1881 census place

Rushden surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rushden, 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

152 surnames are listed for Rushden, Northamptonshire, covering 1,561 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Knight, with 106 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rushden

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	Knight	106	2.88%	23.39x
2	Denton	79	2.15%	116.95x
3	Clayton	74	2.01%	37.03x
4	Willmott	61	1.66%	264.76x
5	Dickens	57	1.55%	148.21x
6	Chettle	42	1.14%	1138.21x
7	Sargent	37	1.01%	65.36x
8	Underwood	37	1.01%	37.30x
9	Darnell	35	0.950%	333.65x
10	Perkins	35	0.950%	21.17x
11	Skinner	35	0.950%	18.76x
12	Bayes	30	0.820%	273.72x
13	Bollard	25	0.680%	573.39x
14	Childs	24	0.650%	35.55x
15	Desborough	24	0.650%	320.43x
16	Hodby	24	0.650%	2500.00x
17	Linnett	24	0.650%	408.16x
18	Mackness	24	0.650%	544.22x
19	Packwood	23	0.630%	309.14x
20	Partridge	23	0.630%	23.95x
21	Hanger	20	0.540%	539.08x
22	Minney	20	0.540%	522.19x
23	Claridge	19	0.520%	88.91x
24	Colson	19	0.520%	271.04x
25	Ekins	19	0.520%	304.00x
26	Sears	18	0.490%	77.89x
27	Percival	17	0.460%	29.52x
28	Groom	15	0.410%	29.11x
29	Ladds	15	0.410%	396.83x
30	Campion	14	0.380%	54.37x
31	Jaques	14	0.380%	51.49x
32	Lack	14	0.380%	111.82x
33	Pettit	14	0.380%	48.16x
34	Compton	13	0.350%	36.73x
35	Crick	13	0.350%	59.14x
36	Garley	13	0.350%	673.58x
37	Margetts	13	0.350%	146.23x
38	Tye	13	0.350%	61.44x
39	Wooding	13	0.350%	81.15x
40	Bandy	11	0.300%	219.56x
41	Elston	11	0.300%	61.76x
42	Pendered	11	0.300%	1549.30x
43	Rootham	11	0.300%	578.95x
44	Alderman	10	0.270%	69.20x
45	Shorley	10	0.270%	1428.57x
46	Cobley	9	0.240%	66.91x
47	Corby	9	0.240%	69.98x
48	Mantle	9	0.240%	46.85x
49	Seckington	9	0.240%	873.79x
50	Skevington	9	0.240%	263.16x
51	Bridgford	8	0.220%	555.56x
52	Burfield	8	0.220%	181.00x
53	Drage	8	0.220%	56.34x
54	Gross	8	0.220%	116.45x
55	Litchfield	8	0.220%	53.09x
56	Tailby	8	0.220%	172.79x
57	Vorley	8	0.220%	444.44x
58	Ette	7	0.190%	625.00x
59	Nobles	7	0.190%	263.16x
60	Timpson	7	0.190%	108.36x
61	Whithead	7	0.190%	136.19x
62	Bandey	6	0.160%	1395.35x
63	Billingham	6	0.160%	26.93x
64	Brightwell	6	0.160%	78.43x
65	Caswell	6	0.160%	33.67x
66	Cunnington	6	0.160%	39.60x
67	Farey	6	0.160%	131.00x
68	Fensom	6	0.160%	108.11x
69	Foskett	6	0.160%	69.61x
70	Garrott	6	0.160%	309.28x
71	Makeham	6	0.160%	461.54x
72	Pashler	6	0.160%	441.18x
73	Tassell	6	0.160%	95.54x
74	Thew	6	0.160%	122.70x
75	Towell	6	0.160%	57.36x
76	Twelftree	6	0.160%	1111.11x
77	Ablett	5	0.140%	64.52x
78	Barwick	5	0.140%	31.95x
79	Caress	5	0.140%	549.45x
80	Kitchener	5	0.140%	40.00x
81	Pantling	5	0.140%	265.96x
82	Shortland	5	0.140%	53.88x
83	Sugars	5	0.140%	263.16x
84	Wagstaffe	5	0.140%	96.15x
85	Crop	4	0.110%	161.29x
86	Ginns	4	0.110%	101.27x
87	Mallard	4	0.110%	42.06x
88	Tirrell	4	0.110%	145.99x
89	Willmot	4	0.110%	73.53x
90	Brawn	3	0.080%	45.11x
91	Bridgeford	3	0.080%	154.64x
92	Brudenell	3	0.080%	218.98x
93	Elsom	3	0.080%	49.34x
94	Hazeldine	3	0.080%	39.68x
95	Hector	3	0.080%	48.78x
96	Hilson	3	0.080%	79.79x
97	Hulett	3	0.080%	142.18x
98	Kilsby	3	0.080%	79.79x
99	Maddams	3	0.080%	141.51x
100	Savidge	3	0.080%	62.24x