Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gaddesby, Leicestershire

Gaddesby 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
BROWN166.639010.07
SMITH166.63904.70
PAYNE104.149446.10
KNAPP104.1494609.76
WELLS93.734444.89
KIRK83.319576.70
MATTS83.31955,000.00
LOMAS83.3195179.78
JOHNSON72.90468.65
HALL72.90469.87
RICHARDSON62.489614.62
SHARPE62.489684.51
KNIGHT52.074716.83
SPURR52.0747495.05
FRISBY52.0747480.77
NEEDHAM41.659877.97
GREGORY41.659823.65
COOKE41.659830.08
TYNDALL41.65982,000.00
LANCASTER41.659866.78
HAMSON31.2448810.81
COX31.24488.21
LEONARD31.244857.47
YATES31.244818.12
BLOODWORTH31.2448731.71
DILKS31.2448810.81
HARDY31.244820.79
LIVINGSTONE31.2448133.33
BAKER20.82993.79
WARRINGTON20.8299101.01
HARRIS20.82993.27
BURGESS20.829911.95
WARD20.82993.80
BLAND20.829940.00
HADDON20.8299124.22
VALES10.41493,333.33
FLETCHER10.41493.64
HAYWOOD10.414919.76
SWIFT10.414913.44
DEXTER10.414956.50
SPILLER10.414972.99
SARSON10.4149303.03
CALDWELL10.414926.53
FOX10.41494.47
PALMER10.41493.52
UNDERWOOD10.414915.38
FARR10.414927.93
MILLS10.41493.20
STARMER10.4149263.16
DAVIS10.41491.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MATTS0.242415000.0000
VALES0.242413333.3333
TYNDALL0.242412000.0000
FOISTER0.242411666.6667
DILKS0.24241810.8108
HAMSON0.24241810.8108
BLOODWORTH0.24241731.7073
KNAPP0.24241609.7561
OXBOROUGH0.24241588.2353
SPURR0.24241495.0495
FRISBY0.24241480.7692
CROWN0.24241333.3333
SARSON0.24241303.0303
STARMER0.24241263.1579
LOMAS0.24241179.7753
MAYFIELD0.24241161.2903
CHENEY0.24241135.1351
LIVINGSTONE0.24241133.3333
HADDON0.24241124.2236
WARRINGTON0.24241101.0101
SHARPE0.2424184.5070
NEEDHAM0.2424177.9727
KIRK0.2424176.7018
SPILLER0.2424172.9927
LANCASTER0.2424166.7780
LEONARD0.2424157.4713
DEXTER0.2424156.4972
LAY0.2424155.8659
PAYNE0.2424146.1042
WELLS0.2424144.8878
BLAND0.2424140.0000
COOKE0.2424130.0752
FARR0.2424127.9330
CALDWELL0.2424126.5252
GREGORY0.2424123.6546
HARDY0.2424120.7900
HAYWOOD0.2424119.7628
YATES0.2424118.1159
KNIGHT0.2424116.8294
UNDERWOOD0.2424115.3846
RICHARDSON0.2424114.6234
SWIFT0.2424113.4409
BURGESS0.2424111.9474
BROWN0.2424110.0711
HALL0.242419.8731
GLOVER0.242419.7371
JOHNSON0.242418.6452
COX0.242418.2124
SMITH0.242414.7020
FOX0.242414.4683

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 241 people called MATTS in Gaddesby 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 5000.0000 in Gaddesby means that 5000.0000% of the people in Gaddesby on census day were called MATTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MATTS 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 MATTS 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 MATTS 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 MATTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Gaddesby means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MATTS in Gaddesby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gaddesby in 1881

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

BAKER (2)  BILLODON (1)  BLAND (2)  BLOODWORTH (3)  BROWN (16)  BRUTNELL (5)  BOCKLEY (1)  BURDIT (1)  BURGESS (2)  CALDWELL (1)  CASIDY (2)  CHENEY (1)  COOKE (4)  COX (3)  CROWN (1)  DAVIS (1)  DEXTER (1)  DILKS (3)  FARR (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FOX (1)  FOISTER (1)  FRISBY (5)  GARFIT (1)  GERDIN (1)  GLOVER (1)  GRASSWELL (3)  GREGORY (4)  GRIMSTER (1)  HALL (7)  HAMSON (3)  HARDY (3)  HARRIS (2)  HADDON (2)  HETCHES (1)  HAYWOOD (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (7)  KIDGER (1)  KIRK (8)  KNIGHT (5)  LANCASTER (4)  LAY (1)  LEONARD (3)  LIVINGSTONE (3)  LOMAS (8)  MATTS (8)  MAYFIELD (1)  MILLS (1)  KNAPP (10)  NEEDHAM (4)  OXBOROUGH (1)  PALMER (1)  PAYNE (10)  POSNET (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  SARSON (1)  SHARPE (6)  SMITH (16)  SPILLER (1)  SPURR (5)  STARMER (1)  SWIFT (1)  TYNDALL (4)  UNDERWOOD (1)  VALES (1)  WARRINGTON (2)  WARD (2)  WELLS (9)  WILSON (1)  WHAIT (14)  YATES (3) 

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