Top surnames from the 1881 census in Harston, Leicestershire

Harston 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
COUSINS169.6970538.72
BELL127.272738.70
HOLT127.2727108.60
JENKINSON116.6667380.62
BURROWS106.0606138.50
WAITE63.6364175.44
BEASLEY53.0303279.33
ROLLINGS53.0303980.39
WARD53.030313.87
WALKER42.42427.24
STARBUCK31.81821,111.11
WELBY31.81821,875.00
GLENN31.8182576.92
BINGHAM21.212182.64
KNIGHT21.21219.83
TRAVIS21.2121103.09
ROBERTS21.21213.22
JOHNSON21.21213.61
TRACEY21.2121190.48
RICHES21.2121105.82
CHAPMAN21.21218.54
TYSON10.606146.51
SYMONS10.606144.05
HOLMES10.60614.98
EXTON10.6061181.82
WILLIAMSON10.60616.76
RAYSON10.6061212.77
BILTON10.6061142.86
JACKSON10.60612.17
HARMAN10.606140.65
PELL10.6061107.53
BRYAN10.606124.39
SMART10.606113.32
NEEDHAM10.606128.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WELBY0.171651875.0000
STARBUCK0.171651111.1111
ROLLINGS0.17165980.3922
GLENN0.17165576.9231
COUSINS0.17165538.7205
JENKINSON0.17165380.6228
BEASLEY0.17165279.3296
RAYSON0.17165212.7660
TRACEY0.17165190.4762
EXTON0.17165181.8182
WAITE0.17165175.4386
BILTON0.17165142.8571
BURROWS0.17165138.5042
HOLT0.17165108.5973
PELL0.17165107.5269
RICHES0.17165105.8201
TRAVIS0.17165103.0928
BINGHAM0.1716582.6446
TYSON0.1716546.5116
SYMONS0.1716544.0529
HARMAN0.1716540.6504
BELL0.1716538.6972
NEEDHAM0.1716528.4900
BRYAN0.1716524.3902
WARD0.1716513.8696
SMART0.1716513.3156
KNIGHT0.171659.8328
CHAPMAN0.171658.5361
WALKER0.171657.2411
WILLIAMSON0.171656.7613
HOLMES0.171654.9776
JOHNSON0.171653.6075
ROBERTS0.171653.2222
JACKSON0.171652.1687

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 165 people called WELBY in Harston 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 1875.0000 in Harston means that 1875.0000% of the people in Harston on census day were called WELBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WELBY 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 WELBY 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 WELBY 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 WELBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Harston means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WELBY in Harston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Harston in 1881

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

BEASLEY (5)  BELL (12)  BILTON (1)  BINGHAM (2)  BONSHOR (9)  BRYAN (1)  BULLIMORE (1)  BURROWS (10)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHETTER (1)  COUSINS (16)  DARKER (1)  ELSOM (1)  EXTON (1)  GLENN (3)  GOODBAND (1)  HARMAN (1)  HEDWORTH (4)  HOLMES (1)  HOLT (12)  JACKSON (1)  JENKINSON (11)  JOHNSON (2)  KNIGHT (2)  LAMBLEY (2)  NEEDHAM (1)  PELL (1)  RASTALL (9)  RAYSON (1)  RICHES (2)  ROBERTS (2)  ROLLINGS (5)  SAUNDERSON (1)  SCOFFIELD (2)  SHELBORN (7)  SYMONS (1)  SMART (1)  STARBUCK (3)  TRACEY (2)  TRAVIS (2)  TYSON (1)  WALKER (4)  WARD (5)  WIGRAM (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WELBY (3)  WAITE (6)