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 Graves, with 156 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
601	Graves	156	0.030%	2.29x
602	Ames	155	0.030%	5.01x
603	Dale	155	0.030%	0.82x
604	Slaughter	155	0.030%	6.99x
605	Bradfield	154	0.030%	10.81x
606	Broom	154	0.030%	2.78x
607	Key	154	0.030%	2.48x
608	Ayton	153	0.030%	10.93x
609	Boast	153	0.030%	16.97x
610	Childs	153	0.030%	1.85x
611	Larter	153	0.030%	18.25x
612	Newby	153	0.030%	3.41x
613	Cracknell	152	0.030%	4.88x
614	Farman	152	0.030%	18.06x
615	Fisk	152	0.030%	6.41x
616	Gates	152	0.030%	2.19x
617	Gostling	152	0.030%	25.40x
618	Lawson	152	0.030%	0.57x
619	Lingwood	152	0.030%	18.53x
620	Prior	152	0.030%	1.46x
621	Spanton	151	0.030%	25.75x
622	Gay	150	0.030%	2.51x
623	Hipkin	150	0.030%	32.47x
624	Broughton	149	0.030%	1.78x
625	Frosdick	149	0.030%	53.13x
626	Oakes	149	0.030%	2.29x
627	Richmond	149	0.030%	1.51x
628	Rudling	149	0.030%	45.37x
629	Appleton	148	0.030%	2.10x
630	Pike	148	0.030%	1.13x
631	Applegate	147	0.030%	17.69x
632	Daws	147	0.030%	6.40x
633	Lack	147	0.030%	9.61x
634	Lord	147	0.030%	0.71x
635	Whall	147	0.030%	30.82x
636	Leech	146	0.030%	1.99x
637	Owen	146	0.030%	0.27x
638	Pilgrim	146	0.030%	5.77x
639	Thacker	146	0.030%	4.49x
640	Wymer	146	0.030%	37.15x
641	Bullimore	145	0.030%	15.27x
642	Coates	145	0.030%	0.87x
643	Gage	145	0.030%	5.74x
644	London	145	0.030%	6.48x
645	Rouse	145	0.030%	2.25x
646	Shinn	145	0.030%	19.07x
647	Cock	143	0.030%	2.90x
648	Easton	143	0.030%	2.10x
649	Ringwood	143	0.030%	26.41x
650	Tuttle	143	0.030%	24.76x
651	Wakefield	143	0.030%	1.78x
652	Westgate	143	0.030%	18.77x
653	Flood	142	0.030%	3.60x
654	Greeves	142	0.030%	28.69x
655	Nobes	142	0.030%	18.53x
656	Sadd	142	0.030%	21.37x
657	Alderton	141	0.030%	7.02x
658	Gant	141	0.030%	8.73x
659	Hazell	141	0.030%	4.04x
660	Morton	141	0.030%	0.59x
661	Eggleton	140	0.030%	7.90x
662	Girdlestone	140	0.030%	25.36x
663	Scales	140	0.030%	5.26x
664	Allard	139	0.030%	8.80x
665	Downing	139	0.030%	1.78x
666	Hansell	139	0.030%	15.39x
667	Plane	139	0.030%	26.86x
668	Drane	138	0.030%	14.99x
669	Fickling	138	0.030%	33.83x
670	Frary	138	0.030%	50.00x
671	Gathercole	138	0.030%	15.01x
672	Knight	138	0.030%	0.25x
673	Pease	138	0.030%	8.12x
674	Stubbs	138	0.030%	1.16x
675	Dove	137	0.030%	2.67x
676	Filby	137	0.030%	14.03x
677	Grief	137	0.030%	52.49x
678	Hipperson	137	0.030%	43.08x
679	Thirtle	137	0.030%	38.06x
680	Whitmore	137	0.030%	3.48x
681	Barton	136	0.030%	0.56x
682	Harman	136	0.030%	2.03x
683	Larwood	136	0.030%	55.29x
684	Tann	136	0.030%	19.97x
685	Tennant	136	0.030%	2.84x
686	Bushell	135	0.030%	3.10x
687	Davis	135	0.030%	0.14x
688	Pond	135	0.030%	6.20x
689	Pope	135	0.030%	0.87x
690	Woolsey	135	0.030%	25.00x
691	Gower	134	0.030%	2.84x
692	Curl	133	0.030%	15.24x
693	Greaves	133	0.030%	1.01x
694	Townshend	133	0.030%	9.64x
695	Trett	133	0.030%	46.92x
696	Ayres	132	0.030%	2.12x
697	Muskett	132	0.030%	17.22x
698	Nudds	132	0.030%	48.63x
699	Batley	131	0.030%	6.74x
700	Houghton	131	0.030%	0.83x