1881 census place

Towcester surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Towcester, 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

139 surnames are listed for Towcester, Northamptonshire, covering 1,042 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Webb, with 80 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Towcester

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	Webb	80	2.82%	20.83x
2	Sharp	52	1.83%	22.02x
3	Eales	51	1.80%	356.39x
4	Gardner	44	1.55%	22.87x
5	Basford	40	1.41%	469.48x
6	Ashby	34	1.20%	71.52x
7	Brice	31	1.09%	132.59x
8	Mayo	25	0.880%	114.78x
9	Walmsley	25	0.880%	42.63x
10	Holloway	24	0.850%	27.64x
11	Loveridge	24	0.850%	235.99x
12	Jeffrey	20	0.710%	38.17x
13	Dunckley	19	0.670%	900.47x
14	Thomason	18	0.640%	108.83x
15	Sharman	16	0.560%	40.98x
16	Worth	16	0.560%	62.84x
17	Key	15	0.530%	38.36x
18	Snedker	14	0.490%	2258.06x
19	Kingston	13	0.460%	49.15x
20	Dunkley	12	0.420%	53.19x
21	Hines	12	0.420%	49.69x
22	Kirton	12	0.420%	92.74x
23	Beeson	11	0.390%	97.00x
24	Higham	11	0.390%	38.09x
25	Marlow	11	0.390%	33.05x
26	Peasland	10	0.350%	1190.48x
27	Pilgrim	10	0.350%	62.70x
28	Sansom	10	0.350%	52.30x
29	Ayers	9	0.320%	52.91x
30	Billing	9	0.320%	57.03x
31	Paviour	9	0.320%	891.09x
32	Rawlins	9	0.320%	54.61x
33	Tew	9	0.320%	72.41x
34	Wass	9	0.320%	58.48x
35	Billingham	8	0.280%	46.57x
36	Causebrook	8	0.280%	1538.46x
37	Culverhouse	8	0.280%	202.02x
38	Furnace	8	0.280%	509.55x
39	Rainbow	8	0.280%	68.14x
40	Roff	8	0.280%	168.78x
41	Shackleton	8	0.280%	25.08x
42	Tearle	8	0.280%	206.19x
43	Wickham	8	0.280%	41.75x
44	Belfield	7	0.250%	97.49x
45	Carvell	7	0.250%	145.23x
46	Furniss	7	0.250%	55.73x
47	Hillyer	7	0.250%	85.68x
48	Newberry	7	0.250%	60.24x
49	Shopland	7	0.250%	205.28x
50	Walling	7	0.250%	123.67x
51	Gibbard	6	0.210%	87.98x
52	Hefford	6	0.210%	133.33x
53	Inns	6	0.210%	114.29x
54	Tite	6	0.210%	103.99x
55	Boddington	5	0.180%	63.53x
56	Coy	5	0.180%	56.50x
57	Galland	5	0.180%	574.71x
58	Greville	5	0.180%	373.13x
59	Meads	5	0.180%	54.11x
60	Preedy	5	0.180%	93.11x
61	Starke	5	0.180%	208.33x
62	Stops	5	0.180%	531.91x
63	Tuckey	5	0.180%	87.11x
64	Warmsley	5	0.180%	602.41x
65	Wickins	5	0.180%	183.15x
66	Blown	4	0.140%	714.29x
67	Bottrill	4	0.140%	118.69x
68	Careless	4	0.140%	56.34x
69	Hillary	4	0.140%	85.65x
70	Puddle	4	0.140%	412.37x
71	Putnam	4	0.140%	169.49x
72	Salmons	4	0.140%	101.01x
73	Shellard	4	0.140%	88.89x
74	Snelson	4	0.140%	62.21x
75	Walmesley	4	0.140%	119.05x
76	Farey	3	0.110%	84.99x
77	Gazeley	3	0.110%	162.16x
78	Maule	3	0.110%	44.38x
79	Shingles	3	0.110%	100.00x
80	Cakebread	2	0.070%	45.87x
81	Corrall	2	0.070%	111.11x
82	Durran	2	0.070%	108.11x
83	Elley	2	0.070%	138.89x
84	Funge	2	0.070%	153.85x
85	Hambidge	2	0.070%	217.39x
86	Labrum	2	0.070%	96.15x
87	Minard	2	0.070%	131.58x
88	Needle	2	0.070%	68.73x
89	Newitt	2	0.070%	43.29x
90	Pinkard	2	0.070%	196.08x
91	Putman	2	0.070%	39.92x
92	Ratledge	2	0.070%	227.27x
93	Swannell	2	0.070%	66.01x
94	Thorneycroft	2	0.070%	61.35x
95	Tunnard	2	0.070%	162.60x
96	Addington	1	0.040%	38.91x
97	Aris	1	0.040%	25.91x
98	Asborn	1	0.040%	714.29x
99	Ballenger	1	0.040%	149.25x
100	Barnell	1	0.040%	113.64x