Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burrough, Leicestershire

Burrough 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
SMITH1510.06717.13
ASHTON85.3691109.59
MAYFIELD85.36912,105.26
CHAPLIN85.3691373.83
WOOD74.698014.74
MITCHELL74.698023.16
THEAKER74.69802,000.00
GILSON64.02681,304.35
HARRISS53.3557515.46
RILEY53.355742.41
WILLOUGHBY42.6846307.69
PEAKE42.6846277.78
SWIFT42.684686.96
WATTS32.013424.02
CORNISH32.0134139.53
STANAGE32.013430,000.00
KNIGHT32.013416.33
JACKSON32.01347.20
HAMSON32.01341,304.35
HOWITT32.0134545.45
HACK32.0134576.92
BAINES21.342370.18
MARTIN21.34235.45
BIRCH21.342332.73
WESSON10.6711256.41
PALMER10.67115.69
ASHBY10.671140.00
FLINT10.671137.45
THOMAS10.67111.63
JARMAN10.671170.42
GRAY10.67114.70
WELSH10.671116.95
BAILEY10.67114.46
FREEMAN10.671110.52
TROWER10.6711416.67
EVANS10.67111.54
COOK10.67113.38
BERRIDGE10.6711128.21
GRAHAM10.67115.84
WEBSTER10.67117.72
FRAYER10.67113,333.33
TREDWELL10.6711833.33
KIMBELL10.67111,250.00
COWLES10.6711277.78
SHARPE10.671122.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STANAGE0.1514930000.0000
FRAYER0.151493333.3333
MAYFIELD0.151492105.2632
THEAKER0.151492000.0000
HAMSON0.151491304.3478
GILSON0.151491304.3478
KIMBELL0.151491250.0000
TREDWELL0.15149833.3333
HACK0.15149576.9231
HOWITT0.15149545.4545
HARRISS0.15149515.4639
TROWER0.15149416.6667
CHAPLIN0.15149373.8318
WILLOUGHBY0.15149307.6923
COWLES0.15149277.7778
PEAKE0.15149277.7778
WESSON0.15149256.4103
CORNISH0.15149139.5349
BERRIDGE0.15149128.2051
ASHTON0.15149109.5890
SWIFT0.1514986.9565
JARMAN0.1514970.4225
BAINES0.1514970.1754
RILEY0.1514942.4088
ASHBY0.1514940.0000
FLINT0.1514937.4532
BIRCH0.1514932.7332
WATTS0.1514924.0192
MITCHELL0.1514923.1558
SHARPE0.1514922.7790
WELSH0.1514916.9492
KNIGHT0.1514916.3310
WOOD0.1514914.7430
FREEMAN0.1514910.5152
WEBSTER0.151497.7160
JACKSON0.151497.2046
SMITH0.151497.1300
GRAHAM0.151495.8445
PALMER0.151495.6948
MARTIN0.151495.4481
GRAY0.151494.7015
BAILEY0.151494.4563
COOK0.151493.3784
THOMAS0.151491.6263
EVANS0.151491.5359

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 149 people called STANAGE in Burrough 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 30000.0000 in Burrough means that 30000.0000% of the people in Burrough on census day were called STANAGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STANAGE 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 STANAGE 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 STANAGE 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 STANAGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Burrough means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STANAGE in Burrough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burrough in 1881

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

ASHBY (1)  ASHTON (8)  BAILEY (1)  BAINES (2)  BERRIDGE (1)  BIRCH (2)  BROWETT (5)  CHAPLIN (8)  COOK (1)  CORNISH (3)  COWLES (1)  EVANS (1)  FLINT (1)  FRAYER (1)  FREEMAN (1)  GILSON (6)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (1)  HACK (3)  HAMSON (3)  HARRISS (5)  HOWITT (3)  JACKSON (3)  JARMAN (1)  KIMBELL (1)  KNIGHT (3)  MARTIN (2)  MAYFIELD (8)  MITCHELL (7)  NURDING (1)  PALMER (1)  PEAKE (4)  POSNETT (1)  RILEY (5)  SCHUIZIE (1)  SHARPE (1)  SMITH (15)  STANAGE (3)  SWIFT (4)  THEAKER (7)  THOMAS (1)  TROWER (1)  TOLLINGTON (2)  TREDWELL (1)  WATTS (3)  WELSH (1)  WESSON (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WILLOUGHBY (4)  WOOD (7)