Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire

Great Harrowden 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
CHAMBERLAIN85.1613189.57
RICHARDSON74.516126.53
SANDERS63.871085.35
CRADDOCK63.8710461.54
WALLIS63.8710114.29
KNIGHT53.225826.16
GROOME53.22582,083.33
STEEL53.225879.11
BUTTLER53.22581,063.83
WILLS42.580686.39
WALTER42.5806168.78
TOMPKINS42.5806298.51
WOOLSTON42.58061,481.48
HUMPHRIES42.5806114.61
CHAPLIN31.9355135.14
RIVETT31.9355517.24
BROCKLEBANK21.2903526.32
BAILEY21.29038.57
SHARP21.290315.48
ROUGHTON21.2903769.23
HORNE21.290359.35
BLOTT21.29031,111.11
HENDERSON21.290311.87
TURNELL21.29031,333.33
STEVENS10.64526.18
BARBY10.64522,000.00
PEACE10.645270.92
DICKENS10.645261.73
SHAW10.64523.51
ALLEN10.64523.42
CLARKE10.64523.18
HORSFALL10.645264.10
CARTER10.64523.84
PERCIVAL10.645241.15
FRANCIS10.645210.83
LAURIE10.645275.19
WRIGHT10.64522.01
JOHNSON10.64521.92
WHITEHEAD10.64529.54
REECE10.645274.07
GREEN10.64522.29
TEE10.6452333.33
PEARCEY10.6452434.78
DUNN10.64527.76
SIDEBOTTOM10.6452112.36
ANDERSON10.64523.27
LANGLEY10.645229.41
COOKE10.645211.70
SCOTT10.64522.55
WARD10.64522.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GROOME0.161552083.3333
BARBY0.161552000.0000
WOOLSTON0.161551481.4815
TURNELL0.161551333.3333
BLOTT0.161551111.1111
BUTTLER0.161551063.8298
POOLER0.16155833.3333
ROUGHTON0.16155769.2308
BROCKLEBANK0.16155526.3158
RIVETT0.16155517.2414
CRADDOCK0.16155461.5385
PEARCEY0.16155434.7826
TEE0.16155333.3333
TOMPKINS0.16155298.5075
CHAMBERLAIN0.16155189.5735
WALTER0.16155168.7764
CHAPLIN0.16155135.1351
HUMPHRIES0.16155114.6132
WALLIS0.16155114.2857
SIDEBOTTOM0.16155112.3596
WILLS0.1615586.3931
SANDERS0.1615585.3485
STEEL0.1615579.1139
LAURIE0.1615575.1880
REECE0.1615574.0741
PEACE0.1615570.9220
HORSFALL0.1615564.1026
DICKENS0.1615561.7284
HORNE0.1615559.3472
PERCIVAL0.1615541.1523
LANGLEY0.1615529.4118
RICHARDSON0.1615526.5252
KNIGHT0.1615526.1643
SHARP0.1615515.4799
HENDERSON0.1615511.8694
COOKE0.1615511.6959
FRANCIS0.1615510.8342
WHITEHEAD0.161559.5420
BAILEY0.161558.5653
DUNN0.161557.7580
STEVENS0.161556.1805
GRAHAM0.161555.6180
CARTER0.161553.8432
SHAW0.161553.5125
ALLEN0.161553.4153
ANDERSON0.161553.2669
CLARKE0.161553.1837
WARD0.161552.9533
SCOTT0.161552.5497
GREEN0.161552.2910

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 155 people called GROOME in Great Harrowden 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 2083.3333 in Great Harrowden means that 2083.3333% of the people in Great Harrowden on census day were called GROOME.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GROOME 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 GROOME 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 GROOME 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 GROOME here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Great Harrowden means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GROOME in Great Harrowden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Harrowden in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (1)  BAILEY (2)  BARBY (1)  BLOTT (2)  BRITCHFORD (1)  BROCKLEBANK (2)  BROWN (1)  BUTTLER (5)  CANSBEY (7)  CARTER (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (8)  CHAPLIN (3)  CLARKE (1)  CLENCH (4)  COOKE (1)  CRADDOCK (6)  DICKENS (1)  DUNN (1)  FELCE (4)  FRANCIS (1)  GAUDE (1)  JEYES (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (1)  GROOME (5)  HARTOP (1)  HENDERSON (2)  HORNE (2)  HORSFALL (1)  HUMPHRIES (4)  JOHNSON (1)  KNIGHT (5)  LANGLEY (1)  LAURIE (1)  LOVEL (1)  OLDREY (2)  PEACE (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PEARCEY (1)  POOLER (1)  RAYNSFORD (3)  REECE (1)  RICHARDSON (7)  RIVETT (3)  ROUGHTON (2)  SANDERS (6)  SCOTT (1)  SHARP (2)  SHAW (1)  SHORTLAND (1)  SIDEBOTTOM (1)  SKEY (1)  STEEL (5)  STEVENS (1)  TOMPKINS (4)  TOSELAND (1)  TURNELL (2)  TWELFTREE (1)  TEE (1)  WALLIS (6)  WALTER (4)  WANSBROUGH (1)  WARD (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILLS (4)  WOOLSTON (4)  WRIGHT (1)