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 Castle, with 43 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
1301	Castle	43	0.010%	0.67x
1302	Downs	43	0.010%	0.75x
1303	Farrow	43	0.010%	0.71x
1304	Gascoigne	43	0.010%	2.89x
1305	Goodyer	43	0.010%	5.79x
1306	Gurney	43	0.010%	1.28x
1307	Hanson	43	0.010%	0.41x
1308	Hollier	43	0.010%	6.72x
1309	Hulbert	43	0.010%	2.42x
1310	Hutchins	43	0.010%	1.31x
1311	Measom	43	0.010%	58.48x
1312	Posnett	43	0.010%	43.70x
1313	Simms	43	0.010%	1.17x
1314	Smallwood	43	0.010%	1.44x
1315	Swanwick	43	0.010%	9.77x
1316	Waldron	43	0.010%	1.51x
1317	Warwick	43	0.010%	0.96x
1318	Whitwell	43	0.010%	4.49x
1319	Attenborough	42	0.010%	6.27x
1320	Colledge	42	0.010%	5.09x
1321	Crossley	42	0.010%	0.47x
1322	Davey	42	0.010%	0.32x
1323	Dudley	42	0.010%	0.86x
1324	Gask	42	0.010%	28.14x
1325	Glenn	42	0.010%	4.13x
1326	Grudgings	42	0.010%	76.18x
1327	Heard	42	0.010%	1.22x
1328	Julian	42	0.010%	3.57x
1329	Lander	42	0.010%	1.89x
1330	Lang	42	0.010%	0.58x
1331	Laurance	42	0.010%	4.92x
1332	Major	42	0.010%	0.96x
1333	Murdock	42	0.010%	3.58x
1334	Powers	42	0.010%	3.18x
1335	Richmond	42	0.010%	0.59x
1336	Salisbury	42	0.010%	1.31x
1337	Shield	42	0.010%	2.85x
1338	Stenson	42	0.010%	7.05x
1339	Vaughan	42	0.010%	0.38x
1340	Vincent	42	0.010%	0.42x
1341	Baldock	41	0.010%	1.81x
1342	Bently	41	0.010%	4.90x
1343	Berrisford	41	0.010%	4.14x
1344	Bolesworth	41	0.010%	67.72x
1345	Corby	41	0.010%	3.62x
1346	Daykin	41	0.010%	3.67x
1347	Dilkes	41	0.010%	41.67x
1348	Grace	41	0.010%	0.95x
1349	Greenhill	41	0.010%	2.93x
1350	Hammonds	41	0.010%	4.81x
1351	Hopkinson	41	0.010%	0.77x
1352	Hourd	41	0.010%	55.76x
1353	Howett	41	0.010%	10.89x
1354	Mott	41	0.010%	1.68x
1355	Rastall	41	0.010%	12.27x
1356	Rue	41	0.010%	26.89x
1357	Screaton	41	0.010%	38.69x
1358	Toplis	41	0.010%	6.57x
1359	Trueman	41	0.010%	1.84x
1360	Wildbore	41	0.010%	19.64x
1361	Yardley	41	0.010%	1.99x
1362	Adkins	40	0.010%	1.90x
1363	Benson	40	0.010%	0.46x
1364	Birkin	40	0.010%	6.29x
1365	Buckingham	40	0.010%	0.93x
1366	Buzzard	40	0.010%	18.13x
1367	Castledine	40	0.010%	7.22x
1368	Cawthorn	40	0.010%	6.56x
1369	Chater	40	0.010%	4.02x
1370	Digby	40	0.010%	2.38x
1371	Fawkes	40	0.010%	4.89x
1372	Gillam	40	0.010%	3.20x
1373	Goacher	40	0.010%	9.36x
1374	Lager	40	0.010%	29.83x
1375	Lawrance	40	0.010%	1.89x
1376	Lomas	40	0.010%	0.67x
1377	Looms	40	0.010%	23.26x
1378	Marriot	40	0.010%	7.17x
1379	Mears	40	0.010%	1.31x
1380	Moseley	40	0.010%	1.35x
1381	Ridgeway	40	0.010%	4.24x
1382	Salt	40	0.010%	0.83x
1383	Shirley	40	0.010%	1.51x
1384	Tonks	40	0.010%	2.35x
1385	Tugby	40	0.010%	30.83x
1386	Wadd	40	0.010%	34.25x
1387	Waddington	40	0.010%	0.76x
1388	Woodfield	40	0.010%	3.64x
1389	Allott	39	0.010%	3.35x
1390	Badcock	39	0.010%	2.10x
1391	Bliss	39	0.010%	1.97x
1392	Bonsor	39	0.010%	10.13x
1393	Campion	39	0.010%	1.72x
1394	Catlow	39	0.010%	2.92x
1395	Derbyshire	39	0.010%	1.16x
1396	Dodson	39	0.010%	1.56x
1397	Drinkwater	39	0.010%	1.22x
1398	Everett	39	0.010%	0.67x
1399	Hook	39	0.010%	0.81x
1400	Horobin	39	0.010%	6.24x