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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broughton Astley, Leicestershire

Broughton Astley 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
PRATT223.107354.09
HARRIMAN192.68361,043.96
COOKE141.977435.83
HAINES141.977485.37
SHARMAN131.8362133.33
HALL121.69495.76
WHITE121.69495.27
BURDETT121.6949240.00
JOHNSON101.41244.20
TOMLIN101.4124157.98
SHINGLER101.4124653.59
WELSH101.412435.68
FRANKS91.2712101.93
HEWITT91.271226.09
CHANDLER91.271239.56
HICKLEY91.27121,304.35
BURBAGE81.1299701.75
SMITH81.12990.80
HUNT81.12998.51
MATHEWS81.129930.59
VINCENT81.129936.23
BERRIDGE81.1299215.63
MESSENGER81.1299146.52
JONES70.98870.87
LORD70.988721.45
TWIGGS70.98871,590.91
KIRKMAN70.9887154.87
DOBBS70.9887146.44
GEE70.988738.74
CHURCH60.847538.84
BISHOP60.847512.13
HILL60.84753.33
PAWLEY60.8475297.03
BIRD60.847511.09
BATES60.847513.32
BULL60.847520.05
STEVENS50.70626.77
BAKER50.70623.22
BRUNT50.7062102.46
FRITH50.706270.82
UNDERWOOD50.706226.16
WOOLMAN50.70621,063.83
TURNER50.70622.54
CARR50.70629.79
DALE50.706216.71
CURTIS50.706212.44
BROWN50.70621.07
TURRELL50.7062233.64
THOMPSON50.70622.36
PEGG40.565057.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STEANS0.717082727.2727
TWIGGS0.717081590.9091
HICKLEY0.717081304.3478
WOOLMAN0.717081063.8298
HARRIMAN0.717081043.9560
BURBAGE0.71708701.7544
SHINGLER0.71708653.5948
RAINER0.71708588.2353
PAWLEY0.71708297.0297
BURDETT0.71708240.0000
TURRELL0.71708233.6449
BERRIDGE0.71708215.6334
HOWKINS0.71708212.7660
COLTMAN0.71708201.0050
HENERY0.71708163.9344
TOMLIN0.71708157.9779
KIRKMAN0.71708154.8673
MESSENGER0.71708146.5201
DOBBS0.71708146.4435
SHARMAN0.71708133.3333
COLWELL0.71708130.4348
NEWCOMB0.71708119.7605
BENBOW0.71708106.7616
BRUNT0.71708102.4590
FRANKS0.71708101.9253
STARMER0.7170889.2857
GREENWELL0.7170886.2069
HAINES0.7170885.3659
HIPWELL0.7170881.3008
LIGGINS0.7170881.3008
HALFORD0.7170875.9013
FRITH0.7170870.8215
PIPE0.7170863.6943
NEWCOMBE0.7170860.2410
PEGG0.7170857.5540
GURNEY0.7170854.2741
PRATT0.7170854.0939
CROFTS0.7170852.4476
MATHERS0.7170847.3934
COUPLAND0.7170844.6429
PICK0.7170844.2478
LAWRANCE0.7170843.2900
HARMER0.7170842.7350
TARRY0.7170842.3729
CHANDLER0.7170839.5604
CHURCH0.7170838.8350
GEE0.7170838.7382
BUXTON0.7170837.5940
VINCENT0.7170836.2319
COOKE0.7170835.8331

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 708 people called STEANS in Broughton Astley 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 2727.2727 in Broughton Astley means that 2727.2727% of the people in Broughton Astley on census day were called STEANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STEANS 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 STEANS 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 STEANS 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 STEANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Broughton Astley means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STEANS in Broughton Astley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broughton Astley in 1881

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

ALMEY (14)  ARKWRIGHT (1)  ARMITAGE (4)  BAGSHAW (2)  BAILEY (3)  BAKER (5)  BATES (6)  BENBOW (3)  BERRIDGE (8)  BEVIN (10)  BIRD (6)  BISHOP (6)  BLOCKLEY (17)  BODYCOTE (13)  BOTT (1)  BOX (1)  BRETT (1)  BREWIN (1)  BROWN (5)  BRUCE (2)  BRUNT (5)  BULL (6)  BURBAGE (8)  BURCHNALL (3)  BURDETT (12)  BUXTON (4)  COLWELL (3)  CALOW (6)  CARR (5)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CHANDLER (9)  CHURCH (6)  CLARKE (1)  COBLEY (2)  COLTMAN (4)  COOKE (14)  COUPLAND (2)  COPSON (4)  CROFTS (3)  CURTIS (5)  DADLEY (1)  DALE (5)  DAY (3)  DOBBS (7)  FARMER (2)  FLINT (4)  FLUDE (1)  FOLLOWS (7)  FOSTER (1)  FOXON (1)  FREESTONE (1)  FRANKS (9)  FRETTER (12)  FRITH (5)  FROST (1)  FREER (1)  GARNER (4)  GARRATT (1)  GEE (7)  GILBERT (3)  GOODALL (1)  GRAVESON (4)  GREATHEAD (6)  GREENWELL (2)  GROOCOCK (7)  GURNEY (4)  HALFORD (4)  HALL (12)  HANAGE (1)  HARMER (3)  HARRIMAN (19)  HAINES (14)  HENERY (1)  HERBERT (1)  HEWITT (9)  HICKLEY (9)  HIGGINSON (2)  HILL (6)  HIPWELL (1)  HODGES (3)  HOWKINS (2)  HUBBARD (2)  HUNT (8)  INGLE (1)  ISAAC (2)  JOHNSON (10)  JONES (7)  KEEN (1)  KIMBER (1)  KING (1)  KIRKMAN (7)  KNIGHT (2)  LADKIN (4)  LAWRANCE (2)  LIGGINS (1)  LEATHERLAND (5)  LORD (7)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARTIN (3)  MATHERS (2)  MATHEWS (8)  MAY (1)  MESSENGER (8)  MIDDLETON (2)  MILES (3)  MILLS (3)  MORRISON (1)  NEWBERRY (1)  NEWCOMB (2)  NEWCOMBE (3)  NIXON (1)  PAWLEY (6)  PEGG (4)  PARRY (2)  PHILIPS (1)  PICK (2)  PIPE (2)  POCHIN (6)  PRATT (22)  RAINER (4)  RILEY (1)  SEATON (1)  SHARMAN (13)  SHINGLER (10)  SMITH (8)  SPRINGTHORPE (4)  STAFFORD (1)  STEANS (3)  STARMER (1)  STEVENS (5)  TAILBY (1)  TARRY (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (5)  TITE (10)  TOMLIN (10)  TURNER (5)  TWIGGS (7)  TYRES (1)  TURRELL (5)  UNDERWOOD (5)  VINCENT (8)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (1)  WAPPLES (9)  WARD (2)  WATHAM (1)  WELSH (10)  WEBSTER (4)  WHITE (12)  WILKINSON (3)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (1)  WOOLMAN (5)  WORTHINGTON (1)