Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cotterstock, Northamptonshire

Cotterstock is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Northamptonshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
WILLMOTT1911.44581,826.92
REDHEAD1710.24101,888.89
BAXTER106.0241101.11
KING95.421724.88
SMITH95.42173.84
PARKINSON74.216987.94
BIRD63.614547.32
FOX63.614538.94
BRADFORD63.6145185.19
BERRIDGE53.0120574.71
GREEN53.012010.70
WARREN42.409636.04
SAUNDERS42.409626.28
HENSON42.4096205.13
SHERARD42.409613,333.33
BEECH31.8072122.45
BUCKNELL31.8072714.29
HALES21.204884.03
WOODHOUSE21.204850.89
SERVANT10.60241,428.57
GARNER10.602419.05
ATKINSON10.60246.18
COTTINGHAM10.6024227.27
MILBURN10.602467.57
SLATER10.60249.95
QUINCEY10.6024416.67
CHAPMAN10.60244.24
LOVELL10.602428.82
BROWN10.60240.91
WALLEY10.6024128.21
BASSETT10.602438.61
ROBBS10.60243,333.33
EADE10.6024125.00
CARTER10.60243.59
KNIGHTON10.6024172.41
HANDLEY10.602435.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHERARD0.1716613333.3333
ROBBS0.171663333.3333
REDHEAD0.171661888.8889
WILLMOTT0.171661826.9231
SERVANT0.171661428.5714
BUCKNELL0.17166714.2857
BERRIDGE0.17166574.7126
QUINCEY0.17166416.6667
COTTINGHAM0.17166227.2727
HENSON0.17166205.1282
BRADFORD0.17166185.1852
KNIGHTON0.17166172.4138
WALLEY0.17166128.2051
EADE0.17166125.0000
BEECH0.17166122.4490
BAXTER0.17166101.1122
PARKINSON0.1716687.9397
HALES0.1716684.0336
MILBURN0.1716667.5676
WOODHOUSE0.1716650.8906
BIRD0.1716647.3186
FOX0.1716638.9358
BASSETT0.1716638.6100
WARREN0.1716636.0360
HANDLEY0.1716635.7143
LOVELL0.1716628.8184
SAUNDERS0.1716626.2812
KING0.1716624.8756
GARNER0.1716619.0476
GREEN0.1716610.6952
SLATER0.171669.9502
ATKINSON0.171666.1843
CHAPMAN0.171664.2409
SMITH0.171663.8399
CARTER0.171663.5894
BROWN0.171660.9138

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 166 people called SHERARD in Cotterstock at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 13333.3333 in Cotterstock means that 13333.3333% of the people in Cotterstock on census day were called SHERARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHERARD in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called SHERARD as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called SHERARD here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called SHERARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Cotterstock means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHERARD in Cotterstock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cotterstock in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ATKINSON (1)  BASSETT (1)  BAXTER (10)  BEECH (3)  BERRIDGE (5)  BIRD (6)  BLAYSON (4)  BRADFORD (6)  BROWN (1)  BUCKNELL (3)  CARTER (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  COTTINGHAM (1)  CROOTE (1)  DOULES (1)  EADE (1)  FASER (1)  FOX (6)  GARNER (1)  GREEN (5)  HALES (2)  HANDLEY (1)  HENSON (4)  HOPFORD (1)  JEFFORY (1)  KING (9)  KISBY (1)  NERITT (1)  KNIGHTON (1)  SIDDERN OR LIDDERS (2)  SISMEY OR LISMEY (6)  LOVELL (1)  MARMONT (1)  MILBURN (1)  PARKINSON (7)  QUINCEY (1)  REDHEAD (17)  REDMILLS (4)  ROBBS (1)  SAUNDERS (4)  SERVANT (1)  SHERARD (4)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (9)  WALLEY (1)  WARREN (4)  WILLMOTT (19)  WOODHOUSE (2)