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 Jessup, with 131 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
701	Jessup	131	0.030%	10.46x
702	Leeds	131	0.030%	15.14x
703	Marsh	131	0.030%	0.41x
704	Smart	131	0.030%	0.64x
705	Spurgeon	131	0.030%	9.16x
706	Algar	130	0.030%	11.26x
707	Greengrass	130	0.030%	21.45x
708	Hilling	130	0.030%	22.17x
709	Mears	130	0.030%	3.07x
710	Quantrill	130	0.030%	30.74x
711	Gidney	129	0.030%	31.05x
712	Hutson	129	0.030%	7.31x
713	Platford	129	0.030%	36.76x
714	Draper	128	0.030%	1.21x
715	Sparkes	128	0.030%	3.89x
716	Wing	128	0.030%	4.53x
717	Boulter	127	0.030%	5.59x
718	Fletcher	127	0.030%	0.25x
719	Shingles	127	0.030%	26.71x
720	Whitby	127	0.030%	4.64x
721	Wilby	127	0.030%	4.82x
722	Cator	126	0.030%	25.38x
723	Child	126	0.030%	1.65x
724	Crook	126	0.030%	0.98x
725	Ebbage	126	0.030%	51.54x
726	Reader	126	0.030%	3.25x
727	Yarham	126	0.030%	47.46x
728	Horner	125	0.030%	1.46x
729	Murton	125	0.030%	8.22x
730	Painter	125	0.030%	2.03x
731	Wharton	125	0.030%	1.99x
732	Benns	124	0.030%	29.63x
733	Culling	124	0.030%	16.98x
734	Driver	124	0.030%	1.49x
735	Lemon	124	0.030%	3.80x
736	Metcalf	124	0.030%	1.36x
737	Turrell	124	0.030%	9.14x
738	Wiles	124	0.030%	3.19x
739	Hawkins	123	0.030%	0.38x
740	Kiddle	123	0.030%	12.66x
741	Simons	123	0.030%	2.08x
742	Took	123	0.030%	20.15x
743	Breese	122	0.030%	10.15x
744	Eastoe	122	0.030%	40.47x
745	Empson	122	0.030%	12.65x
746	Powles	122	0.030%	14.63x
747	Stacey	122	0.030%	1.21x
748	Thurtle	122	0.030%	47.29x
749	Batterbee	121	0.030%	33.90x
750	Boulton	121	0.030%	1.49x
751	Goff	121	0.030%	4.17x
752	Greenwood	121	0.030%	0.35x
753	Kerridge	121	0.030%	7.34x
754	Lemmon	121	0.030%	14.86x
755	Meadows	121	0.030%	1.93x
756	Nudd	121	0.030%	42.46x
757	Gardiner	120	0.030%	0.93x
758	Grix	120	0.030%	43.25x
759	Larner	120	0.030%	8.44x
760	Loynes	120	0.030%	31.75x
761	Munford	120	0.030%	18.18x
762	Rout	120	0.030%	17.13x
763	Sparks	120	0.030%	1.77x
764	Wick	120	0.030%	15.36x
765	Wyer	120	0.030%	12.82x
766	Addison	119	0.030%	1.91x
767	Bayes	119	0.030%	8.88x
768	Benstead	119	0.030%	10.28x
769	Chestney	119	0.030%	51.52x
770	Drury	119	0.030%	1.67x
771	Lark	119	0.030%	12.13x
772	Layton	119	0.030%	3.31x
773	Linford	119	0.030%	10.01x
774	Merrison	119	0.030%	51.19x
775	Raby	119	0.030%	5.52x
776	Willis	119	0.030%	0.50x
777	May	118	0.030%	0.41x
778	Prentice	118	0.030%	2.23x
779	Wigg	118	0.030%	9.54x
780	Annison	117	0.030%	28.68x
781	Boon	117	0.030%	2.78x
782	Brighty	117	0.030%	28.68x
783	Coman	117	0.030%	44.58x
784	Cushion	117	0.030%	19.85x
785	Digby	117	0.030%	5.03x
786	Lovett	117	0.030%	2.85x
787	Capps	116	0.030%	12.54x
788	Etheridge	116	0.030%	4.34x
789	Gibbons	116	0.030%	0.80x
790	Grapes	116	0.030%	45.23x
791	Grice	116	0.030%	2.50x
792	Howling	116	0.030%	29.63x
793	Joyce	116	0.030%	1.05x
794	Littlewood	116	0.030%	2.00x
795	Mickleburgh	116	0.030%	34.07x
796	Partridge	116	0.030%	0.99x
797	Pestell	116	0.030%	19.05x
798	Woodward	116	0.030%	0.52x
799	Brewster	115	0.030%	2.64x
800	Debbage	115	0.030%	54.77x