1881 census county

Northamptonshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Northamptonshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

8,226 surnames are listed for Northamptonshire, covering 251,836 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 5,680 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Northamptonshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	5,680	2.07%	1.46x
2	Brown	2,112	0.770%	1.17x
3	Wright	1,829	0.670%	2.07x
4	Robinson	1,682	0.610%	1.92x
5	Clarke	1,676	0.610%	3.01x
6	Johnson	1,646	0.600%	1.78x
7	Jones	1,537	0.560%	0.49x
8	Green	1,401	0.510%	1.81x
9	Ward	1,372	0.500%	2.29x
10	Chapman	1,257	0.460%	3.22x
11	Harris	1,178	0.430%	1.69x
12	White	1,140	0.410%	1.29x
13	Allen	1,129	0.410%	2.18x
14	Wilson	1,113	0.410%	0.88x
15	Taylor	1,055	0.380%	0.60x
16	Cox	1,042	0.380%	2.50x
17	Adams	1,008	0.370%	2.49x
18	Thompson	963	0.350%	1.17x
19	Knight	934	0.340%	2.76x
20	Bailey	918	0.330%	2.22x
21	Dunkley	863	0.310%	39.45x
22	Webb	842	0.310%	2.26x
23	Hill	817	0.300%	1.17x
24	Cooper	805	0.290%	1.20x
25	Perkins	781	0.280%	6.32x
26	York	778	0.280%	21.42x
27	Walker	774	0.280%	0.84x
28	Freeman	764	0.280%	4.35x
29	Bird	760	0.280%	3.62x
30	King	759	0.280%	1.27x
31	Underwood	758	0.280%	10.22x
32	Roberts	755	0.270%	0.73x
33	Clark	737	0.270%	0.89x
34	Abbott	735	0.270%	6.07x
35	Watts	733	0.270%	3.18x
36	Palmer	730	0.270%	2.25x
37	Payne	696	0.250%	2.81x
38	Moore	677	0.250%	1.23x
39	Parker	671	0.240%	1.28x
40	Marriott	647	0.240%	10.51x
41	Martin	645	0.230%	0.95x
42	Williams	642	0.230%	0.33x
43	Turner	636	0.230%	0.83x
44	Foster	632	0.230%	1.72x
45	Jackson	632	0.230%	0.82x
46	West	621	0.230%	2.35x
47	Barker	607	0.220%	1.69x
48	Baker	604	0.220%	1.00x
49	Spencer	604	0.220%	2.41x
50	Richardson	603	0.220%	1.29x
51	Miller	593	0.220%	1.21x
52	Hall	571	0.210%	0.71x
53	Page	562	0.200%	2.56x
54	Warren	562	0.200%	3.06x
55	Morris	556	0.200%	0.91x
56	Wood	545	0.200%	0.62x
57	Bates	524	0.190%	3.00x
58	Carter	524	0.190%	1.14x
59	Mason	517	0.190%	1.40x
60	Coleman	501	0.180%	3.66x
61	Goodman	500	0.180%	6.24x
62	Sharp	497	0.180%	2.17x
63	Dickens	496	0.180%	17.25x
64	Faulkner	494	0.180%	6.63x
65	Gray	494	0.180%	1.26x
66	Chambers	491	0.180%	3.14x
67	Watson	491	0.180%	0.77x
68	Davis	485	0.180%	0.80x
69	Harrison	484	0.180%	0.79x
70	Drage	482	0.180%	45.40x
71	Reynolds	481	0.180%	2.02x
72	Law	479	0.170%	3.85x
73	Haynes	466	0.170%	4.75x
74	Lee	458	0.170%	1.02x
75	Gardner	455	0.170%	2.44x
76	Bradshaw	449	0.160%	3.98x
77	Cook	448	0.160%	0.82x
78	Lovell	447	0.160%	7.78x
79	Manning	447	0.160%	5.12x
80	Smart	444	0.160%	3.55x
81	Collins	438	0.160%	1.11x
82	Ashby	432	0.160%	9.37x
83	Marlow	427	0.160%	13.23x
84	Sharman	423	0.150%	11.18x
85	Wills	423	0.150%	5.15x
86	Austin	421	0.150%	3.13x
87	Ball	417	0.150%	1.84x
88	Barnes	407	0.150%	1.23x
89	Howard	407	0.150%	1.51x
90	Tebbutt	407	0.150%	40.33x
91	Shaw	403	0.150%	0.80x
92	Rogers	402	0.150%	1.13x
93	Andrews	399	0.150%	1.52x
94	Coe	399	0.150%	8.94x
95	Fox	387	0.140%	1.52x
96	Butler	386	0.140%	1.44x
97	Gibson	386	0.140%	1.16x
98	Frost	384	0.140%	2.49x
99	Russell	383	0.140%	1.14x
100	Sharpe	382	0.140%	4.72x