Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lowesby, Leicestershire

Lowesby 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
HOLLIER139.15494,642.86
LEADBETTER117.74651,486.49
LOMAS96.3380343.51
HADLEY96.3380466.32
WARRINGTON85.6338689.66
MAYFIELD85.63382,222.22
BARNES42.816923.41
LOYD42.8169714.29
BEAVER32.1127476.19
HUNT32.112715.91
SKELDON32.11272,142.86
GAMBLE21.408598.52
SHARPE21.408547.73
WARD21.40856.45
SMITH21.40851.00
JONES21.40851.24
MORRISON21.408517.92
UNDERWOOD21.408552.22
BENT10.704297.09
HAWKINS10.70429.73
THORLEY10.7042108.70
BAILLIE10.704268.03
STANLEY10.704218.32
KITCHEN10.704241.32
EVANS10.70421.61
JACKSON10.70422.52
WRIGHT10.70422.20
BRAY10.704220.96
NEEDHAM10.704233.11
MARTIN10.70422.86
THOMPSON10.70422.35
FRISBY10.7042163.93
DUDLEY10.704246.95
PRYOR10.7042105.26
WELLS10.70428.47
BLACK10.704210.88
HIBBERT10.704248.08
GLOVER10.704216.53
TAYLOR10.70421.10
KNIGHT10.70425.71
FAIRBROTHER10.7042123.46
JARVIS10.704215.70
DAVIS10.70423.21
PERCY10.704275.76
HUMPHREY10.704226.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLLIER0.141424642.8571
MAYFIELD0.141422222.2222
SKELDON0.141422142.8571
LEADBETTER0.141421486.4865
LOYD0.14142714.2857
WARRINGTON0.14142689.6552
BEAVER0.14142476.1905
HADLEY0.14142466.3212
LOMAS0.14142343.5115
FRISBY0.14142163.9344
FAIRBROTHER0.14142123.4568
THORLEY0.14142108.6957
PRYOR0.14142105.2632
GAMBLE0.1414298.5222
BENT0.1414297.0874
PERCY0.1414275.7576
BAILLIE0.1414268.0272
UNDERWOOD0.1414252.2193
HIBBERT0.1414248.0769
SHARPE0.1414247.7327
DUDLEY0.1414246.9484
KITCHEN0.1414241.3223
NEEDHAM0.1414233.1126
HUMPHREY0.1414226.4550
BARNES0.1414223.4055
BRAY0.1414220.9644
STANLEY0.1414218.3150
MORRISON0.1414217.9211
GLOVER0.1414216.5289
HUNT0.1414215.9067
JARVIS0.1414215.6986
BLACK0.1414210.8814
HAWKINS0.141429.7276
WELLS0.141428.4674
WARD0.141426.4475
KNIGHT0.141425.7143
DAVIS0.141423.2051
MARTIN0.141422.8588
JACKSON0.141422.5202
THOMPSON0.141422.3507
WRIGHT0.141422.1954
EVANS0.141421.6116
JONES0.141421.2436
TAYLOR0.141421.1012
SMITH0.141420.9975

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 142 people called HOLLIER in Lowesby 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 4642.8571 in Lowesby means that 4642.8571% of the people in Lowesby on census day were called HOLLIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOLLIER 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 HOLLIER 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 HOLLIER 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 HOLLIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Lowesby means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOLLIER in Lowesby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lowesby in 1881

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

BAILLIE (1)  BARNES (4)  BEAVER (3)  BENT (1)  BLACK (1)  BOLLANDS (1)  BRAY (1)  BREWARD (1)  CROWFOOT (1)  DAVIS (1)  DUDLEY (1)  EVANS (1)  FAIRBROTHER (1)  FOWKE (4)  FRISBY (1)  GAMBLE (2)  GLOVER (1)  HADLEY (9)  HAWKINS (1)  HENFREY (1)  HIBBERT (1)  HOLLIER (13)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUNT (3)  JACKSON (1)  JARVIS (1)  JONES (2)  KESTIN (6)  KITCHEN (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LEADBETTER (11)  LOYD (4)  LOMAS (9)  MARTIN (1)  MAYFIELD (8)  MORRISON (2)  NEEDHAM (1)  PERCY (1)  PRYOR (1)  SHARPE (2)  SKELDON (3)  SMITH (2)  STANLEY (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORLEY (1)  THIRLBY (3)  TURVILE (7)  TYERS (2)  UNDERWOOD (2)  WARRINGTON (8)  WARD (2)  WELLS (1)  WRIGHT (1)