Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norton, Northamptonshire

Norton 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
MAJOR4310.5651783.24
TOWNSEND153.685586.76
PAGE143.439843.02
ELLARD143.43982,000.00
CHOWN112.7027866.14
MANNING112.702785.01
JOHNSON102.45707.31
LEE102.457015.03
YATES92.211332.18
LITCHFIELD92.2113538.92
LOVE81.965682.90
FRANKLIN81.965659.17
ADAMS71.719911.67
THOMPSON71.71995.74
STOCKTON71.7199283.40
DICKS71.7199351.76
BESTER71.71993,500.00
COLLIER61.474244.12
EDMUNDS61.4742112.99
HUMPHREY61.474255.35
GILES51.228532.24
WAIT51.2285243.90
DENNY51.2285146.20
GRIFFIN51.228526.11
BREE51.22851,388.89
POLLARD51.228533.69
KESTER51.22852,941.18
HEDGE51.2285505.05
DAY51.228513.05
ATKINS51.228532.77
KENNING51.2285781.25
JAMES40.98285.00
SURRIDGE40.9828330.58
HYDE40.982831.95
SMITH40.98280.70
HODGINS40.98281,176.47
PACKWOOD40.9828487.80
WISE30.737135.38
HOLLAND30.737110.36
BATES30.737111.58
JEFFERY30.737133.94
SMALLEY30.737181.52
TIBBS30.7371333.33
HADDON30.7371110.29
FAULKNER20.491418.13
BLISS20.491480.32
GARDINER20.491417.09
CAPEL20.4914165.29
WEBB20.49143.63
GRANT20.49144.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BESTER0.414073500.0000
JONNSON0.414073333.3333
KESTER0.414072941.1765
ELLARD0.414072000.0000
BREE0.414071388.8889
HODGINS0.414071176.4706
CHOWN0.41407866.1417
MAJOR0.41407783.2423
KENNING0.41407781.2500
HESSION0.41407625.0000
LITCHFIELD0.41407538.9222
HEDGE0.41407505.0505
PACKWOOD0.41407487.8049
DICKS0.41407351.7588
TIBBS0.41407333.3333
SURRIDGE0.41407330.5785
STOCKTON0.41407283.4008
WAIT0.41407243.9024
MERRILL0.41407170.9402
HILLYER0.41407170.9402
CAPEL0.41407165.2893
BLOODWORTH0.41407147.0588
DENNY0.41407146.1988
MARDEN0.41407113.6364
EDMUNDS0.41407112.9944
HADDON0.41407110.2941
TOWNSEND0.4140786.7553
MANNING0.4140785.0077
LOVE0.4140782.9016
SMALLEY0.4140781.5217
BLISS0.4140780.3213
LETTS0.4140771.9424
FRANKLIN0.4140759.1716
HUMPHREY0.4140755.3506
EYLES0.4140753.1915
BENJAMIN0.4140746.7290
COLLIER0.4140744.1176
BUNTING0.4140744.0529
PAGE0.4140743.0240
BILLINGHAM0.4140740.4858
CROCKER0.4140736.5631
WISE0.4140735.3774
JEFFERY0.4140733.9367
POLLARD0.4140733.6927
ATKINS0.4140732.7654
GILES0.4140732.2373
YATES0.4140732.1773
HYDE0.4140731.9489
PLUMB0.4140730.3951
SHIRLEY0.4140730.0300

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 407 people called BESTER in Norton 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 3500.0000 in Norton means that 3500.0000% of the people in Norton on census day were called BESTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BESTER 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 BESTER 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 BESTER 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 BESTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Norton means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BESTER in Norton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norton in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  ADNITT (7)  ATKINS (5)  BAKER (1)  BALLACER (1)  BASELY (7)  BAZELY (4)  BATES (3)  BENJAMIN (1)  BARRY (1)  BESTER (7)  BILLINGHAM (1)  BLISS (2)  BLOODWORTH (1)  BREE (5)  BROMISH (2)  BROWN (1)  BRAUNSTON (1)  BUNTING (2)  CHANDYES (1)  CAPEL (2)  CHOWN (11)  CLARKE (1)  COLLIER (6)  CROCKER (2)  CROWHURST (2)  DAY (5)  DENNY (5)  DICKS (7)  EYLES (1)  EDMUNDS (6)  EGAN (1)  ELLARD (14)  FAULKNER (2)  FRANKLIN (8)  GARDINER (2)  GILES (5)  GRANT (2)  GRIFFIN (5)  HADDON (3)  HESSION (1)  HEDGE (5)  HIGGUSON (1)  HILLYER (2)  HODGINS (4)  HOLLAND (3)  HOBLEY (2)  HUMPHREY (6)  HYDE (4)  JAMES (4)  JEFFERY (3)  JENKINS (1)  JONNSON (1)  JOHNSON (10)  JONES (1)  KENNING (5)  KESTER (5)  KING (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEE (10)  LETTS (1)  LITCHFIELD (9)  LOVE (8)  MACMUCHIN (1)  MAJOR (43)  MANNING (11)  MARDEN (1)  MAWBY (3)  MERRILL (2)  PACKWOOD (4)  PAGE (14)  PLUMB (1)  POBODY (2)  POLLARD (5)  RADBOURNE (2)  SHIRLEY (1)  SMALLEY (3)  SMITH (4)  SPENCER (1)  STOCKTON (7)  SURRIDGE (4)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (7)  THORN (1)  THORNEYCROFT (1)  TIBBS (3)  TOWNSEND (15)  TREADGOLD (5)  WALTERS (1)  WEBB (2)  WEST (2)  WELLER (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WINKLESS (1)  WISE (3)  WRIGHT (2)  WAIT (5)  YATES (9)