1881 census place

Norton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Norton, Suffolk in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

46 surnames are listed for Norton, Suffolk, covering 402 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pleasance, with 45 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Norton

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Pleasance	45	6.03%	4639.18x
2	Bloomfield	36	4.83%	379.75x
3	Stiff	33	4.42%	1274.13x
4	Brinkley	24	3.22%	2330.10x
5	Ruddock	23	3.08%	995.67x
6	Cornish	21	2.82%	195.17x
7	Peck	16	2.14%	126.88x
8	Buckel	12	1.61%	3636.36x
9	Hawes	12	1.61%	130.43x
10	Southgate	12	1.61%	205.48x
11	Mathew	10	1.34%	357.14x
12	Sturgeon	10	1.34%	332.23x
13	Bradbrook	9	1.21%	978.26x
14	Sparham	9	1.21%	2000.00x
15	Quilter	8	1.07%	655.74x
16	Borrett	7	0.940%	630.63x
17	Greene	7	0.940%	343.14x
18	Jolley	7	0.940%	178.12x
19	Pentney	7	0.940%	1428.57x
20	Stebbings	7	0.940%	350.00x
21	Huddleston	6	0.800%	287.08x
22	Huffer	6	0.800%	1111.11x
23	Prike	6	0.800%	1818.18x
24	Seeley	6	0.800%	262.01x
25	Faires	5	0.670%	2000.00x
26	Hailstone	5	0.670%	375.94x
27	Hawksley	5	0.670%	555.56x
28	Otley	5	0.670%	396.83x
29	Tillett	5	0.670%	312.50x
30	Lucks	4	0.540%	6666.67x
31	Orford	4	0.540%	215.05x
32	Reeman	4	0.540%	833.33x
33	Richer	4	0.540%	370.37x
34	Hazlewood	3	0.400%	177.51x
35	Mothersole	3	0.400%	375.00x
36	Pawsey	3	0.400%	230.77x
37	Aldham	2	0.270%	645.16x
38	Boggis	2	0.270%	192.31x
39	Nickels	2	0.270%	253.16x
40	Blizzard	1	0.130%	131.58x
41	Channell	1	0.130%	169.49x
42	Finter	1	0.130%	454.55x
43	Gallant	1	0.130%	80.00x
44	Jarrold	1	0.130%	133.33x
45	Syer	1	0.130%	125.00x
46	Wattson	1	0.130%	400.00x