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 Gould, with 67 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
901	Gould	67	0.020%	0.57x
902	Heward	67	0.020%	10.77x
903	Nicholson	67	0.020%	0.29x
904	Rodgers	67	0.020%	0.76x
905	Bancroft	66	0.020%	2.10x
906	Bevans	66	0.020%	13.56x
907	Bilson	66	0.020%	17.24x
908	Blount	66	0.020%	5.94x
909	Eagle	66	0.020%	3.68x
910	Franks	66	0.020%	1.63x
911	Giles	66	0.020%	0.53x
912	Gunby	66	0.020%	29.77x
913	Harley	66	0.020%	1.58x
914	Hartopp	66	0.020%	37.21x
915	Hough	66	0.020%	1.18x
916	Inchley	66	0.020%	39.63x
917	Merriman	66	0.020%	5.57x
918	Summerfield	66	0.020%	3.14x
919	Wild	66	0.020%	0.50x
920	Bingley	65	0.020%	7.37x
921	Braithwaite	65	0.020%	1.73x
922	Burden	65	0.020%	1.57x
923	Davie	65	0.020%	2.18x
924	Hemmings	65	0.020%	2.36x
925	Hutt	65	0.020%	4.68x
926	Plowright	65	0.020%	8.07x
927	Short	65	0.020%	0.51x
928	Staniforth	65	0.020%	5.29x
929	Summers	65	0.020%	0.72x
930	Tansley	65	0.020%	5.42x
931	Wheat	65	0.020%	8.54x
932	Atkin	64	0.020%	1.48x
933	Bartlett	64	0.020%	0.45x
934	Daws	64	0.020%	3.87x
935	Hodson	64	0.020%	0.95x
936	Horsley	64	0.020%	2.11x
937	Laxton	64	0.020%	6.49x
938	Loseby	64	0.020%	47.35x
939	Nutt	64	0.020%	2.73x
940	Smeeton	64	0.020%	12.98x
941	Stewart	64	0.020%	0.13x
942	Suffolk	64	0.020%	18.32x
943	Ainge	63	0.020%	14.28x
944	Antill	63	0.020%	15.13x
945	Baldwin	63	0.020%	0.46x
946	Bamford	63	0.020%	1.29x
947	Beaver	63	0.020%	4.39x
948	Carnall	63	0.020%	10.33x
949	Carpenter	63	0.020%	0.57x
950	Cragg	63	0.020%	3.07x
951	Dann	63	0.020%	3.09x
952	Dyer	63	0.020%	0.50x
953	Gardiner	63	0.020%	0.68x
954	Griffiths	63	0.020%	0.12x
955	Laundon	63	0.020%	44.81x
956	Reid	63	0.020%	0.19x
957	Sawbridge	63	0.020%	20.51x
958	Swinfield	63	0.020%	44.47x
959	Unwin	63	0.020%	1.96x
960	Waldram	63	0.020%	41.91x
961	Whetton	63	0.020%	11.72x
962	Winters	63	0.020%	4.59x
963	Banks	62	0.020%	0.37x
964	Barnacle	62	0.020%	15.84x
965	Belton	62	0.020%	3.56x
966	Blankley	62	0.020%	22.13x
967	Eastwood	62	0.020%	0.81x
968	Everard	62	0.020%	6.27x
969	Follows	62	0.020%	9.14x
970	Linthwaite	62	0.020%	40.10x
971	Lockton	62	0.020%	24.71x
972	Mortimer	62	0.020%	0.92x
973	Potterton	62	0.020%	16.91x
974	Briars	61	0.020%	20.14x
975	Busby	61	0.020%	1.79x
976	Cowell	61	0.020%	1.32x
977	Elliot	61	0.020%	0.74x
978	Flowers	61	0.020%	2.32x
979	Franklin	61	0.020%	0.57x
980	Higgins	61	0.020%	0.37x
981	May	61	0.020%	0.30x
982	Mellor	61	0.020%	0.53x
983	Pemberton	61	0.020%	1.48x
984	Plummer	61	0.020%	1.41x
985	Priestley	61	0.020%	1.11x
986	Wilde	61	0.020%	1.29x
987	Caunt	60	0.020%	7.85x
988	Coy	60	0.020%	5.93x
989	Hearn	60	0.020%	1.40x
990	Hornbuckle	60	0.020%	28.31x
991	Manning	60	0.020%	0.58x
992	Oakley	60	0.020%	0.87x
993	Poultney	60	0.020%	11.53x
994	Salmon	60	0.020%	0.81x
995	Sheppard	60	0.020%	0.53x
996	Tuckwood	60	0.020%	29.05x
997	Wilton	60	0.020%	1.92x
998	Bills	59	0.020%	6.83x
999	Collett	59	0.020%	1.42x
1000	Cousins	59	0.020%	1.01x