Top surnames from the 1881 census in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire

Staunton Harold 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
HARRIS177.173028.23
FAIRBROTHER177.17301,259.26
SHAW177.173039.05
BIRD135.485271.78
WATERFIELD114.64141,134.02
STEWART72.953618.88
SMITH72.95362.09
HATTON72.9536150.54
BURTON62.531629.72
MEE62.5316333.33
SUMMERS62.531690.23
EDWARDS62.53169.08
BAILES52.10971,111.11
WATSON52.10979.09
ABEL41.6878261.44
MASON41.687812.55
RICHARDS41.687811.18
GARNER41.687853.40
CALVERT31.265862.11
GIBBONS31.265839.37
EARP31.2658348.84
LANCASTER31.265850.93
BEAUMONT31.265842.67
PARE20.84391,666.67
BALL20.843910.21
THOMPSON20.84392.82
ELLIS20.84395.81
BENSON20.843931.10
BOLLAND20.8439253.16
SCATTERGOOD10.4219156.25
BAILEY10.42192.80
TOMLINSON10.42199.15
BROADHURST10.421941.67
HUNT10.42193.18
SHELDON10.421927.78
HESLOP10.421949.26
WHEATLEY10.421920.70
CLARK10.42191.40
HACKLEY10.42191,428.57
WALTON10.42196.00
NICHOLAS10.421921.60
BONNER10.421948.08
LEADBETTER10.421981.30
HUGHES10.42191.51
DUNNING10.421949.75
BAKER10.42191.93
CHEVIS10.42193,333.33
PARSONS10.42195.56
ARMSON10.4219476.19
GREEN10.42191.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHEVIS0.242373333.3333
WITAKER0.242372500.0000
PARE0.242371666.6667
HACKLEY0.242371428.5714
FAIRBROTHER0.242371259.2593
WATERFIELD0.242371134.0206
BAILES0.242371111.1111
ARMSON0.24237476.1905
EARP0.24237348.8372
MEE0.24237333.3333
ABEL0.24237261.4379
BOLLAND0.24237253.1646
SCATTERGOOD0.24237156.2500
HATTON0.24237150.5376
FAULDS0.24237138.8889
TOON0.24237112.3596
SUMMERS0.2423790.2256
LEADBETTER0.2423781.3008
BIRD0.2423771.7835
CALVERT0.2423762.1118
GARNER0.2423753.4045
SHIRLEY0.2423751.5464
LANCASTER0.2423750.9338
DUNNING0.2423749.7512
HESLOP0.2423749.2611
BONNER0.2423748.0769
BEAUMONT0.2423742.6743
BROADHURST0.2423741.6667
GIBBONS0.2423739.3701
SHAW0.2423739.0535
COWARD0.2423736.7647
BENSON0.2423731.1042
BURTON0.2423729.7177
HARRIS0.2423728.2251
SHELDON0.2423727.7778
NICHOLAS0.2423721.5983
WHEATLEY0.2423720.7039
STEWART0.2423718.8781
MASON0.2423712.5510
RICHARDS0.2423711.1763
BALL0.2423710.2145
TOMLINSON0.242379.1491
WATSON0.242379.0942
EDWARDS0.242379.0840
WALTON0.242375.9952
ELLIS0.242375.8106
PARSONS0.242375.5556
HOLMES0.242373.4650
HUNT0.242373.1766
THOMPSON0.242372.8169

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 237 people called CHEVIS in Staunton Harold 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 3333.3333 in Staunton Harold means that 3333.3333% of the people in Staunton Harold on census day were called CHEVIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHEVIS 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 CHEVIS 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 CHEVIS 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 CHEVIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Staunton Harold means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHEVIS in Staunton Harold than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Staunton Harold in 1881

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

ABEL (4)  ARMSON (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BALL (2)  BAILES (5)  BEAUMONT (3)  BENSON (2)  BIRD (13)  BOLLAND (2)  BONNER (1)  BROADHURST (1)  BROWN (1)  BURTON (6)  CALVERT (3)  CAPRIDALI (1)  CHEATLE (5)  CHEVIS (1)  CLARK (1)  CONSON (1)  COWARD (1)  CUSHAM (1)  DUNNICLIFF (11)  DUNNING (1)  EARP (3)  EDWARDS (6)  ELLIS (2)  FAIRBROTHER (17)  FAULDS (1)  GARNER (4)  GIBBEN (2)  GIBBONS (3)  GOWAY (1)  GREEN (1)  HACKLEY (1)  HARRIS (17)  HATTON (7)  HESLOP (1)  HOLMES (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (1)  KNIFTON (1)  LANCASTER (3)  LEADBETTER (1)  MAPEY (1)  MASON (4)  MEE (6)  MEANLEY (1)  MEAR (6)  NICHOLAS (1)  PARE (2)  PARSONS (1)  RICHARDS (4)  WROUGHTON (1)  SCATTERGOOD (1)  SHAW (17)  SHIRLEY (1)  SHELDON (1)  SMALWOOD (2)  SMITH (7)  SONNIS (?) (1)  STEWART (7)  SUMMERS (6)  THOMPSON (2)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOON (1)  WALTON (1)  WATERFIELD (11)  WATSON (5)  WHEATLEY (1)  WHELLETT (1)  WITAKER (1) 

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