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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Easton, Northamptonshire

Easton 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
WOODWARD474.742796.13
HILL404.036315.85
JACKSON313.128211.19
PORTER222.220029.59
PERKINS202.018244.86
EXTON171.7154512.05
RAYSON171.7154598.59
HARRISON171.71547.73
WALTER161.6145105.40
HUBBARD151.513662.27
JOYCE141.412757.52
CHAPMAN141.41279.95
STANCER141.41272,800.00
GILBERT131.311823.03
BRITTAIN131.3118169.71
GARNER131.311841.51
DEXTER121.2109164.84
CHAPPELL121.210971.81
IRELAND121.210952.17
MANTON111.1100260.05
HUTCHINS111.1100109.89
BRANIGAN111.11001,594.20
POLLARD90.908224.90
DUNN90.908210.92
PINDER90.908275.38
TYLER90.908230.76
CUNNINGTON90.9082220.59
COLLIN80.8073155.04
HENSON80.807368.85
MERRITT80.8073114.94
HULL80.807338.63
TAYLOR60.60540.95
HAND60.605450.46
GREENWOOD60.60547.80
DYE60.605491.19
FORD60.60546.22
ELLIS60.60544.17
MITCHELL60.60542.98
GREEN60.60542.15
ARCHER50.504512.20
LEY50.5045115.47
COX50.50453.33
ADKINS50.504577.52
PHILLIPS50.50452.82
PEACH50.504546.64
COOKE50.50459.14
MORRIS50.50452.27
BIRD50.50456.60
NAYLOR50.504513.39
KIRK50.504511.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STANCER0.999912800.0000
BRANIGAN0.999911594.2029
DUNCOMB0.99991909.0909
BREWEN0.99991909.0909
RAYSON0.99991598.5915
EXTON0.99991512.0482
WEED0.99991303.0303
TROWELL0.99991266.6667
MANTON0.99991260.0473
CUNNINGTON0.99991220.5882
TRUELOVE0.99991172.4138
BRITTAIN0.99991169.7128
DEXTER0.99991164.8352
COLLIN0.99991155.0388
HANSELL0.99991150.7538
MCLAREN0.99991119.0476
RIPPON0.99991115.9420
LEY0.99991115.4734
MERRITT0.99991114.9425
HUTCHINS0.99991109.8901
WALTER0.99991105.4018
WOODWARD0.9999196.1342
DYE0.9999191.1854
TOWLER0.9999190.4977
HARRIMAN0.9999178.7402
ADKINS0.9999177.5194
PINDER0.9999175.3769
BELTON0.9999175.0469
PRIDMORE0.9999172.9927
MILFORD0.9999171.9424
CHAPPELL0.9999171.8133
FRISBY0.9999169.9301
HENSON0.9999168.8468
BLISSETT0.9999168.4932
ELSEY0.9999165.5738
RHOADES0.9999162.5000
HUBBARD0.9999162.2665
BARTRAM0.9999161.0998
SNEATH0.9999157.8035
JOYCE0.9999157.5185
HALFORD0.9999154.2005
IRELAND0.9999152.1739
HAND0.9999150.4626
PEACH0.9999146.6418
CARLEY0.9999145.0450
PERKINS0.9999144.8632
ARDEN0.9999142.0168
GARNER0.9999141.5070
WALDEN0.9999141.3223
HULL0.9999138.6287

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 991 people called STANCER in Easton 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 2800.0000 in Easton means that 2800.0000% of the people in Easton on census day were called STANCER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STANCER 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 STANCER 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 STANCER 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 STANCER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.99 in Easton means that you are 0.99 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STANCER in Easton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Easton in 1881

