Top surnames from the 1881 census in Orton On The Hill, Leicestershire

Orton On The Hill 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
WILSON2910.469322.80
ARNOLD269.3863174.15
WILCOX145.0542268.20
BOWLER134.6931384.62
NEWMAN124.332158.25
BOOTEN82.888140,000.00
SCATTERGOOD82.88811,066.67
BREEDEN82.88814,210.53
COLEY72.5271424.24
FREEMAN72.527139.57
ORME72.5271303.03
EVANS72.52715.78
COLLINS72.527117.61
HARDING72.527134.91
PERKINS62.166148.15
BASSETT62.1661138.89
HUMPHREYS62.166161.54
PEGG51.8051183.82
SPENCER51.805119.77
TOMKINS41.4440139.37
ELTON31.0830270.27
JOHNSON31.08303.22
SLATER31.083017.89
CHENEY31.0830352.94
WILKINSON31.08307.10
LEA20.722036.56
THOMAS20.72201.75
ROWBOTTOM20.7220121.21
HARRISS20.7220110.50
CART20.72201,250.00
PARSONS10.36104.75
JACKSON10.36101.29
SMALLWOOD10.361039.06
NICHOLAS10.361018.48
HORTEN10.36102,000.00
CASTLE10.361018.18
MONK10.361017.18
WOOD10.36101.13
HADLEY10.361026.53
POWER10.361026.95
MARTIN10.36101.47
COOPER10.36101.48
CLIFFORD10.361017.57
RICHARD10.361041.84
MILLS10.36102.78
GRICE10.361034.97
PIGG10.3610121.95
BOTTOM10.3610135.14
MARLOW10.361030.77
PAUL10.361014.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOOTEN0.2827740000.0000
BREEDEN0.282774210.5263
HORTEN0.282772000.0000
CART0.282771250.0000
SCATTERGOOD0.282771066.6667
COLEY0.28277424.2424
BOWLER0.28277384.6154
CHENEY0.28277352.9412
ORME0.28277303.0303
ELTON0.28277270.2703
WILCOX0.28277268.1992
PEGG0.28277183.8235
ARNOLD0.28277174.1460
TOMKINS0.28277139.3728
BASSETT0.28277138.8889
BOTTOM0.28277135.1351
PIGG0.28277121.9512
ROWBOTTOM0.28277121.2121
HARRISS0.28277110.4972
HUMPHREYS0.2827761.5385
NEWMAN0.2827758.2524
JAQUES0.2827748.7805
PERKINS0.2827748.1541
RICHARD0.2827741.8410
FREEMAN0.2827739.5704
MOSELEY0.2827739.5257
SMALLWOOD0.2827739.0625
LEA0.2827736.5631
GRICE0.2827734.9650
HARDING0.2827734.9127
MARLOW0.2827730.7692
POWER0.2827726.9542
HADLEY0.2827726.5252
WILSON0.2827722.7952
SPENCER0.2827719.7707
NICHOLAS0.2827718.4843
CASTLE0.2827718.1818
SLATER0.2827717.8891
COLLINS0.2827717.6101
CLIFFORD0.2827717.5747
MONK0.2827717.1821
PAUL0.2827714.4300
NORTON0.2827710.8578
HOUGHTON0.2827710.3306
WILKINSON0.282777.0972
GOODWIN0.282776.8493
PRATT0.282776.2854
EVANS0.282775.7832
PARSONS0.282774.7529
ATKINSON0.282773.7064

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 277 people called BOOTEN in Orton On The Hill 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 40000.0000 in Orton On The Hill means that 40000.0000% of the people in Orton On The Hill on census day were called BOOTEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOOTEN 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 BOOTEN 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 BOOTEN 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 BOOTEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Orton On The Hill means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOOTEN in Orton On The Hill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Orton On The Hill in 1881

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

ARNOLD (26)  ATKINSON (1)  BASSETT (6)  BOOTEN (8)  BOTTOM (1)  BOWLER (13)  BOWLLE (1)  BREEDEN (8)  CASTLE (1)  CART (2)  CHENEY (3)  CLIFFORD (1)  COLEY (7)  COLLINS (7)  COOPER (1)  CRAPEPHOIN (?) (1)  CUNDALL (3)  ELTON (3)  EVANS (7)  FELSTEAD (2)  FREEMAN (7)  GOODWIN (1)  GREWCOCK (1)  GRICE (1)  HADLEY (1)  HARDING (7)  HARRISS (2)  HORTEN (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  HUMPHREYS (6)  JAQUES (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (3)  LEA (2)  MARLOW (1)  MARTIN (1)  MILLER (1)  MILLS (1)  MONK (1)  MOSELEY (1)  NEWBOROUGH (16)  NEWMAN (12)  NICHOLAS (1)  NORTON (1)  NUTHALL (1)  OLDACRES (1)  ORME (7)  PARSONS (1)  PAUL (1)  PEGG (5)  PERKINS (6)  PIGG (1)  POWER (1)  PRATT (1)  RICHARD (1)  ROBOTTOM (5)  ROWBOTTOM (2)  SCATTERGOOD (8)  SLATER (3)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (5)  THOMAS (2)  TOMKINS (4)  WILCOX (14)  WILKINSON (3)  WILSON (29)  WOOD (1) 

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