Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scraptoft, Leicestershire

Scraptoft 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
ROE97.3171375.00
GAMBLE86.5041454.55
SWIFT75.6911184.21
CHARLES75.6911275.59
JELLEY75.69112,187.50
MATTOCK64.87801,875.00
LAWRENCE54.065062.58
SCARBOROUGH54.06501,428.57
JOHNSON54.065012.10
JORDAN32.439055.25
KIRBY32.439064.24
UNDERWOOD32.439090.36
SNOW32.4390180.72
SWALLOW21.6260161.29
DIXON21.626014.84
NEWTON21.626021.21
BARCLAY21.626079.05
MOORE21.62608.13
WHITE10.81302.53
BILLS10.8130303.03
NOBLE10.813019.57
HARRIMAN10.8130312.50
TILLEY10.813062.11
ARNOLD10.813015.08
GIBBS10.813016.56
SEYMOUR10.813039.84
BROWN10.81301.23
PICKERING10.813022.52
HUBBARD10.813033.44
WESTON10.813019.92
BARNARD10.813032.79
HANDS10.813081.30
TAYLOR10.81301.27
MACDONALD10.813020.49
STEPHENS10.813014.64
CLARKE10.81304.01
WHITTLE10.813037.31
BLACK10.813012.56
PAWLEY10.8130285.71
HOLLAND10.813011.42
GREEN10.81302.89
LOWES10.8130140.85
ELD10.81301,250.00
KING10.81303.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JELLEY0.121232187.5000
MATTOCK0.121231875.0000
SCARBOROUGH0.121231428.5714
ELD0.121231250.0000
GAMBLE0.12123454.5455
ROE0.12123375.0000
HARRIMAN0.12123312.5000
BILLS0.12123303.0303
PAWLEY0.12123285.7143
CHARLES0.12123275.5906
SWIFT0.12123184.2105
SNOW0.12123180.7229
SWALLOW0.12123161.2903
LOWES0.12123140.8451
UNDERWOOD0.1212390.3614
HANDS0.1212381.3008
BARCLAY0.1212379.0514
KIRBY0.1212364.2398
LAWRENCE0.1212362.5782
TILLEY0.1212362.1118
JORDAN0.1212355.2486
SEYMOUR0.1212339.8406
WHITTLE0.1212337.3134
HUBBARD0.1212333.4448
BARNARD0.1212332.7869
PICKERING0.1212322.5225
NEWTON0.1212321.2089
MACDONALD0.1212320.4918
WESTON0.1212319.9203
NOBLE0.1212319.5695
GIBBS0.1212316.5563
ARNOLD0.1212315.0830
DIXON0.1212314.8368
STEPHENS0.1212314.6413
BLACK0.1212312.5628
JOHNSON0.1212312.0977
HOLLAND0.1212311.4155
MOORE0.121238.1301
CLARKE0.121234.0128
KING0.121233.7300
GREEN0.121232.8868
WHITE0.121232.5291
TAYLOR0.121231.2713
BROWN0.121231.2333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 123 people called JELLEY in Scraptoft 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 2187.5000 in Scraptoft means that 2187.5000% of the people in Scraptoft on census day were called JELLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JELLEY 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 JELLEY 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 JELLEY 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 JELLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Scraptoft means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JELLEY in Scraptoft than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scraptoft in 1881

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

ARNOLD (1)  BARCLAY (2)  BARNARD (1)  BILLS (1)  BLACK (1)  BROWN (1)  CHARLES (7)  CLARKE (1)  DANZEY (3)  DEANING (1)  DIXON (2)  ELD (1)  GAMBLE (8)  GAMBLE OR GANIBLE (2)  GIBBS (1)  JORDAN (3)  GREEN (1)  HANDS (1)  HARRIMAN (1)  HASELDINE (1)  HURD OR HUNT (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HUBBARD (1)  JELLEY (7)  JOHNSON (5)  KING (1)  KIRBY (3)  LAWRENCE (5)  LOOMES (1)  LOWES (1)  MATTOCK (6)  MACDONALD (1)  MOORE (2)  NEWTON (2)  NOBLE (1)  PAWLEY (1)  PICKERING (1)  PIGGINS (2)  ROLLESTON (4)  ROE (9)  SCARBOROUGH (5)  SEYMOUR (1)  SNOW (3)  STEPHENS (1)  SWALLOW (2)  SWIFT (7)  TAYLOR (1)  TILLEY (1)  UNDERWOOD (3)  WESTON (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITTLE (1)