Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bardon, Leicestershire

Bardon is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Leicestershire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
WOOD810.810833.93
ADAMS79.459564.16
HARRIS79.459537.21
FOSTER68.108160.67
HILL68.108131.83
YORK56.7568510.20
MORRISON45.405468.73
SANDERS45.4054119.40
HENNIS22.702710,000.00
CHERRY22.7027263.16
BOWLEY22.7027487.80
CLARKE11.35146.67
HOLT11.351420.20
PEPPER11.351496.15
MARSHALL11.35148.06
HILLS11.351448.78
WRIGHT11.35144.21
ROULSTON11.35143,333.33
COPELAND11.3514142.86
PARKER11.35147.11
JENNETT11.35143,333.33
GIBSON11.351411.14
PICKERING11.351437.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HENNIS0.077410000.0000
JENNETT0.07743333.3333
ROULSTON0.07743333.3333
YORK0.0774510.2041
BOWLEY0.0774487.8049
CHERRY0.0774263.1579
COPELAND0.0774142.8571
SANDERS0.0774119.4030
PEPPER0.077496.1538
MORRISON0.077468.7285
ADAMS0.077464.1613
FOSTER0.077460.6673
HILLS0.077448.7805
PICKERING0.077437.4532
HARRIS0.077437.2142
WOOD0.077433.9271
HILL0.077431.8302
HOLT0.077420.2020
GIBSON0.077411.1359
MARSHALL0.07748.0580
PARKER0.07747.1073
CLARKE0.07746.6711
WRIGHT0.07744.2123

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 74 people called HENNIS in Bardon at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 10000.0000 in Bardon means that 10000.0000% of the people in Bardon on census day were called HENNIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HENNIS in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called HENNIS as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called HENNIS here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called HENNIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Bardon means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HENNIS in Bardon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bardon in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ADAMS (7)  ALLT (2)  BOWLEY (2)  CHERRY (2)  CLARKE (1)  COPELAND (1)  EVERARD (5)  FOSTER (6)  GIBSON (1)  HARRIS (7)  HENNIS (2)  HILL (6)  HILLS (1)  HOLT (1)  JENNETT (1)  KELHAM (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MORRISON (4)  PARKER (1)  PEPPER (1)  PICKERING (1)  ROULSTON (1)  SANDERS (4)  SWETE (1)  WOOD (8)  WRIGHT (1)  YORK (5)