Top surnames from the 1881 census in Quinton, Northamptonshire

Quinton 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
MATTHEWS129.6774110.91
JEFFS108.06451,030.93
NEWCOMBE97.25811,034.48
WESTLEY86.45161,568.63
MILLS86.451649.75
COWLEY64.8387263.16
HANDCOCK64.83872,068.97
SMITH54.03232.86
ISOM32.41945,000.00
DAWES21.6129118.34
CAMPION21.6129229.89
MARRIOTT21.612971.94
PEARSON10.80656.94
JEFFERY10.806537.17
WESTON10.806519.76
FLETCHER10.80657.06
EVANS10.80651.85
ROBINSON10.80652.53
CHAPMAN10.80655.68
SNOOKS10.8065909.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ISOM0.121245000.0000
HANDCOCK0.121242068.9655
WESTLEY0.121241568.6275
NEWCOMBE0.121241034.4828
JEFFS0.121241030.9278
SNOOKS0.12124909.0909
COWLEY0.12124263.1579
CAMPION0.12124229.8851
DAWES0.12124118.3432
MATTHEWS0.12124110.9057
MARRIOTT0.1212471.9424
MILLS0.1212449.7512
JEFFERY0.1212437.1747
WESTON0.1212419.7628
FLETCHER0.121247.0621
PEARSON0.121246.9444
CHAPMAN0.121245.6786
SMITH0.121242.8558
ROBINSON0.121242.5291
EVANS0.121241.8454

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 124 people called ISOM in Quinton 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 5000.0000 in Quinton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Quinton on census day were called ISOM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ISOM 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 ISOM 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 ISOM 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 ISOM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Quinton means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ISOM in Quinton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Quinton in 1881

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

BATTISON (10)  CAMPION (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  COWLEY (6)  DAWES (2)  EALES (1)  EVANS (1)  FLETCHER (1)  GAWTHORNE (1)  HANDCOCK (6)  ISOM (3)  JEFFS (10)  JEFFERY (1)  LANSBERY (2)  LYNEHAM (1)  MACKANESS (2)  MARRIOTT (2)  MATTHEWS (12)  MAWBY (3)  MILLS (8)  NEWCOMB (NEWCOMBE) (16)  NEWCOMBE (9)  PEARSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SMITH (5)  SNOOKS (1)  TRASLER (2)  TYSOM (3)  WESTLEY (8)  WESTON (1)  RIGHTON (2)