Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barkestone, Leicestershire

Barkestone 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
HAND3210.5960883.98
HALL216.953623.64
MUSSON134.3046872.48
HORNBUCKLE134.30466,500.00
BRAITHWAITE113.6424314.29
TURNER103.311311.89
HOLMES103.311327.19
SCHOFIELD92.980154.98
STEVENSON72.317933.03
DOUBLEDAY72.31791,111.11
STEVENS61.986819.03
CARLISLE61.9868377.36
POYSER61.9868740.74
JENKINSON61.9868113.42
SHELTON51.6556140.85
BURTON51.655619.43
MILLER41.32457.40
BONSER41.3245506.33
JUDSON41.3245289.86
WRIGHT41.32454.13
ROBERTS41.32453.52
TOWERS41.3245114.29
MONKS41.3245163.93
POWER30.993474.26
ROBINSON30.99343.12
BREWSTER30.9934102.74
MARSHALL30.99345.92
PORTER30.993413.24
SHARPE30.993433.71
GILBERT30.993417.44
KITCHING30.9934171.43
SMITH30.99340.70
GREEN30.99343.53
PARR30.993439.74
DURRANCE30.99344,285.71
HARRISON30.99344.47
RICHARDSON20.66233.89
MORLEY20.662316.57
RUSE20.6623333.33
WHITEHEAD20.66239.80
HODGKIN20.6623500.00
ROSE20.66238.93
BRADLEY10.33114.12
LOCKWOOD10.331114.99
BAILEY10.33112.20
KIPPING10.3311666.67
GRASS10.3311434.78
HOWITT10.331189.29
WHITEHOUSE10.331112.72
HOLDEN10.33116.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HORNBUCKLE0.303026500.0000
DURRANCE0.303024285.7143
DOUBLEDAY0.303021111.1111
HAND0.30302883.9779
MUSSON0.30302872.4832
POYSER0.30302740.7407
KIPPING0.30302666.6667
BONSER0.30302506.3291
HODGKIN0.30302500.0000
GRASS0.30302434.7826
CARLISLE0.30302377.3585
RUSE0.30302333.3333
BRAITHWAITE0.30302314.2857
SEYMORE0.30302312.5000
JUDSON0.30302289.8551
MACKLEY0.30302212.7660
BESTWICK0.30302196.0784
KITCHING0.30302171.4286
MONKS0.30302163.9344
SHELTON0.30302140.8451
TOWERS0.30302114.2857
JENKINSON0.30302113.4216
BREWSTER0.30302102.7397
HOWITT0.3030289.2857
WILFORD0.3030281.9672
POWER0.3030274.2574
SCHOFIELD0.3030254.9786
LEDGER0.3030248.3092
PARR0.3030239.7351
SHARPE0.3030233.7079
STEVENSON0.3030233.0345
HOLMES0.3030227.1887
HALL0.3030223.6353
BURTON0.3030219.4326
STEVENS0.3030219.0295
GILBERT0.3030217.4419
MORLEY0.3030216.5700
GUY0.3030215.1286
LOCKWOOD0.3030214.9925
PORTER0.3030213.2392
WHITEHOUSE0.3030212.7226
TURNER0.3030211.8948
WHITEHEAD0.303029.7991
ROSE0.303028.9286
MILLER0.303027.4019
HOLDEN0.303026.0459
MARSHALL0.303025.9230
HARRISON0.303024.4749
WRIGHT0.303024.1288
BRADLEY0.303024.1237

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 302 people called HORNBUCKLE in Barkestone 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 6500.0000 in Barkestone means that 6500.0000% of the people in Barkestone on census day were called HORNBUCKLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HORNBUCKLE 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 HORNBUCKLE 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 HORNBUCKLE 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 HORNBUCKLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Barkestone means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HORNBUCKLE in Barkestone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barkestone in 1881

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

ATTER (1)  BAILEY (1)  BESTWICK (1)  BONSER (4)  BRADLEY (1)  BRAITHWAITE (11)  BREWSTER (3)  BURTON (5)  CANT (9)  CARLISLE (6)  CAUNT (2)  MACKLEY (1)  DOUBLEDAY (7)  DURRANCE (3)  GILBERT (3)  GRASS (1)  GREEN (3)  GUY (1)  HALL (21)  HALSTER (1)  HAND (32)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (3)  HELHAM (2)  HENNIWELL (1)  HODGKIN (2)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLMES (10)  HORNBUCKLE (13)  HOURD (2)  HOWITT (1)  JENKINSON (6)  JUDSON (4)  KELHAM (3)  KIDLEY (1)  KIPPING (1)  KITCHING (3)  LEDGER (1)  LOCKWOOD (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MASON (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MILLBAND (1)  MILLER (4)  MONKS (4)  MORLEY (2)  MUSSON (13)  OSWIN (4)  PARR (3)  PORTER (3)  POWER (3)  POYSER (6)  PULFREE (4)  RICHARDS (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (3)  ROSE (2)  RUSE (2)  SCHOFIELD (9)  SEYMORE (1)  SHARPE (3)  SHELBOURN (4)  SHELTON (5)  SMITH (3)  STEVENS (6)  STEVENSON (7)  TOWERS (4)  TURNER (10)  WALKER (1)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WHITEHOUSE (1)  WILDERS (2)  WILFORD (1)  WRIGHT (4)