Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eastwell, Leicestershire

Eastwell 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
SKINNER1710.4294205.56
TURNER116.748524.25
GOODSON116.74851,358.02
BLACK95.521585.31
WHITE84.908015.27
JUDSON84.90801,081.08
BOYCE53.0675204.92
ADAMS53.067520.82
JACKSON53.067510.98
POYSER53.06751,162.79
WATCHORN53.06753,333.33
OSBORN53.0675147.49
SARSON53.06752,173.91
STEELE42.454091.74
PRYOR42.4540366.97
SMITH31.84051.30
SHIELDS31.8405119.05
HARDING31.840525.42
CHAMBERLAIN31.840567.72
HOLMES21.227010.08
OSBORNE21.227025.71
BULLEN21.2270115.61
BOYES21.2270117.65
PATCHETT10.6135128.21
FORSTER10.613518.73
MORRISS10.6135101.01
COLLINGWOOD10.6135111.11
SIMONS10.613546.51
BURROWS10.613514.03
ROE10.613531.45
BRAY10.613518.25
GLOVER10.613514.39
TAYLOR10.61350.96
DARBY10.613538.17
LANCASTER10.613524.69
CLOWES10.6135109.89
HUBBARD10.613525.25
RODGERS10.613522.42
PORTWOOD10.61352,500.00
GIBSON10.61355.05
SWAIN10.613531.85
BARNETT10.613513.61
CONNOR10.613520.79
HOOKER10.613571.94
BROOK10.613515.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WATCHORN0.161633333.3333
PORTWOOD0.161632500.0000
SARSON0.161632173.9130
GOODSON0.161631358.0247
POYSER0.161631162.7907
JUDSON0.161631081.0811
PRYOR0.16163366.9725
SKINNER0.16163205.5623
BOYCE0.16163204.9180
OSBORN0.16163147.4926
PATCHETT0.16163128.2051
SHIELDS0.16163119.0476
BOYES0.16163117.6471
BULLEN0.16163115.6069
COLLINGWOOD0.16163111.1111
CLOWES0.16163109.8901
MORRISS0.16163101.0101
STEELE0.1616391.7431
BLACK0.1616385.3081
HOOKER0.1616371.9424
CHAMBERLAIN0.1616367.7201
SIMONS0.1616346.5116
DARBY0.1616338.1679
SWAIN0.1616331.8471
ROE0.1616331.4465
OSBORNE0.1616325.7069
HARDING0.1616325.4237
HUBBARD0.1616325.2525
LANCASTER0.1616324.6914
TURNER0.1616324.2451
RODGERS0.1616322.4215
ADAMS0.1616320.8160
CONNOR0.1616320.7900
FORSTER0.1616318.7266
BRAY0.1616318.2482
BROOK0.1616315.9236
WHITE0.1616315.2701
GLOVER0.1616314.3885
BURROWS0.1616314.0252
BARNETT0.1616313.6054
JACKSON0.1616310.9769
HOLMES0.1616310.0756
GIBSON0.161635.0531
SMITH0.161631.3035
TAYLOR0.161630.9593

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 163 people called WATCHORN in Eastwell 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 3333.3333 in Eastwell means that 3333.3333% of the people in Eastwell on census day were called WATCHORN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WATCHORN 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 WATCHORN 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 WATCHORN 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 WATCHORN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Eastwell means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WATCHORN in Eastwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eastwell in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  BARNETT (1)  BLACK (9)  BOYCE (5)  BOYES (2)  BRAY (1)  BROOK (1)  BULLEN (2)  BURROWS (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (3)  CLOWES (1)  COBLEY (1)  COLLINGWOOD (1)  CONNOR (1)  DARBY (1)  ESSOM (2)  FORSTER (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILIAN (3)  GLOVER (1)  GOODSON (11)  HARDING (3)  HOLMES (2)  HOOKER (1)  HUBBARD (1)  JACKSON (5)  JUDSON (8)  KESTIN (1)  LANCASTER (1)  MORRISS (1)  OSBORNE (2)  OSBORN (5)  PATCHETT (1)  PYKETT (3)  PORTWOOD (1)  POYSER (5)  PRYOR (4)  RHOBOTHAM (2)  RODGERS (1)  ROE (1)  SARSON (5)  SHIELDS (3)  SIMONS (1)  SKINNER (17)  SMITH (3)  STEELE (4)  SWAIN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TURNER (11)  WATCHORN (5)  WHITE (8)  WILDGUST (2)