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 Appleby, with 2 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
6001	Appleby	2	0.000%	0.04x
6002	Appleyard	2	0.000%	0.07x
6003	Arkinstall	2	0.000%	0.68x
6004	Asbridge	2	0.000%	1.70x
6005	Ashbury	2	0.000%	1.01x
6006	Aslett	2	0.000%	0.41x
6007	Atley	2	0.000%	1.33x
6008	Auld	2	0.000%	0.10x
6009	Austins	2	0.000%	1.99x
6010	Aveyard	2	0.000%	0.54x
6011	Babington	2	0.000%	0.63x
6012	Back	2	0.000%	0.12x
6013	Baddley	2	0.000%	1.01x
6014	Bagguley	2	0.000%	0.88x
6015	Bakey	2	0.000%	10.89x
6016	Balt	2	0.000%	3.63x
6017	Bannerman	2	0.000%	0.18x
6018	Barringer	2	0.000%	0.61x
6019	Bartholomew	2	0.000%	0.08x
6020	Barwise	2	0.000%	0.71x
6021	Base	2	0.000%	0.88x
6022	Bastable	2	0.000%	0.32x
6023	Bathurst	2	0.000%	0.45x
6024	Batley	2	0.000%	0.14x
6025	Batterson	2	0.000%	2.01x
6026	Battley	2	0.000%	1.09x
6027	Baynton	2	0.000%	0.61x
6028	Beales	2	0.000%	0.15x
6029	Beardall	2	0.000%	0.59x
6030	Beardsworth	2	0.000%	0.34x
6031	Beaty	2	0.000%	0.27x
6032	Beddington	2	0.000%	1.16x
6033	Bedell	2	0.000%	1.03x
6034	Bedson	2	0.000%	0.52x
6035	Beebe	2	0.000%	1.47x
6036	Beese	2	0.000%	0.87x
6037	Beetson	2	0.000%	2.26x
6038	Beever	2	0.000%	0.37x
6039	Bellaby	2	0.000%	2.20x
6040	Bellars	2	0.000%	2.23x
6041	Bellchambers	2	0.000%	1.44x
6042	Bellingham	2	0.000%	0.17x
6043	Belsher	2	0.000%	1.54x
6044	Benning	2	0.000%	0.46x
6045	Bennington	2	0.000%	0.42x
6046	Berryman	2	0.000%	0.11x
6047	Bert	2	0.000%	2.26x
6048	Bertram	2	0.000%	0.13x
6049	Besson	2	0.000%	2.18x
6050	Bettis	2	0.000%	1.38x
6051	Bill	2	0.000%	0.17x
6052	Bince	2	0.000%	4.40x
6053	Binding	2	0.000%	0.79x
6054	Binks	2	0.000%	0.10x
6055	Binstead	2	0.000%	0.65x
6056	Biscoe	2	0.000%	0.93x
6057	Blackman	2	0.000%	0.05x
6058	Blakely	2	0.000%	0.36x
6059	Blaney	2	0.000%	0.31x
6060	Bligh	2	0.000%	0.36x
6061	Blore	2	0.000%	0.50x
6062	Boad	2	0.000%	4.11x
6063	Bodill	2	0.000%	2.89x
6064	Bolus	2	0.000%	1.13x
6065	Bonn	2	0.000%	2.01x
6066	Boorman	2	0.000%	0.17x
6067	Borden	2	0.000%	2.23x
6068	Border	2	0.000%	0.73x
6069	Born	2	0.000%	0.85x
6070	Boucher	2	0.000%	0.12x
6071	Boulding	2	0.000%	0.59x
6072	Bowland	2	0.000%	0.94x
6073	Bowring	2	0.000%	0.19x
6074	Bradder	2	0.000%	1.39x
6075	Bradnock	2	0.000%	1.54x
6076	Bradon	2	0.000%	4.02x
6077	Brake	2	0.000%	0.26x
6078	Bramwell	2	0.000%	0.11x
6079	Breaker	2	0.000%	3.24x
6080	Brearly	2	0.000%	1.24x
6081	Breasley	2	0.000%	2.47x
6082	Bretton	2	0.000%	0.94x
6083	Bridgeford	2	0.000%	1.17x
6084	Brisco	2	0.000%	1.05x
6085	Brittan	2	0.000%	0.33x
6086	Brookfield	2	0.000%	0.21x
6087	Bruton	2	0.000%	0.18x
6088	Bryning	2	0.000%	1.16x
6089	Buchanan	2	0.000%	0.02x
6090	Bucke	2	0.000%	2.28x
6091	Buckland	2	0.000%	0.06x
6092	Bucknell	2	0.000%	0.24x
6093	Buckthorpe	2	0.000%	2.85x
6094	Buist	2	0.000%	0.31x
6095	Bullers	2	0.000%	1.83x
6096	Bullon	2	0.000%	4.51x
6097	Bunnett	2	0.000%	0.78x
6098	Burcham	2	0.000%	0.87x
6099	Burfield	2	0.000%	0.51x
6100	Burges	2	0.000%	0.25x