Top surnames from the 1881 census in Walgrave, Northamptonshire

Walgrave 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
SMITH457.46275.29
BARRITT376.13602,341.77
DEACON376.1360361.33
KNIGHT345.638545.74
LINNELL315.14102,279.41
WALDEN304.9751678.73
DUNMORE274.47762,389.38
WILLS223.6484122.02
LITCHFIELD213.4826850.20
GIBSON152.487620.49
WALKER132.15596.44
KIMBELL121.99003,870.97
DICKINS111.8242495.50
COLES101.658447.60
NORTON101.658449.88
JUDKINS101.65841,886.79
BLUNDELL91.4925126.76
HORN81.326758.39
HIPWELL81.3267761.90
YORKE81.3267414.51
WORTH71.1609129.15
ELLIOTT71.160913.68
DUNKLEY71.1609145.83
COLLINS71.16098.09
MABBOTT71.16091,044.78
MUNDEN60.9950588.24
BROWN60.99501.51
RICHARDSON60.99505.85
ABBOTT50.829218.80
HEATH50.829216.70
KITCHEN50.829248.69
BRITTEN50.8292208.33
DIGBY50.8292160.26
YORK50.829262.74
HIGHAM40.663365.04
ARTHUR40.663330.44
BLUNT40.663382.14
LOVE30.497520.99
SARGEANT30.497563.16
LAWRENCE30.49757.66
WALDON30.4975454.55
WIGLEY30.497578.53
HILL30.49751.95
NICHOLLS30.49759.53
HOLMAN30.497535.05
GOODMAN20.331711.37
WILKES20.331719.14
EMERSON20.331747.85
MEE20.331743.67
HOLT20.33174.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KIMBELL0.606033870.9677
DUNMORE0.606032389.3805
BARRITT0.606032341.7722
LINNELL0.606032279.4118
JUDKINS0.606031886.7925
MABBOTT0.606031044.7761
LITCHFIELD0.60603850.2024
HIPWELL0.60603761.9048
WELDEN0.60603714.2857
WALDEN0.60603678.7330
MUNDEN0.60603588.2353
DICKINS0.60603495.4955
WALDON0.60603454.5455
YORKE0.60603414.5078
DEACON0.60603361.3281
BIRCHER0.60603270.2703
LANT0.60603250.0000
BRITTEN0.60603208.3333
ELLSON0.60603200.0000
DIGBY0.60603160.2564
DUNKLEY0.60603145.8333
WORTH0.60603129.1513
BLUNDELL0.60603126.7606
WILLS0.60603122.0189
PEARCY0.6060387.7193
BLUNT0.6060382.1355
WIGLEY0.6060378.5340
HIGHAM0.6060365.0407
SARGEANT0.6060363.1579
YORK0.6060362.7353
HORN0.6060358.3942
KEMPTON0.6060357.8035
NORTON0.6060349.8753
TARRY0.6060349.7512
KITCHEN0.6060348.6855
EMERSON0.6060347.8469
COLES0.6060347.5964
KNIGHT0.6060345.7420
MEE0.6060343.6681
HOLMAN0.6060335.0467
ARTHUR0.6060330.4414
WILLETT0.6060321.0526
LOVE0.6060320.9937
GIBSON0.6060320.4918
SEATON0.6060319.6078
WILKES0.6060319.1388
ROWELL0.6060318.9753
ABBOTT0.6060318.8041
HEATH0.6060316.7001
CHERRY0.6060316.2075

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 603 people called KIMBELL in Walgrave 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 3870.9677 in Walgrave means that 3870.9677% of the people in Walgrave on census day were called KIMBELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KIMBELL 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 KIMBELL 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 KIMBELL 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 KIMBELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.60 in Walgrave means that you are 0.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KIMBELL in Walgrave than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Walgrave in 1881

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

ABBOTT (5)  ARTHUR (4)  BARRITT (37)  BARRETT (1)  BEEBY (1)  BLUNDELL (9)  BLUNT (4)  BRITTEN (5)  BROWN (6)  BIRCHER (1)  CHERRY (1)  CLAY (1)  COLES (10)  COLLINS (7)  DEACON (37)  DICKINS (11)  DIGBY (5)  DUNKLEY (7)  DUNMORE (27)  EATON (1)  ELLIOTT (7)  ELLSON (2)  EMERSON (2)  EVANS (1)  FRECKNALL (9)  GIBSON (15)  GOODMAN (2)  GREEN (2)  HEATH (5)  HIGHAM (4)  HILL (3)  HIPWELL (8)  HOLMAN (3)  HOLT (2)  HORN (8)  ENGLISH (1)  JACQUEST (12)  JAMES (2)  JUDKINS (10)  KIMBELL (12)  KIMBELS (7)  KEMPTON (1)  KITCHEN (5)  KNIGHT (34)  LANT (1)  LAWRENCE (3)  LINNELL (31)  LITCHFIELD (21)  LOVE (3)  MABBOTT (7)  MEE (2)  MUNDEN (6)  NICHOLLS (3)  NORTON (10)  NOWN (3)  PEARCY (1)  RADBURN (2)  RICE (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWELL (1)  SARGEANT (3)  SEATON (1)  SMITH (45)  STEANES (2)  TARRY (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (1)  THORPE (1)  TOESLAND (1)  TULLAND (6)  WALDON (3)  WALDEN (30)  WALKER (13)  WARD (1)  WARDLE (1)  WELDEN (1)  WIGLEY (3)  WILKES (2)  WILLETT (1)  WILLS (22)  WORTH (7)  WRIGHTING (4)  YORK (5)  YORKE (8)