROBERTS0.10965.5371

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 96 people called JENNESS in Woodrising 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 80000.0000 in Woodrising means that 80000.0000% of the people in Woodrising on census day were called JENNESS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JENNESS 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 JENNESS 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 JENNESS 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 JENNESS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Woodrising means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JENNESS in Woodrising than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodrising in 1881

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

BEETS (1)  BROWN (14)  JENNESS (BROWN) (6)  CHITTOCK (3)  CLARKE (9)  DEMPSEY (2)  EAGLING (11)  GARWOOD (8)  GILLSON (2)  GRANT (4)  GRAVES (2)  HEAD (1)  JENNESS (8)  NEWSON (1)  PAGE (1)  PURDY (2)  ROBERTS (2)  ROSE (2)  RAWLING (1)  THURSTON (5)  TUFFS (1)  TUFTS (1)  VASSAR (5)  WHALL (1)  WARD (3)