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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Milton, Northamptonshire

Milton 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
ROBINSON385.227016.39
MARKS243.3012161.29
HODGES233.1637107.88
OXLEY233.1637225.93
CLARKE192.613512.90
COCKERILL182.4759512.82
DIGBY172.3384450.93
TACK152.06333,846.15
HOUGHTON121.650647.24
PELL121.6506294.12
HURST111.513142.37
PLOWMAN101.3755268.82
BARNETT101.375530.50
ASHBY101.375581.97
CASWELL91.2380255.68
WATERS91.238030.81
KING91.23805.68
CHILDS91.238067.42
LEVER91.2380137.40
ALLEN81.10045.83
EVANS81.10042.52
JAMES81.10045.60
BLACKWELL81.100460.38
PANTER81.1004323.89
PALMER70.96298.17
ALLBRIGHT70.96292,058.82
FITZHUGH70.9629909.09
EAST70.962961.89
ROWELL70.9629110.24
DAVIS70.96294.38
MAULE70.9629404.62
JONES70.96290.85
GARRETT60.825336.34
CROWLEY60.8253127.93
MATTHEWS60.82539.46
PEARSON60.82537.10
CHURCH60.825337.83
GARRATT60.825381.41
MONK60.825339.29
SURRIDGE60.8253276.50
GOFF60.8253127.66
WRIGHT50.68782.14
NEAL50.687823.25
REEVES50.687816.79
MARRIOTT50.687830.71
ANDERSON50.68783.48
BRAY50.687820.46
HOLIDAY50.6878245.10
WESTLEY40.5502133.78
ARCHER40.550213.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROTEN0.7372730000.0000
MARING0.737275000.0000
TACK0.737273846.1538
ALLBRIGHT0.737272058.8235
TRESSLER0.73727909.0909
FITZHUGH0.73727909.0909
ASPLIN0.73727714.2857
CARVEL0.73727689.6552
MOORING0.73727588.2353
COCKERILL0.73727512.8205
DIGBY0.73727450.9284
MORING0.73727434.7826
MAULE0.73727404.6243
TRUSLER0.73727357.1429
PANTER0.73727323.8866
PELL0.73727294.1176
SURRIDGE0.73727276.4977
PLOWMAN0.73727268.8172
CASWELL0.73727255.6818
HOLIDAY0.73727245.0980
OXLEY0.73727225.9332
HILLYARD0.73727216.2162
BANDY0.73727202.0202
MARKS0.73727161.2903
LEVER0.73727137.4046
WESTLEY0.73727133.7793
CROWLEY0.73727127.9318
GOFF0.73727127.6596
VOSS0.73727112.3596
SPRIGGS0.73727110.8033
ROWELL0.73727110.2362
HODGES0.73727107.8799
STARMER0.7372786.9565
ASHBY0.7372781.9672
GARRATT0.7372781.4111
CARVELL0.7372780.6452
PLACE0.7372778.7402
TEE0.7372769.9301
COUCH0.7372769.4444
CHILDS0.7372767.4157
WEEDEN0.7372766.6667
EAST0.7372761.8921
BLACKWELL0.7372760.3774
SHORTER0.7372759.1716
CAMPION0.7372758.9391
DAWKINS0.7372756.9260
ABRAMS0.7372755.5556
COLLIN0.7372752.7704
PAXTON0.7372751.7241
BEECHAM0.7372751.2821

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 727 people called BROTEN in Milton 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 30000.0000 in Milton means that 30000.0000% of the people in Milton on census day were called BROTEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROTEN 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 BROTEN 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 BROTEN 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 BROTEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Milton means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROTEN in Milton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Milton in 1881

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

ABRAMS (1)  ADAMS (1)  ADDERSON (3)  ALLBRIGHT (7)  ALLEN (8)  ANDERSON (5)  ARCHER (4)  ASHBY (10)  BANDY (2)  BARNETT (10)  BEECHAM (1)  BILLING (1)  BLACKWELL (8)  BLAND (2)  BLUNT (1)  BRAY (5)  BRETT (3)  BROMWICH (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROOM (3)  BROTEN (3)  BRICE (3)  BURTON (3)  CARVEL (2)  CARVELL (1)  CASWELL (9)  CAMPION (3)  CHILDS (9)  CHURCH (6)  CLARKE (19)  COCKERILL (18)  COCKERIL (6)  COLLIER (1)  COLLIN (2)  COOK (1)  CORY (1)  COUCH (3)  CRADDOCK (2)  CROWLEY (6)  DAVIS (7)  DAWKINS (3)  DEATH (4)  DENT (1)  DIGBY (17)  DOUGLAS (2)  DRULEY (3)  DUNKLEY (2)  DUNCKLEY (8)  EAST (7)  EATON (3)  ELLIOTT (3)  ELLIOTTS (1)  EMERY (4)  ERLSWORTH (1)  ASPLIN (4)  EVANS (8)  FISHER (4)  FLETCHER (2)  GARLICK (2)  GARRATT (6)  GARRETT (6)  GIBBINS (2)  GILLMAN (1)  GOFF (6)  GREGORY (2)  HADLEY (1)  HALL (4)  HOLIDAY (5)  HARRISON (4)  HAWES (1)  HENSHAW (1)  HILLYARD (4)  HODGES (23)  HOUGHTON (12)  FITZHUGH (7)  HURST (11)  JACK (3)  JAMES (8)  JARVIS (1)  JEFFERY (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (7)  KILPIN (2)  KING (9)  KINGSTON (1)  KIRBY (1)  KNIGHT (1)  KNOTT (1)  LACEY (1)  LAW (2)  LEVER (9)  MANNING (3)  MARKS (24)  MARRIOTT (5)  MATTHEWS (6)  MAULE (7)  MAWBY (1)  MONK (6)  MOORE (1)  MOORING (3)  MORING (1)  MARING (1)  NEAL (5)  NOOK (3)  NURSER (1)  OXLEY (23)  PANTER (8)  PALMER (7)  PAXTON (3)  PEARSON (6)  PELL (12)  PINFOLD (4)  PHIPPS (3)  PLACE (3)  PLACKET (1)  PLOWMAN (10)  PRESTON (3)  PURYER (5)  REEVES (5)  RICHARD (1)  REDIOUGH (1)  ROBINSON (38)  ROWE (3)  ROWELL (7)  SAVAGE (1)  SCAWEN (1)  SEARCE (1)  SHORTER (2)  SPRIGGS (4)  STARMER (1)  STOCKFORD (8)  SURRIDGE (6)  TACK (15)  TAYLER (2)  THORNEYCROFT (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TRESSLER (1)  TRUSLER (3)  TURLAND (5)  TWISELTON (19)  TEE (1)  VOSS (2)  WALKER (2)  WALPOOL (1)  WARD (2)  WATERS (9)  WEBB (4)  WEBBER (1)  WEEDEN (1)  WELCH (3)  WELSH (2)  WESTLEY (4)  WHITELEY (1)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (5)