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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gretton, Northamptonshire

Gretton 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
COLES465.5090158.13
BOON445.2695562.66
WYMAN333.95211,823.20
SMITH313.71262.63
GOODE222.6347203.52
WARNER202.395265.70
LENTON202.3952479.62
SPENDLOVE202.39521,562.50
PRIDMORE202.3952865.80
SPENCE192.275468.79
BARWELL182.1557694.98
LATIMER161.9162498.44
WOOLEY141.6766262.17
POLLARD121.437139.41
LEE121.43718.79
INGRAM111.317443.14
CHAPMAN111.31749.28
COLEMAN101.197624.03
FOSTER101.19768.96
SPICER91.077880.14
WOODCOCK91.077837.77
BARROW80.958145.22
HOLMAN80.958167.51
WOOTTON80.9581105.54
FREER70.8383151.84
LANGLEY70.838338.21
KNAPP70.8383123.02
GARDEN70.8383200.57
RICHMOND70.838338.27
KNIGHT70.83836.80
ADDISON60.718651.90
BREWSTER60.718674.17
HERD60.718697.88
ROACH50.598840.65
WHITWORTH50.598835.84
PRUDEN50.5988781.25
BRUCE50.598812.78
HUMPHRY50.5988193.05
WATERFIELD50.5988145.35
HALL50.59882.04
LOVEDAY50.598898.04
CROSS50.59888.70
GALE50.598819.98
BRIGGS50.598811.03
MEARS50.598863.53
CRAFFORD50.59883,846.15
MORRIS40.47902.15
BINDER40.4790404.04
JINKS40.4790114.29
NORTHERN40.4790701.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CRAFFORD0.848353846.1538
WYMAN0.848351823.2044
SPENDLOVE0.848351562.5000
LATIMORE0.848351538.4615
TEMPLER0.84835869.5652
PRIDMORE0.84835865.8009
PRUDEN0.84835781.2500
NORTHERN0.84835701.7544
BARWELL0.84835694.9807
HASTING0.84835588.2353
BOON0.84835562.6598
LATIMER0.84835498.4424
LENTON0.84835479.6163
BINDER0.84835404.0404
WOOLEY0.84835262.1723
CHARITY0.84835204.0816
GOODE0.84835203.5153
GARDEN0.84835200.5731
HUMPHRY0.84835193.0502
STANGER0.84835190.4762
COLES0.84835158.1299
FREER0.84835151.8438
WATERFIELD0.84835145.3488
KNAPP0.84835123.0228
CROXTON0.84835121.9512
JINKS0.84835114.2857
SATCHELL0.84835105.8201
WOOTTON0.84835105.5409
LOVEDAY0.8483598.0392
HERD0.8483597.8793
SPICER0.8483580.1425
LAXTON0.8483578.7402
BREWSTER0.8483574.1656
COLWELL0.8483573.8007
SPENCE0.8483568.7907
HOLMAN0.8483567.5105
WARNER0.8483565.7030
MEARS0.8483563.5324
ADDISON0.8483551.9031
ROOKE0.8483548.7013
SPRIGGS0.8483548.1928
BRINDLEY0.8483547.0219
BARROW0.8483545.2233
INGRAM0.8483543.1373
JACQUES0.8483542.3729
ROACH0.8483540.6504
POLLARD0.8483539.4089
ALMOND0.8483538.6473
RICHMOND0.8483538.2723
LANGLEY0.8483538.2096

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 835 people called CRAFFORD in Gretton 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 3846.1538 in Gretton means that 3846.1538% of the people in Gretton on census day were called CRAFFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CRAFFORD 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 CRAFFORD 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 CRAFFORD 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 CRAFFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.84 in Gretton means that you are 0.84 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CRAFFORD in Gretton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gretton in 1881

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

AUBERY (1)  ADDISON (6)  ALMOND (4)  EANOR (1)  BAMFORD (3)  BARKER (3)  BARNES (1)  BARWELL (18)  BATES (4)  BINDER (4)  BOON (44)  BRANSON (1)  BREWSTER (6)  BRIGGS (5)  BRINDLEY (3)  BROUGHTON (2)  BROWN (2)  BRUCE (5)  BARROW (8)  BUSBY (2)  COLWELL (2)  CAMP (1)  CARR (2)  CASS (1)  CHAMBERS (4)  CHAPMAN (11)  CHARITY (2)  CHEATLE (3)  CLARK (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLIPSON (17)  COLES (46)  COLEMAN (10)  COOK (4)  COOKE (1)  CORRALL (1)  CRAFFORD (5)  CROSS (5)  CRAXFORD (11)  CROXTON (1)  DALE (1)  DARKER (1)  DARLOW (1)  DENNES (1)  DEXTER (2)  DIXON (1)  ESSAM (1)  FOODE (5)  FOSTER (10)  FRANKLIN (1)  FREER (7)  FURSDON (4)  GALE (5)  GARDEN (7)  JERSON (3)  GOODE (22)  GRAY (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  GREGORY (4)  HALL (5)  HASTING (3)  HERD (6)  HOLMAN (8)  HOPKINS (1)  HULL (4)  HUMPHRY (5)  HOTCHIN (1)  INGRAM (11)  INCKLE (10)  IRELAND (1)  JAQUES (2)  JACQUES (3)  JACKSON (1)  JINKS (4)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (1)  KNIGHT (7)  LANE (1)  LANGLEY (7)  LATIMORE (2)  LATIMER (16)  LATSMERE (1)  LAVERICK (4)  LAXTON (2)  LEE (12)  LENTON (20)  LLOYD (2)  LOVEDAY (5)  LIGO (1)  MANN (3)  MANTON (1)  MARSH (2)  MEADOWS (2)  MONK (1)  MORRIS (4)  MEARS (5)  KNAPP (7)  NORMAN (1)  NORTHERN (4)  PALMER (1)  PASHLER (1)  PEET (1)  PEEL (1)  PICK (1)  POLLARD (12)  PRENTICE (3)  PRESTON (2)  PRIDMORE (20)  PRIDMOR (1)  PRUDEN (5)  PUGH (1)  RICHMOND (7)  READYHOFF (14)  ROACH (5)  ROBINSON (3)  RODGERS (1)  ROOKE (3)  RUDKIN (1)  SATCHELL (2)  SENSICALL (2)  SHAWLY (1)  SHILLAKER (3)  SHELTON (2)  SKILLY (5)  SMITH (31)  SPENCE (19)  SPENCER (4)  SPENDLOVE (20)  SPICER (9)  SPRIGGS (2)  STANGER (4)  STONE (1)  STREATHER (4)  STRETTON (11)  STUBBS (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TEMPLER (4)  THROSBY (3)  TRAYFORD (1)  VELETTE (1)  WAGSTAFF (1)  WARNER (20)  WARREN (1)  WATERFIELD (5)  WATKIN (1)  WATSON (1)  WYMAN (33)  WESTON (2)  WHITMEE (5)  WHITWORTH (5)  WICKINS (2)  WOOLATON (3)  WOODCOCK (9)  WOOLEY (14)  WOOTTON (8)  YOUNG (1)