Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thurlaston, Leicestershire

Thurlaston 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
HURD438.05241,799.16
MEARS132.4345258.45
PAYNE122.247224.97
TAYLOR122.24723.51
HEWINS112.05991,896.55
WRIGHT112.05996.42
PEGG112.0599209.92
CORBETT112.0599105.16
GOODMAN101.872764.18
TARRY91.6854505.62
CHAMBERLAIN91.685461.94
ARMSTRONG91.685422.05
WALLACE91.685424.61
SHAW91.68549.18
HILL81.49815.88
HARRIS81.49815.89
NEALE81.498163.14
HANCOCK81.498132.94
BARFIELD71.3109648.15
ARGYLE71.3109786.52
DANN61.1236178.04
GARRETT61.123649.51
ELLIOT61.123644.05
SMITH61.12360.80
WILLSON61.1236100.17
WILLETT61.1236142.52
PARKER50.93634.92
KNIGHT50.93637.60
FARMER50.936329.96
HARVEY50.93638.77
JAY50.9363107.07
RICHARDSON50.93635.50
WARDLE50.936348.40
WOODWARD50.936318.98
TOMLINSON50.936320.30
COOPER40.74913.08
MIDDLETON40.749114.27
SPENCE40.749122.65
THORNE40.749135.52
BOYLES40.7491384.62
BACON40.749129.81
MOORE40.74913.75
ARCHER30.561813.58
GOOD30.561845.18
RIDGWAY30.561861.22
GOSLING30.561835.89
LEA30.561828.46
CLAY30.561827.37
LANGTON30.561870.75
OLIVER30.56187.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEWINS0.535341896.5517
HURD0.535341799.1632
MACMANUS0.535341428.5714
ARGYLE0.53534786.5169
BARFIELD0.53534648.1481
TARRY0.53534505.6180
BOYLES0.53534384.6154
TILLSON0.53534312.5000
FAULKS0.53534277.7778
MEARS0.53534258.4493
PEGG0.53534209.9237
TALLIS0.53534200.0000
STEEN0.53534192.3077
FOULKS0.53534185.1852
DANN0.53534178.0415
WILLETT0.53534142.5178
HEADLEY0.53534138.8889
JAY0.53534107.0664
CORBETT0.53534105.1625
HARD0.53534103.0928
WILLSON0.53534100.1669
HAROLD0.5353486.2069
HYETT0.5353486.2069
BONNETT0.5353474.0741
BERRIDGE0.5353471.4286
LANGTON0.5353470.7547
GOODMAN0.5353464.1849
NEALE0.5353463.1413
CHAMBERLAIN0.5353461.9408
COFFEY0.5353461.3497
RIDGWAY0.5353461.2245
SELLARS0.5353460.4230
MERRIMAN0.5353451.2821
GARRETT0.5353449.5050
WARDLE0.5353448.4027
GOOD0.5353445.1807
ELLIOT0.5353444.0529
ADCOCK0.5353437.9507
GOSLING0.5353435.8852
THORNE0.5353435.5240
STOCKER0.5353434.8432
HANCOCK0.5353432.9354
STATHAM0.5353432.4675
FARMER0.5353429.9581
BACON0.5353429.8063
LEA0.5353428.4630
SIMONS0.5353428.3688
CLAY0.5353427.3723
RAYNOR0.5353427.0270
PAYNE0.5353424.9688

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 534 people called HEWINS in Thurlaston 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 1896.5517 in Thurlaston means that 1896.5517% of the people in Thurlaston on census day were called HEWINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEWINS 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 HEWINS 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 HEWINS 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 HEWINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Thurlaston means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEWINS in Thurlaston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thurlaston in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ADCOCK (2)  ALLEN (1)  ARCHER (3)  ARGYLE (7)  ARMSTRONG (9)  ASTILL (1)  BACON (4)  BAILEY (2)  BARFIELD (7)  BARKER (1)  BATES (1)  BERRIDGE (2)  BLASTOCK (2)  BOULTON (1)  BONNETT (1)  BOTT (1)  BOYLES (4)  BOYLER (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BREWIN (2)  BROOKS (3)  BROWN (1)  BRUSONER (1)  BUDDER (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (9)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARICOATS (1)  CLAY (3)  COBLEY (7)  COE (1)  COFFEY (1)  COOK (2)  COOPER (4)  CORBETT (11)  CROOK (1)  DANN (6)  ELLIOT (6)  FARMER (5)  FARRINGTON (1)  FLUM (1)  FOULKS (1)  FAULKS (2)  FOX (2)  FRIARSON (9)  GALLOWAY (1)  GAMBLE (1)  GARRETT (6)  JAY (5)  GOOD (3)  GOODMAN (10)  GOSLING (3)  HALES (1)  HAMMOND (2)  HANCOCK (8)  HARD (1)  HARRIS (8)  HARRISON (2)  HAROLD (1)  HARVEY (5)  HURD (43)  HEADLEY (2)  HERBERT (2)  HEWINS (11)  HILL (8)  HODGETT (1)  HOLBEACH (1)  HOLYLAND (1)  HOBLEY (3)  HURST (2)  HYETT (1)  ILLSON (7)  JEFFERY (2)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (1)  KNIGHT (5)  LADKIN (7)  LAMBLEY (3)  LANGTON (3)  LEA (3)  LEES (1)  LINTHWAITE (1)  MARTIN (1)  MACMANUS (1)  MERRIMAN (1)  MIDDLETON (4)  MOORE (4)  MUDFORD (3)  MURBY (7)  MEARS (13)  NEAL (1)  NEALE (8)  OLIVER (3)  OWENS (1)  PARKER (5)  PAYNE (12)  PEGG (11)  PINFOLD (1)  PINGRIFF (2)  PENGRIFF (1)  PIGGET (1)  PRESTON (2)  RADFORD (1)  RAITHLY (1)  RAYNOR (1)  REEVES (3)  RICHARDSON (5)  RIDGWAY (3)  RILEY (2)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWEL (1)  ROWLATT (4)  SABLOW (1)  SCOTT (2)  SELLARS (2)  SHAW (9)  SIMONS (2)  SMITH (6)  SPENCE (4)  STATHAM (1)  STEPHENS (1)  STEEN (2)  STOCKER (1)  TALLIS (1)  TARRY (9)  TAYLOR (12)  THORNE (4)  TILLSON (1)  TOMLINSON (5)  TOWNSEND (2)  TUNEKS (1)  TUNNICLIFFE (8)  TURNER (2)  WAIN (1)  WALLACE (9)  WALLIS (2)  WARDLE (5)  WEST (1)  WILLETT (6)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLSON (6)  WITHERS (2)  WOOD (1)  WOODWARD (5)  WORSWICK (2)  WRIGHT (11)  WILLEY (1)