Top surnames from the 1881 census in Silverstone, Northamptonshire

Silverstone 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
WHITLOCK786.72991,130.43
CHAPMAN695.953441.92
VARNEY494.2278808.58
ADAMS474.055227.52
LINNELL443.79641,692.31
COLEMAN403.451369.25
LOVELL342.9336140.21
SEWELL292.5022118.37
RUSH272.3296217.04
CLARK191.63935.45
BLUNT181.5531192.31
ADKINS181.5531238.41
COLES161.380539.62
FOSTER161.380510.33
SPENCER151.294214.18
RICHARDSON151.29427.60
HIGHAM151.2942127.01
BAND141.2079530.30
WAKE131.1217139.34
WOOTON121.0354389.61
OSBORNE121.035421.69
DUNKLEY110.9491119.18
WILLIAMS100.86281.20
ROBERTS100.86282.29
WOOTTON100.862895.06
WEBB100.86286.37
PAYNE90.77658.63
MAYCOCK90.7765167.60
AMOS80.690342.02
WHITMORE80.690378.66
WOOD80.69032.17
BIGNALL80.6903414.51
HARRIS80.69032.72
BENNETT80.69034.20
HUTCHINGS80.690336.73
STEVENS80.69036.61
BUCKINGHAM80.690351.78
MAYE70.60401,627.91
COTTAM70.604099.29
WAITE70.604029.09
MARKHAM70.604050.72
HAYDEN70.604077.43
REEVE70.604025.84
RUSSELL70.60404.95
BLACKWELL60.517728.41
BEST60.517719.21
MOUNTFORD60.517758.20
CAPELL60.5177344.83
MAYO60.517767.34
ALDERMAN60.5177131.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEEDLES1.161,1592105.2632
LINNELL1.161,1591692.3077
MAYE1.161,1591627.9070
WHITLOCK1.161,1591130.4348
NEST1.161,159909.0909
VARNEY1.161,159808.5809
HASH1.161,159666.6667
BAND1.161,159530.3030
BIGNALL1.161,159414.5078
WOOTON1.161,159389.6104
CAPELL1.161,159344.8276
ADKINS1.161,159238.4106
RUSH1.161,159217.0418
DENNEY1.161,159214.2857
BLUNT1.161,159192.3077
MAYCOCK1.161,159167.5978
LOVELL1.161,159140.2062
WAKE1.161,159139.3355
ALDERMAN1.161,159131.8681
HIGHAM1.161,159127.0110
DUNKLEY1.161,159119.1766
SEWELL1.161,159118.3673
COTTAM1.161,15999.2908
WOOTTON1.161,15995.0570
HANKINS1.161,15990.4977
WHITMORE1.161,15978.6627
HAYDEN1.161,15977.4336
BADGER1.161,15974.5156
COLEMAN1.161,15969.2521
MAYO1.161,15967.3401
STOWE1.161,15958.8235
CAPEL1.161,15958.3090
MOUNTFORD1.161,15958.1959
BUCKINGHAM1.161,15951.7799
BURBIDGE1.161,15950.7614
MARKHAM1.161,15950.7246
RUSSEL1.161,15950.0000
AMOS1.161,15942.0168
CHAPMAN1.161,15941.9173
COLES1.161,15939.6236
HUTCHINGS1.161,15936.7309
SNOWDON1.161,15934.7222
WAIT1.161,15934.1880
HINTON1.161,15932.1543
PEACH1.161,15931.8979
HEDGES1.161,15930.1659
MAYS1.161,15930.1659
MARLOW1.161,15929.3902
WAITE1.161,15929.0939
BLACKWELL1.161,15928.4091

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,159 people called NEEDLES in Silverstone 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 2105.2632 in Silverstone means that 2105.2632% of the people in Silverstone on census day were called NEEDLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEEDLES 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 NEEDLES 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 NEEDLES 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 NEEDLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.16 in Silverstone means that you are 1.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEEDLES in Silverstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Silverstone in 1881

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

ADAMS (47)  ADKINS (18)  ALDERMAN (6)  AMOS (8)  ARVEY (1)  BACKELFIELD (1)  BADGER (5)  BANALL (1)  BAND (14)  BARBER (3)  BARFORD (2)  BARLEY OR BASLEY (12)  BARNS (1)  BARRICK (1)  BASKETFIELD (7)  BAZLEY (7)  BEDFORD (1)  BENNETT (8)  BEST (6)  BETTS (5)  BIGNALL (8)  BLACKWELL (6)  BLUNT (18)  BRACKWALL (2)  BRAGGINS (9)  BRACKWELL (11)  BROWN (4)  BUCKINGHAM (8)  BUCKLEY (3)  BUNNEY (1)  BURBIDGE (2)  BURT (1)  CALLARGE (1)  CARDWELL (1)  CARTWRIGHT (3)  CHAPMAN (69)  CAPEL (2)  CAPELL (6)  CHURCH (3)  CLARK (19)  CLARKE (5)  COLES (16)  COLEMAN (40)  COSBROOK (1)  COTTAM (7)  COLSON (1)  CRAMP (1)  DENNEY (6)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUDLEY (3)  DUNKLEY (11)  DURHAM (1)  EDWARDS (5)  FACEN (1)  FARMER (3)  FEARN (1)  FISHER (3)  FOSLEY (1)  FOSTER (16)  FROST (1)  GARDNER (1)  GULLIVER (1)  HAYLE (10)  HALL (4)  HANKINS (2)  HANKINGS (5)  HARRIS (8)  HARROWELL (1)  HASH (2)  HAYDEN (7)  HEATH (6)  HEDGES (4)  HIGHAM (15)  HINTON (5)  HOBBS (1)  HOLT (2)  HORNSBY (1)  HOTTON (1)  HUTCHINGS (8)  HUTCHINS (3)  JEFFERY (4)  JOHNSON (1)  KING (2)  KIRBY (2)  LIDDINGTON (27)  LINNELL (44)  LOVELL (34)  MARKHAM (7)  MARLOW (4)  MAYE (7)  MAYS (2)  MAYCOCK (9)  MAYO (6)  MITCHEL (3)  MOUNTFORD (6)  NEEDLES (4)  NEST (3)  NICHOLLS (4)  NORRIS (1)  NORTON (1)  OSBORNE (12)  PATON (3)  PAYNE (9)  PEACH (4)  PENUDGE (1)  PERRIDGE (11)  PHILLIPS (6)  PITTDEN (5)  PIDSETTS (5)  PICKETS (4)  PITTAM (15)  POWELL (2)  REEVE (7)  RICHARDSON (15)  RIDGEN (4)  ROBERTS (10)  ROBINS (3)  ROGERS (2)  ROWE (1)  RUSH (27)  RUSSELL (7)  RUSSEL (4)  SCOTT (6)  SEWELL (29)  SMITH (2)  SNOWDON (3)  SPENCER (15)  STEVENS (8)  STOWE (2)  SUMMERS (3)  TALEY (1)  TEBBY (1)  THORNEYCROFT (1)  TREADWELL (1)  WEAN (1)  WAKE (13)  VARNEY (49)  WEBB (10)  WEIR (2)  WELL (1)  WEST (3)  WHITLOCK (78)  WHITMORE (8)  WICKS (1)  WILKIN (1)  WILLIAMS (10)  WINKLES (1)  WOOD (8)  WOOTTON (10)  WOOTON (12)  WAITE (7)  WAIT (2)