Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire

Bruntingthorpe 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
HIGGS175.5738305.76
GARRETT175.5738245.66
JOHNSON134.262312.69
BROADWELL123.934410,909.09
WALLACE113.606652.66
ARCHER103.278779.24
HERBERT92.950879.02
STURGESS92.9508514.29
HAINES92.9508127.48
CLARKE82.623012.95
BILSON72.29511,944.44
HUNT72.295117.28
ROBINSON72.29517.20
FREER61.9672357.14
BRIDGES61.9672123.71
FREEMAN61.967230.80
SOUTHAM61.9672472.44
CHENEY61.9672638.30
BROWN51.63932.49
WALTON51.639323.29
MOORE41.31156.56
HILL30.98363.86
NEALE30.983641.44
MAUSON30.983610,000.00
HARDING30.983613.59
GAMBLE30.983668.65
ELLIOTT20.65577.73
BUSWELL20.6557222.22
HANCOCK20.655714.41
HEWINS20.6557606.06
COOK20.65573.30
MUNDY20.655788.50
BROOKES20.655727.93
JACQUES20.655777.22
PICK10.327951.28
BOWEN10.32797.93
NEEDHAM10.327915.41
ALTON10.3279120.48
TAYLOR10.32790.51
CLOWES10.327958.82
HANDLEY10.327919.42
SMITH10.32790.23
LEA10.327916.61
WORTH10.327936.50
HACK10.327993.46
RINGROSE10.3279135.14
JACKSON10.32791.17
WHITING10.327917.04
PALMER10.32792.78
TURRELL10.3279108.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROADWELL0.3130510909.0909
MAUSON0.3130510000.0000
BILSON0.313051944.4444
CHENEY0.31305638.2979
HEWINS0.31305606.0606
STURGESS0.31305514.2857
SOUTHAM0.31305472.4409
FREER0.31305357.1429
HIGGS0.31305305.7554
GARRETT0.31305245.6647
BUSWELL0.31305222.2222
RINGROSE0.31305135.1351
HAINES0.31305127.4788
BRIDGES0.31305123.7113
ALTON0.31305120.4819
TURRELL0.31305108.6957
HACK0.3130593.4579
MUNDY0.3130588.4956
ARCHER0.3130579.2393
HERBERT0.3130579.0167
JACQUES0.3130577.2201
GAMBLE0.3130568.6499
CLOWES0.3130558.8235
WALLACE0.3130552.6568
PICK0.3130551.2821
NEALE0.3130541.4365
WORTH0.3130536.4964
FREEMAN0.3130530.8008
BROOKES0.3130527.9330
WALTON0.3130523.2883
HANDLEY0.3130519.4175
WILCOX0.3130517.3913
HUNT0.3130517.2797
WHITING0.3130517.0358
ROE0.3130516.8350
LEA0.3130516.6113
WORTHINGTON0.3130516.3666
NEEDHAM0.3130515.4083
HANCOCK0.3130514.4092
HARDING0.3130513.5931
CLARKE0.3130512.9450
JOHNSON0.3130512.6854
BOWEN0.313057.9302
ELLIOTT0.313057.7280
ROBINSON0.313057.1979
PRESTON0.313056.5660
MOORE0.313056.5585
THORNTON0.313056.5232
COOKE0.313055.9418
HAYES0.313055.2715

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 305 people called BROADWELL in Bruntingthorpe 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 10909.0909 in Bruntingthorpe means that 10909.0909% of the people in Bruntingthorpe on census day were called BROADWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROADWELL 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 BROADWELL 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 BROADWELL 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 BROADWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Bruntingthorpe means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROADWELL in Bruntingthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bruntingthorpe in 1881

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

ALTON (1)  ARCHER (10)  BILLSON (BILSON) (2)  BILSON (7)  BLOCKLEY (4)  BODYCOTE (9)  BOWEN (1)  BRIDGES (6)  BROADWELL (12)  BROOKES (2)  BROWN (5)  BUSWELL (2)  CHENEY (6)  CLARKE (8)  CLOWES (1)  COOK (2)  COOKE (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  FLUDE (2)  FREEBOROUGH (5)  FREEMAN (6)  FREER (6)  GAMBLE (3)  GARRETT (17)  GROOCOCK (1)  HACK (1)  HANCOCK (2)  HANDLEY (1)  HARDING (3)  HAYES (1)  HAINES (9)  HERBERT (9)  HEWINS (2)  HIGGS (17)  HILL (3)  HOBILL (17)  HUNT (7)  JACQUES (2)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (13)  KILWORTH (7)  LAUNDON (7)  LEA (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MAWBY (5)  MAUSON (3)  MOORE (4)  MUNDY (2)  NEALE (3)  NEEDHAM (1)  NEWTON (1)  PALMER (1)  PICK (1)  PRESTON (1)  RINGROSE (1)  ROBINSON (7)  ROE (1)  SCOTTORN (2)  SHUTTLEWOOD (1)  SHILCOCK (3)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHAM (6)  STURGESS (9)  TANSOR (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THORNTON (1)  TOULTON (2)  TURRELL (1)  WALLACE (11)  WALTON (5)  WHITING (1)  WILCOX (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WORTH (1)  WORTHINGTON (1)