Top surnames from the 1881 census in Denton, Northamptonshire

Denton 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
ROBINSON6511.883037.27
WHITE437.861124.46
GIBSON305.484545.18
SMART295.3016116.42
RAINBOW254.57041,101.32
SPARROW234.2048331.89
WRIGHT234.204813.11
FITZHUGH224.02193,793.10
KNIGHT193.473528.18
BARKER152.742220.96
JONES152.74222.42
JOYCE142.5594104.24
CAWLEY122.1938413.79
OSBORNE122.193845.96
HARDWICK112.0110131.42
HICK101.8282392.16
SMITH101.82821.29
GAYTON91.6453967.74
WHYMAN81.4625547.95
BROOKS71.279713.09
WAUGH61.096980.43
BRAWN61.0969606.06
TINE61.096915,000.00
BROOKES50.914138.91
WHITING50.914147.48
INGRAM50.914129.94
HENMAN50.9141892.86
MORRIS40.73133.29
YORK40.731355.33
RINGER30.5484319.15
SARGEANT30.548469.61
HOLLOWELL20.3656333.33
PEARLE20.36562,500.00
HAWARD20.3656266.67
JEFFREY20.365619.78
SPENCER10.18282.00
WALLINGTON10.182858.48
MARRIOTT10.18288.16
BURTIN10.18281,428.57
MUMFORD10.182818.94
GODFREY10.18286.17
LOVERIDGE10.182851.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TINE0.5554715000.0000
FITZHUGH0.555473793.1034
PEARLE0.555472500.0000
BURTIN0.555471428.5714
RAINBOW0.555471101.3216
GAYTON0.55547967.7419
HENMAN0.55547892.8571
BRAWN0.55547606.0606
WHYMAN0.55547547.9452
CAWLEY0.55547413.7931
HICK0.55547392.1569
HOLLOWELL0.55547333.3333
SPARROW0.55547331.8903
RINGER0.55547319.1489
HAWARD0.55547266.6667
HARDWICK0.55547131.4217
SMART0.55547116.4191
JOYCE0.55547104.2442
WAUGH0.5554780.4290
SARGEANT0.5554769.6056
WALLINGTON0.5554758.4795
YORK0.5554755.3250
LOVERIDGE0.5554751.0204
WHITING0.5554747.4834
OSBORNE0.5554745.9594
GIBSON0.5554745.1807
BROOKES0.5554738.9105
ROBINSON0.5554737.2685
INGRAM0.5554729.9401
KNIGHT0.5554728.1774
WHITE0.5554724.4554
BARKER0.5554720.9556
JEFFREY0.5554719.7824
MUMFORD0.5554718.9394
WRIGHT0.5554713.1069
BROOKS0.5554713.0915
MARRIOTT0.555478.1633
GODFREY0.555476.1652
MORRIS0.555473.2852
JONES0.555472.4213
SPENCER0.555472.0024
SMITH0.555471.2948

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 547 people called TINE in Denton 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 15000.0000 in Denton means that 15000.0000% of the people in Denton on census day were called TINE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TINE 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 TINE 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 TINE 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 TINE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Denton means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TINE in Denton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Denton in 1881

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

BARKER (15)  BEADSMORE (1)  BRAWN (6)  BROOKES (5)  BROOKS (7)  BERRILL (31)  BURTIN (1)  CODLETT (2)  CAWLEY (12)  DAWKES (20)  DIDLINS (1)  GAUTRY (2)  GAYTON (9)  GIBSON (30)  GODFREY (1)  HOLLOWELL (2)  HARDWICK (11)  HAWARD (2)  HENMAN (5)  HICK (10)  FITZHUGH (22)  INGRAM (5)  JEFFREY (2)  JONES (15)  JOYCE (14)  KNIGHT (19)  LOVERIDGE (1)  MARRIOTT (1)  MORRIS (4)  MUMFORD (1)  OSBORNE (12)  PATRIC (1)  PEARLE (2)  RAINBOW (25)  RIDDEY (8)  RINGER (3)  ROBINSON (65)  SARGEANT (3)  SMART (29)  SMITH (10)  SPARROW (23)  SPECHLEY (8)  SPENCER (1)  SPRECKLEY (3)  SUPLAM (1)  TINE (6)  WAUGH (6)  WALLINGTON (1)  WHITE (43)  WHITING (5)  WHYMAN (8)  WRIGHT (23)  YORK (4) 

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