Check out the updated version of British Surnames at our new website

Top surnames from the 1881 census in Welford, Northamptonshire

Welford 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
SEATON576.1290724.27
WOODFORD283.0108434.11
MITCHELL272.903214.31
BUSWELL232.4731842.49
VOSS222.3656969.16
WILSON202.15054.68
BROOKES202.150591.58
FREEMAN181.935530.31
GARDNER161.720425.34
PAGE151.612920.17
HARROLD151.6129357.14
MIDDLETON141.505428.68
WARD141.50546.89
KNIGHT131.397811.34
BIGGS131.397874.16
PORTER131.397818.63
LORD121.290327.99
MILLER121.29037.21
BURDITT111.1828948.28
JAMES111.18286.02
YORK101.075381.37
MUTTON101.0753289.86
HOLMAN101.075375.76
WOODHOUSE90.967740.83
OSBORN90.967746.51
BROWN90.96771.47
CHAMBERLAIN80.860231.62
GUBBINS80.8602503.14
GOODFELLOW80.860297.32
SPENCER80.86029.42
JOHNSON80.86022.56
ISHERWOOD70.752765.06
DAY70.75278.00
LOVELL70.752735.97
ADAMS70.75275.11
HEWITT70.752715.45
GREGORY60.64529.20
FLETCHER60.64525.65
CHAPMAN60.64524.54
WEST60.64526.70
ATTERBURY60.6452618.56
WOOTTEN60.6452272.73
ROBINSON60.64522.02
CLARKE60.64523.18
POOLE50.537611.16
SEAR50.5376143.68
COLEMAN50.537610.79
LAWRENCE50.53768.28
CLAY50.537626.19
DAVIS50.53762.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEASNALL0.939301000.0000
VOSS0.93930969.1630
BURDITT0.93930948.2759
BUSWELL0.93930842.4908
SEATON0.93930724.2694
ATTERBURY0.93930618.5567
GUBBINS0.93930503.1447
WOODFORD0.93930434.1085
HARROLD0.93930357.1429
MUTTON0.93930289.8551
SWINGLER0.93930287.3563
WOOTTEN0.93930272.7273
NEWITT0.93930263.1579
PEARSALL0.93930212.7660
KILBOURN0.93930200.0000
FLOREY0.93930196.0784
EKINS0.93930189.8734
PUTMAN0.93930182.9268
BOYSON0.93930181.8182
FLANDERS0.93930174.6725
SEAR0.93930143.6782
LANES0.93930131.5789
KIDDY0.93930126.5823
CUTTER0.93930114.9425
IRISH0.93930110.7011
SPENSER0.93930108.6957
SPRIGGS0.93930108.2251
GOODFELLOW0.9393097.3236
HINCKLEY0.9393097.0874
TRUSLER0.9393092.5926
BROOKES0.9393091.5751
YORK0.9393081.3670
HOLMAN0.9393075.7576
BIGGS0.9393074.1586
DUCKETT0.9393067.4536
ISHERWOOD0.9393065.0558
KENNEY0.9393058.5938
BALDERSON0.9393056.4972
WHITEMAN0.9393050.0000
OSBORN0.9393046.5116
GARRATT0.9393042.4178
BUDGE0.9393042.1941
WOODHOUSE0.9393040.8348
LOVELL0.9393035.9712
MEADS0.9393033.0033
CHAMBERLIN0.9393032.3625
MALIN0.9393032.3625
CHAMBERLAIN0.9393031.6206
CAMPION0.9393030.6748
FREEMAN0.9393030.3081

