Top surnames from the 1881 census in Carlton, Leicestershire

Carlton 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
GODDARD155.4745136.12
ADAMS114.014627.24
FARREN93.28471,607.14
PRESTON93.284765.74
WIGHTMAN93.2847500.00
PERRY93.284744.67
COCKERHAM72.55472,692.31
GREEN72.55479.07
WAINWRIGHT72.5547120.69
BRADLEY72.554731.82
THOMAS62.18985.31
HODKINSON62.1898310.88
HOLLIS62.1898158.31
LUCAS51.824839.46
TOWERS51.8248157.73
GASKILL51.82481,020.41
GOULD51.824850.51
MOORE51.82489.13
LUDLOW51.8248349.65
HARDY51.824830.47
PALMER41.459912.38
CHAPMAN41.459910.28
FARMER41.459946.73
WRIGHT41.45994.55
TOWNSON41.4599347.83
SHERWIN31.0949204.08
SMITH31.09490.78
CARTER31.09496.52
FREEMAN31.094917.14
STANTON31.094954.95
SOUTHAM20.7299175.44
JARVIS20.729916.26
TURNER20.72992.62
BOOTH20.72997.40
OSBOURNE20.7299198.02
BARWELL20.7299235.29
STATHAM20.7299126.58
CLARKE20.72993.60
LAMBERT20.729913.38
SANDS20.729965.15
HUMPHREY20.729927.40
THORNTON20.729914.51
ALCOCK20.729950.63
HOLLINGSWORTH20.7299110.50
DERRY20.7299165.29
CHESHIRE20.729994.79
PRICE20.72994.17
BAYLEY10.365022.62
HOLMES10.36503.00
MATHEWS10.36509.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COCKERHAM0.272742692.3077
FARREN0.272741607.1429
GASKILL0.272741020.4082
ILIFF0.27274555.5556
WIGHTMAN0.27274500.0000
GREW0.27274384.6154
LUDLOW0.27274349.6503
TOWNSON0.27274347.8261
HODKINSON0.27274310.8808
BARWELL0.27274235.2941
SHERWIN0.27274204.0816
OSBOURNE0.27274198.0198
SOUTHAM0.27274175.4386
DERRY0.27274165.2893
HOLLIS0.27274158.3113
TOWERS0.27274157.7287
GODDARD0.27274136.1162
STATHAM0.27274126.5823
WAINWRIGHT0.27274120.6897
HOLLINGSWORTH0.27274110.4972
CHESHIRE0.2727494.7867
GREENHILL0.2727484.7458
PRESTON0.2727465.7414
SANDS0.2727465.1466
STANTON0.2727454.9451
ALCOCK0.2727450.6329
GOULD0.2727450.5051
FARMER0.2727446.7290
PERRY0.2727444.6650
SMALLEY0.2727440.3226
LUCAS0.2727439.4633
BRADLEY0.2727431.8182
HARDY0.2727430.4692
HUMPHREY0.2727427.3973
ADAMS0.2727427.2412
BAYLEY0.2727422.6244
GRUNDY0.2727417.8253
FREEMAN0.2727417.1429
MARRIOTT0.2727416.2866
JARVIS0.2727416.2602
THORNTON0.2727414.5138
LAMBERT0.2727413.3779
PALMER0.2727412.3839
INGRAM0.2727411.9474
CHAPMAN0.2727410.2801
MATHEWS0.272749.8814
MOORE0.272749.1258
GREEN0.272749.0721
TOWNSEND0.272748.5911
KIRK0.272748.4317

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 274 people called COCKERHAM in Carlton 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 2692.3077 in Carlton means that 2692.3077% of the people in Carlton on census day were called COCKERHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COCKERHAM 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 COCKERHAM 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 COCKERHAM 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 COCKERHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Carlton means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COCKERHAM in Carlton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Carlton in 1881

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

ADAMS (11)  ALCOCK (2)  BAYLEY (1)  BARWELL (2)  BLACK (1)  BOOTH (2)  BRADLEY (7)  CARTER (3)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHESHIRE (2)  CLARKE (2)  CLEBBERY (1)  COCKERHAM (7)  CROUSHAW (1)  DERRY (2)  FARMER (4)  FARREN (9)  FREEMAN (3)  GASKILL (5)  GODDARD (15)  GOULD (5)  GREEN (7)  GREENHILL (1)  GREW (1)  GREWCOCK (6)  GRUNDY (1)  HARDY (5)  HEWITT (1)  HYTE (1)  HODKINSON (6)  HOLLINGSWORTH (2)  HOLLIS (6)  HOLMES (1)  HUMPHREY (2)  HUNT (1)  ILIFF (1)  INGRAM (1)  IROMS (1)  JARVIS (2)  KIRK (1)  LAMBERT (2)  LUCAS (5)  LUDLOW (5)  MARRIOTT (1)  MATHEWS (1)  DOWEL (2)  MOORE (5)  OLDACRES (20)  OSBOURNE (2)  PALMER (4)  PERRY (9)  PRESTON (9)  PRICE (2)  PROUDMAN (8)  SANDS (2)  SHERWIN (3)  SMALLEY (1)  SMITH (3)  SOUTHAM (2)  STANTON (3)  STATHAM (2)  THOMAS (6)  THORNTON (2)  TEBBETT (5)  TOWERS (5)  TOWNSON (4)  TOWNSEND (1)  TURNER (2)  WAINWRIGHT (7)  WIGHTMAN (9)  WILKINS (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (4)