Top surnames from the 1881 census in Laxton, Northamptonshire

Laxton 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
ALLEN99.000047.64
PICKERING88.0000221.61
WHITE88.000024.89
RICHARDS77.000046.36
CLARKE66.000029.62
LENTON66.00001,200.00
ALEXANDER66.0000113.42
TEMPLER55.000010,000.00
PRETTY55.00001,388.89
ROBERTS44.000010.63
MILLEY33.000015,000.00
WOOTTON22.0000219.78
WOOTON22.0000740.74
SWINGLER22.00001,052.63
COLEMAN22.000040.16
SHARMAN22.0000144.93
ARMSTRONG11.000013.09
ABBOTT11.000022.68
DAWES11.000073.53
DALBY11.0000123.46
BARWELL11.0000322.58
RILEY11.000012.64
LEESON11.0000172.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILLEY0.1010015000.0000
TEMPLER0.1010010000.0000
PRETTY0.101001388.8889
LENTON0.101001200.0000
SWINGLER0.101001052.6316
WOOTON0.10100740.7407
BARWELL0.10100322.5806
PICKERING0.10100221.6066
WOOTTON0.10100219.7802
LEESON0.10100172.4138
SHARMAN0.10100144.9275
DALBY0.10100123.4568
ALEXANDER0.10100113.4216
DAWES0.1010073.5294
ALLEN0.1010047.6443
RICHARDS0.1010046.3576
COLEMAN0.1010040.1606
CLARKE0.1010029.6150
WHITE0.1010024.8911
ABBOTT0.1010022.6757
ARMSTRONG0.1010013.0890
RILEY0.1010012.6422
ROBERTS0.1010010.6326

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 100 people called MILLEY in Laxton 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 15000.0000 in Laxton means that 15000.0000% of the people in Laxton on census day were called MILLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILLEY 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 MILLEY 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 MILLEY 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 MILLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Laxton means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILLEY in Laxton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Laxton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALDWINKLE (4)  ALEXANDER (6)  ALLEN (9)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BARWELL (1)  CLARKE (6)  COLEMAN (2)  DALBY (1)  DAWES (1)  HIRCOCK (8)  LEESON (1)  LENTON (6)  MIDDLEMIST (1)  MILLEY (3)  PICKERING (8)  PRETTY (5)  RICHARDS (7)  RILEY (1)  ROBERTS (4)  SHARMAN (2)  STONY (3)  SWINGLER (2)  TEMPLER (5)  WHITE (8)  WOOTTON (2)  WOOTON (2)