Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rothersthorpe, Northamptonshire

Rothersthorpe 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
JAMES4317.916791.22
SMITH208.33335.90
DUNKLEY187.5000942.41
MANNING145.8333183.49
WARD114.583320.98
PAUL104.1667166.39
BOYSON83.33335,714.29
GEE72.9167114.19
WARWICK72.9167210.84
WILKINSON62.500016.38
COCKERILL52.0833431.03
FAULKNER52.083376.92
GARRETT41.666773.39
ALLEN31.25006.62
HOWES31.250071.43
FISHER31.250010.68
BILLING31.2500223.88
BENNETT20.83335.07
BUXTON20.833355.40
ELLIOTT20.83339.82
WATTS20.83339.94
SUTTON20.833313.09
MILLS20.83336.43
COLLINS20.83335.81
CAREY20.833344.15
PAYNE20.83339.26
LAWRENCE10.41676.41
STURGESS10.416772.46
FOLWELL10.4167476.19
BILLINGHAM10.416768.97
LUCAS10.41679.01
BELLINGHAM10.4167113.64
LAWMAN10.4167416.67
DICKENSON10.416727.47
CHURCH10.416719.08
BUTLER10.41674.27
WORLEY10.416793.46
LITCHFIELD10.4167102.04
EDWARDS10.41671.50
BASELEY10.4167500.00
JEFFORD10.4167277.78
SURRIDGE10.4167138.89
HINES10.416748.78
GARDNER10.41676.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOYSON0.242405714.2857
DUNKLEY0.24240942.4084
BASELEY0.24240500.0000
FOLWELL0.24240476.1905
COCKERILL0.24240431.0345
LAWMAN0.24240416.6667
JEFFORD0.24240277.7778
BILLING0.24240223.8806
WARWICK0.24240210.8434
MANNING0.24240183.4862
PAUL0.24240166.3894
SURRIDGE0.24240138.8889
GEE0.24240114.1925
BELLINGHAM0.24240113.6364
LITCHFIELD0.24240102.0408
WORLEY0.2424093.4579
JAMES0.2424091.2176
FAULKNER0.2424076.9231
GARRETT0.2424073.3945
STURGESS0.2424072.4638
HOWES0.2424071.4286
BILLINGHAM0.2424068.9655
BUXTON0.2424055.4017
HINES0.2424048.7805
CAREY0.2424044.1501
DICKENSON0.2424027.4725
WARD0.2424020.9804
CHURCH0.2424019.0840
WILKINSON0.2424016.3845
SUTTON0.2424013.0890
FISHER0.2424010.6800
WATTS0.242409.9404
ELLIOTT0.242409.8232
PAYNE0.242409.2593
LUCAS0.242409.0090
ALLEN0.242406.6167
MILLS0.242406.4267
LAWRENCE0.242406.4144
GARDNER0.242406.1387
SMITH0.242405.9020
COLLINS0.242405.8072
BENNETT0.242405.0697
BUTLER0.242404.2735
EDWARDS0.242401.4950

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 240 people called BOYSON in Rothersthorpe 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 5714.2857 in Rothersthorpe means that 5714.2857% of the people in Rothersthorpe on census day were called BOYSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOYSON 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 BOYSON 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 BOYSON 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 BOYSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Rothersthorpe means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOYSON in Rothersthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rothersthorpe in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  BASELEY (1)  BAYSON (14)  BENNETT (2)  BILLING (3)  BILLINGHAM (1)  BELLINGHAM (1)  BONSOR (3)  BOTTERILL (9)  BOYSON (8)  BUTLER (1)  BUXTON (2)  CAREY (2)  CHURCH (1)  COCKERILL (5)  COLLINS (2)  DICKENSON (1)  DUNKLEY (18)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  FAULKNER (5)  FISHER (3)  FOLWELL (1)  GARDNER (1)  GARRETT (4)  GEE (7)  JEFFORD (1)  HINES (1)  HOWES (3)  JAMES (43)  LAWMAN (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LITCHFIELD (1)  LUCAS (1)  MANNING (14)  MILLS (2)  MOMFORD (1)  PAUL (10)  PAYNE (2)  POGANITOR (1)  RIXON (1)  SAUNDON (2)  SMITH (20)  STURGESS (1)  SURRIDGE (1)  SUTTON (2)  TRASLER (1)  TRASLOUR (2)  WARD (11)  WARWICK (7)  WATTS (2)  WILKINSON (6)  WORLEY (1)