Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hemington, Leicestershire

Hemington 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
WHITE266.842121.29
HALFORD184.7368636.04
BYWATER174.4737890.05
DAKIN153.9474549.45
PARKER143.684219.37
WILLIAMSON133.421138.16
HURT133.42111,300.00
BURTON123.157937.07
SPENCER123.157934.59
POXON123.15791,714.29
HICKINGBOTHAM102.63169,090.91
HUNN71.84211,320.75
MOODY71.842170.56
GROVES61.578956.18
BOWMAN61.578960.42
OLDERSHAW51.3158943.40
BARTON51.315824.35
HUDSON51.315816.07
HEMSLEY51.3158263.16
JACKSON51.31584.71
WHITING51.315868.31
MILLETT51.3158331.13
FRITCHLEY41.05262,857.14
COTTON41.052644.10
PALMER41.05268.93
BENNEY41.0526930.23
COHN41.05262,500.00
NORTH41.052631.75
LACEY41.052657.14
GEE41.052641.24
REID30.78957.52
ROBERTS30.78952.10
CLIFTON20.526337.24
NEWTON20.52636.87
BRADBURY20.526318.21
JOHNSON20.52631.57
BOLT20.526372.73
HAMER20.526328.09
MASON20.52633.91
WATERHOUSE20.526334.54
SMITH20.52630.37
WINFIELD20.526363.29
PEAT20.526366.01
COWLEY20.526328.61
STEVENSON10.26323.75
ADKIN10.2632125.00
SIMPKIN10.263269.93
MILLER10.26321.47
WATERS10.26326.55
OAKLEY10.263212.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HICKINGBOTHAM0.383809090.9091
FRITCHLEY0.383802857.1429
COHN0.383802500.0000
POXON0.383801714.2857
HUNN0.383801320.7547
HURT0.383801300.0000
OLDERSHAW0.38380943.3962
BENNEY0.38380930.2326
BYWATER0.38380890.0524
HALFORD0.38380636.0424
DAKIN0.38380549.4505
MILLETT0.38380331.1258
HEMSLEY0.38380263.1579
ADKIN0.38380125.0000
BOLT0.3838072.7273
MOODY0.3838070.5645
SIMPKIN0.3838069.9301
WHITING0.3838068.3060
PEAT0.3838066.0066
WINFIELD0.3838063.2911
BOWMAN0.3838060.4230
LACEY0.3838057.1429
GROVES0.3838056.1798
BOOT0.3838055.8659
COTTON0.3838044.1014
GEE0.3838041.2371
WILLIAMSON0.3838038.1567
CLIFTON0.3838037.2439
BURTON0.3838037.0714
SPENCER0.3838034.5921
WATERHOUSE0.3838034.5423
NORTH0.3838031.7460
CLIFF0.3838030.1205
COWLEY0.3838028.6123
HAMER0.3838028.0899
BARTON0.3838024.3546
WHITE0.3838021.2853
HOWLETT0.3838019.6078
PARKER0.3838019.3718
BRADBURY0.3838018.2149
HUDSON0.3838016.0720
BRADFORD0.3838013.4953
AINSWORTH0.3838013.2802
HULL0.3838012.5945
OAKLEY0.3838012.4224
BRYAN0.3838010.6045
PALMER0.383808.9306
REID0.383807.5169
NEWTON0.383806.8681
WATERS0.383806.5488

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 380 people called HICKINGBOTHAM in Hemington 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 9090.9091 in Hemington means that 9090.9091% of the people in Hemington on census day were called HICKINGBOTHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HICKINGBOTHAM 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 HICKINGBOTHAM 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 HICKINGBOTHAM 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 HICKINGBOTHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Hemington means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HICKINGBOTHAM in Hemington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hemington in 1881

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

ADKIN (1)  AINSWORTH (1)  BAKER (1)  BARTON (5)  BENNEY (4)  BERRINGTON (1)  BEXON (4)  BOLT (2)  BOOT (1)  BOWMAN (6)  BRADBURY (2)  BRADFORD (1)  BRYAN (1)  BURTON (12)  BYWATER (17)  COHN (4)  CLIFF (1)  CLIFTON (2)  COTTON (4)  COWLEY (2)  DAKIN (15)  DOMELOW (2)  DRAKEFIELD (5)  FYNNEY (6)  FRITCHLEY (4)  GEE (4)  GIDLOW (3)  GROVES (6)  HALFORD (18)  HALL (1)  HAMER (2)  HEMSLEY (5)  HICKINGBOTHAM (10)  HOWLETT (1)  HUDSON (5)  HULL (1)  HUNN (7)  HURT (13)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (2)  LACEY (4)  LAUNDERS (6)  MASON (2)  MILLER (1)  MILLETT (5)  MOODY (7)  MUGLISTON (6)  NEWTON (2)  NORTH (4)  OAKLEY (1)  OLDERSHAW (5)  PALMER (4)  PARKER (14)  PEAT (2)  POXON (12)  REID (3)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (3)  SIMPKIN (1)  SMITH (2)  SPENCER (12)  STEVENSON (1)  THISFORD (1)  TWELL (5)  TWELLS (25)  WATERHOUSE (2)  WATERS (1)  WHEILDON (14)  WHITE (26)  WHITING (5)  WILLIAMSON (13)  WINFIELD (2)  WRIGHT (1)