Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Norton, Leicestershire

East Norton 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
SMITH139.70156.87
HOY96.71641,168.83
WOODCOCK96.7164235.60
NEAL85.9701202.02
BUTLER75.223953.56
DAWSON75.223947.39
JAKES64.47762,400.00
RAWLINS64.4776769.23
JARMAN64.4776468.75
WHITE42.98519.29
HAMMOND42.985152.42
KING42.985113.70
WATKINS42.985149.26
BRYAN32.238890.09
HARDY32.238837.36
BRAZIER32.2388238.10
GRAY32.238815.68
HAYCOCK21.4925266.67
MOULD21.4925173.91
HALLS21.4925188.68
CHAMBERLIN21.4925444.44
PAYNE21.492516.58
WEST21.492515.50
GLOVER21.492535.03
HORNSBY21.4925229.89
PORTER10.74639.95
BARWELL10.7463238.10
JOYCE10.746330.40
GOODMAN10.746325.58
TRIGG10.7463133.33
ROBINSON10.74632.34
HOLTON10.7463144.93
BROOK10.746319.34
LANCASTER10.746330.03
HALES10.746352.08
JENKINS10.74636.33
STOKES10.746317.67
HOLLOWAY10.746324.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JAKES0.131342400.0000
HOY0.131341168.8312
RAWLINS0.13134769.2308
JARMAN0.13134468.7500
CHAMBERLIN0.13134444.4444
HAYCOCK0.13134266.6667
BARWELL0.13134238.0952
BRAZIER0.13134238.0952
WOODCOCK0.13134235.6021
HORNSBY0.13134229.8851
NEAL0.13134202.0202
HALLS0.13134188.6792
MOULD0.13134173.9130
HOLTON0.13134144.9275
TRIGG0.13134133.3333
BRYAN0.1313490.0901
BUTLER0.1313453.5578
HAMMOND0.1313452.4246
HALES0.1313452.0833
WATKINS0.1313449.2611
DAWSON0.1313447.3934
HARDY0.1313437.3599
GLOVER0.1313435.0263
JOYCE0.1313430.3951
LANCASTER0.1313430.0300
GOODMAN0.1313425.5754
HOLLOWAY0.1313424.3309
BROOK0.1313419.3424
STOKES0.1313417.6678
PAYNE0.1313416.5837
GRAY0.1313415.6822
WEST0.1313415.5039
KING0.1313413.6986
PORTER0.131349.9502
WHITE0.131349.2872
SMITH0.131346.8710
JENKINS0.131346.3331
ROBINSON0.131342.3403

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 134 people called JAKES in East Norton 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 2400.0000 in East Norton means that 2400.0000% of the people in East Norton on census day were called JAKES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JAKES 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 JAKES 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 JAKES 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 JAKES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in East Norton means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JAKES in East Norton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Norton in 1881

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

BARWELL (1)  BRAZIER (3)  BROOK (1)  BRYAN (3)  BUTLER (7)  CHAMBERLIN (2)  D'ESVER (1)  DAWSON (7)  GATHERCOLE (1)  GLOVER (2)  GOODMAN (1)  GRAY (3)  HALES (1)  HALLS (2)  HAMMOND (4)  HARDY (3)  HAYCOCK (2)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOLTON (1)  HORNSBY (2)  HORSLY (1)  HOY (9)  JAKES (6)  JARMAN (6)  JENKINS (1)  JOYCE (1)  KING (4)  LANCASTER (1)  MOULD (2)  NEAL (8)  PAYNE (2)  PLIMPIN (3)  PORTER (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RAWLINS (6)  SMITH (13)  STOKES (1)  TRIGG (1)  WATKINS (4)  WEST (2)  WHITE (4)  WOODCOCK (9)