Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leicester Castle View, Leicestershire

Leicester Castle View 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
WOOD1811.764736.92
COLLIN138.49671,625.00
FARROW106.5359348.43
SHARPE106.5359221.73
GRANT95.882459.29
BROWN85.22887.93
BLAND74.5752220.82
PRENTICE63.9216333.33
HARRIS63.921615.43
HUBBARD53.2680134.41
HAWKINS53.268045.13
WILLARS42.61445,714.29
WILLIAMSON42.614429.15
WARNER31.960853.76
GRIFFIN31.960841.67
WILLMOTT21.3072208.33
POYNOR21.307210,000.00
BINGLEY10.6536238.10
TAYLOR10.65361.02
HANFORD10.6536588.24
SLATER10.653610.80
MILLS10.65365.04
TANSLEY10.6536175.44
GOODRICH10.6536312.50
FARMER10.653620.92
LOWE10.65368.72
WALKER10.65361.95
STEVENSON10.65369.31
GREGG10.653692.59
RICHARDSON10.65363.84
GOODMAN10.653622.42
PORTER10.65368.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POYNOR0.1515310000.0000
WILLARS0.151535714.2857
COLLIN0.151531625.0000
HANFORD0.15153588.2353
FARROW0.15153348.4321
PRENTICE0.15153333.3333
GOODRICH0.15153312.5000
BINGLEY0.15153238.0952
SHARPE0.15153221.7295
BLAND0.15153220.8202
WILLMOTT0.15153208.3333
TANSLEY0.15153175.4386
HUBBARD0.15153134.4086
GREGG0.1515392.5926
GRANT0.1515359.2885
WARNER0.1515353.7634
HAWKINS0.1515345.1264
GRIFFIN0.1515341.6667
WOOD0.1515336.9231
WILLIAMSON0.1515329.1545
GOODMAN0.1515322.4215
FARMER0.1515320.9205
HARRIS0.1515315.4321
SLATER0.1515310.7991
STEVENSON0.151539.3110
LOWE0.151538.7184
PORTER0.151538.7108
BROWN0.151537.9318
MILLS0.151535.0403
RICHARDSON0.151533.8388
WALKER0.151531.9524
TAYLOR0.151531.0221

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 153 people called POYNOR in Leicester Castle View 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 10000.0000 in Leicester Castle View means that 10000.0000% of the people in Leicester Castle View on census day were called POYNOR.

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

All the surnames recorded in Leicester Castle View in 1881

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

BEARDSMORE (3)  BINGLEY (1)  BLAND (7)  BARRADALE (4)  BROWN (8)  COLLIN (13)  DEAKEN (1)  FAIRHOLME (1)  FARMER (1)  FARROW (10)  FORKNALL (2)  GOODMAN (1)  GOODRICH (1)  GOODYER (7)  GRANT (9)  GREGG (1)  GRIFFIN (3)  HANFORD (1)  HARRIS (6)  HAWKINS (5)  HUBBARD (5)  LOWE (1)  MC QUILLIND (5)  MILLS (1)  POYNOR (2)  PORTER (1)  PRENTICE (6)  RICHARDSON (1)  SHARPE (10)  SLATER (1)  STEVENSON (1)  TANSLEY (1)  TAYLOR (1)  WALKER (1)  WARNER (3)  WILLARS (4)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILLMOTT (2)  WOOD (18)