1881 census county

Leicestershire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Leicestershire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

8,744 surnames are listed for Leicestershire, covering 299,233 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 7,087 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Leicestershire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	7,087	2.19%	1.55x
2	Brown	2,663	0.820%	1.25x
3	Clarke	2,367	0.730%	3.61x
4	Taylor	2,253	0.700%	1.09x
5	Johnson	2,235	0.690%	2.05x
6	Ward	2,077	0.640%	2.94x
7	Wright	2,015	0.620%	1.94x
8	Moore	1,760	0.540%	2.72x
9	Green	1,496	0.460%	1.64x
10	Hill	1,490	0.460%	1.81x
11	Cooper	1,482	0.460%	1.88x
12	Allen	1,419	0.440%	2.32x
13	Hall	1,287	0.400%	1.35x
14	Wood	1,223	0.380%	1.19x
15	Harris	1,194	0.370%	1.45x
16	Walker	1,168	0.360%	1.08x
17	King	1,165	0.360%	1.65x
18	Bailey	1,128	0.350%	2.31x
19	White	1,094	0.340%	1.05x
20	Robinson	1,082	0.330%	1.05x
21	Martin	1,079	0.330%	1.35x
22	Palmer	1,044	0.320%	2.73x
23	Jones	1,028	0.320%	0.28x
24	Harrison	1,002	0.310%	1.39x
25	Hunt	1,002	0.310%	2.33x
26	Thompson	990	0.310%	1.02x
27	Jackson	957	0.300%	1.06x
28	Cox	940	0.290%	1.91x
29	Bennett	914	0.280%	1.72x
30	Mason	914	0.280%	2.10x
31	Burton	900	0.280%	3.26x
32	Hubbard	899	0.280%	11.42x
33	Clark	898	0.280%	0.92x
34	Wilson	882	0.270%	0.59x
35	Weston	880	0.270%	6.66x
36	Knight	866	0.270%	2.17x
37	Preston	839	0.260%	5.19x
38	Payne	838	0.260%	2.87x
39	Gamble	812	0.250%	17.52x
40	Ball	808	0.250%	3.02x
41	Spencer	804	0.250%	2.72x
42	Wells	804	0.250%	2.98x
43	Chapman	795	0.250%	1.73x
44	Parker	790	0.240%	1.28x
45	Lee	789	0.240%	1.49x
46	Sharpe	779	0.240%	8.16x
47	Carter	770	0.240%	1.42x
48	Bates	727	0.220%	3.53x
49	Garner	726	0.220%	7.09x
50	Cook	699	0.220%	1.09x
51	Brooks	689	0.210%	2.18x
52	Gilbert	685	0.210%	3.71x
53	Baker	670	0.210%	0.94x
54	Morris	664	0.210%	0.92x
55	Holmes	657	0.200%	1.67x
56	Marshall	650	0.200%	1.20x
57	Underwood	650	0.200%	7.44x
58	Webster	628	0.190%	2.23x
59	Shaw	624	0.190%	1.05x
60	Warner	618	0.190%	5.23x
61	Pratt	614	0.190%	3.30x
62	Simpson	612	0.190%	1.08x
63	West	612	0.190%	1.96x
64	Richardson	610	0.190%	1.11x
65	Adcock	604	0.190%	18.89x
66	Goodman	601	0.190%	6.36x
67	Glover	598	0.180%	4.33x
68	Orton	597	0.180%	19.62x
69	Roberts	594	0.180%	0.49x
70	Cooke	567	0.180%	3.17x
71	Elliott	564	0.170%	2.05x
72	Turner	562	0.170%	0.62x
73	Chamberlain	561	0.170%	6.37x
74	Bird	560	0.170%	2.26x
75	Perkins	558	0.170%	3.83x
76	Sutton	553	0.170%	2.68x
77	Grant	545	0.170%	1.70x
78	Hurst	545	0.170%	4.71x
79	Barker	543	0.170%	1.28x
80	Freer	543	0.170%	30.35x
81	Freeman	541	0.170%	2.62x
82	Fox	538	0.170%	1.79x
83	Brewin	537	0.170%	46.06x
84	Stevens	533	0.160%	1.58x
85	Herbert	531	0.160%	4.39x
86	Hallam	530	0.160%	8.78x
87	Burdett	526	0.160%	23.01x
88	Williams	525	0.160%	0.23x
89	Watts	520	0.160%	1.91x
90	Foster	514	0.160%	1.19x
91	Marriott	512	0.160%	7.06x
92	Ellis	507	0.160%	1.08x
93	Stevenson	502	0.160%	2.21x
94	Coleman	497	0.150%	3.08x
95	Deacon	496	0.150%	9.01x
96	Farmer	495	0.150%	4.89x
97	Lowe	488	0.150%	2.01x
98	Kirby	485	0.150%	3.95x
99	Davis	476	0.150%	0.67x
100	Richards	476	0.150%	0.97x