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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nailstone, Leicestershire

Nailstone 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
SMITH547.32705.19
CLARKE222.985114.73
HOUGHTON172.306666.02
BOWLER172.3066188.89
TWIGG152.0353290.70
MOORE141.89969.50
PRICE141.899610.85
JAMES131.76398.98
JONES131.76391.56
ISON121.6282555.56
DEACON121.628295.85
BRIDGETT111.49251,692.31
THORPE111.492537.75
WARD101.35696.21
JORDAN91.221227.64
BRADBURY91.221242.27
JACQUES91.2212144.00
GARDNER81.085515.99
BARRS81.0855689.66
MARRIOTT81.085548.46
PRESTON81.085521.73
HAYWOOD70.949845.28
STATHAM70.9498164.71
KNOWLES70.949817.78
CLAMP70.9498311.11
LOVEDAY70.9498155.56
STAIN60.81412,000.00
BETTS60.814138.07
THURMAN60.8141329.67
WALKER60.81412.43
HUMPHREY60.814130.57
WIDDOWSON60.8141153.06
BRANSON60.8141227.27
VERNON50.678441.22
HUTCHINSON50.678411.94
SPARE50.6784806.45
GARRATT50.678466.84
BAYLESS50.67841,315.79
SWANN50.678462.19
HEAP50.678440.00
FARMER50.678421.71
HOUSEMAN50.6784292.40
CUTHBERT50.678447.21
NEEDHAM50.678431.89
BLAND40.542726.18
ROWBOTHAM40.5427110.50
BLOWER40.542791.95
TOON40.5427144.93
DYER40.542714.01
PIKE30.407114.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STAIN0.747372000.0000
BRIDGETT0.747371692.3077
BAYLESS0.747371315.7895
SPARE0.74737806.4516
BARRS0.74737689.6552
ISON0.74737555.5556
GOOLDEN0.74737454.5455
THURMAN0.74737329.6703
LAVAN0.74737322.5806
CLAMP0.74737311.1111
HOUSEMAN0.74737292.3977
TWIGG0.74737290.6977
BRANSON0.74737227.2727
BOWLER0.74737188.8889
STATHAM0.74737164.7059
LOVEDAY0.74737155.5556
WIDDOWSON0.74737153.0612
SIDWELL0.74737147.7833
TOON0.74737144.9275
MARVIN0.74737144.9275
JACQUES0.74737144.0000
FOWKES0.74737136.3636
LEASON0.74737135.1351
KITTLE0.74737125.0000
EXTON0.74737121.4575
ROWBOTHAM0.74737110.4972
BEVINS0.74737108.6957
HOWKINS0.74737103.0928
DEACON0.7473795.8466
FRISBY0.7473794.0439
BLOWER0.7473791.9540
STARBUCK0.7473784.0336
CHAMBERLIN0.7473781.6327
BRITT0.7473776.3359
MERRIMAN0.7473774.3494
GARRATT0.7473766.8449
HOUGHTON0.7473766.0194
GRIMLEY0.7473763.6943
SWANN0.7473762.1891
BARNEY0.7473758.1395
LUDLOW0.7473751.9481
BOTT0.7473751.7241
WAIN0.7473748.5437
MARRIOTT0.7473748.4555
CUTHBERT0.7473747.2144
HAYWOOD0.7473745.2781
TRUMAN0.7473743.5730
MELLORS0.7473743.4783
BRADBURY0.7473742.2734
DORMAN0.7473742.1941

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 737 people called STAIN in Nailstone 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 2000.0000 in Nailstone means that 2000.0000% of the people in Nailstone on census day were called STAIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STAIN 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 STAIN 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 STAIN 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 STAIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Nailstone means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STAIN in Nailstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nailstone in 1881

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

AUKOT (1)  BAILEY (3)  BALDOCK (2)  BARNEY (1)  BARRS (8)  BARSBY (8)  BAYLESS (5)  BAILISS (12)  BEDNALL (2)  BELCHER (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BETTS (6)  BEVINS (1)  BILLINGS (1)  BLACK (1)  BLAND (4)  BLOCKLEY (7)  BLOWER (4)  BOOTH (2)  BOTT (3)  BOWLER (17)  BRADBURY (9)  BRANSON (6)  BRITT (1)  BRIDGETT (11)  BROWN (3)  CARTER (1)  CHAMBERLIN (2)  CLAMP (7)  CLARE (1)  CLARKE (22)  COCHRANE (1)  CONGRAVE (7)  COPE (1)  CRAGG (1)  CROOKS (1)  CURTIS (1)  CUTHBERT (5)  DEACON (12)  DORMAN (1)  DYER (4)  EDWARDS (1)  EXTON (3)  FARMER (5)  FAULKNALL (7)  FLEAR (7)  FOWKES (3)  FREARSON (4)  FRISBY (3)  GADDESBY (1)  GADSBY (1)  GAMBLE (1)  GARDNER (8)  GARRATT (5)  GOADBY (1)  GODDARD (1)  GODFREY (1)  GOODFELLOW (1)  GOODYER (6)  GOOLDEN (1)  JORDAN (9)  GREGORY (1)  GREWCOCK (1)  GRIMLEY (1)  HARDING (1)  HARRISON (1)  HART (2)  HEAP (5)  HERCOCK (1)  HAYWOOD (7)  HILL (2)  HOLMES (3)  HOLT (1)  HORSEFIELD (3)  HORSPOOL (11)  HOUGHTON (17)  HOUSEMAN (5)  HOWKINS (1)  HULBERT (1)  HUMPHREY (6)  HUTCHINSON (5)  ISON (12)  JACQUES (9)  JAQUES (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (13)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (13)  KEIGHTLEY (2)  KELLY (1)  KITTLE (1)  KNOWLES (7)  LAKIN (1)  LAPISH (1)  LARVEN (1)  LEDGER (1)  LEES (1)  LEASON (1)  LAVAN (1)  LOVEDAY (7)  LUDLOW (2)  MARRIOTT (8)  MARVIN (2)  MEASHAM (4)  MASSEY (1)  MEAD (1)  MELLORS (1)  MERRICK (1)  MERRIMAN (2)  MIDDLETON (3)  MOORE (14)  MORRIS (3)  MUGGLESTONE (9)  MUGGLESTON (5)  MURBY (8)  MUSSON (1)  MEARS (1)  NEEDHAM (5)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  NORMAN (2)  NORTON (1)  OSBORNE (1)  PALMER (1)  PEMBERTON (2)  PEPPER (1)  PERCIVAL (2)  PERRY (2)  PIKE (3)  POLLARD (1)  POWER (3)  PRESTON (8)  PRICE (14)  PROUDMAN (1)  REID (3)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIDGWAY (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWBOTHAM (4)  SEAL (1)  SEXTON (1)  SHARPE (1)  SIDWELL (3)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (54)  SOUTHAM (1)  SPARE (5)  STAIN (6)  STAINES (1)  STARBUCK (1)  STATHAM (7)  STEVENSON (1)  STEPHENSON (2)  STRETTON (10)  SUTHERLAND (1)  SWANN (5)  THOMPSON (3)  THORPE (11)  THURMAN (6)  TIMMS (3)  TOON (4)  TRUMAN (2)  TOOKEY (10)  TWIGG (15)  UNDERWOOD (2)  VERNON (5)  WAIN (3)  WALKER (6)  WARD (10)  WATSON (2)  WATTS (2)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTON (1)  WHEATLEY (1)  WHITE (1)  WIDDOWSON (6)  WIGSTON (1)  WILSON (3)  WORTHINGTON (1)  WRIGHT (1)