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 Worsdell, with 19 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
2201	Worsdell	19	0.010%	15.02x
2202	Atton	18	0.010%	13.00x
2203	Audley	18	0.010%	5.86x
2204	Balding	18	0.010%	2.99x
2205	Barns	18	0.010%	0.86x
2206	Beardsley	18	0.010%	1.74x
2207	Beeton	18	0.010%	1.79x
2208	Bingham	18	0.010%	0.38x
2209	Booker	18	0.010%	0.46x
2210	Brady	18	0.010%	0.31x
2211	Brambley	18	0.010%	15.27x
2212	Burrowes	18	0.010%	7.67x
2213	Bursnell	18	0.010%	22.50x
2214	Chatwin	18	0.010%	2.44x
2215	Checkley	18	0.010%	3.01x
2216	Colton	18	0.010%	1.66x
2217	Crabtree	18	0.010%	0.28x
2218	Craythorne	18	0.010%	17.16x
2219	Crew	18	0.010%	0.88x
2220	Cutter	18	0.010%	1.98x
2221	Dalton	18	0.010%	0.24x
2222	Deeming	18	0.010%	4.02x
2223	Dickins	18	0.010%	1.51x
2224	Dooley	18	0.010%	0.90x
2225	Easter	18	0.010%	1.38x
2226	Edgson	18	0.010%	7.50x
2227	Farrin	18	0.010%	18.29x
2228	Forth	18	0.010%	2.26x
2229	Fountain	18	0.010%	0.81x
2230	Fraser	18	0.010%	0.06x
2231	Gisborne	18	0.010%	12.51x
2232	Goldsmith	18	0.010%	0.36x
2233	Grew	18	0.010%	5.76x
2234	Helps	18	0.010%	2.88x
2235	Hills	18	0.010%	0.20x
2236	Hole	18	0.010%	0.65x
2237	Husbands	18	0.010%	5.46x
2238	Jeffery	18	0.010%	0.26x
2239	Kirkby	18	0.010%	0.98x
2240	Macaulay	18	0.010%	1.56x
2241	Mear	18	0.010%	2.99x
2242	Minkley	18	0.010%	16.01x
2243	Mortimore	18	0.010%	1.47x
2244	Moule	18	0.010%	1.61x
2245	Mullaney	18	0.010%	7.30x
2246	Oakes	18	0.010%	0.38x
2247	Parkes	18	0.010%	0.27x
2248	Patterson	18	0.010%	0.16x
2249	Phillpot	18	0.010%	4.57x
2250	Pownall	18	0.010%	1.29x
2251	Priest	18	0.010%	0.42x
2252	Putterill	18	0.010%	24.84x
2253	Rider	18	0.010%	0.57x
2254	Rimington	18	0.010%	5.15x
2255	Roebuck	18	0.010%	0.82x
2256	Roulstone	18	0.010%	25.61x
2257	Rushton	18	0.010%	0.27x
2258	Samwell	18	0.010%	15.27x
2259	Saxelby	18	0.010%	12.42x
2260	Sharrod	18	0.010%	23.45x
2261	Silcock	18	0.010%	1.33x
2262	Snart	18	0.010%	21.90x
2263	Soden	18	0.010%	3.40x
2264	Spray	18	0.010%	1.85x
2265	Spreckley	18	0.010%	8.95x
2266	Stannage	18	0.010%	41.63x
2267	Stimson	18	0.010%	2.12x
2268	Sturges	18	0.010%	2.32x
2269	Sumpter	18	0.010%	3.52x
2270	Teagle	18	0.010%	4.80x
2271	Topley	18	0.010%	3.87x
2272	Valentine	18	0.010%	0.43x
2273	Walley	18	0.010%	1.18x
2274	Wass	18	0.010%	1.02x
2275	Weeks	18	0.010%	0.26x
2276	Whatton	18	0.010%	6.88x
2277	Wooding	18	0.010%	1.28x
2278	Worsdall	18	0.010%	26.00x
2279	Yeoman	18	0.010%	0.88x
2280	Yorke	18	0.010%	1.74x
2281	Alexander	17	0.010%	0.10x
2282	Ansell	17	0.010%	0.45x
2283	Arnsby	17	0.010%	11.47x
2284	Bailiss	17	0.010%	26.64x
2285	Bevin	17	0.010%	7.52x
2286	Bigley	17	0.010%	5.50x
2287	Blastock	17	0.010%	32.08x
2288	Boddice	17	0.010%	28.59x
2289	Boothe	17	0.010%	11.82x
2290	Boston	17	0.010%	1.15x
2291	Bottom	17	0.010%	1.97x
2292	Bowden	17	0.010%	0.18x
2293	Bridgett	17	0.010%	5.98x
2294	Browning	17	0.010%	0.26x
2295	Bugby	17	0.010%	6.07x
2296	Bunce	17	0.010%	0.70x
2297	Burbridge	17	0.010%	1.52x
2298	Campton	17	0.010%	19.90x
2299	Cockrill	17	0.010%	6.42x
2300	Connelly	17	0.010%	0.57x