Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wappenham, Northamptonshire

Wappenham 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
JONES449.48288.37
BROWN214.52596.87
WHITE204.310313.41
GREEN173.663813.01
CHESTER143.0172246.48
NEEDLE132.80172,708.33
FRANKLIN132.801784.36
LAWRENCE122.586239.83
MAY112.370737.24
COCKERILL112.3707491.07
HAYNES112.370766.43
TURNER102.15527.74
KING102.15529.89
MIDDLETON102.155241.05
SMITH91.93971.37
NEWITT91.93971,184.21
SAUNDERS91.939721.15
BEESLEY91.9397241.29
BURMAN91.9397486.49
NICHOLS81.724152.91
BALDWIN71.508635.39
EVANS71.50863.45
HUMPHRIES71.508666.99
BAKER61.29315.90
WHITEHEAD61.293119.13
FRENCH61.293126.49
REEVE61.293155.30
LESTER61.293182.19
ARCHER61.293131.27
OWEN51.07769.08
CRADDOCK51.0776128.21
WILSON51.07762.35
SUMMERS40.862130.75
BODLEY40.8621769.23
STANTON40.862143.24
PARSONS40.862111.35
SECKINGTON40.86213,076.92
PERRY30.64668.79
CHAPMAN30.64664.55
BURLEY30.646668.18
COOK30.64663.25
LEESON20.431074.35
KENNING20.4310273.97
HANCOCK20.43109.47
COLES20.431012.38
PAYNE20.43104.79
CROSS20.43106.26
ROBERTSON20.43102.57
SPICER20.431032.05
ROBERTS20.43101.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SECKINGTON0.464643076.9231
NEEDLE0.464642708.3333
NEWITT0.464641184.2105
BODLEY0.46464769.2308
BARBY0.46464625.0000
COCKERILL0.46464491.0714
BURMAN0.46464486.4865
KENNING0.46464273.9726
CHESTER0.46464246.4789
BEESLEY0.46464241.2869
BUSTIN0.46464238.0952
BACHELOR0.46464149.2537
CRADDOCK0.46464128.2051
FRANKLIN0.4646484.3608
LESTER0.4646482.1918
LEESON0.4646474.3494
BURLEY0.4646468.1818
HUMPHRIES0.4646466.9856
HAYNES0.4646466.4251
REEVE0.4646455.2995
CLACK0.4646454.0541
NICHOLS0.4646452.9101
COWPER0.4646449.2611
TEW0.4646449.0196
TURVEY0.4646445.8716
STANTON0.4646443.2432
MIDDLETON0.4646441.0509
LAWRENCE0.4646439.8274
MAY0.4646437.2376
BALDWIN0.4646435.3893
SPICER0.4646432.0513
ARCHER0.4646431.2663
UNDERHILL0.4646430.7692
SUMMERS0.4646430.7456
DEXTER0.4646429.3255
FRENCH0.4646426.4901
FLOWER0.4646422.0751
SAUNDERS0.4646421.1466
WHITEHEAD0.4646419.1327
WARWICK0.4646415.5763
PHIPPS0.4646414.5560
WHITE0.4646413.4093
GREEN0.4646413.0109
COLES0.4646412.3762
PARSONS0.4646411.3475
WISE0.4646410.3413
KING0.464649.8892
HORN0.464649.4877
HANCOCK0.464649.4742
BEDFORD0.464649.0827

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 464 people called SECKINGTON in Wappenham 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 3076.9231 in Wappenham means that 3076.9231% of the people in Wappenham on census day were called SECKINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SECKINGTON 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 SECKINGTON 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 SECKINGTON 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 SECKINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Wappenham means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SECKINGTON in Wappenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wappenham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ARCHER (6)  BAKER (6)  BALDWIN (7)  BARBY (1)  BAZELEY (4)  BACHELOR (1)  BATTAMS (5)  BEESLEY (9)  BEDFORD (1)  BODLEY (4)  BROWN (21)  BUCKLEY (1)  BURLEY (3)  BURMAN (9)  BUSTIN (1)  CAUSEBROOK (10)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHESTER (14)  CLACK (1)  CLARK (2)  COCKERILL (11)  COLES (2)  COOK (3)  COWPER (1)  COX (1)  CRADDOCK (5)  CROSS (2)  DEXTER (1)  EVANS (7)  FLOWER (1)  FOLL (2)  FOSTER (1)  FRANKLIN (13)  FRENCH (6)  GARE (3)  GILES (1)  GILLIT (1)  GREEN (17)  HANCOCK (2)  HAYNES (11)  HENRY (1)  HORN (1)  HUMPHRIES (7)  JONES (44)  KENNING (2)  KING (10)  LAWRENCE (12)  LEESON (2)  LESTER (6)  MALSBURY (3)  MANFIELD (3)  MAUNDERS (1)  MAY (11)  MIDDLETON (10)  NEEDLE (13)  NEWITT (9)  NICHOLS (8)  OWEN (5)  PALMER (1)  PARSONS (4)  PAYNE (2)  PINFOLD (2)  PERRY (3)  PHIPPS (1)  PITTAM (2)  REEVE (6)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBERTSON (2)  SAUNDERS (9)  SCARSBROOK (1)  SECKINGTON (4)  SHARP (1)  SHELSWELL (4)  SMITH (9)  SPICER (2)  STANTON (4)  STONHILL (1)  SUMMERS (4)  TEW (1)  TURNER (10)  TURVEY (1)  UNDERHILL (1)  WARWICK (1)  WELCH (1)  WELLCH (1)  WHITE (20)  WHITEHEAD (6)  WILSON (5)  WINCKLES (3)  WISE (1) 

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