Top surnames from the 1881 census in Clapton, Northamptonshire

Clapton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Northamptonshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
COPE167.5117331.95
BROWN104.69487.12
BUSBY104.6948446.43
BURNHAM94.2254687.02
GIFFORD94.2254486.49
MILLER94.225423.62
GRIFFIN83.755979.84
SPENCER73.286435.99
JOHNSON73.28649.78
HUNT73.286424.74
KNIGHT73.286426.66
WRIGHT62.81698.78
CRICK62.8169472.44
NORRIS52.347454.64
LOVELL52.3474112.11
WOOD52.34747.37
HEADLAND52.34741,562.50
MOULDS41.87791,081.08
COULSON31.408578.53
NICKOLLS31.40851,111.11
KNIGHTON31.4085400.00
NICHOLS31.408543.23
CHAPMAN31.40859.92
SCOTT20.93903.71
GREEN20.93903.33
WARNER20.939025.74
SHEFFIELD20.9390178.57
GRAY10.46953.29
WOODS10.46957.45
ABBOT10.469599.01
MUNDEN10.4695277.78
FREEMAN10.46957.35
SHEFF10.4695
CAREY10.469524.88
PEARSON10.46954.04
DRAGE10.4695121.95
SMITH10.46950.33
ORMOND10.4695222.22
BIGLEY10.4695500.00
GEARY10.469559.88
PRATT10.46958.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEADLAND0.212131562.5000
NICKOLLS0.212131111.1111
MOULDS0.212131081.0811
BURNHAM0.21213687.0229
BIGLEY0.21213500.0000
GIFFORD0.21213486.4865
CRICK0.21213472.4409
BUSBY0.21213446.4286
KNIGHTON0.21213400.0000
COPE0.21213331.9502
MUNDEN0.21213277.7778
ORMOND0.21213222.2222
SHEFFIELD0.21213178.5714
DRAGE0.21213121.9512
LOVELL0.21213112.1076
ABBOT0.2121399.0099
GRIFFIN0.2121379.8403
COULSON0.2121378.5340
GEARY0.2121359.8802
NORRIS0.2121354.6448
NICHOLS0.2121343.2277
SPENCER0.2121335.9897
KNIGHT0.2121326.6565
WARNER0.2121325.7400
CAREY0.2121324.8756
HUNT0.2121324.7437
MILLER0.2121323.6158
CHAPMAN0.212139.9174
JOHNSON0.212139.7806
WRIGHT0.212138.7809
PRATT0.212138.1699
WOODS0.212137.4460
WOOD0.212137.3670
FREEMAN0.212137.3529
BROWN0.212137.1220
PEARSON0.212134.0420
SCOTT0.212133.7113
GREEN0.212133.3344
GRAY0.212133.2884
SMITH0.212130.3325
SHEFF0.21213

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 213 people called HEADLAND in Clapton at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 1562.5000 in Clapton means that 1562.5000% of the people in Clapton on census day were called HEADLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEADLAND in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called HEADLAND as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called HEADLAND here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called HEADLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Clapton means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEADLAND in Clapton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Clapton in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ABBOT (1)  BIGLEY (1)  BODGER (1)  BRAINES (9)  BRAYBROOK (3)  BROWN (10)  BURNHAM (9)  BUSBY (10)  CAREY (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  COPE (16)  COULSON (3)  CRICK (6)  DRAGE (1)  FREEMAN (1)  GEARY (1)  GIFFORD (9)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (2)  GRIFFIN (8)  HEADLAND (5)  HASLEWOOD (1)  HAUKINS (22)  HAUKIN (1)  HUNT (7)  JOHNSON (7)  KNIGHT (7)  KNIGHTON (3)  LOVELL (5)  MILLER (9)  MOULDS (4)  MUNDEN (1)  NICKOLLS (3)  NICHOLS (3)  NORRIS (5)  ORMOND (1)  PEARSON (1)  PRATT (1)  ROWLATTE (1)  WOODCOCK OR ST. WOODCOCK (3)  SCOTT (2)  SHEFF (1)  SHEFFIELD (2)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (7)  WARNER (2)  WOOD (5)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (6) 

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