1881 census place

Whetstone surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Whetstone, 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

48 surnames are listed for Whetstone, Leicestershire, covering 591 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wale, with 68 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Whetstone

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	Wale	68	5.73%	1195.08x
2	Kenney	66	5.56%	1010.72x
3	Wells	45	3.79%	45.61x
4	Phipps	41	3.46%	233.62x
5	Kind	36	3.04%	2571.43x
6	Coulson	33	2.78%	155.15x
7	Needham	31	2.61%	122.82x
8	Shenton	29	2.45%	382.08x
9	Pawley	20	1.69%	591.72x
10	Beeby	17	1.43%	422.89x
11	Mawby	17	1.43%	507.46x
12	Copson	13	1.10%	454.55x
13	Herrick	13	1.10%	755.81x
14	Pretty	12	1.01%	285.04x
15	Vann	12	1.01%	452.83x
16	Wakeling	12	1.01%	264.90x
17	Kenny	11	0.930%	77.46x
18	Medhurst	11	0.930%	241.23x
19	Newitt	8	0.670%	414.51x
20	Root	8	0.670%	206.72x
21	Bonshor	7	0.590%	2800.00x
22	Allsopp	6	0.510%	123.20x
23	Draycott	6	0.510%	151.90x
24	Looms	6	0.510%	952.38x
25	Wakelin	6	0.510%	137.61x
26	Burbage	5	0.420%	263.16x
27	Dymott	5	0.420%	515.46x
28	Groocock	5	0.420%	462.96x
29	Rest	5	0.420%	1428.57x
30	Gilliver	4	0.340%	310.08x
31	Gimson	4	0.340%	366.97x
32	Lydall	4	0.340%	851.06x
33	Paramore	3	0.250%	476.19x
34	Carvell	2	0.170%	99.01x
35	Jessen	2	0.170%	2500.00x
36	Laundon	2	0.170%	392.16x
37	Rosling	2	0.170%	192.31x
38	Starmer	2	0.170%	106.95x
39	Twiggs	2	0.170%	270.27x
40	Twilley	2	0.170%	833.33x
41	Breward	1	0.080%	107.53x
42	Broadwell	1	0.080%	232.56x
43	Farndon	1	0.080%	92.59x
44	Foxon	1	0.080%	64.94x
45	Hamond	1	0.080%	106.38x
46	Measham	1	0.080%	166.67x
47	Symmonds	1	0.080%	113.64x
48	Wallin	1	0.080%	102.04x