Top surnames from the 1881 census in Congerstone, Leicestershire

Congerstone 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
DAWKINS2110.50001,448.28
CLARKE2110.500051.81
SHEPHERD178.5000116.04
JACKSON94.500016.10
HODGKINSON73.5000203.49
ARNOLD73.500064.94
BATES73.500054.99
TWIGG63.0000428.57
ORTON52.5000265.96
IRWIN42.0000238.10
JAQUES42.0000270.27
GODFREY42.000067.45
BLACK42.000030.89
JONES31.50001.32
GARRATT31.5000147.78
BLAKE31.500030.96
ROWELL31.5000171.43
EVERITT31.5000178.57
BARBER21.000016.61
CHAMBERLIN21.0000298.51
LUDLOW21.0000190.48
BALDOCK21.0000142.86
HARRIS21.00003.93
HOLMES21.00008.21
WILSON21.00002.18
CARPENTER21.000029.15
RIDGWAY10.500054.64
GRUNDY10.500024.45
WARD10.50002.29
BRILL10.5000384.62
GIBSON10.50004.12
SMITH10.50000.35
BOOTON10.5000625.00
SANDS10.500044.64
BAXTER10.50008.39
PRESTON10.500010.01
CHAMBERLAIN10.500018.38
MEARS10.500052.91
GREGORY10.50007.13
BRADFORD10.500025.64
LATIMER10.5000129.87
SMALLEY10.500055.25
COPE10.500022.12
CHAPMAN10.50003.52
PERKINS10.500011.11
BAILEY10.50003.32
HALL10.50001.70
MARSHALL10.50002.98
THOMPSON10.50001.67
BOWN10.500090.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DAWKINS0.202001448.2759
BOOTON0.20200625.0000
TWIGG0.20200428.5714
BRILL0.20200384.6154
CHAMBERLIN0.20200298.5075
JAQUES0.20200270.2703
ORTON0.20200265.9574
IRWIN0.20200238.0952
HODGKINSON0.20200203.4884
LUDLOW0.20200190.4762
EVERITT0.20200178.5714
ROWELL0.20200171.4286
KIBBLE0.20200166.6667
GARRATT0.20200147.7833
BALDOCK0.20200142.8571
LATIMER0.20200129.8701
SHEPHERD0.20200116.0410
BOWN0.2020090.0901
GODFREY0.2020067.4536
ARNOLD0.2020064.9351
SMALLEY0.2020055.2486
BATES0.2020054.9882
RIDGWAY0.2020054.6448
MEARS0.2020052.9101
CLARKE0.2020051.8135
SANDS0.2020044.6429
BLAKE0.2020030.9598
BLACK0.2020030.8880
CARPENTER0.2020029.1545
BRADFORD0.2020025.6410
GRUNDY0.2020024.4499
COPE0.2020022.1239
CHAMBERLAIN0.2020018.3824
BARBER0.2020016.6113
JACKSON0.2020016.1031
PERKINS0.2020011.1111
PRESTON0.2020010.0100
BAXTER0.202008.3893
HOLMES0.202008.2102
GREGORY0.202007.1276
GIBSON0.202004.1186
HARRIS0.202003.9347
CHAPMAN0.202003.5211
BAILEY0.202003.3190
MARSHALL0.202002.9806
WARD0.202002.2889
WILSON0.202002.1772
COOPER0.202002.0555
HALL0.202001.6995
THOMPSON0.202001.6692

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 200 people called DAWKINS in Congerstone 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 1448.2759 in Congerstone means that 1448.2759% of the people in Congerstone on census day were called DAWKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAWKINS 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 DAWKINS 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 DAWKINS 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 DAWKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Congerstone means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DAWKINS in Congerstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Congerstone in 1881

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

ARNOLD (7)  BAILEY (1)  BALDOCK (2)  BARBER (2)  BATES (7)  BAXTER (1)  BLACK (4)  BLAKE (3)  BOOTON (1)  BOWN (1)  BRADFORD (1)  BRILL (1)  CARPENTER (2)  CHAMBERLIN (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARKE (21)  COOPER (1)  COPE (1)  DAWKINS (21)  EVERITT (3)  GARRATT (3)  GIBSON (1)  GODFREY (4)  GREGORY (1)  GRUNDY (1)  HALL (1)  HARRIS (2)  HEXTALL (4)  HODGKINSON (7)  HOLMES (2)  HORSPOOL (1)  IRWIN (4)  JAQUES (4)  JACKSON (9)  JONES (3)  KIBBLE (1)  LAMPARD (7)  LATIMER (1)  LUDLOW (2)  MARSHALL (1)  MEASURES (1)  MURBY (12)  MEARS (1)  ORTON (5)  PERKINS (1)  PRESTON (1)  PROUDMAN (1)  RIDGWAY (1)  ROWELL (3)  SANDS (1)  SHEPHERD (17)  SMALLEY (1)  SMITH (1)  TEDMAN (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TWIGG (6)  WARD (1)  WILSON (2) 

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