Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cold Higham, Northamptonshire

Cold Higham 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
TOWNSEND359.7493229.51
FOLWELL308.35659,375.00
DAVIS287.799435.49
FURNESS256.9638871.08
REEVE174.7354202.62
BULL113.064172.46
PINCKARD102.785533,333.33
HARRIS102.785510.96
DARBY82.2284138.89
ROGERS71.949915.02
LEE71.949911.93
WESTON71.949947.81
FOSTER71.949914.58
ROBERTS71.94995.18
GOWEN61.6713895.52
MAYCOCK61.6713361.45
PARKINSON61.671334.84
GIBBINS61.6713218.18
ADAMS51.39289.45
HOWES51.392879.62
COLEMAN51.392827.95
WITTS51.3928458.72
PELL41.1142198.02
YORK41.114284.39
HAWKINS41.114215.39
MAYO41.1142144.93
SMITH30.83570.59
DUNKLEY30.8357104.90
LOCKE30.835793.17
HICKS20.557113.31
WEBSTER20.55716.41
GOFF20.557186.21
MESSINGER20.55711,000.00
WELLS20.55716.70
PALMER20.55714.73
ADKINS20.557185.47
SHEPHERD20.55717.60
GARDNER20.55718.21
BRIGGS20.557110.26
WHITTON20.557190.91
BARNS10.278643.10
DRINKWATER10.278628.25
NEAL10.27869.42
BUTCHER10.27866.61
BISTER10.27861,666.67
FISHER10.27862.38
AYLES10.2786166.67
WATTS10.27863.32
DEACON10.278616.39
GOODMAN10.27869.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PINCKARD0.3635933333.3333
FOLWELL0.363599375.0000
BISTER0.363591666.6667
MESSINGER0.363591000.0000
GOWEN0.36359895.5224
FURNESS0.36359871.0801
WITTS0.36359458.7156
MAYCOCK0.36359361.4458
TOWNSEND0.36359229.5082
GIBBINS0.36359218.1818
HOWKINS0.36359212.7660
REEVE0.36359202.6222
PELL0.36359198.0198
AYLES0.36359166.6667
MAYO0.36359144.9275
DARBY0.36359138.8889
DUNKLEY0.36359104.8951
GOLDER0.36359102.0408
LOCKE0.3635993.1677
WHITTON0.3635990.9091
GOFF0.3635986.2069
ADKINS0.3635985.4701
YORK0.3635984.3882
HOWES0.3635979.6178
BULL0.3635972.4638
TURVEY0.3635959.1716
HOLTON0.3635953.7634
WESTON0.3635947.8142
BARNS0.3635943.1034
DAVIS0.3635935.4925
PARKINSON0.3635934.8432
DRINKWATER0.3635928.2486
COLEMAN0.3635927.9486
DEACON0.3635916.3934
HAWKINS0.3635915.3905
ROGERS0.3635915.0182
FOSTER0.3635914.5833
HICKS0.3635913.3067
MARRIOTT0.3635912.4378
LEE0.3635911.9311
HARRIS0.3635910.9601
BRIGGS0.3635910.2564
GOODMAN0.363599.5511
ADAMS0.363599.4518
NEAL0.363599.4162
GARDNER0.363598.2068
SHEPHERD0.363597.6017
WELLS0.363596.6957
BUTCHER0.363596.6094
WEBSTER0.363596.4061

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 359 people called PINCKARD in Cold Higham 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 33333.3333 in Cold Higham means that 33333.3333% of the people in Cold Higham on census day were called PINCKARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PINCKARD 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 PINCKARD 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 PINCKARD 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 PINCKARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Cold Higham means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PINCKARD in Cold Higham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cold Higham in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ADKINS (2)  BARNS (1)  BENNETT (1)  BISTER (1)  BRIGGS (2)  BULL (11)  BUTCHER (1)  BUTLER (1)  CARDREY (2)  COLEMAN (5)  DARBY (8)  DAVIS (28)  DEACON (1)  DRINKWATER (1)  DUNKLEY (3)  AYLES (1)  FALDING (3)  FISHER (1)  FOLWELL (30)  FOSTER (7)  FUNGE (1)  FURNESS (25)  GARDNER (2)  GIBBINS (6)  GOLDER (1)  GOODMAN (1)  GOFF (2)  GOWEN (6)  GUDGEON (3)  HARRIS (10)  HAWKINS (4)  HICKS (2)  HOLTON (1)  HOWES (5)  HOWKINS (1)  JERRAMS (2)  KABY (4)  KING (1)  LEE (7)  LINNET (1)  LOCKE (3)  MARRIOTT (1)  MAYCOCK (6)  MAYO (4)  MESSINGER (2)  MUDDEMAN (3)  MUDDAMAN (1)  NEAL (1)  ARMSTONE (4)  PALMER (2)  PARKINSON (6)  PELL (4)  PILTON (1)  PINCKARD (10)  PITTAM (10)  REEVE (17)  ROBERTS (7)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERS (7)  SHEPHERD (2)  SMITH (3)  TOWNSEND (35)  TRUSLAR (5)  TURVEY (1)  WATTS (1)  WELLS (2)  WEBSTER (2)  WESTON (7)  WITTS (5)  WHITTON (2)  YORK (4) 

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