Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barsby, Leicestershire

Barsby 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
SMITH228.66146.13
BROWN228.661413.14
WARRINGTON166.2992769.23
ADAMS114.330729.39
PERCY103.9370421.94
SIMPSON93.543320.26
GREAVES93.5433120.81
WALKER83.14969.41
MANSFIELD72.7559146.75
BLACK72.755942.55
MAYFIELD72.75591,076.92
FOX62.362225.45
NORTH62.362271.26
FOSTER62.362217.67
FARMER62.362275.57
DILKS51.96851,282.05
CLARKE51.96859.71
RICHARDSON51.968511.56
GOODACRE41.5748493.83
STONE41.574821.79
SPENCER31.181112.94
WHITE31.18113.67
PALMER31.181110.02
BAKER31.18115.39
PLATTS31.1811176.47
BARRATT31.181158.25
CHAPMAN20.78745.54
BLOUNT20.7874229.89
LEADBETTER20.7874151.52
HOLLINGSHEAD20.7874666.67
ATKIN20.787459.00
WARREN20.787411.78
BANKS10.39377.67
COLEY10.393766.23
RICKARD10.393757.80
JAMES10.39372.00
PRESTON10.39377.88
BAYLEY10.393724.45
MILES10.39376.67
BURGIN10.3937101.01
GODWIN10.393730.40
COOK10.39371.98
JARVIS10.39378.77
CLARK10.39371.31
RANDALL10.393712.56
FRISBY10.393790.91
BEADLE10.393756.18
MOORE10.39371.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DILKS0.252541282.0513
MAYFIELD0.252541076.9231
WARRINGTON0.25254769.2308
HOLLINGSHEAD0.25254666.6667
GOODACRE0.25254493.8272
PERCY0.25254421.9409
BLOUNT0.25254229.8851
PLATTS0.25254176.4706
LEADBETTER0.25254151.5152
MANSFIELD0.25254146.7505
GREAVES0.25254120.8054
BURGIN0.25254101.0101
FRISBY0.2525490.9091
FARMER0.2525475.5668
NORTH0.2525471.2589
COLEY0.2525466.2252
ATKIN0.2525458.9971
BARRATT0.2525458.2524
RICKARD0.2525457.8035
BEADLE0.2525456.1798
BLACK0.2525442.5532
GODWIN0.2525430.3951
ADAMS0.2525429.3882
FOX0.2525425.4453
BAYLEY0.2525424.4499
STONE0.2525421.7865
SIMPSON0.2525420.2566
FOSTER0.2525417.6678
BROWN0.2525413.1390
SPENCER0.2525412.9366
RANDALL0.2525412.5628
WARREN0.2525411.7786
RICHARDSON0.2525411.5634
PALMER0.2525410.0200
CLARKE0.252549.7144
WALKER0.252549.4084
JARVIS0.252548.7719
PRESTON0.252547.8802
BANKS0.252547.6746
MILES0.252546.6711
SMITH0.252546.1345
CHAPMAN0.252545.5448
BAKER0.252545.3899
WHITE0.252543.6742
JAMES0.252542.0044
COOK0.252541.9822
MOORE0.252541.9689
CLARK0.252541.3099

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 254 people called DILKS in Barsby 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 1282.0513 in Barsby means that 1282.0513% of the people in Barsby on census day were called DILKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DILKS 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 DILKS 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 DILKS 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 DILKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Barsby means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DILKS in Barsby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barsby in 1881

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

ADAMS (11)  ATKIN (2)  BAYLEY (1)  BAKER (3)  BANKS (1)  BARRATT (3)  BARSBY (4)  BEADLE (1)  BIDDLES (1)  BLACK (7)  BLOUNT (2)  BONSOR (3)  BONSHOR (9)  BREWIN (8)  BROWN (22)  BURGIN (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARKE (5)  CLARK (1)  COLEY (1)  COOK (1)  DILKS (5)  FARMER (6)  FOSTER (6)  FOX (6)  FRISBY (1)  GOODACRE (4)  GODWIN (1)  GREAVES (9)  HOLLINGSHEAD (2)  JAMES (1)  JARVIS (1)  LEADBETTER (2)  MANSFIELD (7)  MAYFIELD (7)  MILES (1)  MOORE (1)  NORTH (6)  PALMER (3)  PERCY (10)  PLATTS (3)  PRESTON (1)  RANDALL (1)  RICKARD (1)  RICHARDSON (5)  SIMPSON (9)  SMITH (22)  SPENCER (3)  STONE (4)  TEBB (8)  WARRINGTON (16)  WALKER (8)  WARREN (2)  WHITE (3)