Top surnames from the 1881 census in Worthing, Norfolk

Worthing 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
WELLS2522.1239265.96
SMITH108.84966.27
GOLDEN108.84962,083.33
EGGLETON97.96462,000.00
NEALE65.3097223.88
HOWARD54.424845.09
GAY54.4248331.13
ATKINS43.539894.34
JORDAN43.539880.16
ROBERTS43.53989.41
MAYES32.6549275.23
CANHAM32.6549600.00
NOLLER32.65495,000.00
EATON21.769963.29
NEAL21.769959.88
DAVEY21.769943.01
HUTSON21.7699454.55
CREAMER10.8850526.32
PARKER10.88504.65
HARRISON10.88503.99
MOORE10.88504.42
BUTTERS10.8850178.57
SPARKES10.8850120.48
HAMMOND10.885015.55
REEVE10.885037.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NOLLER0.111135000.0000
GOLDEN0.111132083.3333
EGGLETON0.111132000.0000
CANHAM0.11113600.0000
CREAMER0.11113526.3158
HUTSON0.11113454.5455
GAY0.11113331.1258
MAYES0.11113275.2294
WELLS0.11113265.9574
NEALE0.11113223.8806
BUTTERS0.11113178.5714
SPARKES0.11113120.4819
ATKINS0.1111394.3396
JORDAN0.1111380.1603
EATON0.1111363.2911
NEAL0.1111359.8802
HOWARD0.1111345.0857
DAVEY0.1111343.0108
REEVE0.1111337.8788
HAMMOND0.1111315.5521
ROBERTS0.111139.4096
SMITH0.111136.2676
PARKER0.111134.6533
MOORE0.111134.4248
HARRISON0.111133.9872

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 113 people called NOLLER in Worthing 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 5000.0000 in Worthing means that 5000.0000% of the people in Worthing on census day were called NOLLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NOLLER 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 NOLLER 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 NOLLER 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 NOLLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Worthing means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NOLLER in Worthing than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Worthing in 1881

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

ATKINS (4)  BIDEWELL (1)  BUTTERS (1)  CANHAM (3)  CREAMER (1)  DAVEY (2)  EATON (2)  EGGLETON (9)  GAY (5)  GOLDEN (10)  JORDAN (4)  HAMMOND (1)  HARRISON (1)  HOWARD (5)  HUTSON (2)  MALE (4)  MAYES (3)  MOORE (1)  NEAL (2)  NEALE (6)  NOLLER (3)  PARKER (1)  REEVE (1)  ROBERTS (4)  SMITH (10)  SARSBY (1)  SPARKES (1)  WELLS (25)