The first map shows the distribution of the RAMPTON surname based upon where the people enumerated were living at the time. There are 351 RAMPTON people enumerated in 1881, 42% of whom lived in Hampshire. A more detailed examination of the distribution within Hampshire parishes will be found by clicking here.

These are the totals for each county, including the 5 living in Guernsey which cannot be shown on the map:

BKM 1	BRK 22	DBY 4	ESS 1	GUE 5	HAM 146	HRT 2	KEN 19
LAN 2	MDX 44	NTH 1	OXF 6	SFK 3	SOM 5	SRY 62	SSX 20
STS 3	WAR 5

This map shows the distribution of the RAMPTON surname based upon where the people enumerated said they had been born. Compare this with where they were living at the time. A more detailed examination of the distribution of birthplace within Hampshire parishes will be found by clicking here.

There are 4 people not shown on the map: one was born in Ireland, one in South Peter Port Guernsey Channel Islands, one in Valletta Malta, and the fourth in Fort Manoul. The actual counts per County were as follows:

BKM 2	BRK 20	DBY 5	DEV 1	DOR 1	ESS 1	HAM 207	KEN 10
LND 42	OXF 6	SAL 1	SFK 3	SOM 9	SRY 21	SSX 13	WAR 1
WIL 2	WOR 1	YKS 1

Movement from birthplace to census place is inevitable, and the people of the 19th century were not as stick-in-the-mud as we would like to believe. The movement of the RAMPTON people is an interesting case in point. Of the 351 RAMPTONs enumerated in the 1881 Census, 37% (129) had strayed from their birthplace. Click here for a full list of Strays.