Top surnames from the 1881 census in Etton, Northamptonshire

Etton 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
SMITH118.02925.69
BUTTERWORTH118.0292223.58
BEAN96.5693508.47
CAPPS64.37962,142.86
ALDERMAN53.6496925.93
CLARKE42.919714.41
SWALES42.9197416.67
TANSEY32.18981,428.57
PARSONS32.189828.82
HARRISS32.1898333.33
HARRISON32.18989.87
PEARS32.1898476.19
WHITE32.18986.81
JESS21.45991,818.18
GRIFFIN21.459931.01
CROWSON21.4599666.67
BULL21.459934.54
WALDEN21.4599200.00
GODBY21.45992,000.00
CLOW21.4599487.80
BLOODWORTH10.7299434.78
GUNN10.729929.85
FRISBY10.7299169.49
WHEELER10.729912.09
SARGEANT10.729992.59
KIRBY10.729919.23
CLARE10.729950.51
HAYNES10.729920.45
BALDWIN10.729917.12
STAPLETON10.729972.46
JOHNSON10.72992.17
HARVEY10.72996.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CAPPS0.141372142.8571
GODBY0.141372000.0000
JESS0.141371818.1818
TANSEY0.141371428.5714
ALDERMAN0.14137925.9259
CROWSON0.14137666.6667
BEAN0.14137508.4746
CLOW0.14137487.8049
PEARS0.14137476.1905
BLOODWORTH0.14137434.7826
SWALES0.14137416.6667
HARRISS0.14137333.3333
BUTTERWORTH0.14137223.5772
WALDEN0.14137200.0000
FRISBY0.14137169.4915
SARGEANT0.1413792.5926
STAPLETON0.1413772.4638
CLARE0.1413750.5051
BULL0.1413734.5423
GRIFFIN0.1413731.0078
GUNN0.1413729.8507
PARSONS0.1413728.8184
HAYNES0.1413720.4499
KIRBY0.1413719.2308
BALDWIN0.1413717.1233
CLARKE0.1413714.4092
WHEELER0.1413712.0919
HARRISON0.141379.8652
HARVEY0.141376.8353
WHITE0.141376.8120
SMITH0.141375.6865
JOHNSON0.141372.1725

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 137 people called CAPPS in Etton 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 2142.8571 in Etton means that 2142.8571% of the people in Etton on census day were called CAPPS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CAPPS 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 CAPPS 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 CAPPS 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 CAPPS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Etton means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CAPPS in Etton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Etton in 1881

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

ALDERMAN (5)  BALDWIN (1)  BATTRAM (8)  BEAN (9)  BLOODWORTH (1)  BULL (2)  BUTTERWORTH (11)  CANOR (2)  CAPPS (6)  CLARE (1)  CLARKE (4)  CLOW (2)  COBLEY (6)  CROWSON (2)  EDGSON (3)  FRISBY (1)  GODBY (2)  GRIFFIN (2)  GUNN (1)  HARRISS (3)  HARRISON (3)  HARVEY (1)  HAYNES (1)  JESS (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KIRBY (1)  MOSSOP (2)  NEAVERSON (3)  PARSONS (3)  PEARS (3)  PETCHELL (1)  SARGEANT (1)  SMITH (11)  STAPLETON (1)  SWALES (4)  TANSEY (3)  TOWNSIN (18)  WALDEN (2)  WHEELER (1)  WHITE (3)