Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leicester Abbey, Leicestershire

Leicester Abbey 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
PEARSON925.7143221.13
MARSHALL514.285785.18
LUKE514.28571,470.59
SMITH411.42868.09
WARNER38.5714234.38
FREEMAN25.714389.29
HARRIS12.857111.25
BRADSHAW12.857169.44
KITT12.85712,000.00
KIRBY12.857175.19
ELSON12.8571454.55
ORTON12.8571303.03
LEESON12.8571500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KITT0.04352000.0000
LUKE0.04351470.5882
LEESON0.0435500.0000
ELSON0.0435454.5455
ORTON0.0435303.0303
WARNER0.0435234.3750
PEARSON0.0435221.1302
FREEMAN0.043589.2857
MARSHALL0.043585.1789
KIRBY0.043575.1880
BRADSHAW0.043569.4444
HARRIS0.043511.2486
SMITH0.04358.0939

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 35 people called KITT in Leicester Abbey 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 2000.0000 in Leicester Abbey means that 2000.0000% of the people in Leicester Abbey on census day were called KITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KITT 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 KITT 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 KITT 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 KITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Leicester Abbey means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KITT in Leicester Abbey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leicester Abbey in 1881

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

BRADSHAW (1)  ELSON (1)  FREEMAN (2)  HARRIS (1)  KIRBY (1)  KITT (1)  LEESON (1)  LUKE (5)  MARSHALL (5)  ORTON (1)  PEARSON (9)  SMITH (4)  WARNER (3) 

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