Top surnames from the 1881 census in Potterspury, Northamptonshire

Potterspury 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
TAPP837.54551,758.47
RATCLIFFE534.8182174.46
GREEN242.18187.75
HENSON222.0000170.54
WOOTON211.9091719.18
SCRIVENER201.8182415.80
SMITH201.81821.29
HOBSON191.727366.57
CHURCH191.727379.17
WISE181.636478.50
CLARKE171.54557.63
HOWARD171.545515.75
HOLMAN171.5455108.90
BISHOP171.545522.12
TOOMBS171.54551,588.79
WOODWARD161.454529.49
ONAN161.454520,000.00
TARRY161.4545435.97
STEWART151.36368.72
BIRD131.181815.47
JOHNSON131.18183.52
WILLIAMS131.18181.65
TAYLOR121.09091.71
FAUX121.0909745.34
ATKINS111.000026.66
WEBSTER111.000011.50
STEWARD100.909170.77
PACKER100.909186.36
WRIGHT90.81822.55
SHELTON90.818269.61
ISMAY80.7273701.75
HALL80.72732.47
RATCLIFF80.7273112.84
COOKE80.727313.18
COLES80.727320.88
ELSON80.7273116.11
WESTON80.727317.83
FROST80.727312.93
KINGSTON80.727377.90
NEWMAN70.63648.56
MAJOR70.636447.17
VALENTINE70.636449.65
SKIDMORE70.636486.63
OSBORNE70.636413.33
GREY70.636429.35
MOORS70.6364257.35
BASON70.6364432.10
MOORE60.54552.73
BLACKWELL60.545529.94
CLARE60.545537.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ONAN1.101,10020000.0000
LENING1.101,10010000.0000
SLYE1.101,1007500.0000
TAPP1.101,1001758.4746
TOOMBS1.101,1001588.7850
BEERS1.101,100967.7419
FAUX1.101,100745.3416
WOOTON1.101,100719.1781
ISMAY1.101,100701.7544
CARLSON1.101,100697.6744
TARRY1.101,100435.9673
BASON1.101,100432.0988
SCRIVENER1.101,100415.8004
MOORS1.101,100257.3529
RATCLIFFE1.101,100174.4569
HENSON1.101,100170.5426
STANFIELD1.101,100129.4498
BICKLE1.101,100128.2051
ELSON1.101,100116.1103
RATCLIFF1.101,100112.8350
HOLMAN1.101,100108.9045
CURL1.101,10093.4579
BASFORD1.101,10090.6344
SKIDMORE1.101,10086.6337
PACKER1.101,10086.3558
CHURCH1.101,10079.1667
WISE1.101,10078.4998
KINGSTON1.101,10077.8968
BLISS1.101,10074.1840
STEWARD1.101,10070.7714
MEAKIN1.101,10069.9301
SHELTON1.101,10069.6056
HOBSON1.101,10066.5732
WAKE1.101,10056.4334
BUSBY1.101,10051.7688
VALENTINE1.101,10049.6454
MAJOR1.101,10047.1698
DODSON1.101,10047.0035
BARON1.101,10043.8982
CLARE1.101,10037.6884
HODDER1.101,10037.1747
BLACKWELL1.101,10029.9401
WOODWARD1.101,10029.4877
GREY1.101,10029.3501
ATKINS1.101,10026.6602
COLLINGS1.101,10022.9183
BISHOP1.101,10022.1153
OSBORN1.101,10021.8436
NIGHTINGALE1.101,10021.5750
CRAWLEY1.101,10020.9937

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,100 people called ONAN in Potterspury 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 20000.0000 in Potterspury means that 20000.0000% of the people in Potterspury on census day were called ONAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ONAN 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 ONAN 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 ONAN 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 ONAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.10 in Potterspury means that you are 1.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ONAN in Potterspury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Potterspury in 1881

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

ALLGOOD (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ATKINS (11)  BAILY (1)  BAKER (3)  BALDWIN (1)  BARON (5)  BASFORD (3)  BASON (7)  BETTISON (1)  BEERS (6)  BENSON (4)  BICKLE (3)  BILLINGHAM (1)  BIRD (13)  BISHOP (17)  BLACKWELL (6)  BLAND (2)  BLISS (5)  BRYANT (1)  BUCKINGHAM (1)  BUSBY (6)  BUTCHER (1)  BYEWATER (1)  CAPES (1)  CARLSON (3)  CASWELL (1)  CHETTLE (2)  CHURCH (19)  CHURH (2)  CLARE (6)  CLARKE (17)  COLES (8)  COLE (1)  COALES (2)  COOKE (8)  COOK (3)  COOTON (1)  CRATH (1)  CRAWLEY (3)  CROSSLEY (1)  CURL (2)  DALE (4)  DAVIS (3)  DEWETT (1)  DODSON (4)  DRUCE (7)  DUNKLEY (1)  ELSON (8)  EVANS (4)  FORSTER (4)  FAUX (12)  FRANKLIN (2)  FROST (8)  GEORGE (2)  GIBBS (4)  JORDON (1)  GREY (7)  GRAY (4)  GREEN (24)  GRIFFITHS (4)  GRIMSDICK (3)  HALL (8)  HARRIS (2)  HEALEY (1)  HENSON (22)  HOBSON (19)  HODDER (2)  HOLLOWAY (3)  HOLMAN (17)  HOLTON (1)  HOOPER (1)  HORNBY (1)  HOWARD (17)  HUNT (6)  ILIFFE (1)  ISMAY (8)  JACKSON (5)  JAMES (2)  JARVIS (2)  JEFCOATE (5)  JOHNSON (13)  JOKE (1)  KEEBER (2)  KINGSTON (8)  LAMBERT (4)  LINDSEY (1)  LYSMANN (7)  MAJOR (7)  MANING (2)  MARKHAM (1)  MARKS (4)  MASON (1)  MANSON (1)  MATHEWS (2)  COLLINGS (3)  MACDONALD (1)  LENING (3)  MEAKINS (91)  MEAKIN (6)  MOORE (6)  MOORS (7)  MORGAN (5)  MURRELL (1)  MORTON (1)  MUNDAY (2)  MEARS (1)  NAPIRE (1)  NEWMAN (7)  NIGHTINGALE (4)  ONAN (16)  OSBORNE (7)  OSBORN (5)  OWEN (1)  PACKER (10)  PARRISH (1)  PEASLAND (5)  PHILPOT (1)  POWELL (4)  PRATT (4)  PUMFREY (1)  RATCLIFFE (53)  RATCLIFF (8)  REEVES (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  RIEDRICK (1)  ROBINSON (2)  SANDERS (3)  SAVAGE (2)  SCOOT (8)  SCRIVENER (20)  SHARPE (2)  SINFIELD (1)  SHELTON (9)  SKIDMORE (7)  SLYE (3)  SMITH (20)  STANFIELD (4)  STANLEY (1)  STEWARD (10)  STEWART (15)  STUART (1)  STONE (1)  STUBBINGS (1)  STEBBING (2)  SUTTON (1)  SYMINGTON (1)  TAPP (83)  TARRY (16)  TAYLOR (12)  TOOMBS (17)  TRASLER (6)  VALENTINE (7)  WAKE (5)  WEBSTER (11)  WESTON (8)  WIGLESWORTH (1)  WILLIAMS (13)  WILSON (5)  WISE (18)  WOOD (6)  WOODWARD (16)  WOOTON (21)  WRD (1)  WRIGHT (9)  YARNALL (1)  YARNELL (1)  YOUNG (2)