Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swepstone, Leicestershire

Swepstone 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
FOWKES264.94301,656.05
MEAKIN254.7529609.76
GADSBY142.6616651.16
BULL112.091349.46
CHANDLER112.091365.09
BENTLEY101.901144.94
HILL101.90117.46
SMITH101.90111.35
BLUNT91.7110211.76
GRUNDY91.711083.57
PRATT81.520926.47
TAYLOR81.52092.38
HICKLING81.5209283.69
PEARSON81.520913.09
WOOD81.52094.77
RIDGWAY81.5209165.98
BOTT71.3308169.08
COMPTON71.3308138.34
TURNER61.14074.10
COOK61.14075.74
MORRISS61.1407186.92
CRAMP61.1407258.62
WOOLLEY61.140757.47
HARRISS61.1407174.42
DEACON50.950655.99
BOOTH50.95069.64
FORRESTER50.950670.82
STEVENSON50.950613.55
PEAT50.9506119.05
HAYNES50.950626.64
ARNOLD40.760514.10
PEPPER40.760554.05
POXON40.7605412.37
HAYWOOD40.760536.23
CUTHBERT40.760552.91
TWIGG40.7605108.70
PLANT40.760534.39
FOSTER40.76055.69
CLARKE40.76053.75
BETTERIDGE40.7605168.78
GRAINGER30.570337.13
FREEMAN30.57038.93
KIRKMAN30.570389.29
JAMES30.57032.90
LEATHAM30.5703434.78
DEAN30.57038.22
BRINDLEY30.570374.63
HARRISON20.38021.71
INSLEY20.3802243.90
MACK20.380237.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOWKES0.535261656.0510
BAYLESS0.53526740.7407
GADSBY0.53526651.1628
MEAKIN0.53526609.7561
BEEMAN0.53526526.3158
LEATHAM0.53526434.7826
POXON0.53526412.3711
CROSHAW0.53526333.3333
MATLEY0.53526289.8551
HICKLING0.53526283.6879
CRAMP0.53526258.6207
INSLEY0.53526243.9024
BLUNT0.53526211.7647
KERBY0.53526208.3333
HENTON0.53526200.0000
MORRISS0.53526186.9159
HARRISS0.53526174.4186
BOTT0.53526169.0821
BETTERIDGE0.53526168.7764
RIDGWAY0.53526165.9751
OAKEY0.53526163.9344
BOSS0.53526149.2537
COMPTON0.53526138.3399
ISON0.53526129.8701
PEAT0.53526119.0476
TWIGG0.53526108.6957
KIRKMAN0.5352689.2857
GRUNDY0.5352683.5655
BRINDLEY0.5352674.6269
FORRESTER0.5352670.8215
CHANDLER0.5352665.0888
WOOLLEY0.5352657.4713
DEACON0.5352655.9910
PEPPER0.5352654.0541
CUTHBERT0.5352652.9101
BULL0.5352649.4604
WATERFIELD0.5352646.2963
BENTLEY0.5352644.9438
FINNEY0.5352643.8596
MACK0.5352637.8072
GRAINGER0.5352637.1287
HAYWOOD0.5352636.2319
PLANT0.5352634.3938
BOWN0.5352634.3643
STORER0.5352630.3951
BURDETT0.5352626.9542
HAYNES0.5352626.6383
PRATT0.5352626.4725
COXON0.5352624.8756
PEACE0.5352620.9644

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 526 people called FOWKES in Swepstone 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 1656.0510 in Swepstone means that 1656.0510% of the people in Swepstone on census day were called FOWKES.

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

All the surnames recorded in Swepstone in 1881

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

AGASSIZ (1)  ARNOLD (4)  BATCHELOR (1)  BAYLESS (2)  BELL (1)  BENTLEY (10)  BETTERIDGE (4)  BLOCKLEY (13)  BLUNT (9)  BOLLANDS (7)  BOOTH (5)  BOTT (7)  BOTTRIL (1)  BEEMAN (1)  BOWN (1)  BOSS (1)  BRINDLEY (3)  BROOKS (2)  BULL (11)  BURDETT (1)  BUTLER (2)  CHADBON (3)  CHAMPION (1)  CHANDLER (11)  CLARKE (4)  CLARK (1)  COMPTON (7)  COOK (6)  COXON (1)  CRAMP (6)  CROSHAW (1)  CUTHBERT (4)  DARIEL (1)  DAWSON (1)  DEACON (5)  DEAN (3)  DIXON (1)  EMES (1)  ELVERSON (14)  EVANS (2)  EVEREL (1)  FINNEY (2)  FORRESTER (5)  FOSTER (4)  FOWKES (26)  FREEMAN (3)  GADSBY (14)  GLOVER (1)  JORDAN (1)  GRAINGER (3)  GREWCOCK (42)  GRUNDY (9)  HARRISS (6)  HARRIES (1)  HARRISON (2)  HAYES (1)  HAYNES (5)  HAYWOOD (4)  HICKLING (8)  HILL (10)  HENTON (2)  HODGSON (2)  HOLDEN (1)  HORTON (1)  INSLEY (2)  ISON (2)  JAMES (3)  JOHNSON (1)  KEELINS (1)  KIRBY (2)  KERBY (2)  KIRK (1)  KIRKMAN (3)  LEATHAM (3)  LAWLASS (5)  LAURENCE (1)  MATLEY (2)  MACK (2)  MEAKIN (25)  MILLER (1)  MOORE (1)  MORRISS (6)  MOWSLEY (2)  OAKEY (2)  PARKER (1)  PEACE (1)  PEARSON (8)  PEAT (5)  PEPPER (4)  PETCHER (1)  PLANT (4)  POXON (4)  PRATT (8)  REDFERN (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDGWAY (8)  SADDINGTON (11)  SHILCOCK (7)  SMITH (10)  STEVENSON (5)  STORER (1)  SUTTON (1)  TAYLOR (8)  THOMPSON (2)  TIMMS (1)  TEBBETT (23)  TURNER (6)  TWIGG (4)  WARD (1)  WARREN (1)  WATERFIELD (1)  WEST (1)  WOOD (8)  WOOLLEY (6)  WRIGHT (2)