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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Byfield, Northamptonshire

Byfield 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
SMITH455.67474.02
EYLES364.5397983.61
MAYCOCK324.0353869.57
GARDNER313.909257.59
STEEL263.278780.45
LAURENCE172.1438150.84
ALLEN172.143811.35
LORD141.765438.29
HOWES141.7654101.01
MARLOW131.6393139.63
SEWELL131.639377.57
DOUGLAS121.513231.23
BROOKS121.513215.48
STANTON111.387169.58
BACHELOR111.3871964.91
HARTWELL111.3871337.42
TURNER101.26104.53
THORNTON101.261025.08
BURBRIDGE91.1349328.47
BRADSHAW91.134927.63
BULL91.134926.84
BUDD81.008879.44
HAMMOND81.008817.72
GIBBS81.008820.53
BROMLEY81.008865.52
RUSSELL70.88277.23
NEWCOMB70.8827374.33
HIRONS70.8827274.51
BRIGHTWELL70.8827424.24
PROBERT70.8827112.00
WILLSON70.882778.65
GIBBARD70.8827366.49
ROBINSON60.75662.37
BUSH60.756630.64
BURBIDGE60.7566222.22
JOHNSON60.75662.25
BRISTOW50.630546.60
ADAMS50.63054.28
WATKINS50.630510.40
HUTT50.6305147.06
PLUMMER50.630547.21
TOWNSEND50.630514.85
JEFFS50.630580.52
FLOWERS50.630577.76
CLARIDGE50.6305108.46
DEVONSHIRE50.6305354.61
WATTS50.63057.52
MARSHALL50.63053.76
CLEAVER50.630574.40
BOTTOMLEY40.504430.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEWALL0.797932000.0000
EYLES0.79793983.6066
BACHELOR0.79793964.9123
MAYCOCK0.79793869.5652
BRIGHTWELL0.79793424.2424
NEWCOMB0.79793374.3316
GIBBARD0.79793366.4921
DEVONSHIRE0.79793354.6099
HARTWELL0.79793337.4233
BURBRIDGE0.79793328.4672
CARVEL0.79793312.5000
COLIN0.79793277.7778
BUSTIN0.79793277.7778
HIRONS0.79793274.5098
NEEDLE0.79793243.9024
BURBIDGE0.79793222.2222
LAURENCE0.79793150.8429
HUTT0.79793147.0588
MARLOW0.79793139.6348
HATT0.79793117.6471
PROBERT0.79793112.0000
BAND0.79793110.4972
CLARIDGE0.79793108.4599
FOSKETT0.79793107.5269
WIGGIN0.79793104.1667
HOWES0.79793101.0101
BEW0.7979390.9091
STOCKLEY0.7979387.7193
CAPELL0.7979384.0336
JEFFS0.7979380.5153
STEEL0.7979380.4455
BUDD0.7979379.4439
WILLSON0.7979378.6517
FLOWERS0.7979377.7605
SEWELL0.7979377.5656
CLEAVER0.7979374.4048
STANTON0.7979369.5762
MORREY0.7979366.6667
BROMLEY0.7979365.5201
GARDNER0.7979357.5887
TEW0.7979357.4713
WINTERTON0.7979355.2486
SEDGWICK0.7979352.0833
LUCKETT0.7979350.5051
HUTCHINS0.7979349.9376
PLUMMER0.7979347.2144
BRISTOW0.7979346.5983
GITTINS0.7979340.8998
TREVOR0.7979340.6504
LORD0.7979338.2932

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 793 people called SEWALL in Byfield 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 2000.0000 in Byfield means that 2000.0000% of the people in Byfield on census day were called SEWALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEWALL 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 SEWALL 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 SEWALL 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 SEWALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.79 in Byfield means that you are 0.79 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEWALL in Byfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Byfield in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ADKINS (1)  ALLEN (17)  ANTHONY (1)  ARTHUR (1)  BILHAM (5)  BAND (2)  BARNES (1)  BASELY (1)  BACHELOR (11)  BEW (1)  FOSTER OR BILLINGHAM (2)  BILLSON (1)  BLACKWELL (1)  BLISS (1)  BOTTOMLEY (4)  BRADSHAW (9)  BRIGHTWELL (7)  BRISTOW (5)  BROMLEY (8)  BROOKS (12)  BROWN (3)  BUCKLEY (3)  BUDD (8)  BULL (9)  BURBRIDGE (9)  BURBIDGE (6)  BUSBY (1)  BUSH (6)  BUSTIN (2)  CARVEL (1)  CHANDLER (1)  CAPELL (1)  CLARIDGE (5)  CLARKE (2)  CLEAVER (5)  COLE (4)  COLIN (1)  COOPER (1)  COTTON (1)  CRADDOCK (1)  CURGENVEN (7)  CURTIS (2)  DANDO (1)  DANIEL (1)  DEVONSHIRE (5)  DODD (3)  DOUGLAS (12)  DRURY (3)  DURY (4)  EYLES (36)  EAYLES (2)  EDMUNDS (1)  ELKINTON (2)  ELLIMAN (4)  FABLING (1)  FAREBROTHER (1)  FANCOTT (5)  FENEMORE (4)  FLOWERS (5)  FOSKETT (2)  FOSKET (FOSKETT) (8)  FOWKE (5)  FRANKLIN (1)  FREEMAN (3)  FRENCH (1)  GARDNER (31)  GARE (4)  GARRATT (1)  GEAR (1)  GEORGE (1)  GIBBARD (7)  GIBBS (8)  GITTINS (2)  GOLBY (1)  GRANT (1)  HAMMOND (8)  HANCOCK (1)  HARTWELL (11)  HATT (2)  HAWKINS (2)  HENSHER (2)  HIGGINS (3)  HIRONS (7)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HOLDOM (2)  HOLDEN (1)  HOPLEY (3)  HOWES (14)  HUGHES (1)  HUTCHINS (4)  HUTT (5)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFS (5)  JELLY (5)  JINKS (1)  JOHNSON (6)  JONES (1)  KERROD (4)  KINGSTON (2)  KNIBB (1)  LAKE (1)  LAURENCE (17)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEOTTE (1)  LINES (3)  LOVSEY (5)  FLOYD (2)  LORD (14)  LOVELL (3)  LUCKETT (1)  MARLOW (13)  MARSHALL (5)  MASON (4)  MASTERS (2)  MAUDE (8)  MAYCOCK (32)  MILES (1)  MORREY (1)  NEEDLE (2)  NEWCOMB (7)  NEWCOMBS (1)  OWEN (1)  PENN (1)  PLUMMER (5)  POTTER (2)  PROBERT (7)  REED (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBINSON (6)  RUSSELL (7)  SAULL (4)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVAGE (2)  SEDGWICK (3)  SEWELL (13)  SEWALL (2)  SHARPE (2)  SHAW (1)  SCEAR (2)  SKINNER (1)  SMALLBONES (1)  SMITH (45)  SOUTHAM (1)  STANTON (11)  STEEL (26)  STEVENS (1)  STOCKLEY (3)  STYLES (1)  TEW (2)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNTON (10)  TOMALIN (9)  TOWNSEND (5)  TREVOR (1)  TURLAND (3)  TURNER (10)  TURVEY (1)  UPSTON (1)  WADSWORTH (1)  WARD (1)  WATKINS (5)  WATTS (5)  WEBB (3)  WEST (2)  WHITMILL (9)  WIGGINS (2)  WIGGIN (1)  WILLS (1)  WILLSON (7)  WINTERTON (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YORK (1)