Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newtown Linford, Leicestershire

Newtown Linford 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
HARRISON255.165323.27
SMITH193.92562.78
WESLEY163.3058851.06
ELLIS153.099221.34
JOHNSON142.89268.61
BECK132.6860114.84
FOULDS132.6860397.55
HACKETT112.2727192.98
IRELAND112.272797.86
GEARY102.0661263.85
YOUNG102.06619.62
MORRIS102.06619.28
WARNER91.859550.99
DANCE81.6529206.72
RICHARDSON81.65299.71
BURTON71.446316.98
THOMPSON71.44634.83
MATTS71.44632,187.50
CROOKS71.4463187.67
WALTON71.446320.55
MEE71.4463190.22
WAINWRIGHT61.239758.59
HICKMAN61.239773.71
NEWBOLD61.2397169.97
BLAND61.239759.76
REEVES61.239730.27
SMALLWOOD61.2397134.23
SANDERS61.239727.35
CALLIS61.2397983.61
WILKINSON61.23978.12
HUBBARD51.033142.48
WAIN51.0331123.15
KIRK51.033123.86
LOWE51.033113.78
PUTMAN51.0331588.24
BALL51.033112.51
WOOLLEY51.033152.08
BROWN51.03311.57
BOWLER40.826467.68
LEAKE40.8264201.01
CLARKE40.82644.08
SHELTON40.826470.30
RUDKIN40.8264209.42
BONSALL40.8264444.44
SEAL30.619885.96
WARDEN30.619886.71
POXON30.6198337.08
NEALE30.619826.11
JACKSON30.61982.22
HULL30.619829.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MATTS0.484842187.5000
CALLIS0.48484983.6066
WESLEY0.48484851.0638
PUTMAN0.48484588.2353
BONSALL0.48484444.4444
FOULDS0.48484397.5535
STABLEFORD0.48484357.1429
POXON0.48484337.0787
HORNBUCKLE0.48484312.5000
KINTON0.48484270.2703
BAUM0.48484266.6667
GEARY0.48484263.8522
RUDKIN0.48484209.4241
DANCE0.48484206.7183
LEAKE0.48484201.0050
HACKETT0.48484192.9825
MEE0.48484190.2174
CROOKS0.48484187.6676
TOONE0.48484170.9402
NEWBOLD0.48484169.9717
POYNER0.48484140.8451
SMALLWOOD0.48484134.2282
WAIN0.48484123.1527
BECK0.48484114.8410
STURGESS0.48484107.9137
LEEDS0.48484107.5269
FOSS0.48484105.2632
IRELAND0.4848497.8648
WARDEN0.4848486.7052
SEAL0.4848485.9599
HICKMAN0.4848473.7101
SHELTON0.4848470.2988
BOWLER0.4848467.6819
BLAND0.4848459.7610
WAINWRIGHT0.4848458.5938
GANT0.4848457.4713
WOOLLEY0.4848452.0833
WARNER0.4848450.9915
HUBBARD0.4848442.4809
HEMSLEY0.4848441.3223
KENNY0.4848434.4828
WILMOT0.4848430.9598
REEVES0.4848430.2725
HULL0.4848429.6443
BURDETT0.4848429.2398
DEXTER0.4848428.0899
SANDERS0.4848427.3473
NEALE0.4848426.1097
SEATON0.4848424.4499
GENT0.4848424.0385

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 484 people called MATTS in Newtown Linford 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 2187.5000 in Newtown Linford means that 2187.5000% of the people in Newtown Linford on census day were called MATTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MATTS 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 MATTS 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 MATTS 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 MATTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Newtown Linford means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MATTS in Newtown Linford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newtown Linford in 1881

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

ASHTON (1)  BALL (5)  BATES (2)  BAUM (2)  BECK (13)  BLAND (6)  BONSALL (4)  BOWLER (4)  BRANSTON (1)  BREWIN (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (5)  BURDETT (1)  BURTON (7)  BUTHAWAY (6)  CALLIS (6)  CHAMBERS (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARKE (4)  CLARKSON (1)  COOKE (1)  CROOKS (7)  DANCE (8)  DAVIS (2)  DEACON (1)  DEXTER (1)  ELLIS (15)  ALLWIN (2)  FOSS (1)  FOSTER (1)  FOULDS (13)  GANT (1)  GEARY (10)  GENT (1)  GLOVER (1)  GOADBY (6)  JORDAN (1)  GRANT (2)  GREASLEY (3)  GREATOREX (1)  GRETTON (5)  GWYLTER (1)  HACKETT (11)  HANDLEY (1)  HANLY (HANDLEY) (2)  HANDLY (HANDLEY) (2)  HARDY (3)  HARKER (1)  HARRIS (2)  HARRISON (25)  HEMSLEY (1)  HICKMAN (6)  HOBLIS (1)  HODGES (1)  HORNBUCKLE (1)  HUBBARD (5)  HULL (3)  HUNT (1)  IRELAND (11)  JACKSON (3)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (14)  KENNY (2)  KINTON (1)  KIRK (5)  KNIGHT (1)  LEAKE (4)  LEE (2)  LEEDS (1)  LINNETT (1)  LOWE (5)  MATTS (7)  MEE (7)  TAGART (4)  MILLS (2)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (10)  NEALE (3)  NEWBOLD (6)  PARKER (3)  PIGGING (1)  POXON (3)  POYNER (1)  PUTMAN (5)  RECKLESS (3)  REEVES (6)  RICHARDS (1)  RICHARDSON (8)  ROSE (2)  RUDKIN (4)  SEAL (3)  SANDERS (6)  SEATON (1)  SHARMAN (1)  SHAW (1)  SIBSON (1)  SHILLCOCK (1)  SHELTON (4)  SMALLWOOD (6)  SMITH (19)  SQUIRE (1)  STABLEFORD (1)  STURGESS (3)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (7)  THORPE (2)  TOONE (2)  TURNER (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WAIN (5)  WAINWRIGHT (6)  WALTON (7)  WARDEN (3)  WARNER (9)  WEBSTER (1)  WESLEY (16)  WILKINSON (6)  WILMOT (1)  WILSON (1)  WITTLESWORTH (1)  WOOLLEY (5)  YOUNG (10)