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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Glenfield, Leicestershire

Glenfield 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
KINTON457.16569,375.00
TIMSON386.05101,938.78
JACKSON304.777117.09
SMITH243.82172.71
STEVENS152.388522.88
MOORE152.388511.94
ELLIS132.070114.26
GRANT132.070120.86
CARTER111.751610.43
BALE111.7516233.05
THOMPSON101.59245.32
LEE91.43318.77
WOOD91.43314.50
KIBBY81.27392,162.16
GAMBLE81.273988.99
PRESTON71.114622.31
CRAMP71.1146252.71
TAYLOR71.11461.74
HINDS60.9554138.57
YORK60.955472.29
ORME60.9554114.50
GOODMAN60.955432.75
CROSHAW60.95541,714.29
CLEMENTS60.955428.80
SELL60.9554315.79
GUNN50.796232.51
NORTON50.796223.95
MILLS50.79626.14
JOHNSON50.79622.37
CLARKE50.79623.93
FARMER50.796225.47
GRIMES50.796268.97
POLLARD50.796221.83
WILLIAMS50.79621.11
GARNER50.796225.19
PICKERING50.796222.07
HARRISON50.79623.59
MARSDEN50.796219.23
SEWELL50.796237.65
DALRYMPLE50.7962183.15
RAMSEY50.796273.31
ALLEN40.63693.37
NEAL40.636921.53
HASSELL40.6369202.02
MARLOW40.636954.20
SEAL40.636988.30
KNIGHT40.63695.17
ROBERTS40.63691.69
WYKES40.6369182.65
BARNETT40.636914.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KINTON0.636289375.0000
KIBBY0.636282162.1622
TIMSON0.636281938.7755
CROSHAW0.636281714.2857
PARES0.636281428.5714
HENNEY0.63628459.7701
HAYMES0.63628322.5806
SELL0.63628315.7895
BARRS0.63628303.0303
LUDLAM0.63628300.7519
JEFFCOAT0.63628294.1176
CRAMP0.63628252.7076
BALE0.63628233.0508
BENNIE0.63628229.8851
BLISSETT0.63628217.3913
HASSELL0.63628202.0202
DALRYMPLE0.63628183.1502
WYKES0.63628182.6484
ROOME0.63628165.2893
HINDS0.63628138.5681
DAGG0.63628129.8701
FOOTE0.63628124.4813
TEBBS0.63628120.4819
ORME0.63628114.5038
ASHER0.63628112.7820
ARGYLE0.6362895.2381
GAMBLE0.6362888.9878
SEAL0.6362888.3002
KILBY0.6362884.9858
RAMSEY0.6362873.3138
YORK0.6362872.2892
GRIMES0.6362868.9655
SPRIGGS0.6362864.1026
HALFORD0.6362864.1026
GEARY0.6362861.0998
PICKFORD0.6362858.7084
MARLOW0.6362854.2005
STANNARD0.6362845.6621
BURDETT0.6362845.1467
WARDEN0.6362844.5434
SEWELL0.6362837.6506
PEARS0.6362834.6021
BURLEY0.6362833.5570
GOODMAN0.6362832.7511
GUNN0.6362832.5098
BERRIDGE0.6362830.3951
CLEMENTS0.6362828.8046
FARMER0.6362825.4712
GARNER0.6362825.1889
NORTON0.6362823.9464

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 628 people called KINTON in Glenfield 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 9375.0000 in Glenfield means that 9375.0000% of the people in Glenfield on census day were called KINTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KINTON 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 KINTON 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 KINTON 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 KINTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Glenfield means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KINTON in Glenfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Glenfield in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  ARGYLE (1)  ASHER (3)  BALDWIN (1)  BALE (11)  BALLANTYNE (1)  BANKS (1)  BARNETT (4)  BARRS (3)  BENNIE (4)  BERRIDGE (1)  BIRD (2)  BLISSETT (2)  BOWLCOTT (1)  BREWIN (13)  BROWN (1)  BULLOCK (2)  BURDETT (2)  BURLEY (2)  BURTON (1)  CARTER (11)  CHESTERTON (8)  CHISWELL (1)  CLARKE (5)  CLEMENTS (6)  CULYER (7)  COOK (2)  COOLING (4)  CRAMP (7)  CROSHAW (6)  CROSSLEY (1)  DAGG (1)  DALRYMPLE (5)  DAWSON (2)  ELLIS (13)  EVANS (1)  EVERARD (10)  FARMER (5)  FOOTE (3)  FOX (4)  FROST (1)  GAMBLE (8)  GARNER (5)  GEARY (3)  GILBERT (2)  GOODMAN (6)  GRANT (13)  GREBBY (1)  GREENWOOD (3)  GRIMES (5)  GUNN (5)  HALFORD (3)  HALL (1)  HAYMES (1)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (5)  HASSELL (4)  HASTINGS (1)  HAYES (2)  HEIGHTON (1)  HEATLIE (2)  HENNEY (4)  HILL (1)  HINDS (6)  HOLLAND (1)  IRELAND (1)  JACKSON (30)  JEFFCOAT (1)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (1)  KIBBY (8)  KILBY (3)  KING (2)  KINTON (45)  KIRK (1)  KITCHEN (1)  KNIGHT (4)  LAUNDON (11)  LEE (9)  LUDLAM (4)  MANNERING (2)  MARLOW (4)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARSDEN (5)  MILLS (5)  MOORE (15)  MORRIS (2)  NADEN (4)  NEAL (4)  NEWELL (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NORTON (5)  ORAM (1)  ORME (6)  PALMER (1)  PARES (2)  PARKES (1)  PEARS (1)  PERRIDGE (4)  PICKERING (5)  PICKFORD (3)  PITTS (1)  POLLARD (5)  POWDRILL (3)  PRESTON (7)  RAMSEY (5)  ROBERTS (4)  ROOME (2)  ROSS (1)  SEAL (4)  SELL (6)  SEWELL (5)  SHARP (1)  SLEATH (2)  SMITH (24)  SPENCER (1)  SPRIGGS (2)  STANNARD (2)  STEVENS (15)  STONLEY (1)  STRETTON (1)  SWAN (1)  TAYLOR (7)  TEBBS (1)  THOMPSON (10)  THORNTON (1)  TIMSON (38)  TODD (1)  WAIN (1)  WARDEN (2)  WESTON (2)  WYKES (4)  WILLIAMS (5)  WOOD (9)  WRIGHT (2)  YORK (6)