Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wakerley, Northamptonshire

Wakerley 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
WEBSTER188.071792.83
WATKIN177.6233871.79
COX177.623350.30
CRISP104.4843322.58
WHITE104.484313.95
PEPPER104.4843318.47
DAWSON94.035936.62
BRYAN83.5874144.67
SEWELL73.1390148.62
SMITH73.13902.22
BELL73.139016.71
CLARKE73.139015.49
HILL62.690610.56
CHARITY62.69062,307.69
SKINNER62.690653.00
RICKETT52.2422746.27
MATTHEWS52.242225.71
BRADSHAW41.793743.67
TAYLOR41.79372.80
JOHNSON41.79375.34
RUDKIN41.7937454.55
GILL41.793725.35
HOLMES41.793714.73
GIBSON31.345311.08
MILLEY31.34536,000.00
BEEN20.89694,000.00
WALKER20.89692.68
WILSON20.89691.95
TANSLEY20.8969240.96
GREEN20.89693.18
WRIGHT10.44841.40
BROUGHTON10.448424.04
WEST10.44844.66
NORMAN10.44849.68
DALTON10.448419.53
MARSHALL10.44842.67
COLLINS10.44843.13
STRICKLAND10.448456.18
GOODE10.448434.60
QUINCEY10.4484312.50
FRANCIS10.44847.53
COLES10.448412.87
GUNN10.448418.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILLEY0.222236000.0000
BEEN0.222234000.0000
CHARITY0.222232307.6923
WATKIN0.22223871.7949
RICKETT0.22223746.2687
RUDKIN0.22223454.5455
CRISP0.22223322.5806
PEPPER0.22223318.4713
QUINCEY0.22223312.5000
TANSLEY0.22223240.9639
SEWELL0.22223148.6200
BRYAN0.22223144.6655
WEBSTER0.2222392.8314
STRICKLAND0.2222356.1798
SKINNER0.2222353.0035
COX0.2222350.2959
BRADSHAW0.2222343.6681
DAWSON0.2222336.6151
GOODE0.2222334.6021
MATTHEWS0.2222325.7069
GILL0.2222325.3485
BROUGHTON0.2222324.0385
DALTON0.2222319.5313
GUNN0.2222318.3150
BELL0.2222316.7064
CLARKE0.2222315.4902
HOLMES0.2222314.7275
WHITE0.2222313.9509
COLES0.2222312.8700
GIBSON0.2222311.0824
HILL0.2222310.5634
NORMAN0.222239.6805
FRANCIS0.222237.5301
JOHNSON0.222235.3383
WEST0.222234.6577
GREEN0.222233.1847
COLLINS0.222233.1250
TAYLOR0.222232.8049
WALKER0.222232.6792
MARSHALL0.222232.6738
SMITH0.222232.2232
WILSON0.222231.9527
WRIGHT0.222231.3978

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 223 people called MILLEY in Wakerley 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 6000.0000 in Wakerley means that 6000.0000% of the people in Wakerley on census day were called MILLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILLEY 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 MILLEY 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 MILLEY 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 MILLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Wakerley means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILLEY in Wakerley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wakerley in 1881

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

BEEN (2)  BELL (7)  BRADSHAW (4)  BROUGHTON (1)  BRYAN (8)  CHARITY (6)  CLARKE (7)  COLES (1)  COLLINS (1)  COX (17)  CRISP (10)  DALTON (1)  DAWSON (9)  FRANCIS (1)  GIBSON (3)  GILL (4)  GOODE (1)  GOODLIFFE (3)  GREEN (2)  GUNN (1)  HILL (6)  HOLMES (4)  JESSON (3)  JOHNSON (4)  KEIGHTLEY (5)  MARSHALL (1)  MATTHEWS (5)  MILLEY (3)  MOYSEY (1)  NORMAN (1)  PEPPER (10)  QUINCEY (1)  RICKETT (5)  RUDKIN (4)  SEWELL (7)  SHOTLIFFE (2)  SKINNER (6)  SMITH (7)  STRICKLAND (1)  TANSLEY (2)  TAYLOR (4)  WALKER (2)  WATKIN (17)  WEBSTER (18)  WEST (1)  WHITE (10)  WYBROW (1)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (1) 

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