Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thurning, Northamptonshire

Thurning 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
SHORT3317.7419453.92
LANE94.838770.20
PEARS84.3011930.23
REYNOLDS73.763443.45
ROSE63.225843.51
FOSTER63.225824.13
COULSTON63.22583,157.89
MAYES63.2258335.20
LEIGH63.2258140.19
TOMBLIN63.22581,764.71
MAYNARD63.2258209.79
BULLEN63.2258304.57
UNDERWOOD52.688299.60
BULL52.688263.61
JOHNSON52.68828.00
LANGHAM52.6882609.76
BIRKETT42.1505223.46
WALTER42.1505140.35
BUSBY31.6129153.06
DRAGE31.6129416.67
NORWOOD31.6129400.00
BROUGHTON31.612986.46
GORHAM31.6129810.81
BALL21.075313.02
SIMPSON21.07536.15
COLES21.075330.86
BRICE10.537665.36
HOPPER10.537637.59
COTTINGHAM10.5376200.00
WESTON10.537613.18
BURNHAM10.537687.72
BIRD10.53767.04
PITTS10.537652.36
DEXTER10.537672.99
SMITH10.53760.38
HUNT10.53764.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COULSTON0.191863157.8947
TOMBLIN0.191861764.7059
PEARS0.19186930.2326
GORHAM0.19186810.8108
LANGHAM0.19186609.7561
SHORT0.19186453.9202
DRAGE0.19186416.6667
NORWOOD0.19186400.0000
MAYES0.19186335.1955
BULLEN0.19186304.5685
BIRKETT0.19186223.4637
MAYNARD0.19186209.7902
COTTINGHAM0.19186200.0000
BUSBY0.19186153.0612
WALTER0.19186140.3509
LEIGH0.19186140.1869
UNDERWOOD0.1918699.6016
BURNHAM0.1918687.7193
BROUGHTON0.1918686.4553
DEXTER0.1918672.9927
LANE0.1918670.2028
BRICE0.1918665.3595
BULL0.1918663.6132
PITTS0.1918652.3560
ROSE0.1918643.5098
REYNOLDS0.1918643.4513
HOPPER0.1918637.5940
COLES0.1918630.8642
FOSTER0.1918624.1255
WESTON0.1918613.1752
BALL0.1918613.0208
JOHNSON0.191868.0013
BIRD0.191867.0373
SIMPSON0.191866.1482
HUNT0.191864.0486
SMITH0.191860.3808

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 186 people called COULSTON in Thurning 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 3157.8947 in Thurning means that 3157.8947% of the people in Thurning on census day were called COULSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COULSTON 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 COULSTON 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 COULSTON 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 COULSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Thurning means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COULSTON in Thurning than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thurning in 1881

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

ARLETT (4)  BALL (2)  BIRD (1)  BIRKETT (4)  BROUGHTON (3)  BRICE (1)  BULL (5)  BULLEN (6)  BURNHAM (1)  BUSBY (3)  COLES (2)  COULSTON (6)  COTTINGHAM (1)  DEXTER (1)  DRAGE (3)  FARRINGDON (4)  FORTESCUE (3)  FOSTER (6)  GORHAM (3)  HOPPER (1)  HUNT (1)  JOHNSON (5)  KISBY (7)  LANE (9)  LANGHAM (5)  LEIGH (6)  MAYES (6)  MAYNARD (6)  NORWOOD (3)  PEARS (8)  PITTS (1)  REYNOLDS (7)  ROSE (6)  SHORT (33)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITH (1)  STRETTON (4)  TOMBLIN (6)  UNDERWOOD (5)  WALTER (4)  WESTON (1)