Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upper Heyford, Northamptonshire

Upper Heyford 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
BOYES86.9565666.67
GIBBINS76.0870795.45
ADAMS65.217435.40
BARNES54.347836.13
ASHBY54.3478259.07
TURNEY43.4783975.61
COLEMAN43.478369.81
BURROWS43.478379.52
BARR43.4783143.88
GOODE43.4783268.46
FAULKNER32.608796.15
GARRATT32.6087256.41
GIBBONS21.739154.05
NIGHTINGALE21.7391103.09
BISHOP21.739124.88
LATIMER21.7391454.55
SMALLWOOD21.7391188.68
ALLEN21.73919.21
ORLAND21.739110,000.00
YORK10.869665.79
ELLIOTT10.869610.25
MURPHY10.869610.88
WOOD10.86962.73
CORY10.8696238.10
LEESON10.8696149.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ORLAND0.1211510000.0000
TURNEY0.12115975.6098
GIBBINS0.12115795.4545
BOYES0.12115666.6667
LATIMER0.12115454.5455
GOODE0.12115268.4564
ASHBY0.12115259.0674
GARRATT0.12115256.4103
CORY0.12115238.0952
SMALLWOOD0.12115188.6792
LEESON0.12115149.2537
BARR0.12115143.8849
NIGHTINGALE0.12115103.0928
FAULKNER0.1211596.1538
BURROWS0.1211579.5229
COLEMAN0.1211569.8080
YORK0.1211565.7895
GIBBONS0.1211554.0541
BARNES0.1211536.1272
ADAMS0.1211535.3982
BISHOP0.1211524.8756
MURPHY0.1211510.8814
ELLIOTT0.1211510.2459
ALLEN0.121159.2081
WOOD0.121152.7293

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 115 people called ORLAND in Upper Heyford 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 10000.0000 in Upper Heyford means that 10000.0000% of the people in Upper Heyford on census day were called ORLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ORLAND 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 ORLAND 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 ORLAND 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 ORLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Upper Heyford means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ORLAND in Upper Heyford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upper Heyford in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  ALLEN (2)  ASHBY (5)  BARNES (5)  BARR (4)  BAZELEY (6)  BISHOP (2)  BLENCOWE (2)  BOYES (8)  BURROWS (4)  COLEMAN (4)  CORY (1)  COSFORD (5)  ELLIOTT (1)  FAREY (1)  FAULKNER (3)  GARRATT (3)  GIBBONS (2)  GIBBINS (7)  GOODE (4)  GUDGEON (10)  HILLSON (5)  KNIBBS (1)  LATIMER (2)  LEESON (1)  MURPHY (1)  NIGHTINGALE (2)  ORLAND (2)  SMALLWOOD (2)  THORNEYCROFT (7)  THORNYCROFT (1)  TURNEY (4)  WOOD (1)  YORK (1) 

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