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

ADKINS (5)  ALLEN (1)  ALOSE (5)  ANDREWS (2)  ARCHER (5)  ARDEN (1)  BAGOT (5)  BAKER (3)  BALL (2)  BAMBER (1)  BARBER (1)  BARR (1)  BARTRAM (3)  BEASLEY (2)  BELL (5)  BELTON (4)  BERRIDGE (2)  BIRD (5)  BLACK (1)  BLACKWELL (2)  BLISS (1)  BLISSETT (1)  BOBY (1)  BONNER (2)  BOWDER (8)  BRADBURY (3)  BRADSHAW (2)  BRANIGAN (11)  BRAY (1)  BREWEN (1)  BRITTAIN (13)  BROWETT (4)  BULLIMORE (11)  BURTON (1)  BUTLER (1)  BUTTERWORTH (1)  CARLEY (1)  CARTER (1)  CASTERTON (1)  CHAPMAN (14)  CHAPPELL (12)  CLARE (2)  COLE (1)  COLLIN (8)  COLLINS (2)  COOKE (5)  COX (5)  CULPIN (12)  CUNNINGTON (9)  DAINTY (7)  DAY (2)  DYE (6)  DENCER (1)  DEXTER (12)  DICKENS (1)  DIXON (4)  DOLBY (1)  DRING (8)  DUNCOMB (4)  DUNN (9)  DUTTON (1)  ELLIOTT (3)  ELLIS (6)  ELSEY (2)  EXTON (17)  FORD (6)  FORDEM (2)  FOSTER (2)  FRANKLIN (1)  FREEMAN (4)  FRISBY (3)  GARNER (13)  GARFIT (3)  JAY (3)  GILBERT (13)  GODESON (4)  GOODLIFFE (3)  GOODWIN (3)  GREEN (6)  GREENWOOD (6)  GREGORY (1)  HADMAN (1)  HALFORD (4)  HALL OR HULL (4)  HAND (6)  HANSELL (3)  HANDSLEY (1)  HARRIMAN (2)  HARRIS (4)  HARRISON (17)  HAYES (1)  HAYDON (1)  HEATHCOTE (1)  HEBBITT (2)  HEFFORD (3)  HENSON (8)  HEWERDINE (3)  HIGGS (4)  HIGHAM (3)  HILL (40)  HOLMES (3)  HOWELL (3)  HUBBARD (15)  HULL (8)  HUTCHINS (11)  INCHLEY (2)  IRELAND (12)  JACKSON (31)  JENVEY (2)  JOYCE (14)  KENDALL (3)  KETTLE (3)  KIRBY (3)  KIRK (5)  KISSBEE (3)  LEY (5)  LEETON (1)  LOMAS (2)  LONDON (1)  LOWETH (1)  LUMBY (2)  MADDISON (3)  MEADWELL (19)  MANTON (11)  MERRITT (8)  MASON (1)  MCLAREN (1)  MILFORD (2)  MITCHELL (6)  MORRIS (5)  MUNTON (1)  MUNN (1)  KNAPP (1)  NAYLOR (5)  NEWBON (18)  NEWTON (4)  PACE (1)  PACEY (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (1)  PATRICK (2)  PEACH (5)  PEAKE (1)  PEASGOOD (8)  PECKHAVEN (1)  PERKINS (20)  PHILLIPS (5)  PILKINGTON (2)  PINDER (9)  PLOWRIGHT (3)  POLLARD (9)  PAWLETT (2)  PORTER (22)  PRENTICE (1)  PRIDMORE (2)  READING (2)  RAYSON (17)  REDMILL OR REDMILE (16)  RIMMINGTON (3)  RHOADES (1)  RIPPON (4)  ROBINSON (1)  ROYLE (1)  SADLER (1)  SANDERS (4)  SCOTT (1)  SHORTHOSE (3)  SISMEY (5)  SISMORE (2)  SHELTON (1)  SMITH (3)  SNEATH (1)  SPADEMAN (4)  SPRIGGS (1)  SPRINGTHORPE (3)  STANCER (14)  STEAD (1)  STOKES (1)  STRICKLAND (2)  STILES (2)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (3)  TODD (2)  TOWLER (4)  TRASLER (2)  TRAYFORD (6)  TROWELL (4)  TRUELOVE (3)  TURNER (2)  TYERS (2)  TYLER (9)  WEED (2)  WEED? (1)  WALDEN (3)  WALKER (1)  WALTER (16)  WARD (1)  WATKINS (1)  WEEKS (1)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLOUGHBY (2)  WISE (3)  WOODS (3)  WOODWARD (47)  WILLEY (2)