1881 census place

Byfield surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Byfield, Northamptonshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

44 surnames are listed for Byfield, Northamptonshire, covering 280 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Eyles, with 36 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Byfield

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Eyles	36	4.54%	983.61x
2	Maycock	32	4.04%	869.57x
3	Laurence	17	2.14%	150.84x
4	Howes	14	1.77%	101.01x
5	Marlow	13	1.64%	139.63x
6	Bachelor	11	1.39%	964.91x
7	Hartwell	11	1.39%	337.42x
8	Burbridge	9	1.13%	328.47x
9	Tomalin	9	1.13%	900.00x
10	Whitmill	9	1.13%	2812.50x
11	Maude	8	1.01%	265.78x
12	Brightwell	7	0.880%	424.24x
13	Curgenven	7	0.880%	2800.00x
14	Gibbard	7	0.880%	366.49x
15	Hirons	7	0.880%	274.51x
16	Newcomb	7	0.880%	374.33x
17	Burbidge	6	0.760%	222.22x
18	Bilham	5	0.630%	520.83x
19	Devonshire	5	0.630%	354.61x
20	Fancott	5	0.630%	4545.45x
21	Fowke	5	0.630%	909.09x
22	Jelly	5	0.630%	214.59x
23	Dury	4	0.500%	533.33x
24	Elliman	4	0.500%	800.00x
25	Fenemore	4	0.500%	655.74x
26	Gare	4	0.500%	588.24x
27	Saull	4	0.500%	1481.48x
28	Turland	3	0.380%	468.75x
29	Bustin	2	0.250%	277.78x
30	Foskett	2	0.250%	107.53x
31	Hensher	2	0.250%	1111.11x
32	Holdom	2	0.250%	476.19x
33	Needle	2	0.250%	243.90x
34	Sewall	2	0.250%	2000.00x
35	Basely	1	0.130%	588.24x
36	Bew	1	0.130%	90.91x
37	Billson	1	0.130%	81.30x
38	Capell	1	0.130%	84.03x
39	Carvel	1	0.130%	312.50x
40	Colin	1	0.130%	277.78x
41	Farebrother	1	0.130%	227.27x
42	Knibb	1	0.130%	113.64x
43	Smallbones	1	0.130%	217.39x
44	Upston	1	0.130%	476.19x