Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire

Fotheringhay 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
GORE146.2222551.18
LONG135.777889.04
SANDERS114.8889107.84
NEWTON104.444458.00
POWELL94.000032.06
SPRIGGS73.1111625.00
REYNOLDS73.111135.92
THORP73.1111229.51
PEACH62.6667246.91
JOHNSON62.66677.94
PLOWMAN62.6667521.74
WADE62.666766.59
BIRD52.222229.09
FOWLER52.222238.91
AUSTIN52.222245.45
RODIS52.222250,000.00
BONSER52.2222847.46
LOVELL41.777884.93
KNOWLES41.777833.28
CHOWN41.7778571.43
SMITH41.77781.26
WINDER41.7778270.27
LAXTON31.3333434.78
WELDON31.3333333.33
TOMKINS31.3333128.76
WOODING31.3333306.12
BERRIDGE31.3333254.24
CRAIG31.333330.36
BEAL20.888994.79
BRIAR20.88893,333.33
JAMES20.88894.52
DICKENS10.444442.55
SIMPSON10.44442.54
ATKINSON10.44444.56
JONES10.44440.39
COX10.44442.93
IRELAND10.444419.16
SNEATH10.4444256.41
BARRATT10.444421.93
DAKIN10.444462.11
HODGSON10.44446.41
WALLIS10.444413.12
BREWER10.444416.75
GOODWIN10.44448.43
EAST10.444428.57
KNIGHTON10.4444126.58
CHAMBERS10.44447.82
HITCHCOCK10.444438.46
MILLSON10.4444312.50
FRANEY10.44441,250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RODIS0.2322550000.0000
BRIAR0.232253333.3333
FRANEY0.232251250.0000
BONSER0.23225847.4576
SPRIGGS0.23225625.0000
CHOWN0.23225571.4286
GORE0.23225551.1811
PLOWMAN0.23225521.7391
LAXTON0.23225434.7826
WELDON0.23225333.3333
MILLSON0.23225312.5000
WOODING0.23225306.1224
WINDER0.23225270.2703
SNEATH0.23225256.4103
BERRIDGE0.23225254.2373
PEACH0.23225246.9136
THORP0.23225229.5082
TOMKINS0.23225128.7554
KNIGHTON0.23225126.5823
SANDERS0.23225107.8431
BEAL0.2322594.7867
LONG0.2322589.0411
LOVELL0.2322584.9257
WADE0.2322566.5927
DAKIN0.2322562.1118
NEWTON0.2322558.0046
AUSTIN0.2322545.4545
DICKENS0.2322542.5532
FOWLER0.2322538.9105
HITCHCOCK0.2322538.4615
REYNOLDS0.2322535.9159
KNOWLES0.2322533.2779
POWELL0.2322532.0627
CRAIG0.2322530.3644
BIRD0.2322529.0867
EAST0.2322528.5714
BARRATT0.2322521.9298
IRELAND0.2322519.1571
BREWER0.2322516.7504
WALLIS0.2322513.1234
GOODWIN0.232258.4317
JOHNSON0.232257.9365
CHAMBERS0.232257.8186
HODGSON0.232256.4144
ATKINSON0.232254.5641
JAMES0.232254.5249
COX0.232252.9326
SIMPSON0.232252.5413
SMITH0.232251.2591
JONES0.232250.3924

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 225 people called RODIS in Fotheringhay 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 50000.0000 in Fotheringhay means that 50000.0000% of the people in Fotheringhay on census day were called RODIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RODIS 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 RODIS 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 RODIS 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 RODIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Fotheringhay means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RODIS in Fotheringhay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fotheringhay in 1881

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

ALLICK (1)  ATKINSON (1)  AUSTIN (5)  BARRATT (1)  BEAL (2)  BERRIDGE (3)  BIERDALY (1)  BIRD (5)  BONSER (5)  BREWER (1)  BRIAR (2)  BERRILL (2)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHOWN (4)  COX (1)  CRAIG (3)  DAKIN (1)  DICKENS (1)  EAST (1)  FATLING (1)  FOWLER (5)  FRANEY (1)  GOODWIN (1)  GORE (14)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HODGSON (1)  IRELAND (1)  JAMES (2)  JOHNSON (6)  JONES (1)  KNIGHTON (1)  KNOWLES (4)  LAXTON (3)  LONG (13)  LOVELL (4)  MILLSON (1)  NEWTON (10)  PEACH (6)  PEASFOOD (1)  PEKLOE (1)  PLOWMAN (6)  PLOWRIGHT (1)  POWELL (9)  REDSTEN (1)  REYNOLDS (7)  ROWLATT (16)  RODIS (5)  RODDIS (1)  SANDERS (11)  SEMPSTON (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (4)  SNEATH (1)  SPRIGGS (7)  STARSMORE (5)  THORP (7)  TEBBUTT (1)  TOMKINS (3)  TRAYFOOT (1)  WADE (6)  WALLIS (1)  WELDON (3)  WINDER (4)  WOODING (3) 

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