Top surnames from the 1881 census in Welton, Northamptonshire

Welton 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
BENJAMIN326.54401,245.14
CLARKE306.135030.28
WEBB204.090030.18
SMITH163.27202.32
BILLINGHAM142.8630472.97
BRADSHAW142.863069.72
HAYNES122.454068.77
MINOR112.24952,894.74
HOUGHTON112.249564.37
BROWN112.24953.41
HAMMOND112.249539.51
HARRISON112.249510.13
ROBBINS91.8405117.65
COLEMAN81.636032.83
LAMB71.431527.13
ROGERS71.431511.03
GREEN71.43155.08
WOOD71.43154.49
GROOM61.227087.59
GILBERT61.227021.54
MATTHEWS61.227014.07
MONTGOMERY61.227077.32
GOODE61.227094.79
HANCOCK51.022522.47
FORDE51.02251,282.05
GRANT51.022510.30
GREGORY51.022514.57
LEESON51.0225176.68
WATERS51.022525.45
HOWARD51.022510.42
PRESTON40.818016.37
BAGLEY40.8180110.50
MARDEN40.8180377.36
EAGLETON40.8180666.67
WILLS40.818027.36
LYMAN40.81801,600.00
DUFFIN40.8180216.22
WATKINS40.818013.50
THOMSON40.81806.12
DARBY40.818050.96
PRICE40.81804.67
ENGLAND40.818039.72
STEVENSON40.818011.66
BUNTING40.818073.26
STARMER30.6135389.61
MANN30.613511.65
NIXON30.613520.13
HANDS30.613561.22
BIRD30.61358.03
FROST30.613510.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MINOR0.494892894.7368
LYMAN0.494891600.0000
FORDE0.494891282.0513
BENJAMIN0.494891245.1362
EAGLETON0.49489666.6667
BILLINGHAM0.49489472.9730
STARMER0.49489389.6104
MARDEN0.49489377.3585
DUFFIN0.49489216.2162
KINCH0.49489208.3333
LEESON0.49489176.6784
DARNELL0.49489142.8571
PEARCEY0.49489135.1351
CARVELL0.49489120.4819
ROBBINS0.49489117.6471
BAGLEY0.49489110.4972
RAINBOW0.4948998.5222
GOODE0.4948994.7867
GROOM0.4948987.5912
MONTGOMERY0.4948977.3196
BUNTING0.4948973.2601
BRADSHAW0.4948969.7211
CAPEL0.4948968.9655
HAYNES0.4948968.7679
HOUGHTON0.4948964.3651
HANDS0.4948961.2245
MUNNS0.4948957.1429
DUNKLEY0.4948951.4139
DARBY0.4948950.9554
WESTLEY0.4948949.7512
DARLEY0.4948948.0769
STOCKLEY0.4948947.3934
KIMBER0.4948942.9185
OVERTON0.4948942.1053
ENGLAND0.4948939.7219
HAMMOND0.4948939.5115
WILDING0.4948934.7826
BLUNDELL0.4948934.7222
ERSKINE0.4948933.0033
COLEMAN0.4948932.8272
CLARKE0.4948930.2786
WEBB0.4948930.1750
WILLS0.4948927.3598
LAMB0.4948927.1318
MALONE0.4948925.5754
WATERS0.4948925.4453
HANCOCK0.4948922.4719
GILBERT0.4948921.5440
MULLINS0.4948921.3675
TATE0.4948921.1864

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 489 people called MINOR in Welton 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 2894.7368 in Welton means that 2894.7368% of the people in Welton on census day were called MINOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MINOR 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 MINOR 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 MINOR 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 MINOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Welton means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MINOR in Welton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Welton in 1881

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

AUGAR (1)  BAGLEY (4)  BANBROOK (6)  BAZLEY (2)  BENJAMIN (32)  BENNETT (1)  BENIE (?) (1)  BILLINGHAM (14)  BIRD (3)  BLUNDELL (2)  BRADSHAW (14)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (11)  BUNTING (4)  BUSH (1)  CANDLIN (3)  CARVELL (1)  CAVE (1)  CAPEL (1)  CHATER (9)  CLARKE (30)  COLES (3)  COLE (1)  COLEMAN (8)  DARBY (4)  DARLEY (1)  DARNELL (2)  DAVIS (1)  DUFFY (2)  DUFFIN (4)  DUNKLEY (2)  EALES (2)  EYDEN (1)  EAGLETON (4)  ENGLAND (4)  ERSKINE (1)  FATHERS (2)  FORDE (5)  FROST (3)  GARDENER (1)  GATES (1)  GEE (1)  GILBERT (6)  GOODE (6)  GORDON (1)  GRANT (5)  GREEN (7)  GREGORY (5)  GROOM (6)  GROVES (1)  HAMMOND (11)  HANCOCK (5)  HANDS (3)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (3)  HARRISON (11)  HAYNES (12)  HIGHAM (1)  HILL (1)  HILLYEARD (1)  HOUGHTON (11)  HOWARD (5)  HOWE (1)  HOWLETT (1)  JOHNSON (2)  KENT (1)  KIMBER (2)  KINCH (2)  LAMB (7)  LARNINTON (1)  LEE (3)  LEESON (5)  LYMAN (4)  LOYNS (1)  MALONE (1)  MANN (3)  MARDEN (4)  MASTERS (1)  MATTHEWS (6)  MINOR (11)  MONTGOMERY (6)  MULLINS (1)  MUNNS (1)  NIXON (3)  OAKLEY (2)  OVERTON (2)  OWEN (2)  PARKER (1)  PEARCEY (1)  POOL (1)  PRESTON (4)  PRICE (4)  RAINBOW (2)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROBBINS (9)  ROGERS (7)  RUSSELL (1)  SMITH (16)  STANDSFIELD (1)  STARMER (3)  STEVENSON (4)  STOCKLEY (1)  SURAY (1)  SYKES (1)  TATE (2)  TEBBY (5)  THOMSON (4)  WARD (1)  WATERS (5)  WATKINS (4)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (1)  WEBB (20)  WESTLEY (1)  WILDING (2)  WILLS (4)  WOOD (7)  WOODWARD (1)  YOUN (?) (2)