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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pattishall, Northamptonshire

Pattishall 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
SMITH515.59213.96
NIGHTINGALE485.2632312.30
WEBSTER414.495651.69
ASHBY272.9605176.47
PELL252.7412488.28
FOSTER242.631619.68
BROWN222.41233.66
CLARK181.97376.57
ADAMS141.535110.42
AYERS131.4254237.23
JONES131.42541.26
ROBINSON121.31584.13
GARDNER121.315819.38
HARRIS121.31585.18
STEEL101.096526.90
BISHOP101.096515.69
FOLWELL101.09651,234.57
WELCH101.096531.18
BIRD90.986812.91
COCKERILL90.9868204.55
JEFFERY90.986845.45
HOLLOWAY80.877228.63
GIBSON80.87727.23
HILLYER80.8772304.18
BUSH80.877235.52
GARLICK80.877299.63
STAMP70.7675104.32
BEECH70.767551.97
HILLYARD70.7675301.72
BURROWS70.767517.54
BARTON70.767514.21
JAMES70.76753.91
COLES70.767522.03
HORNSBY70.7675118.04
GROOM70.767554.77
HART70.76759.00
CURTIS70.767513.52
MIDDLETON70.767514.62
WATSON60.65792.84
KIRTON60.6579144.23
PARSONS60.65798.66
BLISS60.6579107.33
AMOS60.657940.03
CARTER60.65793.92
JUDKINS60.6579750.00
WHITEHEAD60.65799.73
JEFFREY60.657935.59
LESTER60.657941.78
WESTON60.657916.13
PALMER50.54824.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOULAY0.919123333.3333
PEASNALL0.919122000.0000
FOLWELL0.919121234.5679
GOING0.919121071.4286
JUDKINS0.91912750.0000
HAWK0.91912625.0000
PORTE0.91912588.2353
PELL0.91912488.2813
PLUMER0.91912447.7612
UPCHURCH0.91912400.0000
NIGHTINGALE0.91912312.2967
HILLYER0.91912304.1825
BURROWES0.91912303.0303
HILLYARD0.91912301.7241
BASELEY0.91912270.2703
AYERS0.91912237.2263
VOSS0.91912224.2152
COCKERILL0.91912204.5455
TUSTIN0.91912192.3077
ASHBY0.91912176.4706
KIRTON0.91912144.2308
CORY0.91912121.5805
HORNSBY0.91912118.0438
BASFORD0.91912109.4891
BLISS0.91912107.3345
NEEDLE0.91912106.3830
STAMP0.91912104.3219
GARLICK0.9191299.6264
FURNISS0.9191299.0099
TRUSLER0.9191294.3396
HADDON0.9191265.4664
PHELPS0.9191255.1876
GROOM0.9191254.7731
KINDER0.9191252.2193
BEECH0.9191251.9673
WEBSTER0.9191251.6894
RUSH0.9191251.0725
KINGSTON0.9191247.0035
ARCHBOLD0.9191246.2963
BARNET0.9191245.7666
JEFFERY0.9191245.4545
LESTER0.9191241.7827
AMOS0.9191240.0267
GOBLE0.9191237.8788
GROVE0.9191237.4883
BILLINGHAM0.9191236.1664
JEFFREY0.9191235.5872
BUSH0.9191235.5240
AYRES0.9191231.5956
WELCH0.9191231.1818

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 912 people called BOULAY in Pattishall 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 3333.3333 in Pattishall means that 3333.3333% of the people in Pattishall on census day were called BOULAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOULAY 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 BOULAY 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 BOULAY 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 BOULAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.91 in Pattishall means that you are 0.91 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOULAY in Pattishall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pattishall in 1881

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

ADAMS (14)  ALLEN (1)  AMOS (6)  ARCHBOLD (1)  ASHBY (27)  AYKES (4)  BOULAY (1)  BARDREY (3)  BARNET (2)  BARTON (7)  BAZELEY (3)  BASELEY (2)  BASFORD (3)  BEECH (7)  BILLINGHAM (2)  BIRCH (4)  BIRD (9)  BISHOP (10)  BLISS (6)  BROWN (22)  BUCKINGHAM (1)  BULL (4)  BURROWS (7)  BURROWES (2)  BUSH (8)  CANVIN (2)  CARTER (6)  CASTLE (4)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARIDGE (1)  CLARK (18)  COCKERILL (9)  COLES (7)  COLLINS (1)  CORY (4)  CROWLEY (1)  CUREFIN (3)  CURTIS (7)  DAVIS (4)  DEAN (2)  DENTON (1)  DICKINS (1)  DUNKLEY (2)  EILES (1)  AYERS (13)  AYRES (4)  FOLWELL (10)  FOSTER (24)  FOWLER (3)  FOXLEY (2)  FRIEDRICHE (2)  FURNISS (4)  GARDNER (12)  GARLICK (8)  GIBBONS (1)  GIBSON (8)  GOBLE (1)  GOING (3)  GOODE (1)  GOODMAN (2)  GROOM (7)  GROVE (4)  GUDGEON (5)  HAMMOND (4)  HANARD (2)  HARRIS (12)  HART (7)  HADDON (4)  HAWK (3)  HAWKINS (2)  HEELER (16)  HALER (1)  HEEL (16)  HILL (5)  HILLYER (8)  HILLYARD (7)  HINTON (2)  HOLLOWAY (8)  HOPLEY (18)  HORNBY (3)  HORNSBY (7)  HUCKELEBY (1)  HUNT (2)  HUTCHINS (1)  INDKINS (1)  JAMES (7)  JEFFERY (9)  JEFFREY (6)  JENNINGS (2)  JONES (13)  JUDKINS (6)  KINGHAM (1)  KINGSTON (4)  KINDER (2)  KIRTAN (15)  KIRTON (6)  LIMBERS (1)  LESTER (6)  LUCAS (1)  MACKNESS (1)  MAIN (1)  MARRIOTT (5)  MACKENZIE (3)  MIDDLETON (7)  MORRIS (1)  MOLD (12)  NEEDLE (1)  NIGHTINGALE (48)  NORRIS (1)  NORTH (1)  ORD (1)  OSBORNE (3)  PALMER (5)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (6)  PAYLER (7)  PEARSELL (2)  PEASNALL (2)  PELL (25)  PERKINS (5)  PHILLIPS (2)  PHELPS (5)  PITTAM (4)  PLUMER (3)  PORTE (1)  REEVE (1)  ROBINSON (12)  RODHOUSE (4)  RUSH (5)  SKERRY (6)  SMITH (51)  SOSEESON (1)  STAMP (7)  STEEL (10)  STENNKS (1)  SUMMERFIELD (1)  SWAN (1)  TALBOT (1)  TROSELER (1)  TRUSLER (1)  TURNIP (3)  TUSTIN (3)  UMBERS (1)  UPCHURCH (4)  VALENTINE (3)  VOSS (5)  WATERS (4)  WATSON (6)  WATTS (2)  WELCH (10)  WELLS (3)  WEBSTER (41)  WEST (1)  WESTON (6)  WHITEHEAD (6)  WHITING (2)  WOOD (1)  WOODFORD (1)