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 Sutliff, with 27 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
1801	Sutliff	27	0.010%	27.74x
1802	Tester	27	0.010%	1.86x
1803	Tipler	27	0.010%	5.83x
1804	Wolfe	27	0.010%	1.60x
1805	Woolmer	27	0.010%	5.15x
1806	Abbey	26	0.010%	2.19x
1807	Able	26	0.010%	4.28x
1808	Adnitt	26	0.010%	10.88x
1809	Ayre	26	0.010%	1.44x
1810	Ayres	26	0.010%	0.58x
1811	Birks	26	0.010%	1.21x
1812	Boswell	26	0.010%	0.85x
1813	Brightmore	26	0.010%	8.38x
1814	Bucknall	26	0.010%	3.05x
1815	Carey	26	0.010%	0.43x
1816	Cotterill	26	0.010%	0.92x
1817	Doleman	26	0.010%	10.14x
1818	Ecob	26	0.010%	21.27x
1819	Fulleylove	26	0.010%	25.05x
1820	Good	26	0.010%	0.65x
1821	Goodall	26	0.010%	0.37x
1822	Goodger	26	0.010%	4.05x
1823	Horsepool	26	0.010%	23.12x
1824	Hunter	26	0.010%	0.08x
1825	Ireson	26	0.010%	3.95x
1826	Leavesley	26	0.010%	10.64x
1827	Marvell	26	0.010%	14.22x
1828	Parry	26	0.010%	0.11x
1829	Pitcher	26	0.010%	1.03x
1830	Place	26	0.010%	1.53x
1831	Plowman	26	0.010%	1.57x
1832	Potts	26	0.010%	0.24x
1833	Sale	26	0.010%	1.22x
1834	Shore	26	0.010%	0.75x
1835	Souter	26	0.010%	1.48x
1836	Trussell	26	0.010%	8.44x
1837	Turville	26	0.010%	18.07x
1838	Usher	26	0.010%	0.73x
1839	Westby	26	0.010%	7.20x
1840	Alton	25	0.010%	2.84x
1841	Bagley	25	0.010%	1.04x
1842	Beard	25	0.010%	0.29x
1843	Beech	25	0.010%	0.52x
1844	Benn	25	0.010%	1.35x
1845	Best	25	0.010%	0.29x
1846	Blackburn	25	0.010%	0.20x
1847	Budd	25	0.010%	0.61x
1848	Butt	25	0.010%	0.60x
1849	Deane	25	0.010%	0.92x
1850	Durrand	25	0.010%	27.19x
1851	Goodfellow	25	0.010%	0.87x
1852	Grove	25	0.010%	0.66x
1853	Gudger	25	0.010%	24.08x
1854	Hague	25	0.010%	0.49x
1855	Hambleton	25	0.010%	1.90x
1856	Hewerdine	25	0.010%	17.51x
1857	Issitt	25	0.010%	16.39x
1858	Kerr	25	0.010%	0.14x
1859	Killingley	25	0.010%	24.33x
1860	Lawton	25	0.010%	0.30x
1861	Litchfield	25	0.010%	1.88x
1862	Morrell	25	0.010%	0.82x
1863	Mount	25	0.010%	1.99x
1864	Newbery	25	0.010%	2.68x
1865	Newborough	25	0.010%	39.18x
1866	Patchett	25	0.010%	1.61x
1867	Pinsent	25	0.010%	20.28x
1868	Rennocks	25	0.010%	88.90x
1869	Rigley	25	0.010%	5.64x
1870	Roughton	25	0.010%	4.54x
1871	Spring	25	0.010%	1.59x
1872	Tapp	25	0.010%	1.80x
1873	Watkinson	25	0.010%	0.66x
1874	Windridge	25	0.010%	9.96x
1875	Allan	24	0.010%	0.12x
1876	Allt	24	0.010%	25.22x
1877	Barkby	24	0.010%	29.20x
1878	Bartram	24	0.010%	1.50x
1879	Broom	24	0.010%	0.60x
1880	Buckly	24	0.010%	6.06x
1881	Burrell	24	0.010%	0.57x
1882	Callaghan	24	0.010%	0.65x
1883	Casey	24	0.010%	0.50x
1884	Clough	24	0.010%	0.33x
1885	Craven	24	0.010%	0.38x
1886	Cummings	24	0.010%	0.48x
1887	Dare	24	0.010%	1.72x
1888	Daybell	24	0.010%	17.61x
1889	Dormer	24	0.010%	2.66x
1890	Dunnicliff	24	0.010%	25.50x
1891	Duval	24	0.010%	9.21x
1892	Easom	24	0.010%	11.26x
1893	Gilford	24	0.010%	10.67x
1894	Greenway	24	0.010%	1.00x
1895	Hardwick	24	0.010%	0.48x
1896	Harman	24	0.010%	0.50x
1897	Hartwell	24	0.010%	1.80x
1898	Hayman	24	0.010%	0.97x
1899	Hern	24	0.010%	4.05x
1900	Hillyer	24	0.010%	2.57x