Top surnames from the 1881 census in Old, Northamptonshire

Old 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
BAMFORD287.7348513.76
HOLT195.248678.38
OWEN154.143634.92
EAST123.3149213.14
KNIGHT113.038724.65
BRADLEY113.038737.85
PARKER102.762414.52
ELLIOTT71.933722.79
BUSWELL71.9337660.38
LAUGHTON71.9337397.73
TARRY71.9337578.51
PONTON71.93371,521.74
HALL61.65755.63
FREEMAN61.657525.95
NORTON61.657549.83
BRYAN61.657566.82
PERKINS61.657536.86
MEADOWS51.381298.81
BLAKESLEY51.38122,380.95
WHITING51.381271.74
GROOME51.3812877.19
WALTON51.381219.62
BUSBY51.3812131.23
WILSON51.38123.01
PERCIVAL41.105070.55
PAGE41.105013.82
WHITBREAD41.1050275.86
LEAKE41.1050268.46
LANGLEY41.105050.38
BROWN41.10501.68
TAYLOR30.82871.30
BUNN30.828784.99
MARSH30.828711.62
TOMLINSON30.828717.97
PENN30.828791.74
COX30.82875.47
CLARKE30.82874.09
TOMBLIN30.8287454.55
MOORE30.82874.14
DICKENS30.828779.16
CORBY20.5525157.48
LAWRENCE20.55258.51
SMITH20.55250.39
DENTON20.552530.08
HOBBS20.552515.16
GAMMAGE20.5525392.16
STEVENS20.55255.29
WHEATLEY10.276213.57
HOLLIDAY10.276221.05
PELL10.276249.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLAKESLEY0.363622380.9524
PONTON0.363621521.7391
GROOME0.36362877.1930
BUSWELL0.36362660.3774
TARRY0.36362578.5124
BAMFORD0.36362513.7615
CAVES0.36362500.0000
TOMBLIN0.36362454.5455
LAUGHTON0.36362397.7273
GAMMAGE0.36362392.1569
WHITBREAD0.36362275.8621
LEAKE0.36362268.4564
EAST0.36362213.1439
HIPWELL0.36362158.7302
CORBY0.36362157.4803
KEECH0.36362131.5789
BUSBY0.36362131.2336
LINNELL0.36362123.4568
MEADOWS0.3636298.8142
PENN0.3636291.7431
BUNN0.3636284.9858
PANTER0.3636281.3008
DICKENS0.3636279.1557
HOLT0.3636278.3828
WHITING0.3636271.7360
PERCIVAL0.3636270.5467
BRYAN0.3636266.8151
LANGLEY0.3636250.3778
NORTON0.3636249.8339
ERRINGTON0.3636249.5050
PELL0.3636249.2611
FOULDS0.3636240.8163
NUTT0.3636238.1679
BRADLEY0.3636237.8527
WALDEN0.3636237.7358
PERKINS0.3636236.8550
BALE0.3636236.7647
OWEN0.3636234.9162
DENTON0.3636230.0752
FREEMAN0.3636225.9516
KNIGHT0.3636224.6526
ELLIOTT0.3636222.7939
HOLLIDAY0.3636221.0526
YORK0.3636220.9205
HOWLETT0.3636220.6186
WALTON0.3636219.6232
TOMLINSON0.3636217.9748
HOBBS0.3636215.1630
PARKER0.3636214.5243
PAGE0.3636213.8217

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 362 people called BLAKESLEY in Old 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 2380.9524 in Old means that 2380.9524% of the people in Old on census day were called BLAKESLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLAKESLEY 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 BLAKESLEY 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 BLAKESLEY 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 BLAKESLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Old means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLAKESLEY in Old than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Old in 1881

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

BAIRD (1)  BALE (1)  BAMFORD (28)  BUGBY (11)  BLAKESLY (8)  BLAKESLEY (5)  BLAKSLEY (2)  BLENCOWE (1)  BRADLEY (11)  BRIGHT (1)  BROWN (4)  BRYAN (6)  BUNN (3)  BUSBY (5)  BUSWELL (7)  CAVES (1)  CLARKE (3)  COLLINS (1)  CORBY (2)  COX (3)  DENTON (2)  DICKENS (3)  DRIFFIELD (4)  EAST (12)  ELLIOTT (7)  ERRINGTON (1)  FOULDS (1)  FREEMAN (6)  GAMMAGE (2)  GROOME (5)  HALL (6)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HEEPS (12)  HERPS (4)  HIPWELL (1)  HOBBS (2)  HOLT (19)  HORN (1)  HOWLETT (1)  KEECH (1)  KNIGHT (11)  NUTT (1)  LEAKE (4)  LANGLEY (4)  LAWRENCE (2)  LAUGHTON (7)  LEONARD (1)  LINNELL (1)  MANNING (1)  MARSH (3)  MEADOWS (5)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLS (1)  MOORE (3)  NORTON (6)  OWEN (15)  PAGE (4)  PANTER (1)  PARKER (10)  PAYNE (1)  PELL (1)  PENN (3)  PERCIVAL (4)  PERELE (1)  PERKINS (6)  PONTON (7)  PRASLAND (1)  ROLLESTON (1)  SMITH (2)  STEVENS (2)  TARRY (7)  TAYLOR (3)  TOMBLIN (3)  TOMLINSON (3)  TOSELAND (3)  TURLAND (9)  WALDEN (1)  WALTON (5)  WELCH (1)  WHEATLEY (1)  WHITBREAD (4)  WHITING (5)  WIKES (1)  WILSON (5)  WINCKLES (4)  WRIGHT (1)  YORK (1)