Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barkby, Leicestershire

Barkby 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
NORWELL223.492110,000.00
ROBINSON203.17469.96
CARNALL162.53971,344.54
SHARPLESS121.90486,315.79
GOODE121.9048147.24
PICK121.9048298.51
HAYNES111.746048.93
WALKER111.74605.22
FARMER111.746055.87
CLARK101.58735.28
CARVELL101.5873934.58
WELLS101.587319.08
BELL101.58738.45
FAIRE91.42867,500.00
WILLIS91.428626.87
ARCHER91.428634.54
WINDLEY91.42861,551.72
TIBBLES91.4286849.06
NEEDHAM91.428667.11
LEE81.26987.77
BARNACLE81.26981,052.63
EDWARDS81.26984.56
NEWTON71.111114.50
BEAVER71.1111250.90
HURST71.111131.11
GODWIN71.111185.89
LOWE71.111114.82
STONE60.952413.18
BEVAN60.952438.94
MOFFORD60.952430,000.00
WHITE60.95242.96
ALLEN60.95245.04
HOLLING50.7937781.25
STABLEFORD50.79371,388.89
COOPER50.79373.26
JAMES50.79374.04
GRICE50.793776.92
WEEKS50.793737.06
SIMPSON50.79374.54
PAWLEY50.7937279.33
EARL50.793760.68
HOLMES50.79376.52
LANSDELL50.7937943.40
MOORE50.79373.97
TAYLOR40.63490.99
BROOKS40.63496.50
KIRBY40.634916.74
SMITH40.63490.45
PEARS40.6349137.93
RICHARDS40.63494.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOFFORD0.6363030000.0000
NORWELL0.6363010000.0000
FAIRE0.636307500.0000
SHARPLESS0.636306315.7895
MATHEWES0.636302500.0000
WELLES0.636302142.8571
WINDLEY0.636301551.7241
STABLEFORD0.636301388.8889
CARNALL0.636301344.5378
BARNACLE0.636301052.6316
LANSDELL0.63630943.3962
CARVELL0.63630934.5794
TIBBLES0.63630849.0566
HOLLING0.63630781.2500
PRESLEY0.63630652.1739
TACEY0.63630576.9231
PICK0.63630298.5075
PAWLEY0.63630279.3296
BAIL0.63630270.2703
BEAVER0.63630250.8961
HIVES0.63630178.5714
MILLNER0.63630161.2903
GOODE0.63630147.2393
HEWINS0.63630144.9275
PEARS0.63630137.9310
TOON0.63630127.1186
COCKS0.6363095.4654
HIPWELL0.6363091.7431
GODWIN0.6363085.8896
RUDKIN0.6363080.3213
GRICE0.6363076.9231
CRAGG0.6363075.0000
HARTSHORN0.6363073.2601
NEEDHAM0.6363067.1141
DAKIN0.6363066.3717
EARL0.6363060.6796
WILLCOX0.6363058.8235
FARMER0.6363055.8659
BENFIELD0.6363054.9451
HAYNES0.6363048.9324
ADCOCK0.6363048.2315
BEESON0.6363039.6825
BEVAN0.6363038.9358
GLANVILLE0.6363038.6100
EWEN0.6363037.3134
WEEKS0.6363037.0645
CHARLESWORTH0.6363036.9004
ARCHER0.6363034.5357
SQUIRES0.6363033.6323
BOULTER0.6363031.3480

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 630 people called MOFFORD in Barkby 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 30000.0000 in Barkby means that 30000.0000% of the people in Barkby on census day were called MOFFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOFFORD 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 MOFFORD 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 MOFFORD 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 MOFFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Barkby means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOFFORD in Barkby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barkby in 1881

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

ADCOCK (3)  ALLEN (6)  ARCHER (9)  ARTHUR (1)  BAIL (1)  BARNACLE (8)  BARRETT (1)  BEAVER (7)  BEESON (1)  BELL (10)  BENFIELD (1)  BEVAN (6)  BEVIN (1)  BIDDLES (2)  BLACKBOURNE (1)  BODYCOT (1)  BOLTON (1)  BOULTER (1)  BROMWICH (1)  BROOKS (4)  CARNALL (16)  CARVELL (10)  CHAMBERLAIN (3)  CHARLESWORTH (3)  CHECKLEY (3)  CLARK (10)  CLAYTON (1)  CLEATHERO (7)  CLUER (2)  COOPER (5)  COCKS (4)  CRAGG (3)  CROFTS (1)  DAKIN (3)  DANCE (1)  DASISLY (1)  DAWSON (1)  DORE (1)  EARBY (5)  EARL (5)  EDWARDS (8)  ELY (1)  EWEN (1)  FAIRE (9)  FARMER (11)  FELSTEAD (4)  FOULDS (1)  FREARSON (4)  GARLICK (1)  GIBSON (2)  GLANVILLE (1)  GLOVER (1)  GOODE (12)  GODWIN (7)  GREASLEY (7)  GREAVES (1)  GREEN (3)  GRICE (5)  HANCOX (1)  HAND (1)  HARTSHOIN (2)  HARTSHORN (2)  HAYNES (11)  HENSON (1)  HEWINS (1)  HIPWELL (1)  HIVES (1)  HOLLING (5)  HOLMES (5)  HORNSBY (1)  HUNT (1)  HURST (7)  ILLSTON (8)  JAMES (5)  JARUER (1)  JARROM (3)  KETTLE (1)  KING (2)  KIRBY (4)  CURTAIN (1)  LAWRENCE (4)  LEE (8)  LANSDELL (5)  LOWE (7)  MARSHALL (1)  MASON (2)  MESSAM (1)  MATHEWES (2)  MATHEWS (1)  MEREDITH (2)  MILLNER (1)  MOFFORD (6)  MORFORD (MOFFORD) (8)  MOORE (5)  MORTIMER (1)  NEAL (3)  NEEDHAM (9)  NEWTON (7)  NORMAN (2)  NORWELL (22)  OBLEY (1)  OLPHIN (7)  ORTON (1)  PARKER (1)  PAWLEY (5)  PEARS (4)  PERRY (1)  PICKBURN (9)  PICK (12)  POCHIN (1)  PRATT (1)  PRIEST (1)  PRESLEY (3)  PRYOR (1)  PYROR (8)  REEVES (2)  RICHARDS (4)  RYDOR (1)  ROBINSON (20)  RUDKIN (2)  RUSGROW (1)  SATCHARD (1)  SHARPLESS (12)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (5)  SMALLBONES (1)  SMITH (4)  SOWTER (2)  SPENCER (1)  SQUIRES (3)  STABLEFORD (5)  STANYON (1)  STEVENSON (2)  STOKES (2)  STONE (6)  TALBOT (2)  TACEY (3)  TAYLOR (4)  THOROLD (4)  TIBBLES (9)  TILLEY (1)  TOON (3)  TOSELAND (5)  TOWNSEND (3)  UNDERWOOD (3)  WALKER (11)  WARD (1)  WARDLE (2)  WARNER (1)  WEEKS (5)  WELLS (10)  WELLES (3)  WHITE (6)  WILLCOX (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIS (9)  WILSON (2)  WINDLEY (9)  WISDISH (1)  WITHRINGTON (1)  WOLFE (1)  WRIGHT (4)