Top surnames from the 1881 census in Somerby, Leicestershire

Somerby 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
HUBBARD183.3835139.21
UNDERWOOD152.8195104.46
KITCHEN152.8195165.56
HYDE152.819591.69
MILES132.443641.41
BARNETT122.255650.02
BILSON112.06771,746.03
CLARKE101.87979.28
WARD101.87978.60
WHEAT91.6917720.00
WRIGHT91.69175.27
CORBRIDGE91.69171,730.77
HAYES91.691727.21
BRITTEN91.6917424.53
GILFORD81.50382,162.16
SHELTON81.5038128.00
FREEMAN81.503823.55
TIDD81.50381,355.93
KILBOURN81.50382,758.62
HORNBUCKLE71.31582,000.00
NEWTON71.315817.17
BAINES71.315868.69
DAVIE71.3158142.86
HOLMES71.315810.81
WILSON71.31582.86
WEBSTER71.315815.13
RILEY61.127814.26
MATHEWS61.127830.53
SMITH61.12780.80
MARTIN61.12784.58
SIMPKIN50.9398250.00
TOPPS50.93981,388.89
ADAMS50.93986.38
HERRIMAN50.93982,380.95
JEWELL50.939889.45
TYLER50.939831.83
JACKSON50.93983.36
FRYER50.939850.66
SHARPE50.939831.89
THOMPSON50.93983.14
HARRISS50.9398143.68
NEALE50.939839.59
ROBINSON50.93982.95
NEEDHAM40.751935.34
BROOME40.7519150.94
DALE40.751917.79
SIMPSON40.75194.30
PIKE40.751925.86
STONE40.751910.40
SCATTERGOOD30.5639209.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KILBOURN0.535322758.6207
HERRIMAN0.535322380.9524
GILFORD0.535322162.1622
HORNBUCKLE0.535322000.0000
BILSON0.535321746.0317
CORBRIDGE0.535321730.7692
TOPPS0.535321388.8889
TIDD0.535321355.9322
WHEAT0.53532720.0000
BRITTEN0.53532424.5283
KEAL0.53532250.0000
SIMPKIN0.53532250.0000
SAUNDER0.53532227.2727
RANDAL0.53532222.2222
WESSON0.53532217.3913
SCATTERGOOD0.53532209.7902
WIGGINTON0.53532169.4915
KITCHEN0.53532165.5629
BROOME0.53532150.9434
HARRISS0.53532143.6782
DAVIE0.53532142.8571
ENDERBY0.53532142.8571
HUBBARD0.53532139.2111
BENFORD0.53532138.8889
SCARBOROUGH0.53532133.3333
SHELTON0.53532128.0000
BURBIDGE0.53532110.4972
UNDERWOOD0.53532104.4568
SWINGLER0.53532100.0000
MANCHESTER0.5353293.4579
HYDE0.5353291.6870
JEWELL0.5353289.4454
FREESTONE0.5353287.3362
WINTERTON0.5353281.9672
PEARS0.5353281.6327
WYLES0.5353274.6269
BAINES0.5353268.6948
FORESTER0.5353265.3595
ADCOCK0.5353257.1429
EXTON0.5353256.1798
FRYER0.5353250.6586
BARNETT0.5353250.0208
RUDKIN0.5353247.6190
TROTMAN0.5353244.8430
WORRALL0.5353244.3787
MILES0.5353241.4145
MARSON0.5353241.3223
NEALE0.5353239.5883
PEAKE0.5353238.9864
BERRIDGE0.5353235.8423

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 532 people called KILBOURN in Somerby 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 2758.6207 in Somerby means that 2758.6207% of the people in Somerby on census day were called KILBOURN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KILBOURN 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 KILBOURN 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 KILBOURN 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 KILBOURN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Somerby means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KILBOURN in Somerby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Somerby in 1881

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

ATTON (1)  ADAMS (5)  ADCOCK (3)  ALEXANDER (1)  AYLEMORE (1)  BACON (1)  BAILLIE (1)  BAINES (7)  BAKER (1)  BARNETT (12)  BEAL (1)  BEET (1)  BELLAMY (1)  BENFORD (1)  BENTON (1)  BERRIDGE (1)  BETTS (1)  BIDDLE (1)  BIGGS (1)  BILSON (11)  BRITTEN (9)  BROOME (4)  BUORNE OR BROOME (2)  BROWN (3)  BRAUNSTONE (1)  BURBIDGE (2)  BURNABY (1)  BURTON (1)  CARRYER (1)  CARTER (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (3)  CHAMPION (1)  CLARKE (10)  CLAYTON (2)  COB (1)  CORBRIDGE (9)  COX (1)  CUNINGTON (1)  DALE (4)  DOBNEY (3)  DAVIE (7)  DUNCAN (3)  EAMES (1)  EADON (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  ENDERBY (1)  EXTON (1)  FABLING (1)  FELSTEAD (4)  FLOAR (1)  FORESTER (1)  FOSTER (1)  FREEMAN (8)  FREESTONE (2)  FRYER (5)  GILFORD (8)  GLENTWORTH (1)  GOODMAN (1)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (1)  GREASLEY (1)  GRICE (1)  HACKET (1)  HADFIELD (1)  HALL (1)  HERRIMAN (5)  HARRISS (5)  HAYES (9)  HILL (2)  HOLMES (7)  HORBUCKLE (8)  HORNBUCKLE (7)  HUBBARD (18)  HUNT (2)  HYDE (15)  JACKSON (5)  JEWELL (5)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (2)  KEAL (2)  KEMPIN (1)  KESTIN (1)  KILBOURN (8)  KITCHEN (15)  LANE (1)  LEADHAM (1)  LITTLE (1)  LYHTE (1)  MANCHESTER (1)  MARSON (1)  MARTIN (6)  MATHEWS (6)  MAYDWELL (4)  MILES (13)  MILLER (1)  MORLEY (1)  NEALE (5)  NEEDHAM (4)  NEWTON (7)  OAKLEY (1)  ONGLEY (1)  PEAKE (2)  PEARS (2)  PIKE (4)  PLANT (2)  PRATT (1)  PRIESTMAN (1)  RANDAL (1)  RILEY (6)  ROBINSON (5)  ROE (2)  RUDKIN (1)  SAUNDER (1)  SCARBOROUGH (2)  SCATTERGOOD (3)  SHARPE (5)  SHOEBRIDGE (1)  SIMPKIN (5)  SIMPSON (4)  SHELTON (8)  SMITH (6)  SNODIN (5)  SPOONER (1)  STAFFORD (3)  STEVENS (1)  STONE (4)  SWINGLER (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (5)  TIDD (8)  TOPPS (5)  TROTMAN (1)  TYLER (5)  UNDERWOOD (15)  VINCENT (1)  WARD (10)  WARNER (1)  WATKINSON (1)  WEAVER (3)  WESSON (3)  WEBSTER (7)  WHEELBAND (1)  WHITWORTH (1)  WIGGINTON (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WYLES (1)  WILSON (7)  WINTERTON (1)  WADD (8)  WOOD (1)  WORRALL (3)  WRIGHT (9)  WHEAT (9)  YORK (1)