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 Narborough, with 25 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
2401	Narborough	25	0.010%	16.35x
2402	Patfield	25	0.010%	14.37x
2403	Pillar	25	0.010%	6.72x
2404	Pumfrey	25	0.010%	7.75x
2405	Royall	25	0.010%	8.77x
2406	Shread	25	0.010%	20.58x
2407	Sidell	25	0.010%	32.06x
2408	Sones	25	0.010%	8.82x
2409	Sutherland	25	0.010%	0.11x
2410	Tofts	25	0.010%	4.93x
2411	Tovell	25	0.010%	9.92x
2412	Towell	25	0.010%	1.96x
2413	Wadlow	25	0.010%	8.17x
2414	Whiles	25	0.010%	5.18x
2415	Winkley	25	0.010%	4.06x
2416	Wootton	25	0.010%	0.61x
2417	Albrow	24	0.010%	18.61x
2418	Aldham	24	0.010%	13.01x
2419	Avery	24	0.010%	0.32x
2420	Baldrey	24	0.010%	9.88x
2421	Bateson	24	0.010%	0.85x
2422	Beeston	24	0.010%	1.27x
2423	Bennet	24	0.010%	0.39x
2424	Blaza	24	0.010%	40.02x
2425	Bliss	24	0.010%	0.87x
2426	Broome	24	0.010%	1.07x
2427	Bugden	24	0.010%	3.99x
2428	Calthorpe	24	0.010%	10.89x
2429	Cannon	24	0.010%	0.30x
2430	Coan	24	0.010%	8.89x
2431	Fryett	24	0.010%	6.67x
2432	Giddens	24	0.010%	5.58x
2433	Gooding	24	0.010%	0.63x
2434	Griffen	24	0.010%	1.64x
2435	Hayhow	24	0.010%	11.19x
2436	Haystead	24	0.010%	34.05x
2437	Henderson	24	0.010%	0.05x
2438	Hodge	24	0.010%	0.21x
2439	Horstead	24	0.010%	13.34x
2440	Lester	24	0.010%	0.34x
2441	Macdonald	24	0.010%	0.13x
2442	Marrison	24	0.010%	4.72x
2443	Mollett	24	0.010%	9.30x
2444	Mount	24	0.010%	1.38x
2445	Parson	24	0.010%	1.19x
2446	Penny	24	0.010%	0.30x
2447	Plume	24	0.010%	5.08x
2448	Pummell	24	0.010%	11.27x
2449	Rowlett	24	0.010%	3.64x
2450	Semmens	24	0.010%	4.23x
2451	Sheen	24	0.010%	0.80x
2452	Ship	24	0.010%	3.46x
2453	Silcock	24	0.010%	1.28x
2454	Stammers	24	0.010%	1.99x
2455	Stephens	24	0.010%	0.10x
2456	Terry	24	0.010%	0.21x
2457	Thing	24	0.010%	21.92x
2458	Tombling	24	0.010%	17.21x
2459	Vann	24	0.010%	2.40x
2460	Weeks	24	0.010%	0.25x
2461	Willoughby	24	0.010%	0.61x
2462	Yellop	24	0.010%	16.84x
2463	Ablett	23	0.010%	2.43x
2464	Backham	23	0.010%	21.30x
2465	Badcock	23	0.010%	0.89x
2466	Bardell	23	0.010%	3.83x
2467	Beckwith	23	0.010%	0.87x
2468	Beevis	23	0.010%	16.49x
2469	Billings	23	0.010%	1.06x
2470	Bingham	23	0.010%	0.35x
2471	Bradbury	23	0.010%	0.18x
2472	Bradley	23	0.010%	0.06x
2473	Coppen	23	0.010%	4.08x
2474	Deane	23	0.010%	0.61x
2475	Delves	23	0.010%	2.87x
2476	Devereux	23	0.010%	1.89x
2477	Dodds	23	0.010%	0.24x
2478	Douglass	23	0.010%	0.81x
2479	Duffin	23	0.010%	1.35x
2480	East	23	0.010%	0.33x
2481	Eden	23	0.010%	0.50x
2482	Eyre	23	0.010%	0.43x
2483	Feetham	23	0.010%	9.02x
2484	Goode	23	0.010%	0.40x
2485	Goult	23	0.010%	7.13x
2486	Graham	23	0.010%	0.04x
2487	Greene	23	0.010%	1.87x
2488	Haddon	23	0.010%	0.76x
2489	Halliday	23	0.010%	0.25x
2490	Hampton	23	0.010%	0.32x
2491	Hanes	23	0.010%	4.46x
2492	Hayton	23	0.010%	1.04x
2493	Hibbert	23	0.010%	0.35x
2494	Hinde	23	0.010%	1.23x
2495	Hyde	23	0.010%	0.17x
2496	Jamieson	23	0.010%	0.18x
2497	Jerry	23	0.010%	13.45x
2498	Jordon	23	0.010%	1.14x
2499	Just	23	0.010%	6.91x
2500	Leeks	23	0.010%	3.87x