1881 census county

Norfolk surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Norfolk in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

9,083 surnames are listed for Norfolk, covering 411,440 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 7,290 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Norfolk

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	7,290	1.62%	1.15x
2	Wright	3,134	0.700%	2.17x
3	Brown	3,041	0.680%	1.03x
4	Green	2,457	0.550%	1.94x
5	Clarke	2,348	0.520%	2.58x
6	Moore	2,119	0.470%	2.36x
7	Johnson	2,101	0.470%	1.39x
8	Taylor	2,020	0.450%	0.70x
9	Cooper	1,954	0.440%	1.79x
10	Howard	1,926	0.430%	4.37x
11	Hall	1,793	0.400%	1.36x
12	Ward	1,748	0.390%	1.78x
13	Chapman	1,730	0.390%	2.71x
14	Thompson	1,688	0.380%	1.25x
15	Palmer	1,618	0.360%	3.06x
16	King	1,559	0.350%	1.59x
17	Allen	1,484	0.330%	1.75x
18	Watson	1,471	0.330%	1.41x
19	Baker	1,460	0.330%	1.48x
20	Wilson	1,460	0.330%	0.71x
21	Turner	1,443	0.320%	1.15x
22	Riches	1,375	0.310%	26.77x
23	Reeve	1,371	0.310%	13.06x
24	Howes	1,246	0.280%	15.87x
25	Fox	1,242	0.280%	2.98x
26	Barnes	1,186	0.260%	2.19x
27	Barker	1,174	0.260%	2.00x
28	Edwards	1,172	0.260%	0.94x
29	Carter	1,166	0.260%	1.55x
30	Burton	1,089	0.240%	2.85x
31	Long	1,072	0.240%	3.68x
32	Woods	1,061	0.240%	3.75x
33	Bell	1,058	0.240%	1.25x
34	Harvey	1,053	0.230%	2.20x
35	Walker	1,038	0.230%	0.69x
36	Page	1,030	0.230%	2.87x
37	Read	1,029	0.230%	3.55x
38	Barber	1,020	0.230%	3.77x
39	Parker	1,009	0.220%	1.18x
40	Fuller	999	0.220%	5.50x
41	Bailey	981	0.220%	1.45x
42	Frost	977	0.220%	3.87x
43	Hubbard	973	0.220%	8.91x
44	Barrett	968	0.220%	3.21x
45	Watts	962	0.210%	2.55x
46	Cook	960	0.210%	1.08x
47	Betts	947	0.210%	9.86x
48	White	919	0.200%	0.64x
49	Scott	914	0.200%	0.80x
50	Hunt	907	0.200%	1.52x
51	Knights	895	0.200%	22.74x
52	Mann	895	0.200%	3.78x
53	Balls	878	0.200%	15.25x
54	Howlett	866	0.190%	14.38x
55	Bird	855	0.190%	2.49x
56	Rudd	852	0.190%	12.03x
57	Browne	848	0.190%	10.31x
58	Nichols	843	0.190%	5.76x
59	Rix	843	0.190%	34.06x
60	Fisher	839	0.190%	1.60x
61	George	832	0.190%	3.16x
62	Dye	831	0.190%	27.88x
63	Harrison	828	0.180%	0.83x
64	Mason	818	0.180%	1.35x
65	Reynolds	817	0.180%	2.10x
66	Miller	812	0.180%	1.01x
67	Dawson	801	0.180%	1.62x
68	Wells	798	0.180%	2.14x
69	Lake	789	0.180%	7.92x
70	Ellis	787	0.180%	1.21x
71	Hudson	787	0.180%	2.14x
72	Farrow	779	0.170%	9.24x
73	Hammond	776	0.170%	3.03x
74	Holmes	774	0.170%	1.42x
75	Hill	761	0.170%	0.67x
76	Clark	756	0.170%	0.56x
77	Barnard	748	0.170%	6.71x
78	Jackson	748	0.170%	0.60x
79	Porter	740	0.160%	2.20x
80	Blyth	730	0.160%	10.31x
81	Buck	719	0.160%	7.47x
82	Vincent	718	0.160%	5.13x
83	Lambert	716	0.160%	2.92x
84	Saunders	713	0.160%	1.73x
85	Roberts	710	0.160%	0.42x
86	Claxton	706	0.160%	24.81x
87	Durrant	706	0.160%	10.04x
88	Kemp	701	0.160%	2.81x
89	Webster	695	0.150%	1.78x
90	Payne	674	0.150%	1.67x
91	Andrews	658	0.150%	1.53x
92	Cox	658	0.150%	0.97x
93	Gray	658	0.150%	1.03x
94	Sutton	652	0.150%	2.28x
95	Potter	650	0.140%	2.23x
96	Steward	646	0.140%	11.19x
97	Jones	630	0.140%	0.12x
98	Williamson	624	0.140%	1.55x
99	Seaman	622	0.140%	17.86x
100	Curtis	621	0.140%	2.44x