Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scaldwell, Northamptonshire

Scaldwell 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
WARNER236.7251184.44
WORTH174.9708553.75
CORBY154.38601,250.00
BAMFORD123.5088233.01
GEORGE123.508859.79
CLARKE113.216415.87
TYRRELL113.2164436.51
BRADSHAW92.631664.06
WALTON82.339233.24
WOODFORD82.3392337.55
DICKENS82.3392223.46
COX82.339215.44
CHAPMAN82.339216.47
SHARPE72.046869.44
JOINES61.75446,666.67
WARREN61.754426.24
WILSON61.75443.82
HAMSON51.4620943.40
BARNES51.462012.14
WATTS51.462017.43
BROWN51.46202.22
HOWARD41.169611.92
DURHAM41.1696135.59
PALMER41.16969.92
OAKLEY41.169655.25
SHARROCK41.1696373.83
JONES41.16961.03
HILLYER41.1696404.04
DRAGE41.1696303.03
MEE41.1696153.85
FRANCIS30.877214.73
LAW30.877219.39
MIDDLETON30.877216.71
WISE30.877242.08
PAINTER30.877263.97
CLEMENT30.877287.21
HAYNES30.877224.59
SADLER30.877237.22
ADAMS20.58483.97
SMITH20.58480.41
SHARP20.58487.02
WILLIAMS20.58480.81
RICKARD20.584885.84
EATON20.584820.90
HARDWICK20.584838.24
DAWSON20.58485.31
MAKEPEACE20.5848208.33
HANDLEY20.584834.66
PERKINS20.584813.00
APPLETON10.292418.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JOINES0.343426666.6667
CORBY0.343421250.0000
HAMSON0.34342943.3962
DILLOW0.34342588.2353
WORTH0.34342553.7459
TYRRELL0.34342436.5079
HILLYER0.34342404.0404
SHARROCK0.34342373.8318
WOODFORD0.34342337.5527
DRAGE0.34342303.0303
BAMFORD0.34342233.0097
DICKENS0.34342223.4637
MAKEPEACE0.34342208.3333
TEAR0.34342208.3333
WARNER0.34342184.4427
DUNMORE0.34342156.2500
MEE0.34342153.8462
DURHAM0.34342135.5932
ILIFFE0.34342121.9512
CLEMENT0.3434287.2093
RICKARD0.3434285.8369
WATERFIELD0.3434270.9220
SHARPE0.3434269.4444
BRADSHAW0.3434264.0569
PAINTER0.3434263.9659
GEORGE0.3434259.7907
OAKLEY0.3434255.2486
CHALLIS0.3434246.2963
ADKINS0.3434244.8430
WISE0.3434242.0757
BURDETT0.3434241.4938
HARDWICK0.3434238.2409
SADLER0.3434237.2208
MAYHEW0.3434235.4610
HANDLEY0.3434234.6620
WALTON0.3434233.2364
COMPTON0.3434230.3951
WARREN0.3434226.2352
QUICK0.3434226.1097
HAYNES0.3434224.5902
EATON0.3434220.8986
LAW0.3434219.3924
EAST0.3434218.7970
APPLETON0.3434218.6567
WATTS0.3434217.4338
MIDDLETON0.3434216.7131
CULLEN0.3434216.6945
CHAPMAN0.3434216.4711
HIGGS0.3434216.0514
CLARKE0.3434215.8730

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 342 people called JOINES in Scaldwell 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 6666.6667 in Scaldwell means that 6666.6667% of the people in Scaldwell on census day were called JOINES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JOINES 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 JOINES 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 JOINES 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 JOINES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Scaldwell means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JOINES in Scaldwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scaldwell in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ADKINS (1)  ALLEN (1)  APPLETON (1)  ATKINS (1)  BAMFORD (12)  BARLOW (1)  BARNES (5)  BLINCOWE (1)  BRADSHAW (9)  BRAINS (1)  BRAINES (1)  BROWN (5)  BUCKBY (1)  BURDETT (1)  CHALLIS (1)  CHAPMAN (8)  CLARKE (11)  CLARK (1)  CLEMENT (3)  COMPTON (1)  CORBY (15)  COX (8)  CULLEN (1)  DAWSON (2)  DICKENS (8)  DILLOW (1)  DRAGE (4)  DUNMORE (1)  DURHAM (4)  EAST (1)  EATON (2)  ELINGTON (1)  FRANCIS (3)  FURNELL (5)  GEORGE (12)  HAMBLING (3)  HAMSHAW (3)  HAMSON (5)  HANDLEY (2)  HARDWICK (2)  HARRISON (1)  HAYNES (3)  HERRINGSHAW (5)  HIGGS (1)  HILL (1)  HILLYER (4)  HODSON (1)  HORTON OR HOOTON (10)  HOWARD (4)  HYDE (1)  ILIFFE (1)  JONES (4)  JOINES (6)  LAW (3)  LOAKE (1)  LOVESEY (1)  MABBUTT (1)  MAKEPEACE (2)  MATTHEWS (1)  MEE (4)  MAYHEW (1)  MIDDLETON (3)  MOORE (1)  NEAL (1)  OAKLEY (4)  OWENS (1)  PAINTER (3)  PALMER (4)  PERKINS (2)  PUTTNAM (1)  QUICK (1)  RICKARD (2)  SADLER (3)  SEARLE (1)  SHARPE (7)  SHARP (2)  SHARROCK (4)  SMITH (2)  SOAMES (1)  THOWARD (1)  TEAR (1)  TYRRELL (11)  WALTON (8)  WARNER (23)  WARREN (6)  WATERFIELD (1)  WATTS (5)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILSON (6)  WISE (3)  WOODFORD (8)  WORTH (17)