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 Davidson, with 13 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
2701	Davidson	13	0.000%	0.05x
2702	Duckett	13	0.000%	0.63x
2703	Ellwood	13	0.000%	0.72x
2704	Ensor	13	0.000%	1.80x
2705	Eyley	13	0.000%	14.48x
2706	Fell	13	0.000%	0.29x
2707	Fenning	13	0.000%	3.74x
2708	Finn	13	0.000%	0.44x
2709	Fitzgerald	13	0.000%	0.23x
2710	Flood	13	0.000%	0.46x
2711	Fogg	13	0.000%	0.69x
2712	Fry	13	0.000%	0.13x
2713	Gaskin	13	0.000%	1.07x
2714	Godkin	13	0.000%	14.14x
2715	Groome	13	0.000%	2.55x
2716	Gudgeon	13	0.000%	1.64x
2717	Gunton	13	0.000%	1.76x
2718	Hainsworth	13	0.000%	0.63x
2719	Hambling	13	0.000%	1.96x
2720	Haslam	13	0.000%	0.26x
2721	Headly	13	0.000%	10.93x
2722	Heatley	13	0.000%	1.69x
2723	Hester	13	0.000%	1.08x
2724	Hickingbotham	13	0.000%	13.36x
2725	Hitchman	13	0.000%	1.22x
2726	Hodge	13	0.000%	0.16x
2727	Hold	13	0.000%	5.72x
2728	Hollins	13	0.000%	0.77x
2729	Idiens	13	0.000%	21.09x
2730	Ineson	13	0.000%	2.17x
2731	Jefferson	13	0.000%	0.37x
2732	Joynes	13	0.000%	2.30x
2733	Keeber	13	0.000%	21.86x
2734	Keene	13	0.000%	0.68x
2735	Kibbler	13	0.000%	12.14x
2736	Kibby	13	0.000%	6.83x
2737	Kirkpatrick	13	0.000%	0.47x
2738	Kitchener	13	0.000%	1.18x
2739	Lambley	13	0.000%	5.57x
2740	Leadbeater	13	0.000%	0.98x
2741	Leigh	13	0.000%	0.17x
2742	Lennard	13	0.000%	1.78x
2743	Limb	13	0.000%	1.78x
2744	Lindley	13	0.000%	0.41x
2745	Lindsay	13	0.000%	0.12x
2746	Loyns	13	0.000%	15.61x
2747	Lygo	13	0.000%	8.29x
2748	Maddison	13	0.000%	0.41x
2749	Malford	13	0.000%	57.24x
2750	Merryman	13	0.000%	4.14x
2751	Millett	13	0.000%	1.01x
2752	Mitton	13	0.000%	1.37x
2753	Mulholland	13	0.000%	1.08x
2754	Nevill	13	0.000%	1.10x
2755	Nightingale	13	0.000%	0.24x
2756	Odams	13	0.000%	14.48x
2757	Peasgood	13	0.000%	5.95x
2758	Perrin	13	0.000%	0.39x
2759	Pickworth	13	0.000%	4.37x
2760	Poppleton	13	0.000%	2.29x
2761	Purdy	13	0.000%	0.70x
2762	Quilter	13	0.000%	2.45x
2763	Rabbitt	13	0.000%	6.10x
2764	Ralley	13	0.000%	10.19x
2765	Rowan	13	0.000%	0.62x
2766	Sanger	13	0.000%	1.51x
2767	Sarsons	13	0.000%	17.68x
2768	Sear	13	0.000%	1.07x
2769	Seller	13	0.000%	2.65x
2770	Shackleton	13	0.000%	0.36x
2771	Sharples	13	0.000%	0.23x
2772	Smithard	13	0.000%	7.11x
2773	Sowden	13	0.000%	0.71x
2774	Spurway	13	0.000%	4.32x
2775	Steane	13	0.000%	4.22x
2776	Tallis	13	0.000%	4.25x
2777	Tindall	13	0.000%	0.66x
2778	Titley	13	0.000%	1.50x
2779	Tomkinson	13	0.000%	0.61x
2780	Tuckey	13	0.000%	1.98x
2781	Tunbridge	13	0.000%	2.43x
2782	Waterhouse	13	0.000%	0.26x
2783	Waterson	13	0.000%	0.96x
2784	Whitebread	13	0.000%	5.62x
2785	Willcox	13	0.000%	0.74x
2786	Winks	13	0.000%	4.26x
2787	Worsley	13	0.000%	0.46x
2788	Allbutt	12	0.000%	5.44x
2789	Ardron	12	0.000%	5.21x
2790	Aston	12	0.000%	0.22x
2791	Austen	12	0.000%	0.48x
2792	Ayers	12	0.000%	0.62x
2793	Ayto	12	0.000%	22.20x
2794	Bagworth	12	0.000%	12.47x
2795	Barby	12	0.000%	10.57x
2796	Bayes	12	0.000%	1.24x
2797	Baylis	12	0.000%	0.35x
2798	Beckwith	12	0.000%	0.63x
2799	Bettison	12	0.000%	3.03x
2800	Boddy	12	0.000%	0.67x