Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitherley, Leicestershire

Whitherley 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
KNIGHT356.756854.82
THOMPSON285.405418.04
LEA122.3166117.30
HOLLAND112.123629.83
SLACK101.9305122.55
DOWELL101.9305386.10
BURROWS91.737539.70
TILSON91.73751,451.61
WILSON81.54443.36
ROWLEY81.544458.78
ROBBINS81.544498.64
PEGG71.3514137.80
CLARK71.35144.50
COTTON71.351456.59
HOOD71.351448.81
PYE71.351490.32
CASTLEMAN71.35141,489.36
GARRATT61.1583114.29
JUDD61.158389.15
NEWHAM61.1583315.79
TYRRELL61.1583157.48
CLARKE61.15835.72
BAKER61.15835.29
HARDING50.965313.34
MOTTRAM50.9653177.94
COLLEDGE50.9653378.79
SHARP50.965311.58
ORTON50.9653102.67
SWEET50.9653107.07
JOHNSTON50.965311.96
THORPE50.965324.41
DEXTER50.9653131.23
SMITH50.96530.68
GRACE50.965372.05
SHEPHERD50.965313.17
HAYWOOD40.772236.80
ADCOCK40.772278.28
KEATLEY40.7722975.61
UPTON40.772240.53
WRIGHT40.77222.41
WHEATLEY40.772237.91
ALDRIDGE40.772239.84
THOMAS40.77221.87
WATTERS40.7722242.42
SHERWIN40.7722143.37
FARMER40.772224.71
BATES40.772212.14
BROWN30.57920.88
PRUE30.57923,333.33
ROWLANDS30.579223.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACLAUGHLIN0.525183333.3333
PRUE0.525183333.3333
CASTLEMAN0.525181489.3617
TILSON0.525181451.6129
KEATLEY0.52518975.6098
SPERRY0.52518769.2308
DOWELL0.52518386.1004
COLLEDGE0.52518378.7879
TALBERT0.52518344.8276
NEWHAM0.52518315.7895
MATTS0.52518294.1176
HANNEN0.52518243.9024
WATTERS0.52518242.4242
ARGYLE0.52518229.8851
BRITT0.52518217.3913
MOTTRAM0.52518177.9359
TYRRELL0.52518157.4803
SHERWIN0.52518143.3692
PEGG0.52518137.7953
DEXTER0.52518131.2336
CURRELL0.52518126.5823
SLACK0.52518122.5490
LEA0.52518117.3021
GARRATT0.52518114.2857
OXFORD0.52518111.7318
SWEET0.52518107.0664
ORTON0.52518102.6694
ROBBINS0.5251898.6436
LEAKE0.5251893.8967
PYE0.5251890.3226
JUDD0.5251889.1530
ADCOCK0.5251878.2779
THURMAN0.5251878.1250
LENTON0.5251877.2201
CHESHIRE0.5251875.1880
GRACE0.5251872.0461
BRADDOCK0.5251867.5676
ADKINS0.5251859.3472
ROWLEY0.5251858.7803
BURBIDGE0.5251856.8182
COTTON0.5251856.5885
KNIGHT0.5251854.8160
TRANTER0.5251852.4934
HOOD0.5251848.8145
YEOMANS0.5251846.8384
HAMBLIN0.5251842.7350
UPTON0.5251840.5268
ALDRIDGE0.5251839.8406
BURROWS0.5251839.7000
WHEATLEY0.5251837.9147

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 518 people called MACLAUGHLIN in Whitherley 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 3333.3333 in Whitherley means that 3333.3333% of the people in Whitherley on census day were called MACLAUGHLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACLAUGHLIN 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 MACLAUGHLIN 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 MACLAUGHLIN 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 MACLAUGHLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Whitherley means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACLAUGHLIN in Whitherley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitherley in 1881

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

ADCOCK (4)  ADKINS (2)  ALDRIDGE (4)  ARCHER (1)  ARGYLE (2)  ATHERSTONE (1)  ATHERTON ((ATTERTON)) (2)  BABBEDGE (1)  BEALEY (3)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (6)  BALL (1)  BARKER (1)  BATES (4)  BEADMAN (6)  BEECH (1)  BODINGTON (8)  BOFFIN (2)  BOFFIN ((UPTON)) (2)  BOULSTRIDGE (2)  BOOTH (2)  BRADDOCK (1)  BRITT (2)  BROTHERHOOD (1)  BROWN (3)  BARBERRY (1)  BURBIDGE (1)  BURROWS (9)  CURRELL (1)  CASTLEMAN (7)  CHAMBERLAYNE (1)  CHESHIRE (3)  CLARK (7)  CLARKE (6)  CLIFTON (1)  COALES (5)  COLLEDGE (5)  CONGRAVE (2)  CORBETT (1)  COTTON (7)  DEXTER (5)  DUNN (1)  DYGANNAN (1)  EYDEN (2)  FARMER (4)  FULLEYLOVE (14)  GARRATT (6)  GRACE (5)  GREEN (3)  GRETTON (1)  HALL (1)  HAMBLIN (1)  HANNEN (1)  HARDING (5)  HARDINGTON (1)  HARRIS (2)  HAYES (2)  HAYWOOD (4)  HEYWOOD (3)  HITCHCOCK (2)  HOLLAND (11)  HOOD (7)  HUNTER (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTON (5)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JONES (1)  JUDD (6)  KEATLEY (4)  KNIGHT (35)  LEAKE (2)  LEA (12)  LENTON (2)  LUCAS (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASKREY (2)  MATTS (1)  DOWELL (10)  MACLAUGHLIN (1)  MCROBY (1)  MERCER (1)  MIDWINTER (3)  MILLINGTON (1)  MOTTRAM (5)  MUGGER (1)  NEWHAM (6)  ORTON (5)  OXFORD (2)  PARKER (2)  PEARSON (2)  PEGG (7)  PENDRED (1)  PRESTON (2)  PRUE (3)  PROUDMAN (3)  PYE (7)  ROBBINS (8)  ROBINSON (1)  ROULEY (1)  ROWELL (1)  ROWLANDS (3)  ROWLEY (8)  RUSHTON (2)  RUSSELL (2)  RUTHERFORD (2)  SALTER (1)  SCORLY (1)  SHARP (5)  SHEARYN (1)  SHEPHERD (5)  SHERWIN (4)  SLACK (10)  SMITH (5)  SPERRY (2)  STRINGER (1)  SUTTON (1)  SWEET (5)  TALBERT (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (4)  THOMPSON (28)  THORNYWELL (1)  THORPE (5)  THURMAN (1)  TILSON (9)  TIPPER (3)  TOWNSEND (2)  TRANTER (2)  TYRRELL (6)  UDALL (5)  UNDERHILL (1)  UPTON (4)  WARD (1)  WATTERS (4)  WEBB (1)  WELLS (1)  WHEATLEY (4)  WILSON (8)  WINDRIDGE (10)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (4)  YEOMANS (2)