Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grendon, Northamptonshire

Grendon 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
BROWN387.011110.64
BATES366.6421104.38
EDEN305.5351544.46
WRIGHT264.797014.95
FROST244.428078.77
WARD173.136514.36
HICKMAN173.1365186.40
BAILEY173.136520.82
BRAWN162.95201,632.65
HARDWICK142.5830168.88
PARKER142.583013.58
UNDERWOOD101.845068.35
ODELL91.6605227.27
BREARLEY81.4760235.99
KNIGHT81.476011.97
BOOR81.47601,777.78
RODWELL81.4760273.04
RIGBY81.476050.89
CHERRY81.4760144.14
FOSSEY71.2915769.23
GRAY71.29159.05
RIVETT71.2915348.26
SMITH61.10700.78
TAYLOR61.10701.73
RIDDLE61.1070133.33
LISTER61.107038.84
LACK61.1070324.32
MORTIMER61.107052.96
PULLEY50.9225549.45
PARTRIDGE50.922535.31
SMART50.922520.26
BEDFORD50.922538.88
WALLIS40.738021.79
HERBERT40.738019.75
SUMMERFIELD40.7380113.96
SPENCER40.73808.08
BRADSHAW40.738017.97
WARNER40.738020.24
LINE30.5535116.73
PERKINS30.553512.31
FITZHUGH30.5535517.24
HOLLAND30.55357.77
PETTITT30.5535103.45
HIGGS30.553530.36
HART20.36904.33
WIGGINS20.369034.19
ADCOCK20.369037.38
WEST20.36903.83
LOVELL20.369017.64
LAUGHTON20.369075.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOOR0.545421777.7778
BRAWN0.545421632.6531
MERLIN0.545421111.1111
FOSSEY0.54542769.2308
PULLEY0.54542549.4505
EDEN0.54542544.4646
FITZHUGH0.54542517.2414
RIVETT0.54542348.2587
LACK0.54542324.3243
RODWELL0.54542273.0375
BREARLEY0.54542235.9882
ODELL0.54542227.2727
HICKMAN0.54542186.4035
HARDWICK0.54542168.8782
HOLLOWELL0.54542166.6667
CHERRY0.54542144.1441
RIDDLE0.54542133.3333
MACNAMARA0.54542133.3333
LINE0.54542116.7315
SUMMERFIELD0.54542113.9601
BATES0.54542104.3781
PETTITT0.54542103.4483
FROST0.5454278.7660
LAUGHTON0.5454275.7576
UNDERWOOD0.5454268.3527
SEARS0.5454258.6510
MORTIMER0.5454252.9568
RIGBY0.5454250.8906
BRITTEN0.5454246.2963
BEDFORD0.5454238.8802
LISTER0.5454238.8350
ADCOCK0.5454237.3832
PARTRIDGE0.5454235.3107
WIDDOWSON0.5454234.7222
WIGGINS0.5454234.1880
WARR0.5454232.3625
HIGGS0.5454230.3644
WALLIS0.5454221.7865
BAILEY0.5454220.8231
SMART0.5454220.2593
WARNER0.5454220.2429
DRIVER0.5454219.9203
HERBERT0.5454219.7531
BRADSHAW0.5454217.9695
LOVELL0.5454217.6367
CARRINGTON0.5454217.5131
WRIGHT0.5454214.9528
GOOD0.5454214.8368
WARD0.5454214.3581
PARKER0.5454213.5804

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 542 people called BOOR in Grendon 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 1777.7778 in Grendon means that 1777.7778% of the people in Grendon on census day were called BOOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOOR 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 BOOR 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 BOOR 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 BOOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Grendon means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOOR in Grendon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grendon in 1881

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

ADCOCK (2)  ANDREWS (1)  ARNOLD (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BAILEY (17)  BATES (36)  BEDFORD (5)  BELVER (1)  BETTLES (1)  BIRD (2)  BLACKLIE (1)  BLETSOE (1)  BRADSHAW (4)  BRAWN (16)  BREALEY (26)  BREARLEY (8)  BRITTEN (1)  BROWN (38)  BOOR (8)  CARRINGTON (1)  CHERRY (8)  CLARK (1)  COE (1)  DRIVER (2)  EDEN (30)  EDWARDS (1)  FAIRHEAD (2)  FAREY (1)  FOSSEY (7)  FROST (24)  GILL (1)  GOOD (1)  GRAY (7)  HOLLOWELL (1)  HARDWICK (14)  HART (2)  HERBERT (4)  HICKMAN (17)  HIGGS (3)  HOLLAND (3)  HOUGHTON (1)  FITZHUGH (3)  JONES (1)  KNIGHT (8)  LABRAHAM (1)  LABUT (1)  LACK (6)  LONGLAND (4)  LAUGHTON (2)  LABRAM (15)  LIDDINGTON (1)  LINE (3)  LISTER (6)  LOVELL (2)  LUDDINGTON (1)  LYON (1)  MERLIN (1)  MACNAMARA (1)  MORTIMER (6)  NOBLE (1)  ODELL (9)  PARKER (14)  PARTRIDGE (5)  PENDERED (2)  PERKINS (3)  PETTITT (3)  PULLEY (5)  REDMILL (1)  RICE (1)  RIDDLE (6)  RIGBY (8)  RIVETT (7)  ROBINSON (1)  RODWELL (8)  SEARS (2)  SILBY (1)  SMART (5)  SMITH (6)  SPENCER (4)  STAFFORD (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  SUMMERFIELD (4)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (1)  UNDERWOOD (10)  VAUGHAN (1)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WALLIS (4)  WARD (17)  WARR (1)  WARNER (4)  WEST (2)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WIDDOWSON (1)  WIGGINS (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WRIGHT (26)