Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashby Parva, Leicestershire

Ashby Parva is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Leicestershire

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
LEY106.75681,538.46
SMITH85.40543.83
ROSE64.054154.64
MORGAN64.054120.39
STEVENSON53.378448.12
WRIGHT42.70278.42
MOORE42.702713.51
ATKINS32.027054.05
THEW32.02701,500.00
MIDDLETON32.027038.61
RALPHS32.0270769.23
KING32.02709.30
HALL32.02706.89
PALMER21.351411.46
WARD21.35146.19
NURSE21.3514277.78
SANDERS21.351429.81
BISHOP21.351419.34
HIGGINSON21.3514135.14
WESSON21.3514526.32
DAVIS21.35146.15
MADDOCK21.3514148.15
CLARK10.67572.25
LEWIS10.67572.57
WILSON10.67571.47
HEARN10.675751.02
MORRIS10.67573.04
GOODE10.675752.08
DALTON10.675729.41
SHINGLER10.6757312.50
LONGHURST10.6757103.09
WYMAN10.6757312.50
CHAMBERS10.675711.88
WILLS10.675722.62
TURNER10.67572.43
FORD10.67576.93
MARSHALL10.67574.03
COOPER10.67572.78
PRATT10.675711.76
NICKELS10.6757625.00
GRAIN10.6757625.00
THORNE10.675732.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEY0.151481538.4615
THEW0.151481500.0000
RALPHS0.15148769.2308
GRAIN0.15148625.0000
NICKELS0.15148625.0000
WESSON0.15148526.3158
SHINGLER0.15148312.5000
WYMAN0.15148312.5000
NURSE0.15148277.7778
MADDOCK0.15148148.1481
HIGGINSON0.15148135.1351
LONGHURST0.15148103.0928
ROSE0.1514854.6448
ATKINS0.1514854.0541
GOODE0.1514852.0833
HEARN0.1514851.0204
STEVENSON0.1514848.1232
MIDDLETON0.1514838.6100
THORNE0.1514832.0513
SANDERS0.1514829.8063
DALTON0.1514829.4118
WILLS0.1514822.6244
MORGAN0.1514820.3874
BISHOP0.1514819.3424
MOORE0.1514813.5135
CHAMBERS0.1514811.8765
PRATT0.1514811.7647
PALMER0.1514811.4613
KING0.151489.2994
WRIGHT0.151488.4246
FORD0.151486.9348
HALL0.151486.8902
WARD0.151486.1862
DAVIS0.151486.1501
MARSHALL0.151484.0290
SMITH0.151483.8283
MORRIS0.151483.0358
COOPER0.151482.7778
LEWIS0.151482.5700
TURNER0.151482.4272
CLARK0.151482.2482
WILSON0.151481.4712

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 148 people called LEY in Ashby Parva 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 1538.4615 in Ashby Parva means that 1538.4615% of the people in Ashby Parva on census day were called LEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEY 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 LEY 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 LEY 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 LEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Ashby Parva means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEY in Ashby Parva than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashby Parva in 1881

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

ANGRAVE (2)  ASTILL (1)  ATKINS (3)  ATTKINS (1)  BAILESS (6)  BISHOP (2)  BOTTRILL (2)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHESTERTON (5)  CLARK (1)  COOPER (1)  DALTON (1)  DAVIS (2)  DIMMOCK (4)  DUMPLETON (11)  EASTAN (1)  AIERS (1)  FORD (1)  FOXON (6)  GOODE (1)  GRAIN (1)  HALL (3)  HEARN (1)  HIGGINSON (2)  HILLYAR (1)  HIORNS (1)  HODEN (4)  KING (3)  LEY (10)  LEWIS (1)  LONGHURST (1)  MADDOCK (2)  MARSHALL (1)  MIDDLETON (3)  MOORE (4)  MORGAN (6)  MORRIS (1)  NICKELS (1)  NURSE (2)  PALMER (2)  PRATT (1)  RALPHS (3)  ROSE (6)  SANDERS (2)  SHINGLER (1)  SMITH (8)  STEVENSON (5)  THEW (3)  THORNE (1)  TURNER (1)  WARD (2)  WYMAN (1)  WHYMENT (1)  WESSON (2)  WILLS (1)  WILSON (1)  WORMLEIGHTON (2)  WRIGHT (4)