Top surnames from the 1881 census in Knipton, Leicestershire

Knipton 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
SMART185.5046120.89
PARKS164.8930470.59
MARRIOTT144.2813191.26
PATCHETT123.6697764.33
HOWITT103.0581826.45
TAYLOR103.05814.78
NEWTON82.446531.92
GILLARD72.1407246.48
PRATLEY72.1407760.87
DRAPER72.140790.91
WELLS72.140725.73
GRASS61.83492,400.00
HUTCHINSON61.834932.29
HOLMES61.834915.07
HART61.834921.51
CLEMENTS61.834955.30
TOWERS61.8349158.31
COY61.8349588.24
CHOULES51.52912,380.95
DRUMMOND51.529176.92
LAWRENCE51.529123.54
HAMER51.529181.70
SCHOFIELD41.223222.56
CAMPBELL41.22327.23
WARD41.22325.60
GREEN30.91743.26
TYLER30.917431.09
FLETCHER30.91748.04
JENKINSON30.917452.36
LEAK30.9174238.10
KNIGHT20.61164.96
MUSSON20.6116123.46
CLARK20.61162.03
ALLEN20.61163.24
PAYNE20.61166.80
SMITH20.61160.43
ARNOLD20.611611.34
WRIGHT20.61161.91
PARKES20.611629.85
HUDDLESTON20.6116217.39
WILSON20.61161.33
HARRIS20.61162.41
BATES10.30584.81
HUTSON10.305877.52
PRESTON10.30586.12
MASON10.30582.27
THORNTON10.30586.08
FORD10.30583.14
LOCK10.305810.74
HARVEY10.30582.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRASS0.333272400.0000
CHOULES0.333272380.9524
HANNIBAL0.333271428.5714
HOWITT0.33327826.4463
PATCHETT0.33327764.3312
PRATLEY0.33327760.8696
COY0.33327588.2353
PARKS0.33327470.5882
PATIENT0.33327277.7778
GILLARD0.33327246.4789
HIDES0.33327243.9024
LEAK0.33327238.0952
HUDDLESTON0.33327217.3913
CHANTRY0.33327212.7660
MARRIOTT0.33327191.2568
TOWERS0.33327158.3113
MUSSON0.33327123.4568
SMART0.33327120.8865
DRAPER0.3332790.9091
HAMER0.3332781.6993
PACEY0.3332778.7402
HUTSON0.3332777.5194
DRUMMOND0.3332776.9231
ALLWOOD0.3332775.1880
MANTON0.3332771.4286
MILWARD0.3332766.2252
CLEMENTS0.3332755.2995
TRIGG0.3332754.3478
JENKINSON0.3332752.3560
BIRKS0.3332746.0829
STARLING0.3332741.6667
GENT0.3332735.5872
FINN0.3332733.5570
HUTCHINSON0.3332732.2928
NEWTON0.3332731.9234
BREWSTER0.3332731.5457
TYLER0.3332731.0881
CHRISTIAN0.3332730.8642
PARKES0.3332729.8507
SAYERS0.3332727.7008
WELLS0.3332725.7258
BLOOMFIELD0.3332724.0385
LAWRENCE0.3332723.5405
SIMONS0.3332723.2019
SCHOFIELD0.3332722.5606
PEPPER0.3332721.7391
HART0.3332721.5131
CLARE0.3332721.1416
MAYNARD0.3332719.9203
SHIELDS0.3332719.8020

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 327 people called GRASS in Knipton 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 2400.0000 in Knipton means that 2400.0000% of the people in Knipton on census day were called GRASS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRASS 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 GRASS 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 GRASS 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 GRASS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Knipton means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRASS in Knipton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Knipton in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ALLWOOD (1)  HANNIBAL (1)  ARNOLD (2)  BATES (1)  BECKETT (1)  BIRKS (1)  BISSILL (1)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BREWSTER (1)  CALCRAFT (1)  CAMPBELL (4)  CANT (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHANTRY (1)  CHOULES (5)  CHRISTIAN (1)  CLARE (1)  CLARK (2)  CLEMENTS (6)  COOPER (1)  CRUTTENDEN (1)  DRAPER (7)  DRUMMOND (5)  FINN (1)  FLETCHER (3)  FORD (1)  FURMIDGE (1)  GEESON (20)  GENT (1)  GEORGE (1)  GILLARD (7)  GLOVER (1)  GOLLING (4)  GRASS (6)  GREEN (3)  HAMER (5)  HARRIS (2)  HART (6)  HARVEY (1)  HEADWORTH (1)  HOLMES (6)  HOWITT (10)  HUDDLESTON (2)  HUTSON (1)  HUTCHINSON (6)  HIDES (1)  JENKINSON (3)  JONES (1)  COY (6)  KNIGHT (2)  KNOWLES (1)  LEAK (3)  LAMBLEY (1)  LAWRENCE (5)  LEE (1)  LINGWOOD (1)  LOCK (1)  MANTON (1)  MARRIOTT (14)  MASON (1)  MAYNARD (1)  MANDAY (1)  MILWARD (1)  MUSSON (2)  NEWTON (8)  PACEY (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKS (16)  PARKES (2)  PATCHETT (12)  PATIENT (1)  PAYNE (2)  PEPPER (1)  PRATLEY (7)  PRESTON (1)  RIMMINGTON (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  SAYERS (1)  SCHOFIELD (4)  SCOFFINS (9)  SCORRO (2)  SCOTT (1)  SENESCALL (3)  SHIELDS (1)  SIMONS (1)  SMART (18)  SMITH (2)  STARLING (1)  TAYLOR (10)  THORNTON (1)  TILSTON (5)  TOWERS (6)  TRIGG (1)  TYLER (3)  WARD (4)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (1)  WELLS (7)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (2) 

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