Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ravenstone, Leicestershire

Ravenstone 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
JOHNSON224.867314.49
FAIRBROTHER153.3186583.66
HARDY132.876148.02
WILLIAMSON102.212424.68
MARLOW91.9912169.49
WRIGHT91.99126.21
BRADSHAW91.991248.49
COLLIER81.769952.95
MEE81.7699232.56
HATCHETT81.76991,632.65
BODELL71.54872,058.82
POXON71.5487843.37
BAXTER71.548725.98
COE71.548795.37
ALSTON71.5487238.10
BURTON71.548718.18
GARDNER71.548722.82
MEADOWS61.327494.94
LARKIN61.3274147.78
ROSE61.327417.90
BACON61.327452.82
HOWARD61.327413.53
KENDRICK61.3274137.93
WATSON61.32745.72
MARSTON61.3274142.52
DEAKIN61.327496.00
ROBINSON61.32744.16
MOORE61.32746.64
FOSBROOK51.10622,777.78
ELLIS51.10627.62
BIGGS51.106258.69
CARTLEDGE51.1062219.30
WOOLLEY51.106255.74
ROE51.106256.75
ILLSLEY51.1062609.76
WOOLEY51.1062173.01
PEGG40.885090.09
WARREN40.885013.24
COMPTON40.885091.95
TOON40.8850236.69
BIDDLE40.8850122.70
CRESWELL40.8850277.78
COLVER40.88501,379.31
PRESTON40.885017.71
BOULTER40.8850174.67
PLATTS40.8850132.45
BIRD40.885011.58
WARBURTON40.885035.87
CLARKE30.66373.28
SMITH30.66370.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARDELL0.454523333.3333
FOSBROOK0.454522777.7778
BODELL0.454522058.8235
HATCHETT0.454521632.6531
COLVER0.454521379.3103
POXON0.45452843.3735
BRISCO0.45452740.7407
ILLSLEY0.45452609.7561
FAIRBROTHER0.45452583.6576
BEDELL0.45452370.3704
CRESWELL0.45452277.7778
ALSTON0.45452238.0952
TOON0.45452236.6864
MEE0.45452232.5581
CARTLEDGE0.45452219.2982
LUNNON0.45452212.7660
GRIMLEY0.45452208.3333
BOULTER0.45452174.6725
WOOLEY0.45452173.0104
MARLOW0.45452169.4915
BAKEWELL0.45452156.2500
POYNER0.45452151.5152
LARKIN0.45452147.7833
MARSTON0.45452142.5178
KENDRICK0.45452137.9310
PLATTS0.45452132.4503
BIDDLE0.45452122.6994
LANGHAM0.45452101.0101
DEAKIN0.4545296.0000
COE0.4545295.3678
MEADOWS0.4545294.9367
COMPTON0.4545291.9540
SWINDELL0.4545291.7431
NEWBOLD0.4545290.9091
PEGG0.4545290.0901
LAKIN0.4545275.4717
WEARING0.4545272.4638
BANCROFT0.4545268.4932
CATTON0.4545268.4932
BIGGS0.4545258.6854
ROE0.4545256.7537
WOOLLEY0.4545255.7414
LEWIN0.4545254.9451
COLLIER0.4545252.9451
BACON0.4545252.8169
BRADSHAW0.4545248.4914
HARDY0.4545248.0236
ALDERSON0.4545247.8469
BOWLEY0.4545240.3226
WARBURTON0.4545235.8744

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 452 people called HARDELL in Ravenstone 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 3333.3333 in Ravenstone means that 3333.3333% of the people in Ravenstone on census day were called HARDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARDELL 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 HARDELL 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 HARDELL 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 HARDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Ravenstone means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARDELL in Ravenstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ravenstone in 1881

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

ALDERSON (3)  ALSTON (7)  BACON (6)  BAKEWELL (2)  BALL (3)  BANCROFT (3)  BARLOW (1)  BARSBY (1)  BATHO (10)  BAXTER (7)  BEDELL (1)  BEARDSMORE (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BIDDLE (4)  BIGGS (5)  BIRD (4)  BISHOP (1)  BOULTER (4)  BOWLEY (1)  BRADBURY (2)  BRADSHAW (9)  BRISCO (2)  BROOKS (3)  BROWN (1)  BODELL (7)  BURROWS (1)  BURTON (7)  CARTLEDGE (5)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CATTON (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CLARKE (3)  COE (7)  COLLYER (1)  COLLIER (8)  COLVA (1)  COLVER (4)  COMPTON (4)  COX (3)  CRESWELL (4)  DAVIS (1)  DEAKIN (6)  DOVASTON (1)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLIS (5)  EVANS (1)  FAIRBROTHER (15)  FALKNALL OR FORKNALL (2)  FOSBROOK (5)  FAWKES (1)  FREEMAN (3)  GAMBLE (1)  GARDNER (7)  GILL (1)  GRIMLEY (2)  HALLIDAY (2)  HARDELL (1)  HARDY (13)  HATCHETT (8)  HEDWORTH (1)  HOULT (2)  HOPWELL (2)  HOWARD (6)  HUNT (1)  ILLSLEY (5)  JACQUES (1)  JOHNSON (22)  KENDRICK (6)  KIRK (1)  LAKIN (2)  LANGHAM (2)  LARKIN (6)  LEWIN (2)  LUNNON (1)  MARLOW (9)  MARSTON (6)  MASON (1)  MEE (8)  MEADOWS (6)  MIDDLETON (2)  MOORE (6)  MUGGLETON (1)  NEALE (2)  NEWBOLD (3)  NICHLAS (1)  NIXON (3)  OAKES (1)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (1)  PARR (1)  PEGG (4)  PLATTS (4)  POXON (7)  POYNER (1)  PRESTON (4)  PRICE (3)  ROBINSON (6)  ROSE (6)  ROE (5)  ROULL (1)  SHARMAN (1)  SIMS (1)  SKETCHLEY (1)  SLACK (2)  SMALLEY (1)  SMEDLEY (1)  SMITH (3)  SWINDELL (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (1)  TEBBUTT (4)  TODD (2)  TOON (4)  TRANTER (1)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (3)  WARBURTON (4)  WEARING (1)  WARNER (1)  WARREN (4)  WATSON (6)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTON (2)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMSON (10)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (1)  WOOLLEY (5)  WOOLEY (5)  WRIGHT (9)  WYATT (1)