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 Heritage, with 58 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
901	Heritage	58	0.020%	5.63x
902	Howlett	58	0.020%	1.57x
903	Lyman	58	0.020%	41.59x
904	Morley	58	0.020%	0.53x
905	Neale	58	0.020%	0.89x
906	Platt	58	0.020%	0.80x
907	Ross	58	0.020%	0.19x
908	Towers	58	0.020%	1.82x
909	Abel	57	0.020%	3.22x
910	Biggs	57	0.020%	1.10x
911	Binley	57	0.020%	38.12x
912	Flawn	57	0.020%	50.11x
913	Garfield	57	0.020%	13.11x
914	Giddings	57	0.020%	4.55x
915	Iliffe	57	0.020%	8.70x
916	Main	57	0.020%	1.27x
917	Millard	57	0.020%	1.25x
918	Mumford	57	0.020%	2.15x
919	Stock	57	0.020%	1.67x
920	Tye	57	0.020%	3.60x
921	Vernon	57	0.020%	1.26x
922	Whitworth	57	0.020%	1.24x
923	Bradford	56	0.020%	1.05x
924	Bush	56	0.020%	0.83x
925	Carrington	56	0.020%	1.93x
926	Dyson	56	0.020%	0.63x
927	Eldred	56	0.020%	6.90x
928	Haycock	56	0.020%	3.64x
929	Heath	56	0.020%	0.41x
930	North	56	0.020%	0.61x
931	Pendred	56	0.020%	35.08x
932	Rowley	56	0.020%	0.78x
933	Stephens	56	0.020%	0.37x
934	Clare	55	0.020%	1.38x
935	Cobb	55	0.020%	1.41x
936	Dawes	55	0.020%	1.47x
937	Digby	55	0.020%	3.86x
938	Drinkwater	55	0.020%	2.03x
939	Hamson	55	0.020%	12.86x
940	Hines	55	0.020%	2.35x
941	Jellis	55	0.020%	22.12x
942	Pain	55	0.020%	2.23x
943	Pepper	55	0.020%	1.42x
944	Ratledge	55	0.020%	64.46x
945	Rooksby	55	0.020%	54.01x
946	Southwell	55	0.020%	3.20x
947	Spring	55	0.020%	4.12x
948	Whyman	55	0.020%	7.49x
949	Atkinson	54	0.020%	0.20x
950	Bason	54	0.020%	13.35x
951	Dunckley	54	0.020%	26.39x
952	Goodfellow	54	0.020%	2.22x
953	Gore	54	0.020%	1.74x
954	Headland	54	0.020%	13.11x
955	Northern	54	0.020%	28.99x
956	Tear	54	0.020%	13.88x
957	Wesley	54	0.020%	5.05x
958	Whittle	54	0.020%	0.90x
959	Bartlett	53	0.020%	0.44x
960	Clipston	53	0.020%	57.77x
961	Cotton	53	0.020%	0.81x
962	Dodd	53	0.020%	0.47x
963	Eames	53	0.020%	2.81x
964	Foreman	53	0.020%	1.48x
965	Gross	53	0.020%	10.32x
966	Rippon	53	0.020%	5.54x
967	Blincow	52	0.020%	47.63x
968	Branston	52	0.020%	10.10x
969	Clapham	52	0.020%	2.20x
970	Cope	52	0.020%	0.84x
971	Farrar	52	0.020%	1.42x
972	Faulkener	52	0.020%	15.92x
973	Fielding	52	0.020%	0.85x
974	Guest	52	0.020%	0.89x
975	Harbour	52	0.020%	7.32x
976	Hector	52	0.020%	11.31x
977	Lomas	52	0.020%	1.02x
978	Marchant	52	0.020%	1.22x
979	Noon	52	0.020%	2.63x
980	Rawson	52	0.020%	1.73x
981	Seckington	52	0.020%	67.49x
982	Wakelin	52	0.020%	5.15x
983	Winter	52	0.020%	0.53x
984	Bannard	51	0.020%	59.78x
985	Belton	51	0.020%	3.45x
986	Boyer	51	0.020%	5.89x
987	Britton	51	0.020%	1.05x
988	Crouch	51	0.020%	1.38x
989	Elderkin	51	0.020%	25.50x
990	Gill	51	0.020%	0.26x
991	Hand	51	0.020%	1.55x
992	Kilby	51	0.020%	3.30x
993	Melton	51	0.020%	5.26x
994	Onley	51	0.020%	28.66x
995	Prentice	51	0.020%	1.58x
996	Scrivener	51	0.020%	4.24x
997	Seamark	51	0.020%	25.85x
998	Speechley	51	0.020%	17.53x
999	Bignell	50	0.020%	4.52x
1000	Borton	50	0.020%	18.54x