Top surnames from the 1881 census in Watford, Northamptonshire

Watford 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
PACKER163.4557327.87
WOOD153.239710.17
HAYNES132.807878.69
TAYLOR132.80784.39
JEFFERY91.943889.55
RUSSELL91.943815.92
HUGHES81.72796.17
WEST81.727917.95
BAKER81.72797.89
NEWTON81.727922.55
HICKMAN71.511989.86
SHIRLEY71.5119184.70
WRIGHTON71.5119630.63
CAPELL71.51191,014.49
GARRETT71.511966.60
BOTTRELL71.51193,181.82
FOX71.511916.28
POOL71.5119130.60
EAMES71.5119220.13
CLEAVER71.5119178.12
SHAW61.29597.05
COLES61.295937.20
COLLIS61.2959125.26
ROBINSON61.29594.06
WAIT61.2959256.41
GILBERT61.295922.75
STEVENS61.295912.41
BOUNDS51.0799735.29
LOWE51.079914.41
COLLINS51.07997.53
WRIGHT51.07993.37
HALL40.86392.94
ORTON40.863991.95
HARLOW40.8639157.48
MILLER40.86394.83
HERSEY40.8639555.56
BURGESS40.863912.44
JOLLEY40.8639163.93
HAYES40.863913.89
HANCOCK40.863918.99
BATTEN40.863993.68
RIGBY40.863929.78
HENLEY40.8639112.99
HUNTER30.64796.31
MANN30.647912.30
BATEMAN30.647925.08
BUSH30.647926.25
GEORGE30.647911.04
WHITBY30.6479106.38
THOMPSON30.64792.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOTTRELL0.464633181.8182
RADY0.464632500.0000
GOREY0.464631176.4706
BOSMAN0.464631111.1111
CAPELL0.464631014.4928
BOUNDS0.46463735.2941
WRIGHTON0.46463630.6306
HERSEY0.46463555.5556
HOWKINS0.46463327.8689
PACKER0.46463327.8689
PRIDGEON0.46463303.0303
APSEY0.46463263.1579
WAIT0.46463256.4103
PEABODY0.46463250.0000
EAMES0.46463220.1258
SHIRLEY0.46463184.6966
CLEAVER0.46463178.1170
JOLLEY0.46463163.9344
HARLOW0.46463157.4803
POOL0.46463130.5970
FRAY0.46463128.2051
COLLIS0.46463125.2610
HENLEY0.46463112.9944
DALLY0.46463108.6957
RUFFELL0.46463108.6957
WHITBY0.46463106.3830
BATTEN0.4646393.6768
ORTON0.4646391.9540
HICKMAN0.4646389.8588
JEFFERY0.4646389.5522
COLYER0.4646383.3333
HAYNES0.4646378.6925
SEATON0.4646376.5306
DORMAN0.4646367.1141
SUMMERFIELD0.4646366.6667
COLWELL0.4646366.6667
GARRETT0.4646366.6032
TARRY0.4646364.9351
LETTS0.4646363.2911
DOLPHIN0.4646358.1395
ELKINS0.4646355.5556
MARLOW0.4646355.1471
BENJAMIN0.4646341.1523
BILLING0.4646338.7597
COLES0.4646337.1978
HOWSON0.4646334.6021
ROUSE0.4646330.1205
NOON0.4646330.0300
RIGBY0.4646329.7841
PROBERT0.4646327.3973

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 463 people called BOTTRELL in Watford 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 3181.8182 in Watford means that 3181.8182% of the people in Watford on census day were called BOTTRELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOTTRELL 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 BOTTRELL 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 BOTTRELL 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 BOTTRELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Watford means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOTTRELL in Watford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Watford in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  AMBEY (5)  ANDREWS (1)  APSEY (1)  ARNOLD (1)  ASHBY (2)  ASKEW (1)  BAKER (8)  BARRATT (1)  BATEMAN (3)  BATTEN (4)  BENJAMIN (1)  BENNETT (1)  BILLING (1)  BIRD (1)  BORE (6)  BORNICE (1)  BOSMAN (1)  BOTTRELL (7)  BOWLES (1)  BOUNDS (5)  BURGESS (4)  BUSH (3)  BUTLER (1)  BUTLIN (7)  COLWELL (1)  CAPELL (7)  CLARKE (1)  CLEAVER (7)  COLE (1)  COLES (6)  COLYER (1)  COLLINS (5)  COLLIS (6)  COWLEY (1)  COX (2)  CRAWFORD (1)  CRISP (1)  CUNOBY (1)  DALLY (1)  DEVEREW (2)  DOLPHIN (1)  DORMAN (1)  EAMES (7)  EAGLESTONE (3)  ELKINS (1)  ESMUNDS (1)  FORD (1)  FOX (7)  FRITON (1)  FRAY (1)  GARDNER (1)  GARRETT (7)  GAULTON (1)  GEORGE (3)  GILBERT (6)  GOREY (2)  GRANT (2)  GREY (1)  GREEN (2)  GRUNDEY (1)  GUPWELL (1)  HALL (4)  HANCOCK (4)  HARLOW (4)  HARVEY (1)  HAYES (4)  HAYNES (13)  HENLEY HENLEY (2)  HENLEY (4)  HERSEY (4)  HICKMAN (7)  HOLT (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HOWKINS (2)  HOWSON (1)  HUGHES (8)  HUNTER (3)  INGRAM (2)  JAMES (1)  JEFFERY (9)  JOLLEY (4)  JOLLY (1)  JONES (1)  KINSH (5)  LANTSBURY (3)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEIGH (1)  LETTS (1)  LEVINGTON (1)  LOWE (5)  MANN (3)  MARLOW (3)  MAUDER (1)  MAWBY (4)  MILLER (4)  MYNARD (1)  MONTGOMERY (1)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (1)  NEWTON (8)  NICHOLS (1)  NOON (1)  OAKLEY (1)  OGDEN (1)  ORTON (4)  PACKER (16)  PEABODY (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  POOL (7)  POTTER (2)  POTTON (1)  PRIDGEON (1)  PRINGLE (1)  PROBERT (1)  PROYEMAN (1)  RADY (1)  REED (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIGBY (4)  ROBINSON (6)  ROUSE (2)  RUFFELL (1)  RUSSELL (9)  SAIL (4)  SCOTT (1)  SEATON (3)  SEYMOUR (2)  SHAW (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHIRLEY (7)  STEVENS (6)  SUMMERFIELD (2)  TARRY (1)  TAYLOR (13)  THOMPSON (3)  TEBBITT (3)  TOMALIN (1)  TURNER (1)  WARD (1)  WATSON (1)  WEST (8)  WHITBY (3)  WHITMELL (6)  WILLSON (1)  WOOD (15)  WOODWARD (2)  WRIGHT (5)  WRIGHTON (7)  WAIT (6)