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 Hurt, with 24 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
1901	Hurt	24	0.010%	2.80x
1902	Jarrett	24	0.010%	0.81x
1903	Locke	24	0.010%	0.83x
1904	Maine	24	0.010%	5.17x
1905	Mees	24	0.010%	5.65x
1906	Nelson	24	0.010%	0.15x
1907	Norwell	24	0.010%	21.13x
1908	Parnell	24	0.010%	0.77x
1909	Percy	24	0.010%	0.79x
1910	Postlethwaite	24	0.010%	1.95x
1911	Pyne	24	0.010%	1.95x
1912	Rayner	24	0.010%	0.30x
1913	Revill	24	0.010%	1.66x
1914	Robey	24	0.010%	4.38x
1915	Robottom	24	0.010%	11.44x
1916	Rudd	24	0.010%	0.47x
1917	Sargent	24	0.010%	0.48x
1918	Shorthouse	24	0.010%	3.70x
1919	Sikes	24	0.010%	27.74x
1920	Startin	24	0.010%	9.86x
1921	Turrell	24	0.010%	2.45x
1922	Vice	24	0.010%	15.10x
1923	Walsh	24	0.010%	0.14x
1924	Walter	24	0.010%	0.48x
1925	Waltham	24	0.010%	5.17x
1926	Wand	24	0.010%	4.45x
1927	Westerman	24	0.010%	2.26x
1928	Wickes	24	0.010%	5.84x
1929	Barston	23	0.010%	20.45x
1930	Barwick	23	0.010%	1.67x
1931	Beniston	23	0.010%	25.02x
1932	Braddock	23	0.010%	2.49x
1933	Brierley	23	0.010%	0.40x
1934	Cameron	23	0.010%	0.09x
1935	Claxton	23	0.010%	1.12x
1936	Cornish	23	0.010%	0.49x
1937	Culley	23	0.010%	1.68x
1938	Cumberlidge	23	0.010%	14.57x
1939	Dickenson	23	0.010%	0.47x
1940	Doughty	23	0.010%	0.56x
1941	Faux	23	0.010%	4.87x
1942	Flewitt	23	0.010%	14.98x
1943	Fray	23	0.010%	4.22x
1944	Gant	23	0.010%	1.97x
1945	Goodburn	23	0.010%	6.95x
1946	Guess	23	0.010%	9.94x
1947	Harrald	23	0.010%	20.65x
1948	Hawthorn	23	0.010%	1.23x
1949	Heafield	23	0.010%	15.87x
1950	Heywood	23	0.010%	0.36x
1951	Hoare	23	0.010%	0.36x
1952	Holbrook	23	0.010%	0.99x
1953	Johns	23	0.010%	0.28x
1954	Lockley	23	0.010%	1.87x
1955	Lyne	23	0.010%	1.62x
1956	Melbourne	23	0.010%	3.49x
1957	Mercer	23	0.010%	0.27x
1958	Mullins	23	0.010%	0.74x
1959	Osbourne	23	0.010%	1.93x
1960	Parish	23	0.010%	0.46x
1961	Parks	23	0.010%	0.68x
1962	Pugh	23	0.010%	0.19x
1963	Redmile	23	0.010%	12.81x
1964	Sargeant	23	0.010%	0.90x
1965	Spear	23	0.010%	1.51x
1966	Stacy	23	0.010%	2.44x
1967	Steeples	23	0.010%	8.41x
1968	Storey	23	0.010%	0.28x
1969	Tunnicliff	23	0.010%	4.76x
1970	Wartnaby	23	0.010%	23.37x
1971	Wilkes	23	0.010%	0.41x
1972	Worsdale	23	0.010%	10.63x
1973	Wynn	23	0.010%	0.82x
1974	Barron	22	0.010%	0.44x
1975	Bayliss	22	0.010%	0.54x
1976	Beeston	22	0.010%	1.61x
1977	Benjamin	22	0.010%	1.29x
1978	Benton	22	0.010%	0.66x
1979	Beresford	22	0.010%	0.92x
1980	Bodle	22	0.010%	6.16x
1981	Bone	22	0.010%	0.37x
1982	Boss	22	0.010%	5.35x
1983	Bullivant	22	0.010%	2.63x
1984	Byrne	22	0.010%	0.49x
1985	Castleman	22	0.010%	7.48x
1986	Challoner	22	0.010%	2.78x
1987	Conway	22	0.010%	0.36x
1988	Croft	22	0.010%	0.29x
1989	Croson	22	0.010%	39.91x
1990	Culpin	22	0.010%	4.74x
1991	Curtiss	22	0.010%	4.46x
1992	Downing	22	0.010%	0.39x
1993	Early	22	0.010%	1.83x
1994	Garnett	22	0.010%	0.55x
1995	Hawkes	22	0.010%	0.42x
1996	Heawood	22	0.010%	38.39x
1997	Hercock	22	0.010%	8.48x
1998	Joiner	22	0.010%	1.91x
1999	Kendal	22	0.010%	1.74x
2000	Loxley	22	0.010%	3.69x