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 Tyers, with 201 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
301	Tyers	201	0.060%	19.36x
302	Widdowson	201	0.060%	11.68x
303	Crofts	200	0.060%	7.64x
304	Lewis	200	0.060%	0.23x
305	Barratt	199	0.060%	3.03x
306	Billson	199	0.060%	39.74x
307	Kemp	199	0.060%	1.11x
308	Kilby	199	0.060%	10.92x
309	Woodford	198	0.060%	8.81x
310	Coley	197	0.060%	10.24x
311	Brookes	196	0.060%	2.58x
312	Phipps	196	0.060%	4.09x
313	Swift	196	0.060%	1.96x
314	Osborne	195	0.060%	1.26x
315	Orme	194	0.060%	7.17x
316	Platts	194	0.060%	8.97x
317	Stokes	194	0.060%	1.42x
318	Cotton	192	0.060%	2.48x
319	Wheatley	192	0.060%	2.91x
320	Jesson	191	0.060%	26.76x
321	Barsby	190	0.060%	34.04x
322	Hincks	190	0.060%	49.48x
323	Roe	190	0.060%	3.01x
324	Marvin	189	0.060%	31.15x
325	Booth	188	0.060%	0.59x
326	Pole	186	0.060%	18.51x
327	Seal	185	0.060%	7.92x
328	Jennings	184	0.060%	1.12x
329	Powell	184	0.060%	0.46x
330	Bown	183	0.060%	10.22x
331	Langton	183	0.060%	7.12x
332	Lockwood	182	0.060%	2.54x
333	Coulson	181	0.060%	3.12x
334	Garratt	181	0.060%	5.51x
335	Gill	181	0.060%	0.79x
336	Hawkins	181	0.060%	0.77x
337	Heggs	181	0.060%	70.91x
338	Stone	181	0.060%	0.77x
339	Bass	180	0.060%	4.91x
340	Bradford	179	0.060%	2.83x
341	Bromley	179	0.060%	3.59x
342	Greaves	179	0.060%	1.89x
343	Langham	179	0.060%	12.60x
344	Phillips	179	0.060%	0.31x
345	Bland	178	0.060%	2.65x
346	Waterfield	178	0.060%	13.36x
347	Clay	177	0.050%	2.66x
348	Oliver	177	0.050%	0.77x
349	Thurman	177	0.050%	22.12x
350	Coltman	176	0.050%	19.37x
351	Draper	176	0.050%	2.31x
352	Whitehead	176	0.050%	0.80x
353	Hartshorn	175	0.050%	12.47x
354	Howard	175	0.050%	0.55x
355	Mansfield	175	0.050%	2.88x
356	Noble	175	0.050%	1.30x
357	Noon	175	0.050%	7.52x
358	Bale	174	0.050%	7.15x
359	Foulds	174	0.050%	7.94x
360	Hayes	174	0.050%	0.86x
361	Tomlin	174	0.050%	6.01x
362	Kidger	173	0.050%	39.30x
363	Patrick	173	0.050%	2.68x
364	Sibson	173	0.050%	42.88x
365	Andrews	172	0.050%	0.55x
366	Berry	171	0.050%	0.67x
367	Lees	171	0.050%	1.19x
368	Pickard	171	0.050%	3.79x
369	Plant	171	0.050%	2.39x
370	Chaplin	170	0.050%	3.66x
371	Nixon	170	0.050%	1.72x
372	Wainwright	170	0.050%	2.48x
373	Houghton	169	0.050%	1.49x
374	Moss	169	0.050%	0.85x
375	Dilks	168	0.050%	34.22x
376	Goodacre	168	0.050%	16.20x
377	Grundy	168	0.050%	2.53x
378	Astill	167	0.050%	33.06x
379	Ballard	167	0.050%	3.44x
380	Wesson	167	0.050%	19.82x
381	Jayes	166	0.050%	47.37x
382	Austin	165	0.050%	1.04x
383	Breward	165	0.050%	64.65x
384	Jelley	165	0.050%	19.48x
385	Veasey	165	0.050%	27.29x
386	Flint	164	0.050%	2.82x
387	Slater	164	0.050%	0.84x
388	Smalley	164	0.050%	5.60x
389	Bellamy	163	0.050%	3.45x
390	Eaton	163	0.050%	1.80x
391	Hames	163	0.050%	17.79x
392	Gutteridge	161	0.050%	9.78x
393	Hextall	161	0.050%	53.74x
394	Hodges	161	0.050%	1.69x
395	Anderson	160	0.050%	0.25x
396	Copson	160	0.050%	20.49x
397	Hood	160	0.050%	1.78x
398	Horton	160	0.050%	1.33x
399	Howkins	160	0.050%	37.36x
400	Ladkin	160	0.050%	73.23x