Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swithland, Leicestershire

Swithland 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
RAYNOR104.0650584.80
ADAMS104.065027.59
SHARP104.065048.78
CLOWES93.6585656.93
HODGES93.6585124.83
SIDEBOTTOM93.6585638.30
BATES83.252051.12
PAYNE83.252036.13
HEMSLEY72.8455569.11
BROWN72.84554.32
JOHNSON62.43907.26
BOWLER62.4390200.00
CHAPMAN62.439017.17
COOK62.439012.28
BAUM52.03251,315.79
PRATT52.032535.39
HILL52.03257.98
RATCLIFFE52.032573.64
WOODS52.032532.24
LYNES52.0325793.65
SPENCER41.626017.81
ROGERS41.626012.52
BUTLER41.626016.67
BURTON31.219514.31
WILKINS31.219527.60
MORRIS31.21955.48
BOYER31.2195389.61
GAMBLE20.813056.82
ELLIS20.81305.60
BOTT20.8130103.09
PRESTON20.813016.27
LOWE10.40655.42
WATSON10.40651.75
CRAGG10.406564.10
WAKELING10.4065106.38
PALMER10.40653.45
NEWSHAM10.4065129.87
WRIGHT10.40651.27
MATTS10.4065625.00
CUNNINGTON10.406599.01
LEIGHTON10.406537.74
WARRINGTON10.406549.51
COX10.40652.68
POTTER10.40656.27
HURT10.4065153.85
WAINWRIGHT10.406519.23
ORTON10.406543.29
SIMPSON10.40652.32
WILCOX10.406521.60
CROOK10.406514.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAUM0.252461315.7895
LYNES0.25246793.6508
CLOWES0.25246656.9343
SIDEBOTTOM0.25246638.2979
MATTS0.25246625.0000
RAYNOR0.25246584.7953
HEMSLEY0.25246569.1057
BOYER0.25246389.6104
BOWLER0.25246200.0000
HURT0.25246153.8462
NEWSHAM0.25246129.8701
HODGES0.25246124.8266
WAKELING0.25246106.3830
BOTT0.25246103.0928
CUNNINGTON0.2524699.0099
RATCLIFFE0.2524673.6377
CRAGG0.2524664.1026
MOFFATT0.2524663.2911
GAMBLE0.2524656.8182
BALE0.2524654.0541
BATES0.2524651.1182
WARRINGTON0.2524649.5050
SHARP0.2524648.7805
KETTLE0.2524646.5116
ORTON0.2524643.2900
LEIGHTON0.2524637.7358
PAYNE0.2524636.1337
PRATT0.2524635.3857
WOODS0.2524632.2373
SQUIRES0.2524628.7356
WILKINS0.2524627.5989
ADAMS0.2524627.5862
WILCOX0.2524621.5983
WAINWRIGHT0.2524619.2308
SPENCER0.2524617.8094
CHAPMAN0.2524617.1723
BUTLER0.2524616.6736
PRESTON0.2524616.2734
BURTON0.2524614.3130
CROOK0.2524614.1643
ROGERS0.2524612.5235
COOK0.2524612.2800
WARNER0.2524611.1483
HILL0.252467.9808
NICHOLLS0.252467.7821
JOHNSON0.252467.2595
HAMMOND0.252467.1378
POTTER0.252466.2696
ELLIS0.252465.5991
MORRIS0.252465.4785

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 246 people called BAUM in Swithland 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 1315.7895 in Swithland means that 1315.7895% of the people in Swithland on census day were called BAUM.

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

All the surnames recorded in Swithland in 1881

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

ADAMS (10)  BALE (1)  BATES (8)  BAUM (5)  BONSOR (2)  BOTT (2)  BOWLER (6)  BOYER (3)  BROWN (7)  BUNNEY (21)  BURTON (3)  BUTLER (4)  CHAPMAN (6)  CLOWES (9)  COOK (6)  CURZON (1)  COX (1)  CRAGG (1)  CROOK (1)  CUFFLING (4)  CUNNINGTON (1)  DAWSON (1)  DUMELOW (1)  EGGINTON (1)  ELLIS (2)  GAMBLE (2)  GODBALD (6)  HAMMOND (1)  HEMSLEY (7)  HILL (5)  HODGES (9)  HOULT (2)  HURT (1)  JOHNSON (6)  KETTLE (1)  LEIGHTON (1)  LYNES (5)  LOWE (1)  MAGOOHAN (1)  MATTS (1)  MOFFATT (1)  MORRIS (3)  NEELS (1)  NEWSHAM (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  ORTON (1)  PALMER (1)  PAYNE (8)  POTTER (1)  PRATT (5)  PRESTON (2)  RAMSELL (1)  RATCLIFFE (5)  RAYNOR (10)  ROAKE (1)  MC ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (4)  SHARP (10)  SIDEBOTTOM (9)  SIMPSON (1)  SPENCER (4)  SQUIRES (1)  TYRES (2)  WARRINGTON (1)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WAKELING (1)  WARNER (1)  WATSON (1)  WILCOX (1)  WILKINS (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOODS (5)  WRIGHT (1) 

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