Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leigh, Gloucestershire

Leigh is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Gloucestershire

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
FINCH154.4379133.33
DAVIS154.437920.19
CHANDLER133.8462119.71
BROWN133.84625.83
WESTON113.254479.77
ROBERTS102.95867.86
STEVENS102.958628.34
CRESSWELL92.6627252.81
NEWMAN92.662735.81
TURNER82.36698.50
WATTS82.366928.23
TAYLOR72.07103.24
VAUGHAN61.775152.04
CURTIS61.775131.28
GOODE61.7751137.30
MAJOR61.7751131.58
COBB51.4793103.95
KEYES51.47931,388.89
HANCOCK51.479332.51
WILLIAMS51.47932.06
HODGKINS51.4793328.95
ALLEN41.18346.26
PENDRY41.1834952.38
BULLOCK41.183436.36
MOORE41.18345.92
BALLINGER41.1834373.83
HAWKINS41.183416.35
COLE41.183412.99
PAYNE30.88769.86
CASE30.887688.76
HADLEY30.887665.22
JONES20.59170.52
HILL20.59172.32
EVANS20.59171.35
HOLDER20.591744.05
AUSTIN20.591712.11
GILES20.591715.53
ARKELL20.5917277.78
PITT20.591727.70
BARKER20.59174.52
LEACH10.29597.17
ATTWOOD10.295929.85
WILKS10.295918.80
DEAN10.29594.26
TOMBS10.295958.82
BENNETT10.29591.80
HARRIS10.29591.16
STEELE10.295911.06
COOPEY10.2959588.24
WRIGHT10.29590.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKILLERN0.343381428.5714
KEYES0.343381388.8889
PENDRY0.34338952.3810
COOPEY0.34338588.2353
BALLINGER0.34338373.8318
HODGKINS0.34338328.9474
BUNGAY0.34338285.7143
ARKELL0.34338277.7778
CRESSWELL0.34338252.8090
GOODE0.34338137.2998
FINCH0.34338133.3333
MAJOR0.34338131.5789
OAKEY0.34338126.5823
CHANDLER0.34338119.7053
COBB0.34338103.9501
BLANDFORD0.3433890.9091
CASE0.3433888.7574
WESTON0.3433879.7679
HADLEY0.3433865.2174
TOMBS0.3433858.8235
VAUGHAN0.3433852.0382
TRUMAN0.3433847.6190
HOLDER0.3433844.0529
BULLOCK0.3433836.3636
NEWMAN0.3433835.8138
HANCOCK0.3433832.5098
CURTIS0.3433831.2826
ATTWOOD0.3433829.8507
STEVENS0.3433828.3447
WATTS0.3433828.2287
PITT0.3433827.7008
CONSTABLE0.3433826.7380
POWER0.3433822.0751
DAVIS0.3433820.1939
WILKS0.3433818.7970
HAWKINS0.3433816.3465
DENTON0.3433816.1031
GILES0.3433815.5280
CORBETT0.3433815.1057
COLE0.3433812.9912
AUSTIN0.3433812.1065
STEELE0.3433811.0619
WYATT0.3433810.0806
PAYNE0.343389.8619
TURNER0.343388.5025
ROBERTS0.343387.8641
LEACH0.343387.1685
KENT0.343387.0225
HAYWARD0.343386.9396
BARTLETT0.343386.7568

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 338 people called SKILLERN in Leigh 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 1428.5714 in Leigh means that 1428.5714% of the people in Leigh on census day were called SKILLERN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SKILLERN 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 SKILLERN 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 SKILLERN 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 SKILLERN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Leigh means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SKILLERN in Leigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leigh in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  ARKELL (2)  ARMATAGE (4)  ARNOLD (1)  ATTWOOD (1)  AUSTIN (2)  AWFORD (1)  BALLINGER (4)  BARKER (2)  BARTLETT (1)  BAILESS (1)  BENNETT (1)  BLANDFORD (1)  BROWN (13)  BULLOCK (4)  BUNGAY (1)  CHANDLER (13)  CLARK (1)  CLISSOLD (7)  COBB (5)  COLDRICK (3)  COLE (4)  CONSTABLE (1)  COOLE (1)  COOPEY (1)  CORBETT (1)  CREES (1)  CRESSWELL (9)  CURTIS (6)  DAVIS (15)  DAY (1)  DEAN (1)  DENTON (1)  EVANS (2)  FINCH (15)  GILES (2)  GOODE (6)  HADLEY (3)  HANCOCK (5)  HARRIS (1)  HAWKINS (4)  HAYWARD (1)  HILL (2)  HODGKINS (5)  HOLDER (2)  HAWLING (1)  JONES (2)  JUGGINS (5)  CASE (3)  KENT (1)  KEYES (5)  KIFF (1)  LEACH (1)  LEAKER (2)  LIMRICK (1)  MAJOR (6)  MARGRETT (14)  MOORE (4)  NEWMAN (9)  OAKEY (1)  PALFREY (5)  PALSER (1)  PARDINGTON (2)  PAYNE (3)  PEARCE (1)  PEARSON (1)  PENDRY (4)  PIFF (2)  PITT (2)  POCKETT (8)  POWER (1)  PREEN (8)  QUINEY (1)  ROBERTS (10)  SHAW (1)  SKILLERN (1)  SLAIGHT (1)  SMART (1)  STEELE (1)  STEVENS (10)  TAYLOR (7)  TEAKLE (1)  TOMBS (1)  TRUMAN (1)  TURNER (8)  VAUGHAN (6)  WALTHAM (3)  WATTS (8)  WESTON (11)  WILKS (1)  WILLIAMS (5)  WRIGHT (1)  WYATT (1)  YARNOLD (2) 

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