Top surnames from the 1881 census in Belvoir, Leicestershire

Belvoir 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
THURLBY74.96454,375.00
DEWEY53.5461833.33
WESSON53.54611,351.35
GRASS53.54614,545.45
DOUBLEDAY53.54611,666.67
BASS32.1277188.68
BAILLIE32.1277205.48
CAMBRIDGE32.1277697.67
INGRAM32.127769.61
HAYES21.418422.81
HOLLINGS21.4184377.36
RYDER21.418481.97
MAY10.709211.14
BARHAM10.7092114.94
WESTON10.709217.39
ROBERTS10.70921.89
CHARITY10.7092588.24
MARRIOTT10.709231.65
ARGYLE10.7092416.67
TWEED10.7092303.03
HAMPSON10.709239.37
PICK10.7092111.11
BUNCE10.709295.24
KNOTT10.709235.71
EADES10.7092138.89
NEWTON10.70929.26
BRAMLEY10.709277.52
HOLVEY10.70921,666.67
SIDEBOTTOM10.7092123.46
MERCHANT10.7092105.26
WILLIAMS10.70920.99
HILL10.70922.78
ROUSE10.709249.51
CLAY10.709234.60
MATTOCK10.7092270.27
HARVEY10.70926.64
PRESTAGE10.70921,000.00
CHAMBERS10.709212.47
MANNERS10.7092142.86
TINKLER10.7092163.93
PEARSON10.70926.11
BROAD10.709255.87
JACKSON10.70922.54
TEAT10.70922,000.00
DRUMMOND10.709235.71
MILLHOUSE10.7092769.23
BLACKMAN10.709258.14
HOLMES10.70925.82
SHEPHERD10.70929.68
DEAN10.709210.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRASS0.141414545.4545
THURLBY0.141414375.0000
TEAT0.141412000.0000
HOLVEY0.141411666.6667
DOUBLEDAY0.141411666.6667
MARVEL0.141411666.6667
WESSON0.141411351.3514
PRESTAGE0.141411000.0000
HARBY0.14141909.0909
DEWEY0.14141833.3333
MILLHOUSE0.14141769.2308
CAMBRIDGE0.14141697.6744
CHARITY0.14141588.2353
ARGYLE0.14141416.6667
WARN0.14141384.6154
HOLLINGS0.14141377.3585
ROOME0.14141370.3704
HAZLEWOOD0.14141312.5000
TWEED0.14141303.0303
MATTOCK0.14141270.2703
BAILLIE0.14141205.4795
BASS0.14141188.6792
TILBURY0.14141185.1852
PACEY0.14141181.8182
TINKLER0.14141163.9344
MANNERS0.14141142.8571
EADES0.14141138.8889
BENHAM0.14141133.3333
SIDEBOTTOM0.14141123.4568
BARHAM0.14141114.9425
PICK0.14141111.1111
MERCHANT0.14141105.2632
BUNCE0.1414195.2381
BARTHOLOMEW0.1414187.7193
RYDER0.1414181.9672
LYNN0.1414181.3008
BRAMLEY0.1414177.5194
INGRAM0.1414169.6056
MEEK0.1414160.9756
BLACKMAN0.1414158.1395
BROAD0.1414155.8659
BRISTOW0.1414152.3560
ROUSE0.1414149.5050
ASH0.1414142.9185
HAMPSON0.1414139.3701
DRUMMOND0.1414135.7143
KNOTT0.1414135.7143
CLAY0.1414134.6021
MARRIOTT0.1414131.6456
HAYES0.1414122.8050

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 141 people called GRASS in Belvoir 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 4545.4545 in Belvoir means that 4545.4545% of the people in Belvoir on census day were called GRASS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRASS 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 GRASS 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 GRASS 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 GRASS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Belvoir means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRASS in Belvoir than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Belvoir in 1881

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

ARGYLE (1)  ASH (1)  BAILLIE (3)  BARHAM (1)  BARTHOLOMEW (1)  BASS (3)  BENHAM (1)  BLACKMAN (1)  BRISTOW (1)  BRISTOWE (1)  BROAD (1)  BRAMLEY (1)  BRUTNALL (2)  BULLIMORE (2)  BUNCE (1)  CALMORE (1)  CAMBRIDGE (3)  CHALLANDS (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHARITY (1)  CHETTLE (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLAY (1)  COOK (1)  DEAN (1)  DEWEY (5)  DOUBLEDAY (5)  DRUMMOND (1)  EADES (1)  EDRUPT (2)  FILLIETTARI (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILLEANS (1)  GRASS (5)  HAMPSON (1)  HARBY (1)  HARVEY (1)  HAYES (2)  HAZLEWOOD (1)  HILL (1)  HOLLINGS (2)  HOLMES (1)  HOLVEY (1)  HOYES (1)  INGRAM (3)  JACKSON (1)  KNOTT (1)  LONGFOOT (2)  LYNN (1)  MERCHANT (1)  MARRIADE (1)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARVEL (1)  MATTOCK (1)  MAY (1)  MANNERS (1)  MEEK (1)  MILES (1)  MILLHOUSE (1)  MULES (2)  NEWTON (1)  ORPWOOD (1)  PACEY (1)  PASK (1)  PEARSON (1)  PICK (1)  POGSON (5)  PRATT (1)  PRESTAGE (1)  RIMMINGTON (1)  RYDER (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROOME (1)  ROUSE (1)  SHELBOURNE (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SICKLEN (1)  SIDEBOTTOM (1)  STANLEY (1)  TEAT (1)  TANSER (1)  THURLBY (7)  TILBURY (1)  TINKLER (1)  TWEED (1)  TYLEZ (1)  UNWIN (1)  WARN (1)  WARTNABY (1)  WESSON (5)  WESTON (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WRIGHT (1)