Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire

Sheepy Magna 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
EMERY143.3573153.68
BRIGGS122.877752.98
SKELTON112.6379181.22
GARRATT92.1583212.77
COPE81.918584.84
NICHOLS71.678751.51
EDWARDS71.67876.02
JULIAN71.6787460.53
STARKEY71.6787169.08
CROSHAW71.67872,916.67
JACKSON71.67876.01
GARFIELD71.67871,060.61
COOPER71.67876.90
SMITH61.43881.02
TILSON61.43881,200.00
BILLINGS61.4388298.51
CLARKE61.43887.10
KNIGHT61.438811.67
CARPENTER61.438841.96
WYKES61.4388410.96
JOYCE61.438858.59
FURNESS61.4388180.18
VERNON61.438887.46
HARTILL61.4388833.33
RUSS61.4388530.97
BURTON61.438816.89
BROMLEY51.199077.88
REDHEAD51.1990220.26
YATES51.199017.45
FARMER51.199038.37
CRISP51.199086.21
TONKS51.1990228.31
BENFIELD40.9592330.58
JAMES40.95924.88
PARKER40.95925.04
WARD40.95924.39
FOX40.959210.33
MASSER40.95921,250.00
HARROD40.9592285.71
HIRONS40.9592298.51
COLES40.959227.53
ADAMS30.71944.88
HOBBINS30.7194441.18
HENTON30.7194375.00
BLOWER30.7194121.95
SANDERS30.719415.87
EVANS30.71941.65
BURROWS30.719416.44
MEREDITH30.719435.63
THOMAS30.71941.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOOTEN0.424175000.0000
CROSHAW0.424172916.6667
MASSER0.424171250.0000
TILSON0.424171200.0000
GARFIELD0.424171060.6061
VERO0.42417833.3333
HARTILL0.42417833.3333
RUSS0.42417530.9735
JULIAN0.42417460.5263
HOBBINS0.42417441.1765
WYKES0.42417410.9589
BEVINS0.42417384.6154
HENTON0.42417375.0000
BENFIELD0.42417330.5785
BILLINGS0.42417298.5075
HIRONS0.42417298.5075
HARROD0.42417285.7143
TONKS0.42417228.3105
SHAKESPEAR0.42417222.2222
REDHEAD0.42417220.2643
GARRATT0.42417212.7660
SKELTON0.42417181.2191
FURNESS0.42417180.1802
BILLS0.42417180.1802
STARKEY0.42417169.0821
EMERY0.42417153.6773
OAKDEN0.42417131.5789
BONSALL0.42417129.8701
EVERTON0.42417128.2051
BLOWER0.42417121.9512
ELTON0.42417119.0476
GRIMLEY0.42417112.3596
CUMBERLAND0.4241795.2381
CHESHIRE0.4241793.4579
RYLEY0.4241792.5926
TREADWELL0.4241791.7431
ALTON0.4241788.4956
VERNON0.4241787.4636
CRISP0.4241786.2069
COPE0.4241784.8356
BROMLEY0.4241777.8816
SMYTH0.4241776.9231
YEOMAN0.4241776.0456
JOYCE0.4241758.5938
BRIGGS0.4241752.9801
CARVER0.4241752.9101
NICHOLS0.4241751.5085
ORTON0.4241751.0204
DOWELL0.4241747.8469
HAUGHTON0.4241747.1698

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 417 people called BOOTEN in Sheepy Magna 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 Sheepy Magna means that 5000.0000% of the people in Sheepy Magna on census day were called BOOTEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOOTEN 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 BOOTEN 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 BOOTEN 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 BOOTEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Sheepy Magna means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOOTEN in Sheepy Magna than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sheepy Magna in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  ALTON (1)  ARBURTHNOTE (1)  BAYLIS (1)  BENFIELD (4)  BEVINS (2)  BILLS (2)  BILLINGS (6)  BIRD (1)  BLOWER (3)  BONSALL (1)  BOOTAN (1)  BOOTEN (2)  BRIGGS (12)  BRAMLEY (1)  BROMLEY (5)  BROOKES (2)  BROTHERHOOD (8)  BURROWS (3)  BURTON (6)  BOUCHER (1)  CHALLENOR (1)  CARPENTER (6)  CARVER (2)  CHADAWAY (1)  CHAMBERLAYNE (2)  CHESHIRE (3)  CLARKE (6)  CLARKSON (1)  COTES (1)  COLES (4)  O'CONNOR (1)  COOPER (7)  COPE (8)  CRATCHLEY (1)  CRISP (5)  CROSHAW (7)  CUMBERLAND (1)  EADEN (5)  EDWARDS (7)  ELTON (2)  EMERY (14)  EVANS (3)  EVERTON (1)  FARMER (5)  FOX (4)  FURNESS (6)  GARNER (1)  GARFIELD (7)  GARRATT (9)  GILLIVER (5)  GREEN (1)  GREWCOCK (2)  GRIFFIN (1)  GRIMLEY (1)  HARROD (4)  HARTILL (6)  HEYWOOD (1)  HENTON (3)  HIRONS (4)  HIRONS OR HIROUS (4)  HOBBINS (3)  HOLDEY (2)  HOLYOAKE (3)  HORSEPOOL (1)  HAUGHTON (1)  HUDDLESTONE (2)  HUDSON (1)  JACKSON (7)  JAMES (4)  GENDERS (6)  JOYCE (6)  CHOYCE (2)  JULIAN (7)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (6)  MARSFIELD (1)  DOWELL (1)  MEREDITH (3)  MASSER (4)  MEARS (1)  NICHOLS (7)  OAKDEN (1)  ORTON (2)  PARKER (4)  PARSONS (2)  PEGG (1)  POULTNEY (3)  PROCTOR (1)  RADFORD (2)  REDHEAD (5)  RYLEY (1)  RILLIN (1)  RUSS (6)  SANDS (1)  SANDERS (3)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHAKESPEAR (1)  SHARPE (2)  SKELTON (11)  SMITH (6)  SMYTH (3)  STARKEY (7)  STRETTON (1)  SUTTON (1)  TANSER (4)  THOMAS (3)  TILSON (6)  TIMBRIL (9)  TOMPKINSON (1)  TONKS (5)  TREADWELL (1)  TUDOR (1)  VERO (1)  VERNON (6)  WARD (4)  WARDLE (1)  WITHERALL (1)  WYKES (6)  WILKINSON (1)  WOLLASTON (3)  WRIGHT (2)  YATES (5)  YEOMANS (1)  YEOMAN (2)