Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire

Wadenhoe 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
BRIGGS2611.0638203.76
WILSON177.234015.75
MELTON156.38301,807.23
RAWSON93.8298350.19
SMITH83.40432.41
OLIVER72.978741.77
TUCKER72.978753.85
LANGLEY62.5532116.28
ROWELL62.5532292.68
STAFFORD62.5532120.00
PORTER52.127728.36
QUINCEY52.12771,470.59
SHEFFIELD52.1277406.50
SPENCER41.702118.65
DIXIE31.27662,500.00
LONG31.276619.67
DAVISON31.276635.71
BEESLEY31.2766158.73
GROOM31.276691.19
JARVIS31.276628.44
ALLEN20.85114.51
MAYES20.851188.50
CLARK20.85112.83
HULL20.851140.73
HARDING20.851111.76
FREAR20.8511800.00
CHEW20.8511166.67
RAY10.425521.51
HILL10.42551.67
FREEMAN10.42556.66
THORPE10.425510.76
BLAND10.425520.53
TANSLEY10.4255114.94
JOLLY10.425530.03
ROE10.425521.83
HOLLIS10.425530.77
FIELDING10.425519.05
LANGRIDGE10.425572.46
COPE10.425518.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DIXIE0.242352500.0000
MELTON0.242351807.2289
QUINCEY0.242351470.5882
FREAR0.24235800.0000
SHEFFIELD0.24235406.5041
RAWSON0.24235350.1946
ROWELL0.24235292.6829
BRIGGS0.24235203.7618
CHEW0.24235166.6667
BEESLEY0.24235158.7302
STAFFORD0.24235120.0000
LANGLEY0.24235116.2791
TANSLEY0.24235114.9425
GROOM0.2423591.1854
MAYES0.2423588.4956
LANGRIDGE0.2423572.4638
TUCKER0.2423553.8462
OLIVER0.2423541.7661
HULL0.2423540.7332
DAVISON0.2423535.7143
HOLLIS0.2423530.7692
JOLLY0.2423530.0300
JARVIS0.2423528.4360
PORTER0.2423528.3607
ROE0.2423521.8341
RAY0.2423521.5054
BLAND0.2423520.5339
LONG0.2423519.6721
FIELDING0.2423519.0476
COPE0.2423518.8324
SPENCER0.2423518.6480
WILSON0.2423515.7509
HARDING0.2423511.7578
THORPE0.2423510.7643
FREEMAN0.242356.6622
ALLEN0.242354.5055
CLARK0.242352.8317
SMITH0.242352.4110
HILL0.242351.6708

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 235 people called DIXIE in Wadenhoe 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 2500.0000 in Wadenhoe means that 2500.0000% of the people in Wadenhoe on census day were called DIXIE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Wadenhoe in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  BEESLEY (3)  BLAND (1)  BOYDON (1)  BRIGGS (26)  BRITTEL (2)  CURRALL (1)  CATTERMOULE (5)  CHEW (2)  CLARK (2)  COPE (1)  DAVISON (3)  STIMPSON ((DAVISON)) (2)  DIXIE (3)  ELDERKISS (2)  FELLOWES (1)  FIELDING (1)  FREEMAN (1)  FREAR (2)  GILBY (3)  GROOM (3)  HARDING (2)  HILL (1)  HOLLIS (1)  HULL (2)  JARVIS (3)  JOLLY (1)  LANGLEY (6)  LANGRIDGE (1)  LONG (3)  MAYES (2)  MYLAND (1)  MELTON (15)  MOREHEN (31)  OLIVER (7)  PERKINGS (6)  PORTER (5)  QUINCEY (5)  RAY (1)  RAWSON (9)  ROE (1)  ROWELL (6)  SHEFFIELD (5)  SMITH (8)  SPEECHLEY (10)  SPENCER (4)  STAFFORD (6)  TANSLEY (1)  THORPE (1)  TUCKER (7)  WILSON (17)