Top surnames from the 1881 census in Birstall, Leicestershire

Birstall 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
SMITH306.13504.35
GREEN244.908017.43
HALLAM234.7035252.19
BILLINGTON183.6810338.98
BRADSHAW183.681089.64
KILBY173.4765618.18
BALLARD132.6585177.11
AGAR132.6585691.49
BROUGHTON122.4540131.58
CLARK112.24957.48
PELL102.0450364.96
MAYSE91.84056,000.00
SCATTERGOOD91.8405681.82
BOULTON81.636090.81
EVANS81.63603.74
SUTTON71.431522.49
WARDLE61.227063.42
SQUIRES61.227086.71
ELLIS51.02257.04
HUNT51.02257.70
ALLEN51.02255.41
WORTHINGTON51.022551.02
DALBY51.0225126.26
PAGET40.8180153.26
MOTT40.8180108.11
STEER40.818070.05
TOON40.8180218.58
WOODCOCK40.818028.67
LUCK40.818099.01
PEACH30.613556.71
CROSS30.61358.92
LOCKWOOD30.613527.78
WADE30.613515.33
CROOKS30.613579.58
BESTER30.61351,250.00
ROWELL30.613570.26
AMOS30.613537.31
NORMAN30.613513.24
RICKETTS30.613563.29
NEAL30.613520.73
HOE20.4090294.12
WALKER20.40901.22
HARRIS20.40901.61
ADCOCK20.409041.41
WHILE20.4090370.37
BACK20.409076.63
GARRATT20.409040.32
PHILPOTT20.409053.33
DAVIS20.40901.86
THORPE20.409010.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAYSE0.494896000.0000
BESTER0.494891250.0000
SATCHEL0.49489909.0909
AGAR0.49489691.4894
SCATTERGOOD0.49489681.8182
KILBY0.49489618.1818
WHILE0.49489370.3704
PELL0.49489364.9635
BILLINGTON0.49489338.9831
HOE0.49489294.1176
HALLAM0.49489252.1930
TOON0.49489218.5792
BALLARD0.49489177.1117
BRISTER0.49489175.4386
HINCKS0.49489172.4138
HERVEY0.49489158.7302
PAGET0.49489153.2567
BROUGHTON0.49489131.5789
YOXALL0.49489126.5823
DALBY0.49489126.2626
SWINGLER0.49489108.6957
MOTT0.49489108.1081
LUCK0.4948999.0099
BOULTON0.4948990.8059
BRADSHAW0.4948989.6414
SQUIRES0.4948986.7052
COPEMAN0.4948986.2069
CROOKS0.4948979.5756
BACK0.4948976.6284
ROWELL0.4948970.2576
STEER0.4948970.0525
COUPLAND0.4948964.5161
WARDLE0.4948963.4249
RICKETTS0.4948963.2911
THURGOOD0.4948958.1395
PEACH0.4948956.7108
PHILPOTT0.4948953.3333
WORTHINGTON0.4948951.0204
LEAKE0.4948949.7512
ADCOCK0.4948941.4079
SPRIGGS0.4948941.1523
GARRATT0.4948940.3226
AMOS0.4948937.3134
COLLINGWOOD0.4948937.1747
AMES0.4948929.6736
WOODCOCK0.4948928.6738
NEWBOLD0.4948928.0112
LOCKWOOD0.4948927.7778
BALE0.4948927.1739
SUTTON0.4948922.4863

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 489 people called MAYSE in Birstall 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 Birstall means that 6000.0000% of the people in Birstall on census day were called MAYSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAYSE 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 MAYSE 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 MAYSE 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 MAYSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Birstall means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAYSE in Birstall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Birstall in 1881

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

ADCOCK (2)  AGAR (13)  ALLEN (5)  AMOS (3)  BACK (2)  BAILEY (1)  BALE (1)  BALLARD (13)  BARNSBY (1)  BENSON (1)  BESTER (3)  BILLINGTON (18)  BIRCH (1)  BOULTON (8)  BONSFIELD (1)  BOTTRALL (4)  BRADBURY (1)  BRADSHAW (18)  BRISTER (1)  BROUGHTON (12)  BULLOCK (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHINCHEN (1)  CLARK (11)  COLLINGWOOD (1)  COUPLAND (2)  COPEMAN (1)  CROOKS (3)  CROSS (3)  DALBY (5)  DAVIS (2)  DEAMAN (1)  AMES (1)  ELLIS (5)  EVANS (8)  VARDON (1)  FEWTRELL (4)  GALLONTREE (5)  GARRATT (2)  GILBERT (2)  GREASLEY (18)  GREAVES (1)  GREEN (24)  GREPE (3)  GREWCOCK (1)  GRIFFITH (1)  LAMBET ((H)) (4)  HALL (1)  HALLAM (23)  HALLETT (1)  HARDY (1)  HARRIS (2)  HERVEY (1)  HILLSON (1)  HINCKS (1)  HOGSON (1)  HOOPER (1)  HOE (2)  HUNT (5)  KEIMES (1)  KILBY (17)  LEAKE (1)  LOCKWOOD (3)  LOWETH (1)  LUCK (4)  MAYSE (9)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILES (1)  MITCHEL (1)  MOON (1)  MOORE (1)  MOTT (4)  NEAL (3)  NEWBOLD (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORMAN (3)  ORTON (1)  PAGET (4)  PALMER (2)  PATRICK (1)  PEACH (3)  PELL (10)  PHILPOTT (2)  REED (1)  RENSHAW (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RICKETTS (3)  ROWELL (3)  RYDWELL (1)  SALISBURY (1)  SATCHEL (1)  SCATTERGOOD (9)  SCHROER (1)  SHUTTLEWORTH (1)  SIBSON (3)  SIMPSON (1)  SMART (1)  SMITH (30)  SPRIGGS (1)  SQUIRES (6)  STEEDE (1)  STEER (4)  SUTTON (7)  SWINGLER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THATCHER (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORPE (2)  THURGOOD (1)  TOON (4)  WADE (3)  WALKER (2)  WARD (2)  WARDLE (6)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTON (2)  WHILE (2)  WILDERS (8)  WILKINS (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WADD (21)  WOODCOCK (4)  WOOLASTONE (3)  WORTHINGTON (5)  YOXALL (1)