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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whetstone, Leicestershire

Whetstone 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
SMITH816.82974.84
WALE685.73361,195.08
KENNEY665.56491,010.72
WELLS453.794345.61
PHIPPS413.4570233.62
KIND363.03542,571.43
HARRISON342.866812.91
COULSON332.7825155.15
NEEDHAM312.6138122.82
SHENTON292.4452382.08
HUNT252.107915.87
JOHNSON242.02366.02
MARTIN231.93937.87
HALL221.85506.31
PAWLEY201.6863591.72
ROBERTS201.68634.48
HAMMOND161.349123.70
HERRICK131.0961755.81
SPENCER131.096112.01
PRETTY121.0118285.04
WAKELING121.0118264.90
VANN121.0118452.83
BENNETT110.92755.64
SANDERSON110.927522.45
KENNY110.927577.46
LEE100.84325.16
CHARLES100.843240.80
HOLLAND90.758910.66
BURGESS90.758910.93
DOWNING90.758943.65
ATKINS90.758920.23
ROOT80.6745206.72
CHARLTON80.674523.54
GEE80.674526.43
WARNER80.674518.50
NEWITT80.6745414.51
PEGG80.674568.73
HIND70.590246.76
RICHARDSON70.59023.47
HOLLIS70.590242.63
JARVIS60.505911.27
STEVENS60.50594.85
YORK60.505938.29
BRUCE60.505910.80
NORTON60.505915.21
MATTHEWS60.50595.80
WHITE60.50591.57
PAGE60.50596.33
BATES50.42166.63
PALMER50.42163.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KIND1.191,1862571.4286
JESSEN1.191,1862500.0000
WALE1.191,1861195.0791
KENNEY1.191,1861010.7198
TWILLEY1.191,186833.3333
HERRICK1.191,186755.8140
PAWLEY1.191,186591.7160
PARAMORE1.191,186476.1905
VANN1.191,186452.8302
NEWITT1.191,186414.5078
SHENTON1.191,186382.0817
PRETTY1.191,186285.0356
TWIGGS1.191,186270.2703
WAKELING1.191,186264.9007
BURBAGE1.191,186263.1579
PHIPPS1.191,186233.6182
ROOT1.191,186206.7183
COULSON1.191,186155.1481
NEEDHAM1.191,186122.8209
STARMER1.191,186106.9519
CARVELL1.191,18699.0099
KENNY1.191,18677.4648
PEGG1.191,18668.7285
CHAMBERLIN1.191,18650.7614
HIND1.191,18646.7602
WELLS1.191,18645.6066
DOWNING1.191,18643.6469
HOLLIS1.191,18642.6309
CHARLES1.191,18640.7997
RAWSON1.191,18638.6100
YORK1.191,18638.2897
LANGTON1.191,18631.8810
BEASLEY1.191,18631.1284
MARKHAM1.191,18628.3286
GEE1.191,18626.4288
LAWRANCE1.191,18625.8398
NEWBY1.191,18625.2951
HAMMOND1.191,18623.6967
CHARLTON1.191,18623.5433
SANDERSON1.191,18622.4490
ATKINS1.191,18620.2338
WARNER1.191,18618.5014
BIGGS1.191,18617.8891
BUXTON1.191,18616.8350
ALLSOP1.191,18616.4204
HUNT1.191,18615.8710
NORTON1.191,18615.2130
SPARROW1.191,18613.3067
HARRISON1.191,18612.9145
CORBETT1.191,18612.9088

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,186 people called KIND in Whetstone 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 2571.4286 in Whetstone means that 2571.4286% of the people in Whetstone on census day were called KIND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KIND 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 KIND 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 KIND 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 KIND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.19 in Whetstone means that you are 1.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KIND in Whetstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whetstone in 1881

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

ALLSOPP (6)  ALLSOP (2)  ATKINS (9)  BARTLETT (2)  BATES (5)  BEASLEY (4)  BEEBY (17)  BENNETT (11)  BIGGS (4)  BINGLEY (1)  BODICOAT (9)  BODYCOAT (10)  BONSHOR (7)  BOULTER (1)  BRAY (2)  BREWARD (1)  BROADWELL (1)  BROOKES (2)  BROWN (1)  BRUCE (6)  BULL (4)  BURBAGE (5)  BURGESS (9)  BUXTON (3)  CANNARY (7)  CARR (5)  CARVELL (2)  CHAMBERLIN (2)  CHARLES (10)  CHARLTON (8)  COLEMAN (1)  COOK (1)  COPSON (13)  CORBETT (3)  KOST (1)  COULSON (33)  CROW (2)  CURTIS (2)  DYMOTT (5)  DONELLAN (1)  DOWNING (9)  DRAYCOT (10)  DRAYCOTT (6)  FARNDON (1)  FOXON (1)  GARROT (2)  GEE (8)  GILLIVER (4)  GIMSON (4)  GLOVER (1)  GREEN (1)  GROOCOCK (5)  HALL (22)  HAMMOND (16)  HAMOND (1)  HARRISON (34)  HERRICK (13)  HILL (2)  HIND (7)  HOLLAND (9)  HOLLIS (7)  HOLILAND (5)  HUNT (25)  JARVIS (6)  JESSEN (2)  JOHNSON (24)  KENNEY (66)  KENNY (11)  KIND (36)  LANGHAM (1)  LANGTON (3)  LAUNDON (2)  LAWRANCE (2)  LEE (10)  LEWIS (4)  LYDALL (4)  LOOMS (6)  MADDOCK (1)  MARKHAM (4)  MARTIN (23)  MEASHAM (1)  MATTHEWS (6)  MAWBY (17)  MEDHURST (11)  MIDDLETON (1)  MORRIS (2)  NEEDHAM (31)  NEWBY (3)  NEWITT (8)  NORTON (6)  OKINS (1)  PADYMORE (5)  PAGE (6)  PAGET (1)  PALMER (5)  PARAMORE (3)  PAWLEY (20)  PEGG (8)  PHIPPS (41)  PRETTY (12)  RAWSON (5)  REST (5)  RICHARDSON (7)  RILEY (3)  ROBERTS (20)  ROCHER (1)  ROOT (8)  ROSLING (2)  ROSS (2)  SANDERSON (11)  SHENTON (29)  SYMMONDS (1)  SMITH (81)  SPARROW (2)  SPENCER (13)  STARMER (2)  STEVENS (6)  STEVENSON (1)  STONEHOUSE (1)  STUBBS (2)  TAYLOR (5)  THURSBY (1)  TWIGGS (2)  TWILLEY (2)  VANN (12)  WAKELING (12)  WAKELIN (6)  WALE (68)  WARNER (8)  WELLS (45)  WEBSTER (1)  WEST (1)  WESTON (1)  WALLIN (1)  WHITE (6)  WILLSON (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOLLEY (1)  YORK (6)