Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sywell, Northamptonshire

Sywell 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
PARKER2410.169553.46
BROWN125.08477.71
MARRIOTT125.0847226.84
UNDERWOOD93.8136141.29
MALLARD93.81361,475.41
ROBINSON83.389810.63
BATES83.389853.26
BARNES72.966124.64
BEDFORD72.9661125.00
EALEY72.96613,684.21
JUDGE72.9661274.51
SPENCER62.542427.84
WILLIAMS62.54243.54
HARPER62.542439.71
TRESSLER62.542415,000.00
ROBERTS62.54246.76
SIMPSON52.118612.11
BARKER52.118616.19
NOBLE52.118651.02
GREEN52.11867.52
LILLEY52.1186152.91
MUTTON31.2712344.83
SIDDONS31.2712652.17
BALDWIN31.271229.82
HOWES20.847548.43
GIBBONS20.847526.35
COREY20.84751,666.67
KIRTON20.8475185.19
THOMPSON20.84752.83
SMITH20.84750.60
HOOTON20.8475246.91
GOOSEY10.4237476.19
BAILLIE10.423740.82
COX10.42372.80
LEE10.42372.59
CARVILL10.4237909.09
MERTEN10.423710,000.00
SOWERBY10.423778.74
LUCK10.423751.28
HOUGHTON10.423712.12
WALDEN10.423757.80
CLARKE10.42372.09
SANDERCOCK10.4237238.10
WILLIAMSON10.42374.73
BONSER10.4237161.29
PRIME10.4237107.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRESSLER0.2423615000.0000
MERTEN0.2423610000.0000
EALEY0.242363684.2105
COREY0.242361666.6667
MALLARD0.242361475.4098
CARVILL0.24236909.0909
SIDDONS0.24236652.1739
GOOSEY0.24236476.1905
MUTTON0.24236344.8276
JUDGE0.24236274.5098
HOOTON0.24236246.9136
SANDERCOCK0.24236238.0952
MARRIOTT0.24236226.8431
KIRTON0.24236185.1852
BONSER0.24236161.2903
LILLEY0.24236152.9052
UNDERWOOD0.24236141.2873
BEDFORD0.24236125.0000
PRIME0.24236107.5269
SOWERBY0.2423678.7402
WALDEN0.2423657.8035
PARKER0.2423653.4640
BATES0.2423653.2623
LUCK0.2423651.2821
NOBLE0.2423651.0204
HOWES0.2423648.4262
BAILLIE0.2423640.8163
HARPER0.2423639.7088
BALDWIN0.2423629.8211
SPENCER0.2423627.8422
GIBBONS0.2423626.3505
BARNES0.2423624.6392
BARKER0.2423616.1917
HOUGHTON0.2423612.1212
SIMPSON0.2423612.1124
ROBINSON0.2423610.6312
BROWN0.242367.7136
GREEN0.242367.5233
ROBERTS0.242366.7575
WILLIAMSON0.242364.7259
WILLIAMS0.242363.5392
THOMPSON0.242362.8289
COX0.242362.7956
LEE0.242362.5927
CLARKE0.242362.0912
SMITH0.242360.6002

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 236 people called TRESSLER in Sywell 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 15000.0000 in Sywell means that 15000.0000% of the people in Sywell on census day were called TRESSLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TRESSLER 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 TRESSLER 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 TRESSLER 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 TRESSLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Sywell means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TRESSLER in Sywell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sywell in 1881

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

BAILLIE (1)  BALDWIN (3)  BARKER (5)  BARNES (7)  BATES (8)  BEAUMENT (5)  BEDFORD (7)  BONSER (1)  BROWN (12)  CARVILL (1)  CLARKE (1)  COREY (2)  COX (1)  DANELS (7)  DARKER (2)  EALEY (7)  GIBBONS (2)  GOLDINGAY (1)  GOOSEY (1)  GREEN (5)  HARPER (6)  HOOTON (2)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOWES (2)  JUDGE (7)  KIRTON (2)  LEE (1)  LILLEY (5)  LUCK (1)  MALLARD (9)  MARRIOTT (12)  MERTEN (1)  MUTTON (3)  MOLD (1)  NOBLE (5)  PARKER (24)  PENTLOW (10)  PRIME (1)  PURSUR (3)  ROBERTS (6)  ROBINSON (8)  SANDERCOCK (1)  SIDDONS (3)  SIMPSON (5)  SMITH (2)  SOWERBY (1)  SPENCER (6)  THOMPSON (2)  TEBBUTT (4)  TRESSLER (6)  UNDERWOOD (9)  WALDEN (1)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILLIAMSON (1)