Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hardwick, Northamptonshire

Hardwick 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
WILKINS1411.2000253.62
ESSON108.00003,571.43
PHIPPS97.2000486.49
SMITH97.20005.10
ALDRIDGE86.4000330.58
BRYAN75.6000225.81
COOK64.800024.16
WATTS64.800057.25
HART54.000046.90
MARTIN54.000016.24
HOWELL54.000094.88
PICKERING54.0000110.86
RICHARDS43.200021.19
TIPLER43.20002,222.22
FOLLEY32.40001,111.11
TALBOT21.600064.31
BARBER21.600026.60
WALKER10.80002.39
HILL10.80003.14
GARDNER10.800011.78
EDWARDS10.80002.87
LINNELL10.8000357.14
BRANDON10.8000158.73
VAUGHAN10.800023.47
RANDALL10.800025.51
EAST10.800051.55
COLES10.800022.99
WATERS10.800019.92
GIBSON10.80006.59
SHARMAN10.800058.14
CROSS10.800011.63
MARLOW10.800068.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ESSON0.131253571.4286
TIPLER0.131252222.2222
FOLLEY0.131251111.1111
PHIPPS0.13125486.4865
LINNELL0.13125357.1429
ALDRIDGE0.13125330.5785
WILKINS0.13125253.6232
BRYAN0.13125225.8065
BRANDON0.13125158.7302
PICKERING0.13125110.8647
HOWELL0.1312594.8767
MARLOW0.1312568.0272
TALBOT0.1312564.3087
SHARMAN0.1312558.1395
WATTS0.1312557.2519
EAST0.1312551.5464
HART0.1312546.9043
BARBER0.1312526.5957
RANDALL0.1312525.5102
COOK0.1312524.1643
VAUGHAN0.1312523.4742
COLES0.1312522.9885
RICHARDS0.1312521.1864
WATERS0.1312519.9203
MARTIN0.1312516.2390
GARDNER0.1312511.7786
CROSS0.1312511.6279
GIBSON0.131256.5920
SMITH0.131255.0994
HILL0.131253.1407
EDWARDS0.131252.8703
WALKER0.131252.3895

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 125 people called ESSON in Hardwick 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 3571.4286 in Hardwick means that 3571.4286% of the people in Hardwick on census day were called ESSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ESSON 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 ESSON 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 ESSON 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 ESSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Hardwick means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ESSON in Hardwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hardwick in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (8)  BARBER (2)  BRANDON (1)  BRYAN (7)  COLES (1)  COOK (6)  CROSS (1)  ESSON (10)  ESSOM (3)  EAST (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FOLLEY (3)  GARDNER (1)  GIBSON (1)  HART (5)  HEBON (1)  HILL (1)  HOWELL (5)  CURTAIN (1)  LINNELL (1)  MARLOW (1)  MARTIN (5)  PHIPPS (9)  PICKERING (5)  RANDALL (1)  RICHARDS (4)  SHARMAN (1)  SMITH (9)  TALBOT (2)  TIPLER (4)  VAUGHAN (1)  VULPINS (1)  WALKER (1)  WATERS (1)  WATTS (6)  WILKINS (14)