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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Geddington, Northamptonshire

Geddington 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
MOORE303.393716.97
POTTER273.054347.10
PATRICK242.7149136.29
RIPPIN242.71491,791.04
LEE242.714916.61
PALMER222.488721.11
CRICK212.3756396.98
WOOD202.26247.10
COOPER192.14938.84
HIPWELL171.92311,111.11
ALLSOP161.8100176.21
CHAPMAN161.810012.74
KYLE141.5837285.13
WHITE111.24433.87
AGER111.2443317.92
HOLDING111.2443140.31
ASHLEY111.244374.37
TURNER101.13124.06
PARKER101.13125.95
FREEMAN101.131217.71
DIX101.1312114.55
CLARK101.13123.76
WINSOR91.0181338.35
HOWE91.018125.93
WALPOLE91.0181258.62
DOBSON91.018123.08
SLOUGH91.01811,046.51
TOWELL91.0181358.57
NICHOLS91.018131.25
WATERS80.905022.52
RAWSON80.905082.90
PENN80.9050100.25
LAWSON80.905015.35
COX70.79195.22
CLARKE70.79193.91
ANDREWS70.79198.26
JONES70.79190.70
ORAM70.7919101.60
HANCOCK70.791917.40
SHEFFIELD70.7919150.86
RABY70.7919165.09
HUGHES60.67872.42
ROBINSON60.67872.13
COOKE60.678712.30
FAULKNER60.678725.05
BAILEY60.67874.51
NORTON60.678720.42
HAWKES60.678742.08
DOWNS50.565631.81
SMITH50.56560.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RIPPIN0.888841791.0448
HIPWELL0.888841111.1111
BENNER0.888841111.1111
SLOUGH0.888841046.5116
KILBOURNE0.88884666.6667
MABBOTT0.88884505.0505
CRICK0.88884396.9754
TOWELL0.88884358.5657
WINSOR0.88884338.3459
AGER0.88884317.9191
KYLE0.88884285.1324
WALPOLE0.88884258.6207
HAMES0.88884200.0000
ALLSOP0.88884176.2115
PANTER0.88884166.6667
RABY0.88884165.0943
SHEFFIELD0.88884150.8621
HOLDING0.88884140.3061
PATRICK0.88884136.2862
DIX0.88884114.5475
FREESTONE0.88884105.2632
REDHEAD0.88884104.1667
ORAM0.88884101.5965
PENN0.88884100.2506
CORBY0.8888497.0874
DICKS0.8888492.5926
RAWSON0.8888482.9016
CORNWELL0.8888478.5855
ASHLEY0.8888474.3746
GARFIELD0.8888471.4286
POTTER0.8888447.0958
DUNKLEY0.8888442.6136
HAWKES0.8888442.0757
FLAVELL0.8888437.8788
PAIN0.8888437.7834
BUTTLER0.8888437.4532
CLOW0.8888437.4532
COLLYER0.8888436.5631
ROLLINGS0.8888436.4964
TOWNLEY0.8888435.9066
TILLEY0.8888434.4531
MALIN0.8888434.1297
RIPPON0.8888432.4675
DOWNS0.8888431.8066
NUTT0.8888431.2989
NICHOLS0.8888431.2500
HOWE0.8888425.9291
FAULKNER0.8888425.0522
LILLEY0.8888424.5098
DOBSON0.8888423.0828

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 884 people called RIPPIN in Geddington 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 1791.0448 in Geddington means that 1791.0448% of the people in Geddington on census day were called RIPPIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RIPPIN 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 RIPPIN 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 RIPPIN 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 RIPPIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.88 in Geddington means that you are 0.88 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RIPPIN in Geddington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Geddington in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  AFFORD (1)  AGER (11)  ALLEN (1)  ALENSON (1)  ALLSOPP (4)  ALLSOP (16)  ANDREWS (7)  ARCHER (2)  ASHLEY (11)  BAILEY (6)  BAINES (2)  BALDWIN (1)  BARRATT (4)  BARRATS (2)  BELL (2)  BENNER (5)  BINLEY (6)  BRAMPTON (1)  BROWN (2)  BURROWS (1)  BUTTLER (1)  CHANNON (1)  CHAPMAN (16)  CLARK (10)  CLARKE (7)  CLIFFORD (4)  CLIPSON (32)  CLIPSTONE (10)  CLIPSTON (2)  CLOW (1)  COBLEY (6)  COLEMAN (1)  COLLYER (2)  COOKE (6)  COOK (4)  COOPER (19)  CORBY (3)  CORNWELL (4)  COX (7)  CRICK (21)  CROOT (4)  DAINTY (24)  DICKS (4)  DIX (10)  DOBSON (9)  DOWNS (5)  DUNKLEY (3)  ELSOM (1)  FAULKNER (6)  FLAVELL (1)  FREEMAN (10)  FREESTONE (4)  GARFIELD (1)  GIBSON (5)  GILBY (2)  GOODWIN (1)  GRAY (1)  GROVES (2)  HAMES (5)  HANCOCK (7)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (1)  HARES (1)  HAWKES (6)  HEPTON (5)  HIPWELL (17)  HOBBS (1)  HOLDING (11)  HOWE (9)  HUGHES (6)  JONES (7)  KENNETT (1)  KILBOURNE (2)  NUTT (2)  KNOWLES (1)  KYLE (14)  LATHALL (2)  LAUNDON (3)  LAWSON (8)  LEE (24)  LAY (1)  LEWIN (1)  LEWIS (1)  LILLEY (3)  LORT (4)  LOWE (1)  LYGO (1)  MABBOTT (5)  MALIN (1)  MAPLEY (3)  MILLER (3)  MOORE (30)  NAMEGAH (2)  NICHOLS (9)  NORTON (6)  ORAM (7)  PANTER (5)  PALMER (22)  PARKER (10)  PATRICK (24)  PAIN (3)  PENN (8)  PIDDINGTON (5)  POTTER (27)  RABY (7)  RAWSON (8)  REDHEAD (5)  REID (3)  RICE (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIPPIN (24)  RIPPON (1)  ROBINSON (6)  RUFFY (1)  RALPH (1)  ROLLINGS (1)  RUSSELL (2)  SADDINGTON (3)  SCHELLHAM (1)  SHARP (2)  SHATFORD (4)  SHEFFIELD (7)  SHORTLAND (2)  SKELHAM (9)  SKILHAM (1)  SLOUGH (9)  SLOW (8)  SMITH (5)  SPENCER (1)  STUART (1)  SWAN (2)  SYKES (3)  THOMPSON (4)  THREADGOLD (1)  TILLEY (4)  TEBBUTT (1)  TOWELL (9)  TOSELAND (1)  TOWNLEY (2)  TURNER (10)  TWIGDON (2)  UNDERHILL (1)  WADSWORTH (2)  WALPOLE (9)  WATERS (8)  WEBSTER (2)  WETHERALL (7)  WHITE (11)  WINSOR (9)  WOOD (20)  WORMLEIGHTON (5)  WAITE (2)