Top surnames from the 1881 census in Benefield, Northamptonshire

Benefield 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
FREEMAN245.084779.63
BERRIDGE234.8729927.42
BOSWORTH234.8729827.34
DIXON204.237338.68
CHAPMAN183.813626.85
REDSHAW183.81361,285.71
PYWELL153.17802,586.21
PALMER132.754223.36
WALTON112.330533.11
GALE112.330577.79
DAVIS91.90688.68
STANSBURY91.90683,103.45
WYKES91.9068545.45
SWANN91.9068174.76
TODD81.694933.31
SHARMAN81.6949123.08
FLETCHER81.694914.85
BURBIDGE81.6949496.89
MEADOWS71.4831106.06
JINKS71.4831353.54
LEATON71.48313,333.33
CHAMBERS61.271222.35
COLSTON51.0593581.40
BARRATT51.059352.25
CUNNINGTON51.0593257.73
WARD51.05934.85
GOODMAN51.059336.31
CLARK40.84752.82
HORSFORD30.6356612.24
HEIGHT30.63562,142.86
EVEREST30.6356186.34
MOORE30.63563.18
SPRIGGS30.6356127.66
HITCHCOCK30.635655.05
LANGLEY20.423719.31
GAMBLE20.423729.59
FRANKLIN20.423712.76
SPENDLOVE20.4237277.78
EATON20.423715.14
TITMAN20.4237645.16
WRIGHT20.42371.32
CARLEY20.4237188.68
GUESS20.4237588.24
DOLBY20.4237113.64
DEWAR20.423732.47
HYDE20.423713.77
PRATT10.21193.69
JOHNSON10.21190.63
BARBER10.21193.52
PHILLIPS10.21191.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEATON0.474723333.3333
STANSBURY0.474723103.4483
PYWELL0.474722586.2069
HEIGHT0.474722142.8571
REDSHAW0.474721285.7143
BERRIDGE0.47472927.4194
BOSWORTH0.47472827.3381
TITMAN0.47472645.1613
HORSFORD0.47472612.2449
GUESS0.47472588.2353
COLSTON0.47472581.3953
WYKES0.47472545.4545
BURBIDGE0.47472496.8944
JINKS0.47472353.5354
SPENDLOVE0.47472277.7778
CUNNINGTON0.47472257.7320
CARLEY0.47472188.6792
EVEREST0.47472186.3354
SWANN0.47472174.7573
SPRIGGS0.47472127.6596
SHARMAN0.47472123.0769
DOLBY0.47472113.6364
MEADOWS0.47472106.0606
FREEMAN0.4747279.6284
GALE0.4747277.7935
NEGUS0.4747274.0741
PANTER0.4747262.5000
DITCHFIELD0.4747262.1118
HITCHCOCK0.4747255.0459
BARRATT0.4747252.2466
PLOWMAN0.4747241.3223
DIXON0.4747238.6772
GOODMAN0.4747236.3108
TODD0.4747233.3056
WALTON0.4747233.1126
DEWAR0.4747232.4675
GAMBLE0.4747229.5858
CHAPMAN0.4747226.8496
ROWELL0.4747224.2718
TOMLIN0.4747223.6967
PALMER0.4747223.3645
BOON0.4747222.6244
CHAMBERS0.4747222.3547
LANGLEY0.4747219.3050
GOODE0.4747216.3666
SIMONS0.4747216.0514
EATON0.4747215.1400
FLETCHER0.4747214.8478
HYDE0.4747213.7741
FRANKLIN0.4747212.7632

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 472 people called LEATON in Benefield 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 3333.3333 in Benefield means that 3333.3333% of the people in Benefield on census day were called LEATON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEATON 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 LEATON 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 LEATON 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 LEATON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Benefield means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEATON in Benefield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Benefield in 1881

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

BARBER (1)  BARNETT (1)  BARRATT (5)  BERRIDGE (23)  BOON (1)  BOSWORTH (23)  BURBIDGE (8)  CARLEY (2)  CURRALL (14)  CHAMBERS (6)  CHAPMAN (18)  CLARK (4)  COALES (1)  COLSTON (5)  COOK (1)  CUNNINGTON (5)  DAVIS (9)  DEWAR (2)  DITCHFIELD (1)  DIXON (20)  DOLBY (2)  EATON (2)  ELLIOTT (1)  EVEREST (3)  EVERETT (1)  FLECKNOR (4)  FLETCHER (8)  FLETTON (24)  FLINT (1)  FRANKLIN (2)  FREEAR (3)  FREEMAN (24)  GALE (11)  GAMBLE (2)  GILBY (19)  GLOVER (1)  GOODE (1)  GOODMAN (5)  GUESS (2)  HITCHCOCK (3)  HOLMES (1)  HORSFORD (3)  HEIGHT (3)  HYDE (2)  JINKS (7)  JOHNSON (1)  JOYCE (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LANGLEY (2)  LEATON (7)  MESSAM (9)  MEADOWS (7)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (3)  NEGUS (1)  OSBOND (4)  PANTER (1)  PALMER (13)  PHILLIPS (1)  PLOWMAN (1)  PLOWRIGHT (16)  POPE (1)  PRATT (1)  PRESTON (1)  PYWELL (15)  REDSHAW (18)  ROWELL (1)  SHARMAN (8)  SIMONS (1)  SMITH (1)  SPENDLOVE (2)  SPRIGGS (3)  STAFFORD (1)  STANSBURY (9)  STREATHER (4)  SWANN (9)  TITMAN (2)  TODD (8)  TOLIDAY (2)  TOMLIN (1)  WALTON (11)  WARD (5)  WYKES (9)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLS (1)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (2)