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 930 people called PEASNALL in Welford 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 1000.0000 in Welford means that 1000.0000% of the people in Welford on census day were called PEASNALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEASNALL 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 PEASNALL 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 PEASNALL 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 PEASNALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.93 in Welford means that you are 0.93 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEASNALL in Welford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Welford in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  ADAMS (7)  ADDISON ((ADDERSON)) (14)  ADDERSON (2)  ADDISON (1)  ADNITT (2)  MC ALL (1)  ALLEN (3)  ATTERBURY (6)  AUSTIN (1)  BAKER (2)  BALDERSON (1)  BATES (1)  BATTES (1)  BEASLEY (1)  BENNETT (1)  BIGGS (13)  BILLSON (2)  BOTT (1)  BOTRILL (1)  BOYSON (1)  BRAY (2)  BROOKES (20)  BROOKS (3)  BROWN (9)  BUCK (3)  BUDGE (2)  BURDITT (11)  BUSWELL (23)  BUTLIN (19)  CARPENTER (4)  CAVE (1)  CHAMBERLIN (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (8)  CHAMBERLAN (3)  CAMPION (2)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHESTER (2)  CHEW (1)  CHURCH (2)  CLARKE (6)  CLAY (5)  COLES (2)  COLEMAN (5)  COLLINS (1)  COPSON (1)  COX (2)  CRANE (2)  CROSS (3)  CUTTER (3)  DAVIS (5)  DAY (7)  DICKENS (1)  DOBSON (3)  DUCKETT (4)  DUFFY (5)  DUNN (1)  EYSTON (2)  EKINS (3)  ELLIOTT (2)  EVANS (1)  FAULKNER (2)  FERRABY (2)  FISHER (1)  FLANDERS (4)  FLETCHER (6)  FLOREY (1)  FOSTER (1)  FREEMAN (18)  FRISBY (1)  GALLWAY (2)  GARDENER (3)  GARDNER (16)  GARRATT (4)  GEE (4)  JAYS (5)  GILBERT (1)  GIMSON (1)  GOODFELLOW (8)  GOODWAY (1)  GRAINGER (1)  GRANT (5)  GRAY (1)  GREGORY (6)  GRIFFIN (4)  GUBBINS (8)  HADIDA (1)  HALL (1)  HANBIDGE (6)  HARROLD (15)  HEDLEY (1)  HEFFORD (3)  HEWITT (7)  HINCKLEY (1)  HOLLICK (6)  HOLLINGWORTH (1)  HOLMAN (10)  HOOD (1)  HOPE (1)  ILSTON (1)  IORNS (4)  IRISH (3)  ISHERWOOD (7)  JAQUES (1)  JAMES (11)  JENNINGS (2)  JOHNSON (8)  JONES (2)  KENNEY (3)  KILBOURN (1)  KILWORTH (2)  KIDDY (1)  KNIGHT (13)  LANES (1)  LANSBURY (1)  LAWRENCE (5)  LEND (1)  LILLYMAN (1)  LORD (12)  LOVELL (7)  MALIN (1)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARTIN (2)  MATTHEWS (3)  MEADS (1)  MEASURES (1)  MEDBOURN (1)  MIDDLETON (14)  MILLER (12)  MITCHELL (27)  MUTTON (10)  MOME (1)  MOORE (2)  MORTIMER (3)  NEWITT (4)  NICHOLS (1)  NIGHTINGALE (3)  NORTON (1)  OSBORN (9)  OSBORNE (1)  PAGE (15)  PARAMOR (1)  PARKINSON (1)  PARTRIDGE (4)  PEBODY (12)  PEARSALL (4)  PEASNALL (1)  PERKINS (1)  PIBODY (2)  PLOWS (2)  POOLE (5)  PORTER (13)  PUTMAN (3)  READING (1)  REEVE (1)  RENSHAW (2)  ROBINSON (6)  ROGERS (1)  ROWLEY (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SADDINGTON (1)  SAVAGE (4)  SEAR (5)  SCRIMSHIRE (5)  SEATON (57)  SMART (1)  SMEETON (1)  SMITH (3)  SPENCER (8)  SPENSER (1)  SPRIGGS (5)  STAFFORD (1)  STANTON (1)  STENNINGS (1)  SWINGLER (5)  TAYLOR (2)  THORNTON (2)  TILSTON (1)  TIMMINS (1)  TRUSLER (1)  VERNON (2)  VOSS (22)  WALTON (4)  WARD (14)  WARNER (3)  WATHERN (1)  WATTS (2)  WEST (6)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTON (4)  WHITE (4)  WHITMORE (1)  WHITEMAN (3)  WILKINS (1)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLSON (2)  WILSON (20)  WOOD (1)  WOODFORD (28)  WOODHOUSE (9)  WOOTTEN (6)  WORMLIEGHTON (1)  WRIGHT (2)  YORK (10)