Top surnames from the 1881 census in Plungar, Leicestershire

Plungar 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
MILLER239.090950.81
WORTHINGTON155.9289295.86
WATCHORN145.53365,833.33
KIRK124.7431109.59
DEWEY93.5573841.12
BAILEY83.162120.99
STEVENSON83.162145.07
PRITCHETT83.16211,333.33
PELL72.7668492.96
MORRIS62.371510.65
MARSHALL62.371514.14
WELCH51.976356.18
BROWN51.97633.00
PARKS51.9763190.11
KETTLE51.9763226.24
BRAITHWAITE51.9763170.07
GREEN51.97637.02
SMITH51.97631.40
SKINNER41.581031.15
WARD41.58107.24
ROBERTS41.58104.20
HALLAM41.581084.75
WILKINSON31.18587.77
CROSS31.185817.23
BURDEN31.185892.59
MORLEY20.790519.78
HEBB20.7905833.33
HALL20.79052.69
BURDON20.7905240.96
SCARBOROUGH20.7905281.69
BONSER10.3953151.52
FISHER10.39533.38
DAVEY10.39539.62
TREVOR10.3953128.21
BURTON10.39534.64
WILLIAMSON10.39534.41
PROSSER10.395325.25
WIDDOWSON10.395374.63
BENSON10.395314.58
WRIGHT10.39531.23
HAYNES10.395311.07
WILLARD10.3953151.52
WELLS10.39534.75
BARRATT10.395319.49
DAWSON10.39533.59
CHESHIRE10.395351.28
JACKSON10.39531.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WATCHORN0.252535833.3333
PRITCHETT0.252531333.3333
DEWEY0.25253841.1215
HEBB0.25253833.3333
PELL0.25253492.9577
WORTHINGTON0.25253295.8580
SCARBOROUGH0.25253281.6901
BURDON0.25253240.9639
KETTLE0.25253226.2443
PARKS0.25253190.1141
BRAITHWAITE0.25253170.0680
BONSER0.25253151.5152
WILLARD0.25253151.5152
TREVOR0.25253128.2051
KIRK0.25253109.5890
BURDEN0.2525392.5926
HALLAM0.2525384.7458
WIDDOWSON0.2525374.6269
WELCH0.2525356.1798
CHESHIRE0.2525351.2821
MILLER0.2525350.8063
STEVENSON0.2525345.0704
SKINNER0.2525331.1526
PROSSER0.2525325.2525
BAILEY0.2525320.9919
MORLEY0.2525319.7824
BARRATT0.2525319.4932
CROSS0.2525317.2315
BENSON0.2525314.5773
MARSHALL0.2525314.1376
HAYNES0.2525311.0742
MORRIS0.2525310.6534
DAVEY0.252539.6154
WILKINSON0.252537.7700
WARD0.252537.2372
GREEN0.252537.0185
WELLS0.252534.7506
BURTON0.252534.6404
WILLIAMSON0.252534.4092
ROBERTS0.252534.2026
DAWSON0.252533.5855
FISHER0.252533.3772
BROWN0.252532.9980
HALL0.252532.6871
JACKSON0.252531.4142
SMITH0.252531.3997
WRIGHT0.252531.2321

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 253 people called WATCHORN in Plungar 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 5833.3333 in Plungar means that 5833.3333% of the people in Plungar on census day were called WATCHORN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WATCHORN 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 WATCHORN 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 WATCHORN 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 WATCHORN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Plungar means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WATCHORN in Plungar than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Plungar in 1881

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

BAILEY (8)  BARRATT (1)  BENSON (1)  BERGHEIM (4)  BONSER (1)  BURDEN (3)  BURDON (2)  BRAITHWAITE (5)  BROWN (5)  BURTON (1)  CAUNT (1)  CHESHIRE (1)  CHETTLE (1)  CROSS (3)  DAVEY (1)  DAWSON (1)  DEWEY (9)  DURANCE (1)  FISHER (1)  GREEN (5)  HALL (2)  HALLAM (4)  HAYNES (1)  HEBB (2)  JACKSON (1)  JALLAND (2)  JALLANDS (1)  KETTLE (5)  KIRK (12)  KNEW (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MILLER (23)  MINCKLY (2)  MINKLEY (10)  MORLEY (2)  MORRIS (6)  PARKS (5)  PELL (7)  PHUMORE (1)  PRITCHETT (8)  PROSSER (1)  RIDDY (1)  ROBERTS (4)  RODLEY (1)  SCARBOROUGH (2)  SKINNER (4)  SMITH (5)  STEVENSON (8)  TREVOR (1)  THRAVES (2)  WARD (4)  WATCHORN (14)  WATCHORNE (2)  WELBOURN (20)  WELCH (5)  WELLS (1)  WIDDOWSON (1)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLARD (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WORTHINGTON (15)  WRIGHT (1) 

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