Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ringstead, Northamptonshire

Ringstead 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
MAYES434.5026467.39
SMITH394.08382.89
DICKS262.7225557.94
ABBOTT252.617859.35
FOX252.617828.19
TILLEY252.6178199.36
MAJOR242.5131186.34
PHILLIPS212.199012.29
ROBERTS191.98955.29
CHILDS191.9895108.32
WARREN171.780126.62
WEEKLY171.78014,473.68
BARKER161.675412.80
PEACOCK161.675447.00
BULL161.675439.63
COTTINGHAM151.5707590.55
PEARSON151.570713.52
BALL141.466017.75
GROOM131.361397.16
BIRD131.361317.82
MANNING131.361342.82
WILSON131.36132.96
LOCKIE121.2565553.00
ROBINSON121.25653.94
WALKER111.15183.44
GREEN101.04713.72
BATES101.047116.46
WEEKLEY101.04712,127.66
BELLAMY101.047171.84
AUSTIN101.047121.42
JAMES90.94244.80
HACKNEY90.9424216.35
COPE90.942441.69
ANDREWS80.83778.74
RUFF80.8377258.90
HARRISON80.83773.77
WHITEMAN70.7330113.64
BRIMLEY70.7330833.33
BURGIN60.6283160.43
STONES60.628352.82
ARCHER60.628315.19
BAILEY60.62834.17
SLATER60.628310.38
FOSKETT60.6283267.86
SYKES60.628313.09
KNIGHT60.62835.10
KAY60.628312.09
SIVERS50.52361,785.71
FRENCH50.523610.73
PARKER50.52362.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEEKLY0.969554473.6842
NEAR0.969554166.6667
RUTKIN0.969553333.3333
ABINGTON0.969552727.2727
STARN0.969552500.0000
WEEKLEY0.969552127.6596
SIVERS0.969551785.7143
JERKINS0.969551666.6667
BRIMLEY0.96955833.3333
COTTINGHAM0.96955590.5512
DICKS0.96955557.9399
LOCKIE0.96955552.9954
MAYES0.96955467.3913
ROWLETT0.96955285.7143
FOSKETT0.96955267.8571
BARRS0.96955266.6667
RUFF0.96955258.8997
ROUGHTON0.96955246.9136
ORPIN0.96955235.2941
HACKNEY0.96955216.3462
HEADLAND0.96955209.7902
BARRITT0.96955200.0000
TILLEY0.96955199.3620
MAJOR0.96955186.3354
BURGIN0.96955160.4278
MANNINGS0.96955129.8701
COLBERT0.96955126.5823
GIDDINGS0.96955114.9425
WHITEMAN0.96955113.6364
CHILDS0.96955108.3238
GROOM0.9695597.1599
WYMAN0.9695596.6184
STAINES0.9695594.8767
BLOTT0.9695590.9091
FAIREY0.9695572.9927
BELLAMY0.9695571.8391
ANNIS0.9695563.6943
TRUELOVE0.9695559.5238
ABBOTT0.9695559.3542
STONES0.9695552.8169
SHIPLEY0.9695547.3934
PEACOCK0.9695547.0035
EADY0.9695546.0829
MANNING0.9695542.8195
COPE0.9695541.6860
CHEW0.9695541.1523
BULL0.9695539.6334
WELFORD0.9695537.5940
RATCLIFF0.9695532.5203
PAINE0.9695530.4183

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 955 people called WEEKLY in Ringstead 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 4473.6842 in Ringstead means that 4473.6842% of the people in Ringstead on census day were called WEEKLY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEEKLY 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 WEEKLY 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 WEEKLY 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 WEEKLY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.96 in Ringstead means that you are 0.96 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEEKLY in Ringstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ringstead in 1881

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

ABBOTT (25)  ABINGTON (3)  AGUTTER (4)  ALLAN (2)  ANDREWS (8)  ANNIS (1)  ARCHER (6)  ATTLEY (17)  AUSTIN (10)  BAILEY (6)  BAKER (5)  BALE (2)  BALL (14)  BARMISTER OR BANNISTER (10)  BARKER (16)  BARRS (4)  BARRITT (5)  BATES (10)  BEEBY (1)  BELLAMY (10)  BETTLES (1)  BIRD (13)  BLOTT (1)  BRABROOK (2)  BRADSHAW (4)  BRIMLEY (7)  BRYAN (1)  BULL (16)  BURGIN (6)  BURNHAM (1)  CHAMBERS (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHEW (2)  CHILDS (19)  CLARK (4)  COBLEY (1)  COLES (3)  COPE (9)  COTTINGHAM (15)  CROOT (1)  COLBERT (2)  DEARLOVE (3)  DICKS (26)  EADY (1)  ELSON (1)  FAIREY (1)  FENSOM (9)  FIGGIS (5)  FORSCUTT (10)  FOSKETT (6)  FOX (25)  FRENCH (5)  JERKINS (1)  GIDDINGS (5)  GIDDING (1)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (10)  GRIFFIN (2)  GROOM (13)  HACKNEY (9)  HEADLAND (3)  HALE (5)  HARDWICK (1)  HARRISON (8)  HAYES (4)  HILL (1)  HODSON (3)  HORNE (2)  JAMES (9)  KAY (6)  KIRK (1)  KITCHEN (1)  KNIGHT (6)  LEVERATT (8)  LOCKIE (12)  LOVELL (5)  MAJOR (24)  MANNING (13)  MANNINGS (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (3)  MAYES (43)  NEAR (5)  MEADOWS (2)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (3)  MUNDIN (6)  ORPIN (2)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (5)  PAINE (4)  PEATON (4)  PEACH (2)  PEACOCK (16)  PEARCE (2)  PEARSON (15)  PETTIT (1)  PHILLIPS (21)  RATCLIFF (2)  ROBERTS (19)  ROBINSON (12)  RUTKIN (3)  ROUGHTON (4)  ROWLETT (4)  RUFF (8)  SADDINGTON (2)  SAWFORD (20)  SCOTT (1)  SHARMAN (2)  SHIPLEY (4)  SIVERS (5)  SLATER (6)  SMITH (39)  STAINES (5)  STARN (1)  STONES (6)  SYKES (6)  TILLEY (25)  TOMKIN (6)  TOMLIN (2)  TRUELOVE (1)  WADSWORTH (4)  WALKER (11)  WALE (1)  WARD (5)  WARREN (17)  WATTS (5)  WYMAN (2)  WEEKLY (17)  WEEKLEY (10)  WHITEMAN (7)  WELFORD (1)  WILLS (2)  WILSON (13)  WITTERING (22)  YATES (1)