Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Langton, Leicestershire

West Langton 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
TAYLOR813.333320.85
LOGAN35.0000211.27
PALMER35.000042.43
NEALE23.3333140.85
WATKINS23.333354.95
BUSWELL23.33331,111.11
HARDING23.333346.08
BALE23.3333444.44
MASON23.333324.78
COOPER23.333313.70
BROMLEY11.6667108.70
BAGSHAW11.6667208.33
HAWKINS11.666723.04
PURSER11.6667454.55
PARKER11.66678.76
BRIGGS11.666730.67
MORRIS11.66677.49
JOHNSON11.66674.96
TOMLIN11.6667185.19
PITTS11.6667161.29
BROOKES11.666770.92
WHITE11.66675.18
HULL11.666780.00
PEACOCK11.666746.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUSWELL0.06601111.1111
PURSER0.0660454.5455
BALE0.0660444.4444
LOGAN0.0660211.2676
BAGSHAW0.0660208.3333
TOMLIN0.0660185.1852
PITTS0.0660161.2903
NEALE0.0660140.8451
BROMLEY0.0660108.6957
HULL0.066080.0000
BROOKES0.066070.9220
WATKINS0.066054.9451
PEACOCK0.066046.7290
HARDING0.066046.0829
PALMER0.066042.4328
BRIGGS0.066030.6748
MASON0.066024.7831
HAWKINS0.066023.0415
TAYLOR0.066020.8496
COOPER0.066013.6986
PARKER0.06608.7642
MORRIS0.06607.4850
WHITE0.06605.1840
JOHNSON0.06604.9603

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 60 people called BUSWELL in West Langton 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 1111.1111 in West Langton means that 1111.1111% of the people in West Langton on census day were called BUSWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUSWELL 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 BUSWELL 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 BUSWELL 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 BUSWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in West Langton means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUSWELL in West Langton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Langton in 1881

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

BAGSHAW (1)  BALE (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BROMLEY (1)  BROOKES (1)  BUSWELL (2)  COCHAYNE (1)  COOPER (2)  CORDREN (1)  FULLIS (1)  HARDING (2)  HAWKINS (1)  HULL (1)  JOHNSON (1)  FLOYDE (2)  LOGAN (3)  MASON (2)  MORRIS (1)  NEALE (2)  PALMER (3)  PARKER (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PITTS (1)  PURSER (1)  TAYLOR (8)  TOMLIN (1)  VENDY (12)  WATKINS (2)  WHITE (1)  WORSDALE (1) 

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