Top surnames from the 1881 census in Plumpton, Northamptonshire

Plumpton 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
PARISH826.66671,739.13
OSBORN516.6667806.45
BUTTON310.0000833.33
COGGINS26.66672,500.00
ARIS26.66675,000.00
DURHAM26.6667769.23
BROWN26.666710.11
WALDEN26.6667909.09
EDMUNDS13.3333256.41
WATERS13.333382.64
NIBLETT13.33331,111.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARIS0.03305000.0000
COGGINS0.03302500.0000
PARISH0.03301739.1304
NIBLETT0.03301111.1111
WALDEN0.0330909.0909
BUTTON0.0330833.3333
OSBORN0.0330806.4516
DURHAM0.0330769.2308
EDMUNDS0.0330256.4103
WATERS0.033082.6446
BROWN0.033010.1112

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 30 people called ARIS in Plumpton 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 5000.0000 in Plumpton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Plumpton on census day were called ARIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARIS 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 ARIS 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 ARIS 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 ARIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.03 in Plumpton means that you are 0.03 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARIS in Plumpton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Plumpton in 1881

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

ARIS (2)  BROWN (2)  BUTTON (3)  COGGINS (2)  DURHAM (2)  EDMUNDS (1)  NIBLETT (1)  OSBORN (5)  PARISH (8)  TUNDALL (1)  WALDEN (2)  WATERS (1)