Top surnames from the 1881 census in Melton Mowbray Welby, Leicestershire

Melton Mowbray Welby 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
HOUGHTON916.3636468.75
TAYLOR610.909117.06
HANBURY59.09095,000.00
WOOD47.272722.83
SHELTON47.2727615.38
MACKLEY47.27275,000.00
BARNES35.454545.32
SHARPE23.6364123.46
MORGAN11.81829.14
HACK11.8182526.32
HAND11.8182151.52
GLOVER11.818242.74
TILLER11.8182666.67
JAMES11.81829.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACKLEY0.06555000.0000
HANBURY0.06555000.0000
TILLER0.0655666.6667
SHELTON0.0655615.3846
HACK0.0655526.3158
HOUGHTON0.0655468.7500
HAND0.0655151.5152
SHARPE0.0655123.4568
BARNES0.065545.3172
GLOVER0.065542.7350
WOOD0.065522.8311
TAYLOR0.065517.0600
JAMES0.06559.2593
MORGAN0.06559.1408

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 55 people called MACKLEY in Melton Mowbray Welby 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 5000.0000 in Melton Mowbray Welby means that 5000.0000% of the people in Melton Mowbray Welby on census day were called MACKLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACKLEY 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 MACKLEY 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 MACKLEY 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 MACKLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Melton Mowbray Welby means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACKLEY in Melton Mowbray Welby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Melton Mowbray Welby in 1881

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

BARNES (3)  MACKLEY (4)  GLOVER (1)  HACK (1)  HANBURY (5)  HAND (1)  HOUGHTON (9)  JAMES (1)  LACHTON (2)  MORGAN (1)  SCARBOR (2)  SHARPE (2)  SHELTON (4)  SNODIN (7)  TAYLOR (6)  TUCKWOOD (1)  TILLER (1)  WOOD (4)