Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broughton, Northamptonshire

Broughton 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
LENTON485.46701,093.39
JACQUES353.9863470.43
THOMPSON283.189110.65
TAYLOR212.39183.74
MORRISS161.8223298.51
SALE161.8223276.82
JOHNSON141.59454.75
HIGHT141.59452,978.72
BROWN141.59452.42
ROBINSON141.59455.00
RICHARDSON131.48068.70
CLARK131.48064.93
HOLLAND131.480620.80
PANTHER121.36671,363.64
READ121.366721.20
JAMES111.25286.38
OWEN111.252810.56
EATON111.252844.75
BRADSHAW101.139027.73
BURGESS91.025114.76
FORBES91.025130.59
PARKER80.91124.79
REED80.911212.48
HILL80.91123.58
ROCKINGHAM80.91122,857.14
BIRD80.911211.92
WOOD80.91122.86
MANN80.911217.30
CHAPMAN70.79735.61
BALL70.79739.65
WYKES70.7973228.76
BAKER70.79733.64
GARRATT70.797378.56
DAVIS70.79733.63
BUSBY70.797375.68
DILLEY60.6834215.83
REYNOLDS60.68347.89
TILLEY60.683452.04
DAWKINS60.683494.34
JEFFCOAT60.68341,276.60
SHARPE60.683423.18
SWAN60.683426.39
LEA60.683434.62
BROOKS60.68346.99
FOX50.56956.13
SHARP50.56956.83
BOULTON50.569531.59
LYON50.569527.17
BRIMLEY50.5695641.03
ANDREW50.569517.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PULVER0.8887810000.0000
CHENE0.888785000.0000
HIGHT0.888782978.7234
ROCKINGHAM0.888782857.1429
PANTHER0.888781363.6364
JEFFCOAT0.888781276.5957
LENTON0.888781093.3941
BRIMLEY0.88878641.0256
JACQUES0.88878470.4301
GARLEY0.88878434.7826
EDIS0.88878423.7288
TARVER0.88878303.0303
MORRISS0.88878298.5075
SUMPTER0.88878287.7698
SALE0.88878276.8166
GROSS0.88878243.9024
DUNMORE0.88878243.9024
WYKES0.88878228.7582
DILLEY0.88878215.8273
BLOTT0.88878198.0198
MASSY0.88878192.3077
CATTELL0.88878163.9344
LEETE0.88878153.8462
VESEY0.88878136.9863
FALKNER0.88878133.7793
LEAKE0.88878110.8033
DAWKINS0.8887894.3396
TYRELL0.8887893.4579
DICKS0.8887893.2401
GARRATT0.8887878.5634
BUSBY0.8887875.6757
WOOLSTON0.8887865.7895
MOULDS0.8887865.7895
ALDERMAN0.8887857.9710
SEARS0.8887854.3478
TILLEY0.8887852.0382
RINGROSE0.8887846.7290
EATON0.8887844.7518
DICKENS0.8887843.5256
DUNKLEY0.8887842.9185
CRADDOCK0.8887840.5954
COCKAYNE0.8887837.8788
LEA0.8887834.6220
BOULTON0.8887831.5856
FORBES0.8887830.5914
DOLBY0.8887830.5810
MOBBS0.8887830.3030
BRADSHAW0.8887827.7316
SOUTHAM0.8887827.3224
LYON0.8887827.1739

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 878 people called PULVER in Broughton 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 10000.0000 in Broughton means that 10000.0000% of the people in Broughton on census day were called PULVER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PULVER 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 PULVER 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 PULVER 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 PULVER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.88 in Broughton means that you are 0.88 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PULVER in Broughton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broughton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALBONE (1)  ALDERMAN (2)  ANDREW (5)  ASBREY (12)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (7)  BALL (7)  BARRETT (1)  BIRD (8)  BLOTT (2)  BLUNDELL (1)  BOULTON (5)  BOLTON (4)  BRADBURY (4)  BRADLEY (1)  BRADSHAW (10)  BRIGGS (5)  BRIMLEY (5)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (14)  BURGESS (9)  BURNAGE (5)  BUSBY (7)  CATTELL (4)  CHAPMAN (7)  CHENE (1)  CLARK (13)  CLARKE (1)  COCKAYNE (1)  COLLIER (2)  COLLINS (2)  COOPER (5)  COX (1)  CRADDOCK (3)  CROW (2)  DAINTY (3)  DALE (2)  DAVIS (7)  DAWKINS (6)  DEANE (1)  DEARLOVE (4)  DICKS (4)  DICKENS (4)  DILLEY (6)  DINGLEY (4)  DOLBY (1)  DOWNES (1)  DRAPER (2)  DRING (2)  DUNKLEY (3)  DUNMORE (4)  EALES (3)  ESSAM (24)  EASTHORPE (2)  EATON (11)  EDIS (5)  FALKNER (4)  FAULKNER (3)  FORBES (9)  FOX (5)  FRANKLIN (2)  FRITCHEN (1)  GARDINER (4)  GARLEY (2)  GARRATT (7)  GIBBONS (3)  GLITHEROE (3)  GRANT (2)  GRIFFITH (1)  GRIMBLEY (1)  GROSS (4)  HEFFORD (5)  HIGGINS (5)  HILL (8)  HOLLAND (13)  HIGHT (14)  ILETT (2)  JACQUES (35)  JACQUEST (6)  JAMES (11)  JEFFCOAT (6)  JOHNSON (14)  JONES (1)  KILSBY (7)  KNIGHT (1)  LEAKE (4)  LANGLEY (1)  LEA (6)  LOWICK (3)  LEETE (1)  LILLYMAN (12)  LENTON (48)  LOAKE (2)  LOWE (3)  LYON (5)  MANN (8)  MANNING (1)  MASSY (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MEADOWS (2)  MILLARD (3)  MILLER (3)  MOBBS (1)  MOORE (2)  MORRISS (16)  MOULDS (1)  MUSSON (1)  OWEN (11)  PADDINSON (1)  PAGE (1)  PANTHER (12)  PARKER (8)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PAIN (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PERKINS (2)  PETTIT (1)  PHILIPS (2)  PITTS (2)  PLUMB (1)  POTTER (1)  POULTNEY (1)  PULVER (4)  REEVES (5)  REED (8)  READ (12)  REYNOLDS (6)  RICHARDSON (13)  RIDDLE (1)  RINGROSE (1)  ROBINSON (14)  ROCKINGHAM (8)  SADLER (3)  SALE (16)  SAIL (11)  SEARS (3)  SHARP (5)  SHARPE (6)  SHATFORD (8)  SHORT (4)  SIMMONS (1)  SKELLHAM (4)  SMITH (4)  SOUTHAM (1)  SPENCER (2)  STEVENS (1)  STONHAM (1)  SUMPTER (4)  SWAN (6)  TARVER (2)  TAYLOR (21)  TEBBY (1)  THOMPSON (28)  TILLEY (6)  TITE (3)  TOSELAND (9)  TRAVEL (3)  TURLAND (7)  TYRELL (3)  VESEY (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (3)  WARWICK (1)  WYKES (7)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIS (1)  WOOD (8)  WOOLSTON (1)  WORTH (1)  WRITING (2)