Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cottingham, Northamptonshire

Cottingham 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
WHITE384.008412.47
WEST323.375535.06
COLES282.953684.77
TILLEY262.7426208.84
SIMPSON252.637115.08
INGRAM232.426279.45
CLAYPOLE232.42622,674.42
CRANE232.4262115.00
TANSLEY202.1097569.80
JACKSON202.10977.55
VICKERS171.793269.84
JARVIS161.687837.61
BRADSHAW161.687841.09
FOSTER141.476811.05
STURMAN131.3713616.11
JONES131.37131.21
TIMSON121.2658406.78
CHAMBERS121.265822.26
CHAPPELL121.265875.05
HOBBS111.160331.85
SPRIGGS111.1603233.55
PANTER80.8439248.45
BAMFORD80.843956.06
COX80.84395.57
MAYES80.843987.53
HORSLEY80.843990.29
BULL70.738417.47
WARD70.73843.38
ALMOND70.738459.57
ATKINS70.738419.69
REYNOLDS70.73848.52
DAMMS70.73841,228.07
STOKES70.738417.49
SMITH70.73840.52
COOKE60.632911.47
GOODE60.632948.90
MILES60.632910.73
HATFIELD60.632988.76
CARTER60.63293.77
OLIVER60.63298.87
JARMAN60.632966.37
BROWN60.63290.96
DARNELL60.6329221.40
CURTIS60.632911.15
FREESTONE60.6329147.42
SCOTT50.52742.08
BERRY50.52746.65
HACK50.5274151.06
COOPER50.52742.17
MINNS50.5274119.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLAYPOLE0.959482674.4186
PERY0.959481666.6667
DAMMS0.959481228.0702
STURMAN0.95948616.1137
TANSLEY0.95948569.8006
BREEDEN0.95948454.5455
LANK0.95948434.7826
TIMSON0.95948406.7797
CRAYFORD0.95948312.5000
PANTER0.95948248.4472
TIMPSON0.95948240.9639
SPRIGGS0.95948233.5456
SWINGLER0.95948224.7191
DARNELL0.95948221.4022
TILLEY0.95948208.8353
SUMPTER0.95948200.0000
HACK0.95948151.0574
ELMORE0.95948148.1481
FREESTONE0.95948147.4201
WILFORD0.95948130.8901
MINNS0.95948119.9041
CRANE0.95948115.0000
RAYSON0.95948110.2941
WOLF0.95948108.6957
BUSWELL0.95948107.9137
CLOW0.95948104.8951
HORSLEY0.9594890.2935
HATFIELD0.9594888.7574
MAYES0.9594887.5274
PYWELL0.9594885.4701
COLES0.9594884.7714
INGRAM0.9594879.4473
JACKLIN0.9594878.4314
BENFORD0.9594878.1250
CHAPPELL0.9594875.0469
VICKERS0.9594869.8439
CURTISS0.9594869.4444
JARMAN0.9594866.3717
ALMOND0.9594859.5745
DEXTER0.9594857.4713
BAMFORD0.9594856.0617
DUNKLEY0.9594852.9801
GOODE0.9594848.8998
LINNELL0.9594846.9484
GUTTERIDGE0.9594841.4938
GIBBINS0.9594841.3223
BRADSHAW0.9594841.0889
PALLETT0.9594839.5257
ELLERY0.9594838.9105
JARVIS0.9594837.6117

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 948 people called CLAYPOLE in Cottingham 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 2674.4186 in Cottingham means that 2674.4186% of the people in Cottingham on census day were called CLAYPOLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLAYPOLE 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 CLAYPOLE 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 CLAYPOLE 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 CLAYPOLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.95 in Cottingham means that you are 0.95 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLAYPOLE in Cottingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cottingham in 1881

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

ADCOCK (1)  ALDWINKLE (9)  ALDWINCKLE (13)  ALLSOP (3)  ALMOND (7)  ANDREWS (1)  ASBERY (1)  ATKINS (7)  BAMFORD (8)  BEEBY (1)  BEESWORTH (24)  BENFORD (1)  BERRIDGE (1)  BERRY (5)  BIGGE (1)  BINLEY (17)  BINLEY OR BIULEY (6)  BOOTH (5)  BOTTRILL (5)  BRADFORD (1)  BRADSHAW (16)  BREEDEN (3)  BROWN (6)  BRAUNSTON (5)  BULL (7)  BUSBY (1)  BUSHELL (2)  BUSWELL (3)  BUTLER (4)  CANNAM (4)  CARTER (6)  CHAMBERLAIN (4)  CHAMBERS (12)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHAPPELL (12)  CLAYPOLE (23)  CLOW (3)  COLES (28)  COLEMAN (5)  COOKE (6)  COOPER (5)  COX (8)  CRANE (23)  CRAWLEY (1)  CRAYFORD (2)  CROSS (5)  CRAXFORD (14)  CURSLY (7)  CURTIS (6)  CURTISS (1)  DAMMS (7)  DARNELL (6)  DAVIS (2)  DEACON (1)  DEAN (1)  DEXTER (4)  DICKSON (1)  DUNKLEY (4)  EAGLE (1)  ELLERY (1)  ELMORE (2)  ESSEX (1)  FLETCHER (2)  FOODE (2)  FOSTER (14)  FREESTONE (6)  GIBBINS (3)  GOODE (6)  GOODMAN (1)  GREEN (1)  GROOCOCK (3)  GUTTERIDGE (2)  HACK (5)  HATFIELD (6)  HEALY (1)  HERCOCK (4)  HOBBS (11)  HOGAN (2)  HORSLEY (8)  INGRAM (23)  JACKLIN (2)  JACKSON (20)  JARMAN (6)  JARVIS (16)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (13)  CURSLEY (7)  LANK (1)  LAWSON (3)  LEWIN (2)  LINNELL (1)  LIQUORICH (1)  LIQUORISH (15)  LOAKE (4)  MACKEILIN (1)  MAIN (1)  MAJOR (1)  MARLOW (1)  MAYES (8)  MAYDSELL (2)  MAYDWELL (24)  MILES (6)  MINNS (5)  OLIVER (6)  PANTER (8)  PALLETT (1)  PALMER (4)  PEAKE (3)  PERKINS (2)  PERY (2)  PYWELL (1)  RADSHAW (3)  RAYSON (3)  REESBY (1)  REYNOLDS (7)  RALPH (1)  ROWELL (1)  SCOTT (5)  SCREATON (1)  SCULTHORP (9)  SHAW (4)  SHERRIFF (2)  SIMPSON (25)  SMITH (7)  SPRIGGS (11)  STAFFORD (2)  STANYON (5)  STOKES (7)  STRETTON (3)  STRICKLAND (2)  STURMAN (13)  SUMPTER (3)  SUNERLING (1)  SWINGLER (4)  TANSLEY (20)  TAYLOR (5)  THORP (1)  TILLEY (26)  TIMSON (12)  TIMPSON (4)  TRISTON (1)  TIRRILL (1)  TIRREL (1)  VICKERS (17)  VYE (6)  WALTON (1)  WARD (7)  WEST (32)  WEBSTER (2)  WHITE (38)  WILFORD (5)  WILSON (2)  WOLF (2)  WOOLEY (2)  YATES (2)