Top surnames from the 1881 census in Northborough, Northamptonshire

Northborough 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
PERKINS157.0755157.23
GREEN125.660420.10
PEARSON125.660448.72
NICHOLAS94.2453217.39
COLE94.245346.61
SMITH73.30192.34
LAKE73.3019148.94
WYKES73.3019945.95
ADCOCK62.8302287.08
LOCK62.830299.34
BOLLAND52.3585714.29
KETTLE52.3585270.27
FOX52.358525.41
TITMAN52.35853,571.43
GRAHAM52.358520.54
NICHOLS52.358572.36
ROBINSON41.88685.92
SEFTON41.8868571.43
JENKINSON41.8868107.82
CHAPMAN41.886813.28
KEW41.8868645.16
DIXON41.886817.22
CLARE41.8868130.29
HOLMES31.415111.62
CHESTERFIELD31.41511,500.00
ENGLISH31.415175.19
MILBOURNE31.41511,500.00
ADDAMS31.41514,285.71
EARL20.943472.20
CADE20.9434303.03
QUINCEY20.9434645.16
GEORGE20.943416.08
PRESTON20.943418.89
CROSS10.47176.85
GILBERT10.47178.28
BAINS10.4717188.68
EADY10.4717208.33
FOSTER10.47173.53
THORPE10.471711.93
BURBAGE10.4717294.12
EASTON10.471731.06
ROUSE10.471732.89
JELLIS10.4717526.32
GALE10.471715.75
CAY10.4717833.33
FLYNN10.471724.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ADDAMS0.212124285.7143
TITMAN0.212123571.4286
MILBOURNE0.212121500.0000
CHESTERFIELD0.212121500.0000
WYKES0.21212945.9459
CAY0.21212833.3333
BOLLAND0.21212714.2857
KEW0.21212645.1613
QUINCEY0.21212645.1613
SEFTON0.21212571.4286
JELLIS0.21212526.3158
CADE0.21212303.0303
BURBAGE0.21212294.1176
ADCOCK0.21212287.0813
KETTLE0.21212270.2703
NICHOLAS0.21212217.3913
EADY0.21212208.3333
BAINS0.21212188.6792
PERKINS0.21212157.2327
LAKE0.21212148.9362
CLARE0.21212130.2932
JENKINSON0.21212107.8167
LOCK0.2121299.3377
ENGLISH0.2121275.1880
NICHOLS0.2121272.3589
EARL0.2121272.2022
PEARSON0.2121248.7211
COLE0.2121246.6080
ROUSE0.2121232.8947
EASTON0.2121231.0559
FOX0.2121225.4065
FLYNN0.2121224.6305
GRAHAM0.2121220.5423
GREEN0.2121220.1005
PRESTON0.2121218.8857
DIXON0.2121217.2191
GEORGE0.2121216.0772
GALE0.2121215.7480
CHAPMAN0.2121213.2846
THORPE0.2121211.9332
HOLMES0.2121211.6189
GILBERT0.212128.2781
CROSS0.212126.8540
ROBINSON0.212125.9172
FOSTER0.212123.5273
SMITH0.212122.3386

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 212 people called ADDAMS in Northborough 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 4285.7143 in Northborough means that 4285.7143% of the people in Northborough on census day were called ADDAMS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ADDAMS 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 ADDAMS 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 ADDAMS 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 ADDAMS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Northborough means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ADDAMS in Northborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Northborough in 1881

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

ADDAMS (3)  ADCOCK (6)  BAINS (1)  BELLARS (12)  BENSTEAD (3)  BOLLAND (5)  BURBAGE (1)  CADE (2)  CATHRICK (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHESTERFIELD (3)  CLARE (4)  KEW (4)  COLE (9)  CROSS (1)  DIXON (4)  EADY (1)  EARL (2)  EASTON (1)  FLYNN (1)  FOSTER (1)  FOX (5)  GALE (1)  GEORGE (2)  GILBERT (1)  JELLIS (1)  GRAHAM (5)  GREEN (12)  HOLMES (3)  ENGLISH (3)  JENKINSON (4)  CAY (1)  KETTLE (5)  LAKE (7)  LOCK (6)  MEDDOWS (2)  MEDWELL (2)  MELLSON (1)  MILBOURNE (3)  NICHOLAS (9)  NICHOLS (5)  PEARSON (12)  PERKINS (15)  PRESTON (2)  QUINCEY (2)  RIDDINGTON (1)  RIDLINGTON (4)  ROBINSON (4)  ROUSE (1)  SEFTON (4)  SMITH (7)  THORPE (1)  TITMAN (5)  WYKES (7)