Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newton, Northamptonshire

Newton 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
CHAPMAN2834.1463240.34
CALLIS67.31716,000.00
FREESTONE56.09761,428.57
TALBOT56.0976245.10
STANLEY44.8780126.98
BARRATT44.8780240.96
WALPOLE33.6585937.50
BELL22.439012.98
BAGSHAW22.4390307.69
SHARMAN11.219588.50
ORAM11.2195156.25
CHAMBERLAIN11.219544.84
BARWICK11.2195285.71
RAWSON11.2195111.11
MURDEN11.2195714.29
DAY11.219512.95
POTTER11.219518.80
MOBBS11.2195322.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CALLIS0.08826000.0000
FREESTONE0.08821428.5714
WALPOLE0.0882937.5000
MURDEN0.0882714.2857
MOBBS0.0882322.5806
BAGSHAW0.0882307.6923
BARWICK0.0882285.7143
TALBOT0.0882245.0980
BARRATT0.0882240.9639
CHAPMAN0.0882240.3433
ORAM0.0882156.2500
STANLEY0.0882126.9841
RAWSON0.0882111.1111
SHARMAN0.088288.4956
CHAMBERLAIN0.088244.8430
POTTER0.088218.7970
BELL0.088212.9786
DAY0.088212.9534

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 82 people called CALLIS in Newton 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 6000.0000 in Newton means that 6000.0000% of the people in Newton on census day were called CALLIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CALLIS 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 CALLIS 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 CALLIS 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 CALLIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Newton means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CALLIS in Newton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newton in 1881

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

BAGSHAW (2)  BARRATT (4)  BARWICK (1)  BELL (2)  BUTHEY (3)  CALLIS (6)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAPMAN (28)  DAY (1)  FREESTONE (5)  MURDEN (1)  MOBBS (1)  ORAM (1)  POTTER (1)  RAWSON (1)  SHARMAN (1)  STANLEY (4)  SUMMERLING (4)  TALBOT (5)  TEBBUTT (7)  WALPOLE (3)