Top surnames from the 1881 census in Braunstone, Leicestershire

Braunstone 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
COLEMAN104.950599.30
PICKERING73.465396.02
TOWNSEND73.465381.59
FORD73.465335.57
BENNETT73.465321.08
HARRIS62.970311.69
BARLOW62.970355.00
DWYER62.9703530.97
HILL52.47529.72
SMITH52.47521.75
RICHARDS52.475216.39
AUBREY52.4752877.19
WRIGHT52.47527.72
WALL52.475270.82
ABBOTT41.980244.89
GOODSON41.9802396.04
CUFF41.9802506.33
CHAPMAN41.980213.94
HARRISON41.98028.92
JOHNSON31.48514.42
LOCK31.485152.17
FARNHAM20.9901487.80
TILLEY20.990175.47
BARNETT20.990121.95
LITCHFIELD20.9901240.96
SILLS20.9901317.46
RODWELL20.9901183.49
SUTTON10.49507.78
BAKER10.49502.26
DAGG10.4950400.00
WATSON10.49502.13
CHENEY10.4950161.29
TURTON10.495044.05
BURDETT10.495069.93
NORTH10.495014.93
DOWELL10.495099.01
STABLEFORD10.4950833.33
AUSTIN10.495010.13
HEWITT10.495010.16
HAMMOND10.49508.70
WALLACE10.49507.23
GAMBLE10.495034.60
BOWERMAN10.4950166.67
NEAL10.495016.72
EARL10.495037.88
TIDD10.4950454.55
DERRICK10.495088.50
SOUTHAM10.4950119.05
HALL10.49501.68
CHAMBERLAIN10.495018.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AUBREY0.20202877.1930
STABLEFORD0.20202833.3333
DWYER0.20202530.9735
CUFF0.20202506.3291
FARNHAM0.20202487.8049
TIDD0.20202454.5455
DAGG0.20202400.0000
GOODSON0.20202396.0396
SILLS0.20202317.4603
LITCHFIELD0.20202240.9639
TOONE0.20202204.0816
RODWELL0.20202183.4862
BOWERMAN0.20202166.6667
CHENEY0.20202161.2903
SOUTHAM0.20202119.0476
COLEMAN0.2020299.3049
DOWELL0.2020299.0099
PICKERING0.2020296.0219
DERRICK0.2020288.4956
TOWNSEND0.2020281.5851
TILLEY0.2020275.4717
WALL0.2020270.8215
BURDETT0.2020269.9301
BARLOW0.2020254.9954
LOCK0.2020252.1739
PARNELL0.2020251.2821
ABBOTT0.2020244.8934
TURTON0.2020244.0529
EARL0.2020237.8788
FORD0.2020235.5691
GAMBLE0.2020234.6021
BARNETT0.2020221.9539
BENNETT0.2020221.0843
CHAMBERLAIN0.2020218.1818
NEAL0.2020216.7224
RICHARDS0.2020216.3881
NORTH0.2020214.9254
CHAPMAN0.2020213.9421
HARRIS0.2020211.6868
HEWITT0.2020210.1626
AUSTIN0.2020210.1317
HILL0.202029.7182
HARRISON0.202028.9206
HAMMOND0.202028.6957
SUTTON0.202027.7760
WRIGHT0.202027.7160
WALLACE0.202027.2307
JOHNSON0.202024.4202
BAKER0.202022.2594
WATSON0.202022.1340

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 202 people called AUBREY in Braunstone 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 877.1930 in Braunstone means that 877.1930% of the people in Braunstone on census day were called AUBREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AUBREY 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 AUBREY 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 AUBREY 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 AUBREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Braunstone means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AUBREY in Braunstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Braunstone in 1881

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

ABBOTT (4)  AUBREY (5)  AUSTIN (1)  BAKER (1)  BARLOW (6)  BARNETT (2)  BENNETT (7)  BLOXAM (1)  BODWELL OR RODWELL (16)  RODWELL OR BODWELL (2)  BOWERMAN (1)  BURCHNALL (3)  BURDETT (1)  CATCHESIDE (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHENEY (1)  COCKBILL (2)  COLEMAN (10)  CUFF (4)  DAGG (1)  DERRICK (1)  DWYER (6)  EARL (1)  FARNHAM (2)  FORD (7)  FURBORROW (1)  GAMBLE (1)  GELSTHORPE (1)  GOODSON (4)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HARRIS (6)  HARRISON (4)  HEWITT (1)  HEAWOOD (3)  HILL (5)  JOHNSON (3)  LITCHFIELD (2)  LOCK (3)  MAWBY (5)  DOWELL (1)  NEAL (1)  NORTH (1)  PARNELL (1)  PEBERDY (1)  PICKERING (7)  POCHIN (5)  POULTNEY (5)  RICHARDS (5)  RODWELL (2)  SILLS (2)  SMITH (5)  SOUTHAM (1)  STABLEFORD (1)  SUTTON (1)  THIRKMAN (1)  TIDD (1)  TILLEY (2)  TEBBUTT (1)  TOONE (1)  TOPLEY (4)  TOWNSEND (7)  TURTON (1)  VESTY (1)  WALL (5)  WALLACE (1)  WATSON (1)  WRIGHT (5)