Top surnames from the 1881 census in Isham, Northamptonshire

Isham 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
LEWIS4210.966141.71
CHAMBERLIN277.04962,125.98
BAYES164.17751,403.51
WILLIS133.394363.85
STOKES112.872168.03
JAMES112.872114.62
HOUGHTON112.872182.21
MITCHELL112.872114.16
REYNOLDS92.349927.12
SMITH92.34991.66
WILLS92.349978.60
ROUGHTON92.34991,384.62
EVEREST92.3499687.02
COLTMAN82.0888747.66
RUNDALL71.82777,777.78
MOSS61.566625.41
REYNOLD61.56661,132.08
WELLS61.566618.83
DRAPER51.305555.43
PALMER51.305511.07
WILSON51.30552.84
DICKS51.3055267.38
WHITNEY41.0444201.01
BURROWS41.044423.85
WHITE41.04443.25
PERKINS41.044423.22
DICKENS41.044499.75
WINSOR41.0444347.83
HOWARD30.78337.98
GREEN30.78332.78
YORK30.783359.29
COOK30.78333.94
MANTON30.7833182.93
JAME30.78336,000.00
NAYLOR30.783320.79
HOE30.7833566.04
MARRIOTT20.522223.31
ELMS20.5222136.99
PRATT20.52229.09
GOODMAN20.522217.91
ELLSON20.5222312.50
TALBOTT20.5222229.89
HATTON20.522226.60
CHALMERS20.522221.93
LOVELL20.522224.97
RALSTON10.261177.52
BUCKINGHAM10.261119.57
JOHNSON10.26110.78
VERRY10.26111,000.00
ALLEN10.26111.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RUNDALL0.383837777.7778
JAME0.383836000.0000
CHAMBERLIN0.383832125.9843
BAYES0.383831403.5088
ROUGHTON0.383831384.6154
REYNOLD0.383831132.0755
VERRY0.383831000.0000
COLTMAN0.38383747.6636
EVEREST0.38383687.0229
HOE0.38383566.0377
WINSOR0.38383347.8261
ELLSON0.38383312.5000
DICKS0.38383267.3797
TALBOTT0.38383229.8851
WHITNEY0.38383201.0050
MANTON0.38383182.9268
TOMBLIN0.38383142.8571
ELMS0.38383136.9863
DICKENS0.3838399.7506
HOUGHTON0.3838382.2123
WILLS0.3838378.6026
RALSTON0.3838377.5194
CORY0.3838372.4638
STOKES0.3838368.0272
WILLIS0.3838363.8507
YORK0.3838359.2885
DRAPER0.3838355.4324
LEWIS0.3838341.7080
WALDEN0.3838335.7143
REYNOLDS0.3838327.1248
HATTON0.3838326.5957
MOSS0.3838325.4130
LOVELL0.3838324.9688
BURROWS0.3838323.8521
MARRIOTT0.3838323.3100
PERKINS0.3838323.2153
SHUTTLEWORTH0.3838322.0264
CHALMERS0.3838321.9298
NAYLOR0.3838320.7900
BUCKINGHAM0.3838319.5695
WELLS0.3838318.8265
GOODMAN0.3838317.9051
HAWKES0.3838316.1812
ASHBY0.3838315.5521
JAMES0.3838314.6218
MITCHELL0.3838314.1588
HODSON0.3838312.6103
PALMER0.3838311.0742
PRATT0.383839.0909
HOWARD0.383837.9830

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 383 people called RUNDALL in Isham 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 7777.7778 in Isham means that 7777.7778% of the people in Isham on census day were called RUNDALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RUNDALL 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 RUNDALL 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 RUNDALL 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 RUNDALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Isham means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RUNDALL in Isham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Isham in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ASHBY (1)  BLAXLEY (9)  BOTACH (1)  BUCKINGHAM (1)  BURGESS (1)  BURROWS (4)  BAYES (16)  CHALMERS (2)  CHAMBERLIN (27)  CHAMERLIN (2)  CLARK (1)  COALES (3)  COLTMAN (8)  COOK (3)  CORY (1)  DICKS (5)  DICKENS (4)  DRAPER (5)  ELLSON (2)  ELMS ((ELMN)) (2)  ELMS (2)  EVEREST (9)  FERRACE (2)  GOODMAN (2)  GREEN (3)  HATTON (2)  HAWKES (1)  HODSON (1)  HOUGHTON (11)  HOWARD (3)  HOE (3)  JAMES (11)  JAME (3)  JOHNSON (1)  KEIGHTLEY (7)  KNIBBS (5)  LEACH (1)  LEWIS (42)  LINETT (3)  LOVELL (2)  MANGER OR MAUGER (6)  MANTON (3)  MARRIOTT (2)  MITCHELL (11)  MORRIS (1)  MOSS (6)  NAYLOR (3)  PAGE (1)  PALMER (5)  PERKINS (4)  PRATT (2)  RALSTON (1)  RUNDALL (7)  REYNOLD (6)  REYNOLDS (9)  ROUGHTON (9)  SAVAGE (1)  SHRIVES (9)  SHUTTLEWORTH (1)  SMITH (9)  STOKES (11)  TALBUTT (2)  TALBOTT (2)  TEBBUTT (1)  TOMBLIN (1)  TOZELAND (1)  TOZLAND (4)  VERRY (1)  WAIFIELD (1)  WALDEN (1)  WARNER (1)  WELLS (6)  WHITE (4)  WHITNEY (4)  WILLIS (13)  WILLS (9)  WILSON (5)  WINSOR (4)  YORK (3) 

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