Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire

Fenny Drayton 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
GOODWIN107.1429135.50
GOODGER85.71432,857.14
BALLARD75.0000333.33
HOPKINS75.000083.04
PRATT64.285774.63
PERKINS64.285795.24
WILSON53.57147.78
MEARS53.5714378.79
SMITH53.57142.53
ATKINS42.857176.19
MOORE42.857114.29
HUNT42.857121.52
PARSONS42.857137.59
STORER32.1429340.91
LANCASTER32.142986.21
BAKER32.14299.78
CRISP32.1429153.85
ABELL21.4286465.12
CLARKE21.42867.05
CLARK21.42864.75
LEWIS21.42865.43
HALL10.71432.43
FARREN10.7143357.14
SMYTH10.714376.34
ROSS10.71436.54
HANT10.71431,666.67
ASH10.714343.29
WHEATON10.7143344.83
ESSEX10.7143222.22
STANTON10.714335.84
LAKIN10.7143121.95
HUDSON10.71438.73
ROBINS10.714333.67
HANNON10.7143454.55
ARNOLD10.714313.25
WEBB10.71435.27
SPENCER10.71437.82
JOWETT10.714365.36
BURROWS10.714316.31
ROWLEY10.714327.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOODGER0.141402857.1429
HANT0.141401666.6667
ABELL0.14140465.1163
HANNON0.14140454.5455
MEARS0.14140378.7879
FARREN0.14140357.1429
WHEATON0.14140344.8276
STORER0.14140340.9091
BALLARD0.14140333.3333
ESSEX0.14140222.2222
CRISP0.14140153.8462
GOODWIN0.14140135.5014
LAKIN0.14140121.9512
PERKINS0.1414095.2381
LANCASTER0.1414086.2069
HOPKINS0.1414083.0368
SMYTH0.1414076.3359
ATKINS0.1414076.1905
PRATT0.1414074.6269
JOWETT0.1414065.3595
ASH0.1414043.2900
PARSONS0.1414037.5940
STANTON0.1414035.8423
ROBINS0.1414033.6700
ROWLEY0.1414027.1739
HUNT0.1414021.5169
BURROWS0.1414016.3132
MOORE0.1414014.2857
ARNOLD0.1414013.2450
BAKER0.141409.7784
HUDSON0.141408.7260
SPENCER0.141407.8247
WILSON0.141407.7760
CLARKE0.141407.0497
ROSS0.141406.5359
LEWIS0.141405.4333
WEBB0.141405.2687
CLARK0.141404.7529
SMITH0.141402.5295
HALL0.141402.4278

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 140 people called GOODGER in Fenny Drayton 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 2857.1429 in Fenny Drayton means that 2857.1429% of the people in Fenny Drayton on census day were called GOODGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOODGER 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 GOODGER 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 GOODGER 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 GOODGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Fenny Drayton means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOODGER in Fenny Drayton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fenny Drayton in 1881

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

ABELL (2)  ARNOLD (1)  ASH (1)  ATKINS (4)  BAKER (3)  BALLARD (7)  BURGONS (1)  BURROWS (1)  CHATAWAY (5)  CLARKE (2)  CLARK (2)  CRISP (3)  ESSEX (1)  FARREN (1)  FULLEYLOVE (6)  GOODWIN (10)  GOODGER (8)  GREWCOCK (7)  HALL (1)  HANNON (1)  HEROD OR HERSA (2)  HOPKINS (7)  HUDSON (1)  HANT (1)  HUNT (4)  JOWETT (1)  CHOYCE (4)  LAKIN (1)  LANCASTER (3)  LEWIS (2)  MOORE (4)  MEARS (5)  PARSONS (4)  PERKINS (6)  PRATT (6)  ROBINS (1)  ROSS (1)  ROWLEY (1)  SMITH (5)  SMYTH (1)  SPENCER (1)  STANTON (1)  STORER (3)  WALBANK (1)  WEBB (1)  WHEATON (1)  WILSON (5) 

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