Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tilton, Leicestershire

Tilton 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
WOOLLEY166.2992317.46
ALLEN103.937020.84
CHAMBERS93.543362.33
BAMFORD93.5433235.60
COLLINS83.149621.95
WELLS72.755933.13
STABLEFORD72.75594,666.67
BURTON72.755932.35
SMITH72.75591.95
OLIVER72.755938.63
MEADOWS62.3622169.01
RANDELL62.3622377.36
LANGMAN62.36221,538.46
WOOD51.96856.18
CLIFFORD51.968595.79
COOK51.96859.91
RANDALL51.968562.81
OVERMAN51.96855,555.56
BEAVER51.9685446.43
TURNBULL51.968546.69
CORBY41.5748449.44
BROOM41.5748127.80
MACKIE41.574873.66
KNIGHT41.574812.78
SHARPE31.181140.05
BEATTIE31.181155.15
GRANGER31.1811115.38
SEATON31.1811139.53
HAYBALL31.18111,500.00
CLARK31.18113.93
PAYNE31.181113.12
TAYLOR20.78741.23
CLARKE20.78743.89
PITTS20.787476.63
GOODMAN20.787426.99
CRANE20.787437.31
BROWN20.78741.19
LAXTON10.3937129.87
WALKER10.39371.18
PRICE10.39372.25
HOMES10.3937232.56
PANE10.3937454.55
SKINNER10.39377.76
NEALE10.393716.58
WYMAN10.3937181.82
CRAWFORD10.39378.05
BARHAM10.393763.69
TYLER10.393713.33
SHIELD10.393786.21
MORROW10.393797.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OVERMAN0.252545555.5556
HARMISON0.252545000.0000
STABLEFORD0.252544666.6667
LANGMAN0.252541538.4615
HAYBALL0.252541500.0000
PANE0.25254454.5455
CORBY0.25254449.4382
BEAVER0.25254446.4286
RANDELL0.25254377.3585
PYWELL0.25254322.5806
WOOLLEY0.25254317.4603
BAMFORD0.25254235.6021
HOMES0.25254232.5581
WYMAN0.25254181.8182
MEADOWS0.25254169.0141
SEATON0.25254139.5349
LAXTON0.25254129.8701
BROOM0.25254127.7955
GRANGER0.25254115.3846
MORROW0.2525497.0874
CLIFFORD0.2525495.7854
SHIELD0.2525486.2069
PITTS0.2525476.6284
MACKIE0.2525473.6648
BARHAM0.2525463.6943
RANDALL0.2525462.8141
CHAMBERS0.2525462.3269
BEATTIE0.2525455.1471
TURNBULL0.2525446.6853
SHARPE0.2525440.0534
OLIVER0.2525438.6313
CRANE0.2525437.3134
WELLS0.2525433.1283
BURTON0.2525432.3475
GOODMAN0.2525426.9906
COLLINS0.2525421.9479
FLINT0.2525421.9298
LOMAS0.2525421.3220
ALLEN0.2525420.8420
NEALE0.2525416.5837
TYLER0.2525413.3333
PAYNE0.2525413.1234
KNIGHT0.2525412.7755
COOK0.252549.9108
CRAWFORD0.252548.0451
SKINNER0.252547.7580
WOOD0.252546.1782
CLARK0.252543.9298
CLARKE0.252543.8858
RICHARDSON0.252542.3127

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 254 people called OVERMAN in Tilton 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 5555.5556 in Tilton means that 5555.5556% of the people in Tilton on census day were called OVERMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OVERMAN 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 OVERMAN 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 OVERMAN 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 OVERMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Tilton means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OVERMAN in Tilton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tilton in 1881

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

ALLEN (10)  BAYNTON (2)  BAMFORD (9)  BARHAM (1)  BEATTIE (3)  BEAVER (5)  BELGROVE (7)  BONCELL (1)  BOTTERILL (6)  BROOM (4)  BROWN (2)  BURTON (7)  CHAMBERS (9)  CLARKE (2)  CLARK (3)  CLIFFORD (5)  COLLINS (8)  COOK (5)  CORBY (4)  CRANE (2)  CRAWFORD (1)  DAWKES (1)  EALES (1)  FLINT (1)  FURMIDGE (2)  GOODMAN (2)  GRANGER (3)  HARMISON (1)  HAYBALL (3)  HEWER (3)  HOMES (1)  KNIGHT (4)  LANGMAN (6)  LAXTON (1)  LIQUORISH (8)  LOMAS (1)  LONGWILL (2)  MAILD (1)  MC CONNOCHIE (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MACKIE (4)  MEADOWS (6)  MORROW (1)  NEALE (1)  OLIVER (7)  OVERMAN (5)  PAYNE (3)  PANE (1)  PITTS (2)  PRICE (1)  PYWELL (1)  RANDALL (5)  RANDELL (6)  RICHARDSON (1)  SEATON (3)  SHARPE (3)  SHIELD (1)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (7)  SPRINGTHORPE (9)  STABLEFORD (7)  TAYLOR (2)  TURNBULL (5)  TYLER (1)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WYMAN (1)  WELLS (7)  WOOD (5)  WOOLLEY (16)  ZANKER (1)