Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bringhurst, Leicestershire

Bringhurst 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
BURDITT1723.287718,888.89
WRIGHT912.328838.43
SHARMAN810.9589792.08
LAMBERT68.2192150.75
DAWS68.21921,621.62
PRESTON56.8493136.99
MANTON56.84931,612.90
RALPH45.4795360.36
DOYLE22.7397112.36
BURROWS11.369931.25
STOKES11.369932.47
ALMOND11.3699111.11
CLAYPOLE11.36991,428.57
WALTON11.369919.46
BRYAN11.369955.25
REDSHAW11.3699454.55
DONSON11.36992,500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURDITT0.077318888.8889
DONSON0.07732500.0000
DAWS0.07731621.6216
MANTON0.07731612.9032
CLAYPOLE0.07731428.5714
SHARMAN0.0773792.0792
REDSHAW0.0773454.5455
RALPH0.0773360.3604
LAMBERT0.0773150.7538
PRESTON0.0773136.9863
DOYLE0.0773112.3596
ALMOND0.0773111.1111
BRYAN0.077355.2486
WRIGHT0.077338.4287
STOKES0.077332.4675
BURROWS0.077331.2500
WALTON0.077319.4553

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 73 people called BURDITT in Bringhurst 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 18888.8889 in Bringhurst means that 18888.8889% of the people in Bringhurst on census day were called BURDITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURDITT 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 BURDITT 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 BURDITT 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 BURDITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Bringhurst means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURDITT in Bringhurst than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bringhurst in 1881

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

ALMOND (1)  BRYAN (1)  BURDITT (17)  BURROWS (1)  CLAYPOLE (1)  DAWS (6)  DONSON (1)  DOYLE (2)  LAMBERT (6)  MANTON (5)  PAREFEREMENT (1)  PRESTON (5)  REDSHAW (1)  RALPH (4)  SHARMAN (8)  STANYON (1)  STOKES (1)  VYE (1)  WALTON (1)  WRIGHT (9)