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 Willis, with 88 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
701	Willis	88	0.030%	0.51x
702	Woolman	88	0.030%	40.68x
703	Charlesworth	87	0.030%	2.08x
704	Hamson	87	0.030%	17.26x
705	Holyland	87	0.030%	48.17x
706	Knott	87	0.030%	1.35x
707	Leeson	87	0.030%	4.63x
708	Long	87	0.030%	0.41x
709	Matts	87	0.030%	41.25x
710	Pateman	87	0.030%	7.12x
711	Blower	86	0.030%	4.49x
712	Garton	86	0.030%	5.40x
713	Illsley	86	0.030%	14.59x
714	Judd	86	0.030%	2.04x
715	Lewitt	86	0.030%	69.14x
716	Geeson	85	0.030%	19.90x
717	Hitchcock	85	0.030%	2.27x
718	Lines	85	0.030%	2.47x
719	Pearce	85	0.030%	0.29x
720	Ratcliffe	85	0.030%	0.95x
721	Smedley	85	0.030%	3.21x
722	Thorp	85	0.030%	1.94x
723	Winfield	85	0.030%	3.16x
724	Bowles	84	0.030%	1.59x
725	Cart	84	0.030%	45.16x
726	Chadwick	84	0.030%	0.59x
727	Emery	84	0.030%	1.19x
728	Heap	84	0.030%	1.53x
729	Hobson	84	0.030%	1.00x
730	Merrick	84	0.030%	3.50x
731	Morrison	84	0.030%	0.33x
732	Rouse	84	0.030%	1.81x
733	Scattergood	84	0.030%	9.64x
734	Talbot	84	0.030%	1.04x
735	Armson	83	0.030%	28.42x
736	Crisp	83	0.030%	1.84x
737	Cunnington	83	0.030%	6.22x
738	Foreman	83	0.030%	1.96x
739	Forknall	83	0.030%	79.95x
740	Kenny	83	0.030%	2.14x
741	Sketchley	83	0.030%	25.50x
742	Tinkler	83	0.030%	5.92x
743	Wootton	83	0.030%	2.82x
744	Aldridge	82	0.030%	1.31x
745	Crooks	82	0.030%	3.28x
746	Dobson	82	0.030%	0.57x
747	Gadd	82	0.030%	3.80x
748	Hands	82	0.030%	2.52x
749	Hefford	82	0.030%	15.96x
750	Lamb	82	0.030%	0.48x
751	Manton	82	0.030%	5.93x
752	Mayes	82	0.030%	2.63x
753	Oldham	82	0.030%	1.44x
754	Twells	82	0.030%	19.34x
755	Twigg	82	0.030%	3.62x
756	Cherry	81	0.030%	2.44x
757	Fuller	81	0.030%	0.62x
758	Herrick	81	0.030%	17.22x
759	Liquorish	81	0.030%	48.01x
760	Newham	81	0.030%	6.82x
761	Peat	81	0.030%	3.13x
762	Springthorpe	81	0.030%	17.62x
763	Burley	80	0.020%	2.60x
764	Collis	80	0.020%	2.39x
765	Elton	80	0.020%	6.14x
766	Forman	80	0.020%	4.80x
767	Large	80	0.020%	2.40x
768	Lovell	80	0.020%	1.18x
769	Marsh	80	0.020%	0.35x
770	Muggleton	80	0.020%	21.57x
771	Pretty	80	0.020%	6.95x
772	Sansome	80	0.020%	16.44x
773	Siddons	80	0.020%	12.64x
774	Stacey	80	0.020%	1.10x
775	Stanton	80	0.020%	1.24x
776	Wheeler	80	0.020%	0.41x
777	Addison	79	0.020%	1.76x
778	Bevins	79	0.020%	19.64x
779	Bostock	79	0.020%	2.60x
780	Dilley	79	0.020%	7.71x
781	Hoult	79	0.020%	9.44x
782	Peet	79	0.020%	4.61x
783	Poynton	79	0.020%	14.64x
784	Worthington	79	0.020%	1.22x
785	Allsopp	78	0.020%	5.87x
786	Botterill	78	0.020%	8.91x
787	Hind	78	0.020%	1.91x
788	Keeling	78	0.020%	2.76x
789	Kelsey	78	0.020%	3.25x
790	Overton	78	0.020%	2.48x
791	Radford	78	0.020%	1.27x
792	Barradell	77	0.020%	39.34x
793	Duffin	77	0.020%	6.29x
794	Ginns	77	0.020%	22.11x
795	Handford	77	0.020%	6.39x
796	Hassell	77	0.020%	7.53x
797	Kinsey	77	0.020%	3.63x
798	Tebbett	77	0.020%	41.39x
799	Tompkins	77	0.020%	2.75x
800	Waring	77	0.020%	1.89x