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 Peake, with 102 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
601	Peake	102	0.030%	3.27x
602	Rice	102	0.030%	1.01x
603	Starkey	102	0.030%	3.17x
604	Cort	101	0.030%	26.61x
605	Fairbrother	101	0.030%	5.48x
606	Gardner	101	0.030%	0.46x
607	Gibbons	101	0.030%	0.97x
608	Hatton	101	0.030%	1.59x
609	Pool	101	0.030%	2.69x
610	Rowell	101	0.030%	3.57x
611	Timms	101	0.030%	3.09x
612	Whyman	101	0.030%	11.67x
613	Worth	101	0.030%	3.47x
614	Asher	100	0.030%	7.30x
615	Biddle	100	0.030%	4.29x
616	Everton	100	0.030%	16.42x
617	Gibbs	100	0.030%	0.63x
618	Harrold	100	0.030%	6.84x
619	Higginson	100	0.030%	3.08x
620	Leake	100	0.030%	7.51x
621	Lock	100	0.030%	1.08x
622	Moulds	100	0.030%	17.81x
623	Pochin	100	0.030%	57.79x
624	Yeomans	100	0.030%	3.74x
625	Mackley	99	0.030%	19.81x
626	Saunders	99	0.030%	0.33x
627	Cayless	98	0.030%	74.89x
628	Fewkes	98	0.030%	36.69x
629	Manship	98	0.030%	32.71x
630	Peace	98	0.030%	3.34x
631	Peel	98	0.030%	1.69x
632	Warden	98	0.030%	4.23x
633	Bassford	97	0.030%	49.01x
634	Bottrill	97	0.030%	25.19x
635	Fielding	97	0.030%	1.34x
636	Poyser	97	0.030%	11.22x
637	Rawson	97	0.030%	2.74x
638	Stubbs	97	0.030%	1.13x
639	Berrington	96	0.030%	16.38x
640	Burbage	96	0.030%	18.45x
641	Cheney	96	0.030%	9.65x
642	Daft	96	0.030%	12.16x
643	Finch	96	0.030%	0.89x
644	Hollis	96	0.030%	2.14x
645	Lea	96	0.030%	1.50x
646	Randle	96	0.030%	3.54x
647	Sheffield	96	0.030%	5.65x
648	Wigginton	96	0.030%	26.58x
649	Wignall	96	0.030%	5.81x
650	Willars	96	0.030%	69.34x
651	Wormleighton	96	0.030%	50.15x
652	Burnham	95	0.030%	4.77x
653	Callis	95	0.030%	23.42x
654	Faulkner	95	0.030%	1.08x
655	Hemsley	95	0.030%	5.86x
656	Wyatt	95	0.030%	1.00x
657	Davenport	94	0.030%	1.53x
658	Saunt	94	0.030%	50.83x
659	Woods	94	0.030%	0.46x
660	Basford	93	0.030%	9.55x
661	Hopewell	93	0.030%	11.96x
662	Lloyd	93	0.030%	0.25x
663	Saddington	93	0.030%	14.24x
664	Selby	93	0.030%	2.40x
665	Exton	92	0.030%	8.48x
666	Gough	92	0.030%	0.97x
667	Ingram	92	0.030%	0.93x
668	Parr	92	0.030%	1.14x
669	Seaton	92	0.030%	3.36x
670	Thacker	92	0.030%	3.92x
671	Agar	91	0.030%	7.30x
672	Barrows	91	0.030%	11.20x
673	Belcher	91	0.030%	2.33x
674	Burbidge	91	0.030%	8.26x
675	Christian	91	0.030%	2.83x
676	Masters	91	0.030%	1.52x
677	Shenton	91	0.030%	4.39x
678	Warrington	91	0.030%	3.43x
679	Clowes	90	0.030%	5.00x
680	Jeffs	90	0.030%	3.55x
681	Pywell	90	0.030%	22.49x
682	Sewell	90	0.030%	1.31x
683	Shuttlewood	90	0.030%	36.34x
684	Stableford	90	0.030%	48.11x
685	Whittaker	90	0.030%	0.59x
686	Wightman	90	0.030%	4.23x
687	Bexon	89	0.030%	27.52x
688	Dickinson	89	0.030%	0.64x
689	Graves	89	0.030%	1.81x
690	Higgs	89	0.030%	1.51x
691	Kendall	89	0.030%	1.28x
692	Naylor	89	0.030%	0.73x
693	Paul	89	0.030%	1.10x
694	Barrett	88	0.030%	0.40x
695	Cheshire	88	0.030%	3.53x
696	Goadby	88	0.030%	48.15x
697	Greet	88	0.030%	18.08x
698	Kent	88	0.030%	0.64x
699	Murby	88	0.030%	45.45x
700	Vesty	88	0.030%	48.44x