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 Alpe, with 49 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
1601	Alpe	49	0.010%	29.70x
1602	Anthony	49	0.010%	0.94x
1603	Attoe	49	0.010%	40.84x
1604	Bolingbroke	49	0.010%	20.05x
1605	Brittain	49	0.010%	1.41x
1606	Charlish	49	0.010%	21.78x
1607	Elden	49	0.010%	23.34x
1608	Firth	49	0.010%	0.33x
1609	Flowers	49	0.010%	1.35x
1610	Funnell	49	0.010%	1.98x
1611	Handley	49	0.010%	0.65x
1612	Hoy	49	0.010%	1.90x
1613	Limmer	49	0.010%	21.08x
1614	Marriott	49	0.010%	0.49x
1615	North	49	0.010%	0.33x
1616	Parr	49	0.010%	0.44x
1617	Pryer	49	0.010%	5.40x
1618	Rumbelow	49	0.010%	10.89x
1619	Scarles	49	0.010%	56.35x
1620	Seely	49	0.010%	11.15x
1621	Skelton	49	0.010%	0.75x
1622	Skillings	49	0.010%	28.66x
1623	Spence	49	0.010%	0.33x
1624	Warne	49	0.010%	1.49x
1625	Watt	49	0.010%	0.28x
1626	Wheeler	49	0.010%	0.18x
1627	Armiger	48	0.010%	39.52x
1628	Bangay	48	0.010%	29.37x
1629	Beart	48	0.010%	24.62x
1630	Bulman	48	0.010%	2.93x
1631	Delph	48	0.010%	34.05x
1632	Denney	48	0.010%	4.43x
1633	Dowe	48	0.010%	17.39x
1634	Florence	48	0.010%	5.42x
1635	Jewell	48	0.010%	1.02x
1636	Laurence	48	0.010%	0.75x
1637	Macro	48	0.010%	17.39x
1638	Marler	48	0.010%	9.17x
1639	Moyes	48	0.010%	2.49x
1640	Pack	48	0.010%	2.28x
1641	Pipe	48	0.010%	2.41x
1642	Ramsbottom	48	0.010%	1.58x
1643	Randlesome	48	0.010%	55.20x
1644	Rudrum	48	0.010%	35.97x
1645	Winch	48	0.010%	2.37x
1646	Woodbine	48	0.010%	10.92x
1647	Youell	48	0.010%	14.22x
1648	Arter	47	0.010%	9.27x
1649	Bartlett	47	0.010%	0.24x
1650	Beverley	47	0.010%	3.47x
1651	Brinded	47	0.010%	55.99x
1652	Bunton	47	0.010%	7.46x
1653	Causton	47	0.010%	9.55x
1654	Collett	47	0.010%	0.82x
1655	Corston	47	0.010%	27.25x
1656	Elgood	47	0.010%	24.11x
1657	Flanders	47	0.010%	4.26x
1658	Haydon	47	0.010%	1.67x
1659	Isbell	47	0.010%	20.22x
1660	Muffett	47	0.010%	19.59x
1661	Mumford	47	0.010%	1.08x
1662	Pawley	47	0.010%	3.67x
1663	Phillipps	47	0.010%	5.49x
1664	Rider	47	0.010%	1.07x
1665	Sandy	47	0.010%	3.01x
1666	Seager	47	0.010%	1.90x
1667	Sillett	47	0.010%	11.03x
1668	Tash	47	0.010%	46.78x
1669	Tate	47	0.010%	0.54x
1670	Tufts	47	0.010%	41.79x
1671	Vyse	47	0.010%	7.27x
1672	Brereton	46	0.010%	2.46x
1673	Callow	46	0.010%	1.65x
1674	Corke	46	0.010%	3.37x
1675	Creamer	46	0.010%	6.25x
1676	Durrell	46	0.010%	13.22x
1677	Eade	46	0.010%	2.13x
1678	Fielding	46	0.010%	0.46x
1679	Hodson	46	0.010%	0.49x
1680	Langham	46	0.010%	2.34x
1681	Laycock	46	0.010%	0.75x
1682	Lilly	46	0.010%	1.68x
1683	Margetson	46	0.010%	12.37x
1684	Marjoram	46	0.010%	7.00x
1685	Notley	46	0.010%	5.50x
1686	Palgrave	46	0.010%	27.39x
1687	Plain	46	0.010%	15.04x
1688	Pottle	46	0.010%	7.73x
1689	Punchard	46	0.010%	8.09x
1690	Southerland	46	0.010%	34.08x
1691	Winterbone	46	0.010%	65.27x
1692	Baily	45	0.010%	1.58x
1693	Brewer	45	0.010%	0.38x
1694	Burt	45	0.010%	0.42x
1695	Carnell	45	0.010%	3.31x
1696	Cawdron	45	0.010%	21.43x
1697	Cogman	45	0.010%	46.17x
1698	Coulson	45	0.010%	0.56x
1699	Cuthbert	45	0.010%	0.70x
1700	Fenton	45	0.010%	0.50x