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 Collier, with 124 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
501	Collier	124	0.040%	1.15x
502	Granger	124	0.040%	3.74x
503	Watchorn	124	0.040%	40.51x
504	Billings	123	0.040%	7.86x
505	Frearson	123	0.040%	29.39x
506	Haddon	123	0.040%	5.67x
507	Shipman	123	0.040%	10.25x
508	Greenwood	122	0.040%	0.49x
509	Groocock	122	0.040%	41.47x
510	Morton	122	0.040%	0.70x
511	Grimes	121	0.040%	3.23x
512	Pallett	121	0.040%	14.00x
513	Stanyon	121	0.040%	36.68x
514	Barwell	120	0.040%	11.94x
515	Buxton	120	0.040%	2.47x
516	March	120	0.040%	3.44x
517	Reed	120	0.040%	0.51x
518	Swann	120	0.040%	3.40x
519	Gimson	119	0.040%	40.16x
520	Harper	119	0.040%	0.57x
521	Kind	119	0.040%	31.17x
522	Wallace	119	0.040%	0.54x
523	Blunt	118	0.040%	4.51x
524	Jelly	118	0.040%	12.40x
525	Kendrick	118	0.040%	3.78x
526	Riddington	118	0.040%	43.12x
527	Voss	118	0.040%	14.90x
528	Winterton	118	0.040%	15.95x
529	Ashton	117	0.040%	0.74x
530	Bolton	117	0.040%	0.84x
531	Grimley	117	0.040%	16.98x
532	Hack	117	0.040%	10.33x
533	Pears	117	0.040%	7.85x
534	Raven	117	0.040%	4.30x
535	Savage	117	0.040%	0.94x
536	Howe	116	0.040%	0.91x
537	Bateman	115	0.040%	1.37x
538	Bunney	115	0.040%	15.80x
539	Clifford	115	0.040%	1.73x
540	Finney	115	0.040%	4.10x
541	Cufflin	114	0.040%	74.75x
542	Davies	114	0.040%	0.07x
543	George	114	0.040%	0.60x
544	Heath	114	0.040%	0.71x
545	Southam	114	0.040%	8.43x
546	Barton	113	0.030%	0.65x
547	Burditt	113	0.030%	27.86x
548	Faulks	113	0.030%	25.74x
549	Brotherhood	112	0.030%	37.25x
550	Gilliver	112	0.030%	31.86x
551	Mathews	112	0.030%	0.94x
552	Heathcote	111	0.030%	4.24x
553	Paget	111	0.030%	6.43x
554	Starbuck	111	0.030%	21.25x
555	Whittle	111	0.030%	1.57x
556	Barrow	110	0.030%	1.60x
557	Briers	110	0.030%	18.03x
558	Cleaver	110	0.030%	4.01x
559	Colver	110	0.030%	52.16x
560	Randall	110	0.030%	1.08x
561	Wakefield	110	0.030%	1.90x
562	Barrs	109	0.030%	21.44x
563	Bedford	109	0.030%	1.42x
564	Corbett	109	0.030%	1.72x
565	Groves	109	0.030%	1.20x
566	Horner	109	0.030%	1.77x
567	Parkinson	109	0.030%	0.70x
568	Warburton	109	0.030%	1.36x
569	Church	108	0.030%	1.53x
570	Lambert	108	0.030%	0.61x
571	Blood	107	0.030%	8.27x
572	Boot	107	0.030%	7.00x
573	Cole	107	0.030%	0.36x
574	Cope	107	0.030%	1.46x
575	Peach	107	0.030%	3.05x
576	Hurd	106	0.030%	7.30x
577	Roper	106	0.030%	1.57x
578	Atkinson	105	0.030%	0.33x
579	Bee	105	0.030%	5.75x
580	Branston	105	0.030%	17.31x
581	Buckley	105	0.030%	0.60x
582	Charles	105	0.030%	1.57x
583	Ireland	105	0.030%	1.40x
584	Onions	105	0.030%	5.83x
585	Argyle	104	0.030%	19.19x
586	Billington	104	0.030%	2.96x
587	Buck	104	0.030%	1.50x
588	Ellson	104	0.030%	19.27x
589	Frith	104	0.030%	3.22x
590	Oram	104	0.030%	4.12x
591	Paling	104	0.030%	14.27x
592	Reeves	104	0.030%	0.78x
593	Squire	104	0.030%	2.71x
594	Swan	104	0.030%	1.24x
595	Thornley	104	0.030%	2.89x
596	Dean	103	0.030%	0.46x
597	Nicholls	103	0.030%	0.61x
598	Cockerill	102	0.030%	6.53x
599	Hawley	102	0.030%	3.22x
600	Newcombe	102	0.030%	4.47x