Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mowsley, Leicestershire

Mowsley 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
PARTRIDGE157.1770274.73
PAGE94.306253.86
GILBERT94.306275.63
HORTON83.8278103.09
BARFOOT73.34931,076.92
CAPELL73.34932,258.06
CHAMBERS62.870850.51
ALLEN62.870815.20
CLARKE62.870814.17
NEAL62.870897.09
HIGGS52.3923131.23
WILLIAMSON52.392326.68
MOORE52.392311.96
HARRIS52.39239.41
GARLICK41.9139217.39
HEARN41.9139144.40
WILFORD41.9139476.19
DUNKLEY41.9139240.96
VOSS41.9139784.31
MARTIN41.91397.77
HARRISS31.4354218.98
HUNT31.435410.81
CHAMBERLIN31.4354428.57
MONK31.435468.34
GAMBLE31.4354100.33
PARKINSON31.435429.91
BEANER20.956920,000.00
WRIGHT20.95692.98
CARVER20.9569105.82
STURGESS20.9569166.67
COLES20.956927.47
GLOVER20.956922.45
SWINGLER20.9569512.82
JOHNSON20.95692.85
BINGLEY20.9569350.88
HART20.956911.22
WILSON20.95692.08
GREEN20.95693.40
PAYNE10.47855.32
DOUGLASS10.478575.19
PARKER10.47852.52
ADAMS10.47853.25
GODWIN10.478537.04
TOWNSEND10.478511.26
KIRBY10.478512.61
BLOUNT10.4785138.89
EDWARDS10.47851.72
WOOLMAN10.4785714.29
REEVE10.478520.45
CHAMBERLAIN10.478517.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEANER0.2120920000.0000
CAPELL0.212092258.0645
BARFOOT0.212091076.9231
VOSS0.21209784.3137
WOOLMAN0.21209714.2857
SWINGLER0.21209512.8205
WILFORD0.21209476.1905
CHAMBERLIN0.21209428.5714
BINGLEY0.21209350.8772
PARTRIDGE0.21209274.7253
DUNKLEY0.21209240.9639
HARRISS0.21209218.9781
GARLICK0.21209217.3913
SUMMER0.21209208.3333
STURGESS0.21209166.6667
HEARN0.21209144.4043
BLOUNT0.21209138.8889
HIGGS0.21209131.2336
CARVER0.21209105.8201
HORTON0.21209103.0928
GAMBLE0.21209100.3344
NEAL0.2120997.0874
BOSWORTH0.2120981.3008
GILBERT0.2120975.6303
DOUGLASS0.2120975.1880
MONK0.2120968.3371
JACQUES0.2120956.4972
PAGE0.2120953.8600
CHAMBERS0.2120950.5051
GODWIN0.2120937.0370
FRANCE0.2120931.4465
PARKINSON0.2120929.9103
COLES0.2120927.4725
WILLIAMSON0.2120926.6809
GLOVER0.2120922.4467
REEVE0.2120920.4499
CHAMBERLAIN0.2120917.5747
ALLEN0.2120915.1976
CLARKE0.2120914.1677
KIRBY0.2120912.6103
MOORE0.2120911.9646
TOWNSEND0.2120911.2613
HART0.2120911.2170
HUNT0.2120910.8069
HARRIS0.212099.4144
MARTIN0.212097.7685
PAYNE0.212095.3163
GREEN0.212093.3985
ADAMS0.212093.2468
WRIGHT0.212092.9828

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 209 people called BEANER in Mowsley 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 20000.0000 in Mowsley means that 20000.0000% of the people in Mowsley on census day were called BEANER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEANER 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 BEANER 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 BEANER 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 BEANER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Mowsley means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEANER in Mowsley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mowsley in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (6)  BEANER (2)  BARFOOT (7)  BINGLEY (2)  BLOUNT (1)  BOSWORTH (1)  BOTTERILL (1)  BUCKBY (7)  CARVER (2)  CHAMBERLIN (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAMBERS (6)  CAPELL (7)  CLARKE (6)  COLES (2)  DOUGLASS (1)  DUNKLEY (4)  EDWARDS (1)  FARDELL (2)  FREESTON (1)  FRANCE (1)  GAMBLE (3)  GARLICK (4)  GERMAN OR GORMAN (2)  GILBERT (9)  GLOVER (2)  GODWIN (1)  GREEN (2)  HARRIS (5)  HARRISS (3)  HART (2)  HEARN (4)  HIGGS (5)  HOLYLAND (10)  HORTON (8)  HUNT (3)  JACQUES (1)  JOHNSON (2)  KIRBY (1)  MARTIN (4)  MONK (3)  MOORE (5)  NEAL (6)  PAGE (9)  PARKER (1)  PARKINSON (3)  PARTRIDGE (15)  PAYNE (1)  REEVE (1)  STURGESS (2)  SUMMER (1)  SWINGLER (2)  TOWNSEND (1)  VOSS (4)  WAKELIN (2)  WAKLIN (3)  WILFORD (4)  WILLIAMSON (5)  WILSON (2)  WOOLMAN (1)  WRIGHT (2) 

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