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 Dickins, with 174 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
301	Dickins	174	0.060%	17.22x
302	Robins	173	0.060%	2.97x
303	Swan	173	0.060%	2.43x
304	Wootton	173	0.060%	6.93x
305	Driver	172	0.060%	3.38x
306	Short	172	0.060%	1.60x
307	Yeomans	172	0.060%	7.59x
308	Tite	171	0.060%	30.55x
309	Douglas	170	0.060%	1.28x
310	Fletcher	170	0.060%	0.54x
311	Hudson	170	0.060%	0.76x
312	Burnham	168	0.060%	9.94x
313	Simons	168	0.060%	4.63x
314	Cunnington	167	0.060%	14.75x
315	Dicks	167	0.060%	12.45x
316	Wyatt	167	0.060%	2.07x
317	Gammage	166	0.060%	42.87x
318	Bryan	165	0.060%	2.42x
319	Carvell	165	0.060%	35.33x
320	Billing	164	0.060%	10.72x
321	Dolby	164	0.060%	16.02x
322	Emery	164	0.060%	2.73x
323	Munns	164	0.060%	16.72x
324	Anderson	163	0.060%	0.30x
325	Berry	163	0.060%	0.75x
326	Toseland	163	0.060%	62.78x
327	Brawn	162	0.060%	32.58x
328	Mann	162	0.060%	1.12x
329	Yates	162	0.060%	0.86x
330	Craddock	161	0.060%	6.97x
331	Earl	161	0.060%	4.48x
332	Hollowell	161	0.060%	53.34x
333	Shelton	161	0.060%	4.98x
334	Tipler	161	0.060%	41.00x
335	Hodson	160	0.060%	2.81x
336	Mawby	160	0.060%	20.61x
337	Slater	160	0.060%	0.96x
338	Wise	160	0.060%	2.79x
339	Bonham	159	0.060%	22.22x
340	Harding	159	0.060%	0.80x
341	Litchfield	159	0.060%	14.11x
342	Sewell	159	0.060%	2.74x
343	Childs	158	0.060%	3.13x
344	Timms	158	0.060%	5.70x
345	Bedford	157	0.060%	2.41x
346	Jeffery	157	0.060%	2.63x
347	Chester	156	0.060%	4.64x
348	Dexter	156	0.060%	7.73x
349	Hopkins	156	0.060%	0.94x
350	Lane	156	0.060%	0.82x
351	Panther	156	0.060%	56.68x
352	Collier	155	0.060%	1.69x
353	Cowley	155	0.060%	3.07x
354	Pridmore	155	0.060%	20.40x
355	Wadsworth	155	0.060%	4.05x
356	Wrighton	155	0.060%	23.59x
357	Ager	154	0.060%	14.33x
358	Loveday	154	0.060%	9.18x
359	Parish	154	0.060%	3.63x
360	Hornsby	153	0.060%	8.56x
361	Poole	153	0.060%	1.16x
362	Bliss	152	0.060%	9.03x
363	Botterill	152	0.060%	20.48x
364	Pettitt	152	0.060%	10.34x
365	Holton	151	0.060%	10.62x
366	Meakins	151	0.060%	39.85x
367	Marsh	150	0.050%	0.77x
368	Stanley	150	0.050%	1.42x
369	Dainty	149	0.050%	19.66x
370	Ginns	149	0.050%	50.43x
371	Love	149	0.050%	2.29x
372	Nicholls	149	0.050%	1.04x
373	Norton	149	0.050%	1.63x
374	Sturgess	149	0.050%	9.45x
375	Berrill	148	0.050%	40.33x
376	Clifton	148	0.050%	3.81x
377	Crisp	148	0.050%	3.88x
378	Holland	148	0.050%	0.76x
379	Tomalin	148	0.050%	42.56x
380	Turvey	148	0.050%	11.46x
381	Burt	146	0.050%	2.24x
382	Thomas	146	0.050%	0.13x
383	Wilkinson	146	0.050%	0.35x
384	Bond	145	0.050%	1.00x
385	Buckby	145	0.050%	56.24x
386	Facer	145	0.050%	26.21x
387	Herbert	145	0.050%	1.41x
388	Jolley	145	0.050%	10.02x
389	March	145	0.050%	4.90x
390	Bugby	144	0.050%	60.60x
391	Coulson	144	0.050%	2.92x
392	Masters	144	0.050%	2.83x
393	Watkins	144	0.050%	0.86x
394	Grant	143	0.050%	0.52x
395	Higgins	143	0.050%	1.03x
396	Humphries	143	0.050%	2.31x
397	Valentine	143	0.050%	4.06x
398	Birch	142	0.050%	1.26x
399	Bishop	142	0.050%	0.74x
400	Hawkes	142	0.050%	3.20x