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 Briston, with 29 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
2201	Briston	29	0.010%	12.24x
2202	Burman	29	0.010%	1.62x
2203	Burridge	29	0.010%	0.95x
2204	Chalker	29	0.010%	4.55x
2205	Coble	29	0.010%	20.14x
2206	Coy	29	0.010%	2.07x
2207	Critoph	29	0.010%	48.36x
2208	Darley	29	0.010%	1.52x
2209	Embling	29	0.010%	8.75x
2210	Ewles	29	0.010%	32.77x
2211	Falgate	29	0.010%	29.75x
2212	Fawkes	29	0.010%	2.55x
2213	Furse	29	0.010%	4.37x
2214	Garman	29	0.010%	5.04x
2215	Greves	29	0.010%	8.79x
2216	Hase	29	0.010%	16.12x
2217	Holdsworth	29	0.010%	0.38x
2218	Hutchin	29	0.010%	5.56x
2219	Lay	29	0.010%	0.87x
2220	Leighton	29	0.010%	0.60x
2221	Leveridge	29	0.010%	16.81x
2222	Mawby	29	0.010%	2.29x
2223	Motts	29	0.010%	15.59x
2224	Piercy	29	0.010%	1.80x
2225	Rayson	29	0.010%	2.25x
2226	Rickwood	29	0.010%	4.24x
2227	Sherman	29	0.010%	1.14x
2228	Smyth	29	0.010%	0.69x
2229	Thaine	29	0.010%	22.49x
2230	Winters	29	0.010%	1.52x
2231	Angell	28	0.010%	1.59x
2232	Ashfield	28	0.010%	3.29x
2233	Ayre	28	0.010%	1.12x
2234	Baley	28	0.010%	6.74x
2235	Barritt	28	0.010%	2.38x
2236	Bilby	28	0.010%	6.31x
2237	Bodger	28	0.010%	4.32x
2238	Bramble	28	0.010%	3.32x
2239	Bringloe	28	0.010%	30.62x
2240	Brinkley	28	0.010%	4.50x
2241	Bunkle	28	0.010%	33.35x
2242	Bywater	28	0.010%	1.24x
2243	Caton	28	0.010%	1.30x
2244	Chatton	28	0.010%	17.45x
2245	Clifton	28	0.010%	0.44x
2246	Cockerill	28	0.010%	1.29x
2247	Cornwall	28	0.010%	1.46x
2248	Drewell	28	0.010%	14.25x
2249	Duckett	28	0.010%	0.98x
2250	Ellender	28	0.010%	9.53x
2251	Farrington	28	0.010%	0.73x
2252	Feltwell	28	0.010%	31.64x
2253	Garred	28	0.010%	17.29x
2254	Goodwins	28	0.010%	40.59x
2255	Goring	28	0.010%	2.09x
2256	Granger	28	0.010%	0.61x
2257	Hains	28	0.010%	3.67x
2258	Hervey	28	0.010%	4.85x
2259	Hoddy	28	0.010%	13.63x
2260	Humphry	28	0.010%	2.01x
2261	Hutton	28	0.010%	0.21x
2262	Isaac	28	0.010%	0.50x
2263	Jenney	28	0.010%	14.82x
2264	Joy	28	0.010%	0.74x
2265	Lindsey	28	0.010%	1.22x
2266	Maidstone	28	0.010%	18.86x
2267	Meen	28	0.010%	11.60x
2268	Millatt	28	0.010%	50.48x
2269	Newark	28	0.010%	9.53x
2270	Pendle	28	0.010%	9.38x
2271	Pygall	28	0.010%	30.62x
2272	Rowing	28	0.010%	23.64x
2273	Rushmore	28	0.010%	15.82x
2274	Stacy	28	0.010%	2.14x
2275	Stark	28	0.010%	0.46x
2276	Stearne	28	0.010%	15.96x
2277	Utteridge	28	0.010%	15.43x
2278	Wigger	28	0.010%	25.93x
2279	Wyett	28	0.010%	17.29x
2280	Allday	27	0.010%	4.57x
2281	Barnaby	27	0.010%	3.02x
2282	Battley	27	0.010%	10.59x
2283	Bedingfield	27	0.010%	7.20x
2284	Benton	27	0.010%	0.58x
2285	Body	27	0.010%	1.76x
2286	Bonnett	27	0.010%	2.38x
2287	Boor	27	0.010%	7.32x
2288	Bradshaw	27	0.010%	0.15x
2289	Bridge	27	0.010%	0.30x
2290	Brunson	27	0.010%	32.16x
2291	Bullman	27	0.010%	6.25x
2292	Copley	27	0.010%	0.78x
2293	Cowling	27	0.010%	0.68x
2294	Deacon	27	0.010%	0.35x
2295	Diggens	27	0.010%	11.18x
2296	Doggett	27	0.010%	2.33x
2297	Dunton	27	0.010%	3.91x
2298	Eastwick	27	0.010%	10.47x
2299	Ellett	27	0.010%	6.04x
2300	Ellison	27	0.010%	0.28x