Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stoughton, Leicestershire

Stoughton 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
BROWN85.55568.43
DAVIS74.861122.12
ATKINS64.1667111.11
HUNT64.166731.36
LAWRENCE64.166764.17
SHIPMAN53.4722943.40
TRACEY53.4722549.45
HAYNES53.472297.28
MARTIN53.472214.10
PRESTON53.472269.54
HILL53.472213.63
KIRK42.777864.21
PALMER42.777823.57
THOMPSON42.77789.27
LILLEY32.0833150.75
SMALLEY32.0833230.77
CORNER32.0833285.71
BURGESS32.083330.00
WILDER32.0833810.81
ALLEN21.38897.35
SWANSON21.3889190.48
CHAMBERLAIN21.388951.02
HANLON21.3889303.03
TAYLOR21.38892.17
COOK21.38896.99
SMITH21.38890.98
BECKLEY10.6944270.27
GARDINER10.694424.15
RAWSON10.694463.69
JACKSON10.69442.49
NEEDHAM10.694432.68
BLOOMFIELD10.694454.64
GROVES10.694424.69
ROWE10.694412.22
LEVERS10.6944666.67
GAMBLE10.694448.54
PRICE10.69443.97
KECK10.69445,000.00
OVERTON10.694471.43
SWAIN10.694435.97
MUSTY10.69441,111.11
SHORT10.694417.79
BERRIDGE10.6944131.58
MANBY10.6944625.00
GREGORY10.69449.90
ROSS10.69446.35
ARMSTRONG10.69449.08
FOSS10.6944357.14
JOHNSON10.69442.07
OSBORNE10.694414.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KECK0.141445000.0000
MUSTY0.141441111.1111
SHIPMAN0.14144943.3962
WILDER0.14144810.8108
LEVERS0.14144666.6667
MANBY0.14144625.0000
TRACEY0.14144549.4505
FOSS0.14144357.1429
HANLON0.14144303.0303
CORNER0.14144285.7143
BECKLEY0.14144270.2703
SMALLEY0.14144230.7692
SWANSON0.14144190.4762
LILLEY0.14144150.7538
BERRIDGE0.14144131.5789
ATKINS0.14144111.1111
HAYNES0.1414497.2763
OVERTON0.1414471.4286
PRESTON0.1414469.5410
KIRK0.1414464.2055
LAWRENCE0.1414464.1711
RAWSON0.1414463.6943
BLOOMFIELD0.1414454.6448
CHAMBERLAIN0.1414451.0204
GAMBLE0.1414448.5437
SWAIN0.1414435.9712
NEEDHAM0.1414432.6797
HUNT0.1414431.3643
HAINES0.1414430.0300
BURGESS0.1414430.0000
GROVES0.1414424.6914
GARDINER0.1414424.1546
PALMER0.1414423.5710
DAVIS0.1414422.1239
SHORT0.1414417.7936
OSBORNE0.1414414.5560
MARTIN0.1414414.0964
HILL0.1414413.6314
ROWE0.1414412.2249
GREGORY0.141449.9010
THOMPSON0.141449.2721
ARMSTRONG0.141449.0827
BROWN0.141448.4282
ALLEN0.141447.3529
COOK0.141446.9930
ROSS0.141446.3532
PRICE0.141443.9683
MORRIS0.141443.1201
JACKSON0.141442.4851
TAYLOR0.141442.1718

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 144 people called KECK in Stoughton 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 5000.0000 in Stoughton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Stoughton on census day were called KECK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KECK 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 KECK 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 KECK 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 KECK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Stoughton means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KECK in Stoughton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stoughton in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINS (6)  BEARDWELL (1)  BERRIDGE (1)  BECKLEY (1)  BILLESDON (1)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BROWN (8)  BURGESS (3)  CALIBY (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (2)  COOK (2)  CORNER (3)  DAVIS (7)  DOUTHWAITE (1)  FOSS (1)  GAMBLE (1)  GARDINER (1)  GREGORY (1)  GROVES (1)  HANLON (2)  HAYNES (5)  HAINES (1)  HILL (5)  HOWCUTT (1)  HUNT (6)  JACKSON (1)  JENNAWAY (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KECK (1)  KIRK (4)  LAWRENCE (6)  LEVERS (1)  LILLEY (3)  LEATHERLAND (1)  MANBY (1)  MARTIN (5)  MORRIS (1)  MUSTY (1)  NEEDHAM (1)  OLDACE (1)  OSBORNE (1)  OVERTON (1)  PALMER (4)  PEARTREE (1)  POWYS (1)  PRESTON (5)  PRICE (1)  RAWSON (1)  RIDDLESDON (3)  ROWE (1)  ROSS (1)  SHIPMAN (5)  SHORT (1)  SMALLEY (3)  SMALLY (1)  SMITH (2)  SWAIN (1)  SWANSON (2)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (4)  TRACEY (5)  WILDER (3) 

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