Top surnames from the 1881 census in Twywell, Northamptonshire

Twywell 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
ABBOTT275.3892122.23
WHITE234.590814.28
WARREN224.391265.67
SMITH193.79242.69
FARROW183.5928191.49
GRAY152.994020.97
PERCIVAL142.7944178.34
ROBINSON132.59488.14
GREEN112.19567.80
HUGHES101.99607.12
WAINWRIGHT91.796484.91
FOWLER91.796431.46
BIRD91.796423.51
HILL81.59686.27
COOPER81.59686.56
RIVETT71.3972376.34
MITCHELL71.39726.89
RUFF61.1976370.37
KNIGHT61.19769.72
SPENCER61.197613.12
RICHARDSON61.19767.03
HANGER61.19761,176.47
WALLER61.197647.54
CHILDS61.197665.22
RAYNER61.197648.00
PARKINSON61.197624.97
GAMBRELL50.99802,777.78
BLUNDELL50.998084.75
ELDRED50.9980337.84
BAKER50.99804.55
MAILE50.9980735.29
HEIGHT50.99803,333.33
JENNINGS50.998019.69
JACKSON50.99803.57
ALLEN50.99805.28
HOPKINSON50.998061.05
ROBERTS50.99802.65
BROWN50.99801.51
ELLIS50.99806.87
NICHOLLS40.798415.28
SWALES40.7984114.29
JEFFS30.598876.53
TEMPLEMAN30.5988154.64
BEDFORD30.598825.23
PANTHER30.5988600.00
WAIDE30.59882,307.69
BECK30.598825.60
WADSWORTH30.598842.92
BEAL20.399242.46
SHERWOOD20.399231.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JERKINS0.505013333.3333
HEIGHT0.505013333.3333
GAMBRELL0.505012777.7778
WAIDE0.505012307.6923
HANGER0.505011176.4706
WEEKLEY0.50501800.0000
MAILE0.50501735.2941
PANTHER0.50501600.0000
RIVETT0.50501376.3441
RUFF0.50501370.3704
ELDRED0.50501337.8378
KINSON0.50501256.4103
GROOME0.50501253.1646
FARROW0.50501191.4894
GINNS0.50501185.1852
PERCIVAL0.50501178.3439
TEMPLEMAN0.50501154.6392
ABBOTT0.50501122.2273
SWALES0.50501114.2857
KEECH0.5050194.3396
WAINWRIGHT0.5050184.9057
BLUNDELL0.5050184.7458
DICKS0.5050181.6327
JEFFS0.5050176.5306
COCKAYNE0.5050166.2252
WARREN0.5050165.6716
CHILDS0.5050165.2174
HOPKINSON0.5050161.0501
BURDETT0.5050156.4972
RAYNER0.5050148.0000
WALLER0.5050147.5436
WADSWORTH0.5050142.9185
BEAL0.5050142.4628
MAYER0.5050134.7222
HAWTHORN0.5050134.4828
RANDELL0.5050131.9489
FOWLER0.5050131.4575
SHERWOOD0.5050131.2989
FARRER0.5050130.1205
FELLOWS0.5050129.4985
BECK0.5050125.5973
BEDFORD0.5050125.2313
PARKINSON0.5050124.9688
BIRD0.5050123.5110
GRAY0.5050120.9702
JENNINGS0.5050119.6850
GODWIN0.5050115.4321
NICHOLLS0.5050115.2847
WHITE0.5050114.2822
EATON0.5050114.2552

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 501 people called JERKINS in Twywell 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 3333.3333 in Twywell means that 3333.3333% of the people in Twywell on census day were called JERKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JERKINS 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 JERKINS 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 JERKINS 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 JERKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.50 in Twywell means that you are 0.50 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JERKINS in Twywell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Twywell in 1881

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

ABBOTT (27)  ALLEN (5)  AIRETON (1)  BAKER (5)  BEAL (2)  BECK (3)  BEDFORD (3)  BEEBY (1)  BUGBY (11)  BETTLES (4)  BIRD (9)  BLAND (1)  BLUNDELL (5)  BOTTERILL (7)  BRAINES (3)  BRAMPTON (9)  BRAYBROOK (1)  BROMWICH (1)  BROWN (5)  BURDETT (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHILDS (6)  CLARKE (1)  CLIPSOM (2)  COCKAYNE (1)  COOPER (8)  DENTON (1)  DICKS (2)  EATON (2)  ELDRED (5)  ELLIS (5)  FARRER (1)  FARROW (18)  FELLOWS (2)  FOWLER (9)  FRANKHAM (1)  JERKINS (1)  GINNS (1)  GOODGAME (3)  GOODWIN (1)  GODWIN (1)  GRAY (15)  GREEN (11)  GROOME (2)  GAMBRELL (5)  HANGER (6)  HART (2)  HAWTHORN (1)  HILL (8)  HOLYOAKE (1)  HOPKINSON (5)  HOWELL (2)  HUGHES (10)  HEIGHT (5)  JACKSON (5)  JAMES (1)  JEFFS (3)  JENNINGS (5)  JOWET (1)  KEECH (1)  KINSON (1)  KNIGHT (6)  LOVELL (1)  MAILE (5)  MITCHELL (7)  MAYER (1)  NEAL (2)  NICHOLLS (4)  OLIVER (2)  PANTHER (3)  PARKINSON (6)  PERCIVAL (14)  PUSHEE (1)  RANDELL (1)  RAYNER (6)  RICHARDSON (6)  RIGNALL (1)  RIVETT (7)  ROBERTS (5)  ROBINSON (13)  RUFF (6)  SADDINGTON (2)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAWFORD (14)  SHARP (1)  SHERWOOD (2)  SMITH (19)  SPENCER (6)  STUART (1)  STOKELEY (4)  STOKES (1)  SWALES (4)  SWAN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TEMPLEMAN (3)  TRUSLOE (7)  WAIDE (3)  WADSWORTH (3)  WAINWRIGHT (9)  WALLIS (1)  WALLER (6)  WARD (1)  WARREN (22)  WEEKLEY (2)  WHITE (23)