Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashton In Potterspury, Northamptonshire

Ashton In Potterspury 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
JONES268.02477.09
WEBB195.864243.26
CLARK134.012313.35
MILLS113.395126.18
WATSON103.086413.30
MATTHEW92.7778367.35
REEVES82.469160.29
CROSS82.469135.87
COOK82.469112.43
WELCH72.160561.46
MASLIN72.16051,014.49
WILKINS61.851941.90
ROBINSON61.85195.81
WHITBREAD61.8519465.12
RICHARDS51.543210.22
NEELY51.54326,250.00
MERRY51.5432206.61
HADLEY41.234690.70
WHITE41.23463.84
GEARY41.2346158.10
MELCHER41.234613,333.33
WILDING30.925978.74
GARDNER30.925913.64
WESTON30.925922.71
COLE30.925910.17
TIMBS30.92591,578.95
WARREN30.925913.85
CLARKE30.92594.57
FERN30.9259297.03
GOODE30.925971.60
LINNELL20.6173273.97
ADAMS20.61734.19
DICKINS20.6173168.07
CHAPMAN20.61734.35
GLEN20.617362.31
FROST20.617310.98
MUNDAY20.617352.77
TEW20.6173140.85
BLUNT20.617376.34
HODGKINS20.6173136.99
MITCHELL20.61733.04
TERRY10.308612.08
BILLINGHAM10.308651.02
HOLT10.30864.61
HINTON10.308622.99
SMITH10.30860.22
ASH10.308618.69
HODGKINSON10.308617.95
HINES10.308636.23
GOODRIDGE10.308692.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MELCHER0.3232413333.3333
NEELY0.323246250.0000
TIMBS0.323241578.9474
MASLIN0.323241014.4928
WHITBREAD0.32324465.1163
MATTHEW0.32324367.3469
ADDINGTON0.32324344.8276
FERN0.32324297.0297
LINNELL0.32324273.9726
MERRY0.32324206.6116
DICKINS0.32324168.0672
GEARY0.32324158.1028
TEW0.32324140.8451
HODGKINS0.32324136.9863
GOODRIDGE0.3232492.5926
HADLEY0.3232490.7029
WILDING0.3232478.7402
BLUNT0.3232476.3359
GOODE0.3232471.5990
GLEN0.3232462.3053
WELCH0.3232461.4574
REEVES0.3232460.2864
MUNDAY0.3232452.7704
BILLINGHAM0.3232451.0204
WEBB0.3232443.2605
WILKINS0.3232441.8994
HINES0.3232436.2319
CROSS0.3232435.8744
MILLS0.3232426.1780
HINTON0.3232422.9885
WESTON0.3232422.7101
ASH0.3232418.6916
HODGKINSON0.3232417.9533
WARREN0.3232413.8504
GARDNER0.3232413.6426
CLARK0.3232413.3498
WATSON0.3232413.3049
COOK0.3232412.4301
TERRY0.3232412.0773
FROST0.3232410.9769
RICHARDS0.3232410.2187
COLE0.3232410.1660
HERBERT0.323248.2645
TOWNSEND0.323247.2674
JONES0.323247.0856
ROBINSON0.323245.8078
HOLT0.323244.6104
CLARKE0.323244.5697
CHAPMAN0.323244.3459
ADAMS0.323244.1885

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 324 people called MELCHER in Ashton In Potterspury 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 13333.3333 in Ashton In Potterspury means that 13333.3333% of the people in Ashton In Potterspury on census day were called MELCHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MELCHER 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 MELCHER 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 MELCHER 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 MELCHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Ashton In Potterspury means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MELCHER in Ashton In Potterspury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashton In Potterspury in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ADDINGTON (1)  ASH (1)  BILLINGHAM (1)  BLUNT (2)  BRISE (9)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARK (13)  CLARKE (3)  COLE (3)  COOK (8)  CROSS (8)  DICKINS (2)  DROSSER (1)  ELLMS (5)  FERN (3)  FROST (2)  GARDNER (3)  GEARY (4)  GLEN (2)  GOODE (3)  GOODRIDGE (1)  HADLEY (4)  HARRICH (3)  HERBERT (1)  HERSCOMBE (7)  HEARSEY (1)  HINES (1)  HINTON (1)  HODGKINS (2)  HODGKINSON (1)  HOLT (1)  JAMES (1)  JONSTON (1)  JONES (26)  LINNELL (2)  LYMATH (1)  MELCHER (4)  MALSHER (2)  MARTING (5)  MASLIN (7)  MATTHEW (9)  NEELY (5)  MERRY (5)  MILLS (11)  MITCHELL (2)  MUNDAY (2)  PHITLOCK (6)  PIDGEN (2)  PRESCOT (2)  PRICE (1)  REEVES (8)  RICHARDS (5)  ROBINSON (6)  RODDIS (4)  SCALDWELL (3)  SELBUTTS (2)  SHAKESHAFT (6)  SHAKESHARFT (9)  SMITH (1)  SOMERSTHAM (7)  TERRY (1)  TEW (2)  THIRPEN (8)  TIMBS (3)  TOWNSEND (1)  VIALS (2)  WARREN (3)  WATSON (10)  WEBB (19)  WELCH (7)  WESTON (3)  WHITBREAD (6)  WHITE (4)  WILDING (3)  WILKINS (6)