Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norwell, Nottinghamshire

Norwell is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Nottinghamshire

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
GILBERT215.097189.48
BROWN194.61177.00
CURTIS133.155355.60
CHAPELL122.91263,636.36
SHAW112.669914.53
CLARKE102.427211.98
ROBINSON102.42727.61
TEMPLEMAN102.4272628.93
RIDGE92.1845312.50
SUMNERS92.18452,432.43
CARTWRIGHT81.941750.96
WILLIAMSON81.941721.66
JOHNSON81.94175.78
LAMBERT71.699031.12
ASKIN71.69902,058.82
GAUNT61.4563147.78
BOOTH61.456314.76
NICE61.4563618.56
HUTTON61.456348.78
MARSHALL61.45638.68
STORY51.2136196.08
HAZARD51.2136704.23
SCOTT51.21364.80
WADSWORTH51.213686.96
SWALLOW40.970996.39
SMITH40.97090.69
BAMFORD40.970964.52
PLUMMER40.970972.73
WALSTON40.97095,714.29
TAYLOR40.97091.52
RAWSON40.970988.89
PARR40.970938.87
BENNETT40.97095.91
BEANE30.72821,071.43
RILEY30.72829.20
HEATON30.728230.43
LONG30.728211.22
MYCROFT30.7282857.14
FREEMAN30.728211.40
LEWIS30.72822.77
HAY30.728219.85
HALL30.72822.48
MORLEY30.728218.21
LEATHER30.7282106.76
COLEMAN30.728214.61
NEWTON30.72829.50
HAYES20.48547.81
WOOD20.48541.52
SAXTON20.485481.97
CHAPPEL20.4854110.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALSTON0.414125714.2857
CHAPELL0.414123636.3636
ROATH0.414123333.3333
SUMNERS0.414122432.4324
ASKIN0.414122058.8235
FLITT0.414122000.0000
BEANE0.414121071.4286
MYCROFT0.41412857.1429
HAZARD0.41412704.2254
TEMPLEMAN0.41412628.9308
NICE0.41412618.5567
BETTINSON0.41412606.0606
HARBY0.41412312.5000
RIDGE0.41412312.5000
NILSON0.41412312.5000
GRASS0.41412312.5000
HENTON0.41412253.1646
HAZZARD0.41412212.7660
STORY0.41412196.0784
OTTER0.41412192.3077
GOY0.41412185.1852
HARPHAM0.41412178.5714
BROWNLOW0.41412161.2903
GAUNT0.41412147.7833
DASH0.41412126.5823
CHAPPEL0.41412110.4972
LEATHER0.41412106.7616
SWALLOW0.4141296.3855
GILBERT0.4141289.4759
RAWSON0.4141288.8889
WADSWORTH0.4141286.9565
SAXTON0.4141281.9672
MELLORS0.4141277.5194
PLUMMER0.4141272.7273
BAMFORD0.4141264.5161
CURTIS0.4141255.6031
SAXBY0.4141251.2821
CARTWRIGHT0.4141250.9554
HUTTON0.4141248.7805
COULTHARD0.4141243.4783
PARR0.4141238.8727
WING0.4141238.6100
HOPKIN0.4141231.3480
LAMBERT0.4141231.1249
HEATON0.4141230.4260
CHAPPELL0.4141228.7770
BRAMLEY0.4141226.5957
MARSTON0.4141226.0417
BIRKETT0.4141225.1256
WILLIAMSON0.4141221.6626

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 412 people called WALSTON in Norwell 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 5714.2857 in Norwell means that 5714.2857% of the people in Norwell on census day were called WALSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALSTON 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 WALSTON 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 WALSTON 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 WALSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Norwell means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALSTON in Norwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norwell in 1881

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

ASKEW (1)  ASKIN (7)  BEADLEY (1)  BAGULEY (1)  BALLATT (1)  BAMFORD (4)  BASKILL (1)  BEANE (3)  BEAUMONT (1)  BELL (1)  BENNETT (4)  BETTINSON (2)  BETTS (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BLIGHTON (1)  BOOTH (6)  BRAMLEY (1)  BROWN (19)  BROWNLOW (2)  CARTWRIGHT (8)  CHAPPEL (2)  CHAPPELL (2)  CHAPELL (12)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (10)  CLIPSHAM (6)  COLEMAN (3)  CORDEN (2)  COULTHARD (1)  CURTIS (13)  DASH (1)  ESAM (3)  ELMSEEDRING (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FLITT (1)  FOX (2)  FRECKNALL (6)  FREEMAN (3)  GARSENT (1)  GAUNT (6)  GILBERT (21)  GOY (1)  GRASS (1)  GREETHAM (5)  HALL (3)  HARBY (1)  HARPHAM (1)  HAY (3)  HAYES (2)  HAZARD (5)  HAZZARD (HAZARD) (6)  HAZZARD (1)  HEATON (3)  HINCH LIFFE (2)  HENTON (2)  HOLMES (1)  HOPKIN (1)  HUTTON (6)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (8)  KIRKRAM (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LAMBERT (7)  LEATHER (3)  LEDGETT (1)  LEWIS (3)  LONG (3)  MARSHALL (6)  MARSTON (1)  MELLORS (1)  MIELUS (1)  MORLEY (3)  MYCROFT (3)  NILSON (1)  NETTLESHIP (7)  NEWTON (3)  NICE (6)  NORMAN (1)  OTTER (2)  PARKER (1)  PARR (4)  PATTERGILL (3)  PICHETT (1)  PICKFORK (1)  PLUMMER (4)  PORTER (1)  RAWSON (4)  RIDGE (9)  RILEY (3)  ROATH (2)  ROBINSON (10)  ROCKLEY (1)  ROSE (2)  RUSHBY (6)  SAXBY (1)  SCABCHARD (3)  SCOTT (5)  SAXTON (2)  SHAW (11)  SHOTHERY (3)  SIRGUE (1)  SMITH (4)  STANILAND (2)  STORY (5)  SUMNERS (9)  SWALLOW (4)  TAYLOR (4)  TEMPLEMAN (10)  WADSWORTH (5)  WALSTON (4)  WEATCROFT (2)  WILLIAMSON (8)  WILSON (1)  WING (1)  WOOD (2)  WOLEY (1)