Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bitesby, Leicestershire

Bitesby 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
KIRBY821.6216571.43
MANNING616.2162508.47
SMITH513.51359.57
BOND410.8108204.08
BENNETT25.405432.89
REYNOLDS25.405462.31
JOHNSON12.70278.05
TIMSON12.7027833.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TIMSON0.0437833.3333
KIRBY0.0437571.4286
MANNING0.0437508.4746
BOND0.0437204.0816
REYNOLDS0.043762.3053
BENNETT0.043732.8947
SMITH0.04379.5712
JOHNSON0.04378.0451

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 37 people called TIMSON in Bitesby 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 833.3333 in Bitesby means that 833.3333% of the people in Bitesby on census day were called TIMSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TIMSON 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 TIMSON 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 TIMSON 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 TIMSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Bitesby means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TIMSON in Bitesby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bitesby in 1881

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

BENNETT (2)  BOND (4)  JOHNSON (1)  KIRBY (8)  MANNING (6)  REYNOLDS (2)  SLEATH (7)  SMITH (5)  TIMSON (1)  WITTAKER (1)