Top surnames from the 1881 census in Billesdon Rolleston, Leicestershire

Billesdon Rolleston 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
HART1116.1765189.66
CURTIS811.7647207.25
NAYLOR811.7647312.50
LAXTON68.82352,857.14
KENNEDY57.3529121.95
MARTIN57.352929.85
HOLLY45.88242,352.94
CLERK34.41181,666.67
HARBY22.94124,000.00
BIRD22.941238.46
PALMER11.470612.47
BELL11.47067.82
GARRETT11.470664.94
WELLS11.470617.67
WOODFORD11.4706212.77
DAY11.470615.63
SIMPSON11.47068.41
HALL11.47065.00
WESSON11.4706555.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARBY0.07684000.0000
LAXTON0.07682857.1429
HOLLY0.07682352.9412
CLERK0.07681666.6667
WESSON0.0768555.5556
NAYLOR0.0768312.5000
WOODFORD0.0768212.7660
CURTIS0.0768207.2539
HART0.0768189.6552
KENNEDY0.0768121.9512
GARRETT0.076864.9351
BIRD0.076838.4615
MARTIN0.076829.8507
WELLS0.076817.6678
DAY0.076815.6250
PALMER0.076812.4688
SIMPSON0.07688.4104
BELL0.07687.8247
HALL0.07684.9975

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 68 people called HARBY in Billesdon Rolleston 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 4000.0000 in Billesdon Rolleston means that 4000.0000% of the people in Billesdon Rolleston on census day were called HARBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARBY 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 HARBY 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 HARBY 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 HARBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Billesdon Rolleston means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARBY in Billesdon Rolleston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Billesdon Rolleston in 1881

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

ABLETT (1)  BELL (1)  BIRD (2)  CLERK (3)  CLENK (1)  CURTIS (8)  DAY (1)  FAKELEY (1)  GARRETT (1)  HALL (1)  HARBY (2)  HART (11)  HOLLY (4)  KENNEDY (5)  LAXTON (6)  MARTIN (5)  NAYLOR (8)  PALMER (1)  REYOLD (1)  SIMPSON (1)  WELBON (1)  WELLS (1)  WESSON (1)  WOODFORD (1) 

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