Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashley, Northamptonshire

Ashley 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
TIMSON279.12162,934.78
FREESTONE248.10811,889.76
STAFFORD186.0811285.71
BERRY134.391955.34
CRAIN103.37843,571.43
EDGLEY103.37842,127.66
HALL82.70279.19
HERBERT72.364963.29
EMERY72.3649108.36
WARD72.364910.83
SLATER72.364939.06
TELL72.36494,666.67
WOODCOCK51.689259.17
TAYLOR51.68922.64
OUSLEY51.68924,166.67
NEAL51.689257.08
BELTON51.6892314.47
HARDING51.689223.34
FLETCHER41.351411.84
MARLOW41.3514114.94
GRAY41.35149.47
KIRBY41.351435.62
HAMMOND31.013517.80
CHASE31.0135181.82
WALKER31.01353.03
PERKINS31.013522.54
FOSTER31.01357.58
CLEAVER31.0135119.52
BUSBY31.013596.15
SMITH31.01350.72
NOON20.675793.90
LETTS20.6757198.02
SHAW20.67573.68
ELLIOTT20.67577.96
RIDDLE20.675781.30
NASH20.675714.65
BARKER20.67575.16
WADE20.675716.88
GREENFIELD20.675760.79
BENTLEY10.33787.99
SHIERS10.3378454.55
MONK10.337816.08
ATKINSON10.33783.47
ROWELL10.337838.76
GREEN10.33781.20
PRINCE10.337814.95
KENDAL10.337886.96
BROWN10.33780.51
HULBERT10.337861.73
WEBB10.33782.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACHLIN0.302965000.0000
TELL0.302964666.6667
OUSLEY0.302964166.6667
CRAIN0.302963571.4286
TIMSON0.302962934.7826
EDGLEY0.302962127.6596
FREESTONE0.302961889.7638
SEAWELL0.302961666.6667
ORRIS0.30296714.2857
CLEAVES0.30296666.6667
SHIERS0.30296454.5455
BELTON0.30296314.4654
STAFFORD0.30296285.7143
LETTS0.30296198.0198
CHASE0.30296181.8182
CLEAVER0.30296119.5219
MARLOW0.30296114.9425
REDSHAW0.30296113.6364
EMERY0.30296108.3591
BUSBY0.3029696.1538
NOON0.3029693.8967
KENDAL0.3029686.9565
RIDDLE0.3029681.3008
HERBERT0.3029663.2911
HULBERT0.3029661.7284
GREENFIELD0.3029660.7903
WOODCOCK0.3029659.1716
NEAL0.3029657.0776
BERRY0.3029655.3427
HARRISS0.3029651.8135
SLATER0.3029639.0625
ROWELL0.3029638.7597
KIRBY0.3029635.6189
HOLMAN0.3029623.8095
HARDING0.3029623.3427
PERKINS0.3029622.5394
FARROW0.3029618.0180
HAMMOND0.3029617.8042
SLADE0.3029616.9492
WADE0.3029616.8776
MONK0.3029616.0772
PRINCE0.3029614.9477
NASH0.3029614.6520
FLETCHER0.3029611.8378
WARD0.3029610.8259
GRAY0.302969.4652
WARNER0.302969.2678
HALL0.302969.1870
THORPE0.302968.5470
BENTLEY0.302967.9872

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 296 people called MACHLIN in Ashley 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 5000.0000 in Ashley means that 5000.0000% of the people in Ashley on census day were called MACHLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACHLIN 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 MACHLIN 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 MACHLIN 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 MACHLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Ashley means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACHLIN in Ashley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashley in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BARKER (2)  BELTON (5)  BENTLEY (1)  BERRY (13)  BROUITT (1)  BROWN (1)  BUSBY (3)  CARRISS (5)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHASE (3)  CLEAVES (1)  CLEAVER (3)  CRAIN (10)  DRAKELEY (3)  EDGLEY (10)  ELLIOTT (2)  EMERY (7)  FARROW (1)  FLETCHER (4)  FORD (1)  FOSTER (3)  FREESTONE (24)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (4)  GREEN (1)  GREENFIELD (2)  GROOCOCK (2)  HALL (8)  HAMMOND (3)  HARDING (5)  HARRISS (1)  HERBERT (7)  HOLMAN (1)  HULBERT (1)  JONES (1)  KEMP (1)  KENDAL (1)  KIRBY (4)  LAMBERT (1)  LETTS (2)  MARLOW (4)  MACHLIN (1)  MONK (1)  NASH (2)  NEAL (5)  NOON (2)  ORRIS (1)  OUSLEY (5)  PARKER (1)  PERKINS (3)  PIDMORE (1)  POTTERTON (3)  PRINCE (1)  REDSHAW (1)  RIDDLE (2)  ROWELL (1)  SEAWELL (1)  SHAW (2)  SHIERS (1)  SLADE (1)  SLATER (7)  SLOW (1)  SMITH (3)  STAFFORD (18)  TAILBY (13)  TAYLOR (5)  TELL (7)  THORPE (1)  TIMSON (27)  TEBBITT (1)  VENDY (1)  WADE (2)  WALKER (3)  WARD (7)  WARNER (1)  WEBB (1)  WIGNELL (2)  WOODCOCK (5)  YOULE (1)