Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gayton, Northamptonshire

Gayton 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
LAWRENCE264.521769.63
COCKERILL223.8261794.22
SMITH213.65222.59
KINGSTON183.1304335.20
CLARKE183.130415.45
HILLYARD172.95651,164.38
GREEN152.60879.26
FLOYD132.2609237.66
WEBB132.260916.68
DUNKLEY122.0870262.01
PAYNE111.913021.26
RATLEDGE111.91306,111.11
MOORE111.91309.57
WOOTTON111.9130210.73
HILLYER101.7391602.41
GEORGE101.739129.64
POWELL91.565212.55
HIGGINS91.565230.96
WARWICK81.3913100.63
MIDDLETON81.391326.50
LOVELL81.391366.50
DIXON81.391312.70
WHELDON81.3913833.33
WEST71.217412.64
BURBIDGE71.2174357.14
CHAMBERLAIN71.217444.76
GARNER61.043533.02
COWLEY61.043556.71
WALTER61.043568.10
EDMUNDS61.043580.00
WHITEHEAD61.043515.44
GARRETT61.043545.98
BLUNT61.0435129.31
GUNN61.043542.61
SAUNDERS61.043511.38
WARD61.04354.78
OLD50.8696214.59
HAYNES50.869624.37
LINNELL50.8696387.60
WHITE50.86962.71
ELLIS50.86965.99
BROWN50.86961.32
BRANDOW40.695740,000.00
FACER40.6957344.83
DIGBY40.6957134.23
KENNING40.6957439.56
INGLE40.6957170.21
RICHARDS40.69574.61
ROBERTS30.52171.39
BURROWS30.521711.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRANDOW0.5857540000.0000
RATLEDGE0.585756111.1111
HILLYARD0.585751164.3836
WHELDON0.58575833.3333
COCKERILL0.58575794.2238
HILLYER0.58575602.4096
SIDE0.58575476.1905
KENNING0.58575439.5604
LINNELL0.58575387.5969
BURBIDGE0.58575357.1429
FACER0.58575344.8276
KINGSTON0.58575335.1955
BROCKINGTON0.58575312.5000
DUNKLEY0.58575262.0087
FLOYD0.58575237.6600
OLD0.58575214.5923
WOOTTON0.58575210.7280
SCHULTZ0.58575204.0816
CLAYPOLE0.58575192.3077
INGLE0.58575170.2128
DIGBY0.58575134.2282
BLUNT0.58575129.3103
DILKS0.58575114.9425
WARWICK0.58575100.6289
EDMUNDS0.5857580.0000
LAWRENCE0.5857569.6304
WALTER0.5857568.1044
LOVELL0.5857566.5004
BILLING0.5857562.5000
BILLINGHAM0.5857557.4713
COWLEY0.5857556.7108
GARRATT0.5857551.4580
PURCHASE0.5857550.7614
GARRETT0.5857545.9770
CHAMBERLAIN0.5857544.7570
GUNN0.5857542.6136
WATERSON0.5857541.4938
KIRTON0.5857538.1679
GARNER0.5857533.0215
DARBY0.5857532.5027
HIGGINS0.5857530.9598
PELL0.5857530.9598
GEORGE0.5857529.6384
MIDDLETON0.5857526.4988
HAYNES0.5857524.3665
SEAL0.5857524.0964
PAYNE0.5857521.2560
WEBB0.5857516.6795
CRUMP0.5857516.1031
CLARKE0.5857515.4493

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 575 people called BRANDOW in Gayton 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 40000.0000 in Gayton means that 40000.0000% of the people in Gayton on census day were called BRANDOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRANDOW 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 BRANDOW 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 BRANDOW 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 BRANDOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Gayton means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRANDOW in Gayton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gayton in 1881

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

EYKYN (5)  BATTAMS (3)  BILLING (2)  BILLINGHAM (2)  BLUNT (6)  BODDINGTON (13)  BOTTERILL (11)  BRANDOW (4)  BRETT (1)  BROCKINGTON (1)  BROWN (5)  BUORNE (4)  BURBIDGE (7)  BURROWS (3)  CENDLE (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (7)  CLARKE (18)  CLAYPOLE (1)  COCKERILL (22)  COLES (2)  COWLEY (6)  CRUMP (1)  CURTIS (1)  DARBY (3)  DIGBY (4)  DILKS (1)  DIXON (8)  DUNCKLEY (11)  DUNKLEY (12)  EDMUNDS (6)  ELLIS (5)  FACER (4)  FORD (3)  FREEMAN (1)  GARNER (6)  GARRATT (3)  GARRETT (6)  GATTRELL (6)  GEORGE (10)  GOODE (1)  GREEN (15)  GRIFFITH (1)  GUNN (6)  HARFIELD (1)  HAYNES (5)  HIGGINS (9)  HILLYARD (17)  HILLYER (10)  INNS (7)  INGLE (4)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (1)  KENNING (4)  KINGSTON (18)  KIRTON (1)  LAWRENCE (26)  LINNELL (5)  FLOYD (13)  LOAKES (5)  LOVELL (8)  MIDDLETON (8)  MILLER (1)  MOORE (11)  MORTON (2)  OLD (5)  PALMER (1)  PAYNE (11)  PEASNELL (2)  PELL (1)  PEPPER (1)  PURCHASE (1)  POWELL (9)  REEVE (2)  RICHARDS (4)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (3)  RATLEDGE (11)  SEAL (1)  SAULL (4)  SAUNDERS (6)  SCHULTZ (1)  SHARPE (1)  SHIPPERLEY (3)  SIDE (1)  SMITH (21)  SWABEY (2)  TAYLOR (2)  THIBOUT (1)  TOMALIN (7)  TURLAND (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WADSWORTH (1)  WALKER (1)  WALTER (6)  WARD (6)  WARWICK (8)  WATERSON (1)  WEBB (13)  WEST (7)  WHELDON (8)  WHITE (5)  WHITEHEAD (6)  WINGRAVE (1)  WOOTTON (11)