Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lockington, Leicestershire

Lockington 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
POXON1810.28575,625.00
JOYCE158.5714348.84
WALKER105.714317.07
HATCHETT84.57144,210.53
PORTER84.571460.93
NORTH84.5714137.93
WALTON74.000056.82
WEBSTER74.000045.99
BILLING63.4286618.56
LORD63.428674.35
POTTER63.428652.86
ROSS52.857126.14
WOTTON52.85711,000.00
BROWN52.85714.33
HALFORD31.7143230.77
WATSON31.71437.39
HARDY21.142919.08
BATES21.142917.95
FLETCHER21.142910.01
AKERS21.1429235.29
SWEET10.571463.29
BALL10.57146.92
LLOYD10.57144.89
FEARON10.5714227.27
SHARP10.57146.86
AINSWORTH10.571428.82
HOLLIS10.571441.32
COLLISON10.5714138.89
WHEATCROFT10.5714192.31
BURTON10.57146.71
NIXON10.571418.76
FORD10.57145.87
SHEPPERSON10.5714666.67
BAKER10.57142.61
LIVERMORE10.5714169.49
DRAPER10.571424.27
SELBY10.571447.85
HEWSON10.571469.93
CLAYTON10.571410.52
PERCIVAL10.571436.50
GREGG10.571481.30
SHAW10.57143.11
COX10.57143.77
SAVAGE10.571414.88
HENTON10.5714303.03
WILSON10.57141.24
CLARKE10.57142.82
HALLAM10.571430.67
BRADBURY10.571419.76
FOSTER10.57144.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POXON0.181755625.0000
HATCHETT0.181754210.5263
WOTTON0.181751000.0000
SHEPPERSON0.18175666.6667
BILLING0.18175618.5567
JOYCE0.18175348.8372
HENTON0.18175303.0303
AKERS0.18175235.2941
HALFORD0.18175230.7692
FEARON0.18175227.2727
WHEATCROFT0.18175192.3077
LIVERMORE0.18175169.4915
COLLISON0.18175138.8889
NORTH0.18175137.9310
GREGG0.1817581.3008
LORD0.1817574.3494
HEWSON0.1817569.9301
SWEET0.1817563.2911
PORTER0.1817560.9292
WALTON0.1817556.8182
POTTER0.1817552.8634
SELBY0.1817547.8469
WEBSTER0.1817545.9921
HOLLIS0.1817541.3223
PERCIVAL0.1817536.4964
HALLAM0.1817530.6748
AINSWORTH0.1817528.8184
ROSS0.1817526.1370
DRAPER0.1817524.2718
BRADBURY0.1817519.7628
HARDY0.1817519.0840
NIXON0.1817518.7617
BATES0.1817517.9533
WALKER0.1817517.0707
SAVAGE0.1817514.8810
CLAYTON0.1817510.5152
FLETCHER0.1817510.0100
WATSON0.181757.3910
BALL0.181756.9156
SHARP0.181756.8587
BURTON0.181756.7069
FORD0.181755.8651
LLOYD0.181754.8948
BROWN0.181754.3343
FOSTER0.181754.2735
COX0.181753.7707
SHAW0.181753.1104
CLARKE0.181752.8201
BAKER0.181752.6076
WILSON0.181751.2442

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 175 people called POXON in Lockington 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 5625.0000 in Lockington means that 5625.0000% of the people in Lockington on census day were called POXON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POXON 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 POXON 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 POXON 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 POXON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Lockington means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POXON in Lockington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lockington in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  AKERS (2)  ALSEBROOK (6)  BAKER (1)  BALL (1)  BATES (2)  BILLING (6)  BRADBURY (1)  BROWN (5)  BURTON (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLAYTON (1)  COTTIRILL (1)  COLLISON (1)  COX (1)  DRAPER (1)  DISTER (3)  FEARON (1)  FLETCHER (2)  FORD (1)  FOSTER (1)  GREGG (1)  HALFORD (3)  HALLAM (1)  HARDY (2)  HATCHETT (8)  HEWSON (1)  HENTON (1)  HOLLIS (1)  JOYCE (15)  KELHAM (4)  LEICESTER (1)  LIVERMORE (1)  LLOYD (1)  LORD (6)  MASKERY (1)  NIXON (1)  NORTH (8)  PERCIVAL (1)  POXON (18)  PORTER (8)  POTTER (6)  ROSS (5)  SAVAGE (1)  SELBY (1)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (1)  SHEPPERSON (1)  SWEET (1)  WALKER (10)  WALTON (7)  WATSON (3)  WELBOURN (1)  WEBSTER (7)  WHEATCROFT (1)  WILSON (1)  WOTTON (5) 

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