Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire

Little Harrowden 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
SMITH536.40104.53
WALLIS212.536274.87
HOBBS212.536269.61
WARD212.536211.61
ALLEN202.415512.79
SHAWLEY182.17399,473.68
ABBOTT172.053146.56
BUTLER172.053121.06
JONES151.81161.60
JACKSON151.81166.48
REYNOLDS151.811620.91
THOMPSON151.81166.05
EADY141.6908744.68
CHAPLIN141.6908117.85
LANGLEY141.690877.05
STANLEY131.570040.84
JOHNSON131.57004.67
HOWELL121.449334.38
BOLLARD111.32851,122.45
CHENEY91.0870354.33
WILLIAMS80.96621.35
COLES80.966227.73
MILLER70.84544.72
PATRICK70.845442.42
WOODING70.8454193.91
BUTTLER70.8454280.00
JAMES70.84544.30
SHEPHERD70.845411.54
EATON70.845430.20
WRIGHT70.84542.64
HENLEY60.724694.79
CRAMP60.7246164.38
PERKINS60.724616.11
CLAPHAM60.724684.03
MARRIOTT60.724632.35
WALKER60.72462.16
YORK60.724654.84
WILLIS60.724613.63
LEONARD60.724633.43
GETTINGS50.6039609.76
DAWES50.603944.37
TOMLINSON50.603913.10
BUSBY50.603957.34
REYNOLD50.6039438.60
COLE50.60396.63
BROOKS50.60396.18
BLAND50.603929.12
SIMONDS50.6039233.64
BURGESS50.60398.69
CHERRY50.603959.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHAWLEY0.838289473.6842
COBBS0.838282500.0000
ONEY0.838281666.6667
BOLLARD0.838281122.4490
ALDRIGE0.838281000.0000
GARLEY0.83828930.2326
EADY0.83828744.6809
GETTINGS0.83828609.7561
MABBOTT0.83828537.6344
REYNOLD0.83828438.5965
MUSCOTT0.83828434.7826
CAMPEN0.83828416.6667
GRIFFIS0.83828400.0000
CHENEY0.83828354.3307
BUTTLER0.83828280.0000
HILSON0.83828235.2941
SIMONDS0.83828233.6449
ELLSON0.83828217.3913
WOODING0.83828193.9058
FOREST0.83828168.7764
CRAMP0.83828164.3836
BAYES0.83828161.9433
CHAPLIN0.83828117.8451
BINDER0.83828102.0408
HENLEY0.8382894.7867
WESLEY0.8382893.1677
KELLER0.8382886.2069
CLAPHAM0.8382884.0336
LANGLEY0.8382877.0501
WALLIS0.8382874.8663
HOBBS0.8382869.6056
GARLICK0.8382868.5871
MELTON0.8382868.4932
ARCH0.8382865.7895
HANKINS0.8382863.2911
LAVER0.8382862.6959
CHERRY0.8382859.0319
BUSBY0.8382857.3394
YORK0.8382854.8446
GRICE0.8382846.8384
ABBOTT0.8382846.5626
DAWES0.8382844.3656
PATRICK0.8382842.4242
STANLEY0.8382840.8420
PENN0.8382840.1070
DILLEY0.8382838.1679
VALENTINE0.8382837.6648
DOBBS0.8382835.7782
HOWELL0.8382834.3840
LEONARD0.8382833.4262

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 828 people called SHAWLEY in Little Harrowden 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 9473.6842 in Little Harrowden means that 9473.6842% of the people in Little Harrowden on census day were called SHAWLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHAWLEY 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 SHAWLEY 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 SHAWLEY 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 SHAWLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.83 in Little Harrowden means that you are 0.83 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHAWLEY in Little Harrowden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Harrowden in 1881

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

ABBOTT (17)  ALDRIGE (4)  ALLEN (20)  ARCH (1)  ASHTON (1)  BAILEY (1)  BARKER (1)  BARKLAM (6)  BARLOW (1)  BATES (1)  BUGBY (8)  BERRIDGE (1)  BINDER (1)  BIRD (1)  BLAND (5)  BOLLARD (11)  BOWEN (4)  BRAINS (1)  BROOKS (5)  BROWN (2)  BURGESS (5)  BUSBY (5)  BUTLER (17)  BUTTLER (7)  BUTLIN (8)  BAYES (4)  CAMPEN (1)  CHAPLIN (14)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHENEY (9)  CHERRY (5)  CLAPHAM (6)  CLIFFE (1)  COBBS (4)  COCKINGS (1)  COLES (8)  COLE (5)  COLLINS (2)  COOKE (2)  COOK (1)  COOPER (2)  CRAMP (6)  CROOT (4)  DARBY (3)  DAVIS (1)  DAWES (5)  DICKENS (2)  DILLEY (1)  DOBBS (2)  DRIVER (4)  EADY (14)  EATON (7)  ELLSON (3)  FETTIPLACE (1)  FISHER (1)  FOREST (4)  FROST (4)  GARLEY (4)  GARLICK (5)  GARLIC (1)  GEORGE (1)  GIBB (1)  GIBSON (3)  GETTINGS (5)  GOODE (1)  GREY (1)  GREEN (3)  GREGORY (2)  GRICE (4)  GRIFFIS (1)  HAKESLEY (4)  HALFORD (2)  HALLAM (1)  HANKINS (1)  HAIRES (1)  HARRIS (4)  HARRISON (3)  HENLEY (6)  HICKLING (1)  HIGGINS (2)  HILL (2)  HILSON (2)  HOBBS (21)  HOUGHTON (2)  HOWELL (12)  HIDE (2)  JACKSON (15)  JAMES (7)  JEMPSON (4)  JOHNSON (13)  JONES (15)  KIDD (4)  LANGLEY (14)  LARUM (4)  LEE (2)  LEONARD (6)  LAVER (2)  LEWIS (2)  LIDDINGTON (1)  LLOYD (1)  MABBOTT (5)  MARRIOTT (6)  MARSHALL (4)  MATHEWS (2)  MC ALISTER (6)  KELLER (1)  MILLER (7)  MELTON (2)  MOBBS (1)  MUSCOTT (1)  NEWELL (2)  HOLD (5)  ONEY (1)  PALMER (3)  PARKER (1)  PARTRIDGE (4)  PATRICK (7)  PAYNE (2)  PEARSON (1)  PENN (3)  PERCIVAL (1)  PERKINS (6)  PHILLIPS (1)  PRATT (2)  REMMINGTON (5)  REYNOLDS (15)  REYNOLD (5)  ROBERTS (4)  ROOKSBY (2)  ROOTHAM (7)  SHATFORD (1)  SHAWLEY (18)  SHELFORD (3)  SHEPHERD (7)  SKERRITT (3)  SHORTLAND (17)  SIMONDS (5)  SKINNER (4)  SMITH (53)  SPENCER (3)  STANLEY (13)  STOKES (2)  TALBUTT (8)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (15)  THORNTON (4)  TOMLINSON (5)  TOSELAND (10)  VALENTINE (4)  WALKER (6)  WALLIS (21)  WALPOLE (1)  WARD (21)  WEBB (1)  WESLEY (3)  WHITWORTH (1)  WILLIAMS (8)  WILLIS (6)  WOODING (7)  WRIGHT (7)  WRIGHTING (1)  YORK (6)