Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sutton Bassett, Northamptonshire

Sutton Bassett 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
HORNSBY3328.44834,400.00
BURDITT2118.103414,000.00
EDGLEY108.62075,555.56
PITTS76.0345588.24
FAULKNER76.0345222.93
TAYLOR65.17248.09
POLLARD65.1724141.84
WHITE43.448310.73
ASHWELL32.5862750.00
SPIERS32.5862315.79
PICK21.7241270.27
NICHOLS21.724152.91
FREEMAN21.724126.99
CLARKE10.86214.26
WRIGHT10.86212.69
HARRIS10.86213.39
BURDETT10.8621121.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURDITT0.1211614000.0000
EDGLEY0.121165555.5556
HORNSBY0.121164400.0000
ASHWELL0.12116750.0000
PITTS0.12116588.2353
SPIERS0.12116315.7895
PICK0.12116270.2703
FAULKNER0.12116222.9299
POLLARD0.12116141.8440
BURDETT0.12116121.9512
NICHOLS0.1211652.9101
FREEMAN0.1211626.9906
WHITE0.1211610.7267
TAYLOR0.121168.0884
CLARKE0.121164.2553
HARRIS0.121163.3921
WRIGHT0.121162.6874

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 116 people called BURDITT in Sutton Bassett 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 14000.0000 in Sutton Bassett means that 14000.0000% of the people in Sutton Bassett on census day were called BURDITT.

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

All the surnames recorded in Sutton Bassett in 1881

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

ASHWELL (3)  BURDITT (21)  BURDETT (1)  BURSNAL (1)  CLARKE (1)  EDGLEY (10)  FAULKNER (7)  FREEMAN (2)  HARRIS (1)  HORNSBY (33)  NICHOLS (2)  PICK (2)  PITTS (7)  POLLARD (6)  SEDGLEY (1)  SPIERS (3)  TAYLOR (6)  TEBBATT (4)  WHITE (4)  WRIGHT (1)