1881 census place

Cosby surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cosby, Leicestershire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

45 surnames are listed for Cosby, Leicestershire, covering 444 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Burbage, with 59 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cosby

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Burbage	59	5.88%	3664.60x
2	Starmer	43	4.28%	2704.40x
3	Furborough	22	2.19%	11000.00x
4	Hanes	19	1.89%	1652.17x
5	Haines	18	1.79%	77.42x
6	Howkins	18	1.79%	1353.38x
7	Pochin	17	1.69%	3148.15x
8	Kenny	16	1.59%	133.11x
9	York	16	1.59%	120.57x
10	Holyoak	15	1.49%	914.63x
11	Langton	15	1.49%	188.21x
12	Copson	12	1.20%	495.87x
13	Gimson	12	1.20%	1304.35x
14	Bingley	11	1.10%	402.93x
15	Tailby	11	1.10%	873.02x
16	Benford	9	0.900%	666.67x
17	Standley	9	0.900%	526.32x
18	Stretton	9	0.900%	198.24x
19	Crofts	8	0.800%	98.64x
20	Leatherland	8	0.800%	740.74x
21	Olive	8	0.800%	221.61x
22	Tebbutt	8	0.800%	216.80x
23	Toon	8	0.800%	212.77x
24	Wale	8	0.800%	166.32x
25	Pole	7	0.700%	225.08x
26	Pougher	5	0.500%	2272.73x
27	Rudkin	5	0.500%	126.26x
28	Tibbles	5	0.500%	294.12x
29	Headley	4	0.400%	147.60x
30	Heighton	4	0.400%	459.77x
31	Hoyte	4	0.400%	1250.00x
32	Hucknall	4	0.400%	800.00x
33	Root	4	0.400%	121.95x
34	Armston	3	0.300%	1500.00x
35	Swingler	3	0.300%	159.57x
36	Almey	2	0.200%	500.00x
37	Bunning	2	0.200%	188.68x
38	Jerrison	2	0.200%	833.33x
39	Stanly	2	0.200%	327.87x
40	Tear	2	0.200%	140.85x
41	Wildbore	2	0.200%	307.69x
42	Winson	2	0.200%	99.50x
43	Briers	1	0.100%	52.91x
44	Hansom	1	0.100%	175.44x
45	Hillson	1	0.100%	128.21x