Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blaston, Leicestershire

Blaston 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
MARLOW2721.77421,849.32
CLOW86.45162,162.16
BASSETT75.6452362.69
SEYMOUR75.6452276.68
WILSON64.838710.54
KIRBY54.0323106.38
NIXON54.0323132.28
SKEFFINGTON54.03238,333.33
TAYLOR43.22585.04
BERRY43.225840.65
RUDDLE43.22582,000.00
BLACKWELL32.4194132.74
ROBINSON32.41947.59
WHEATLEY32.4194118.58
HARDCASTLE21.6129181.82
WEBSTER21.612918.55
BOWMAN10.806530.86
STEELE10.806530.12
ROWLAND10.806528.41
WILLMOTT10.8065128.21
OAKES10.806555.56
BROADHURST10.806579.37
SPENCE10.806524.39
INGRAM10.806526.39
RUSSELL10.80656.61
HALES10.806556.18
WRIGHT10.80652.51
CLARKE10.80653.98
BRADSHAW10.806519.65
SWIFT10.806526.11
LAMB10.806515.29
HORNSBY10.8065123.46
FOX10.80658.69
PAYNE10.80658.96
BUTLER10.80658.27
MULLINER10.8065555.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKEFFINGTON0.121248333.3333
CLOW0.121242162.1622
RUDDLE0.121242000.0000
MARLOW0.121241849.3151
MULLINER0.12124555.5556
BASSETT0.12124362.6943
SEYMOUR0.12124276.6798
HARDCASTLE0.12124181.8182
BLACKWELL0.12124132.7434
NIXON0.12124132.2751
WILLMOTT0.12124128.2051
HORNSBY0.12124123.4568
WHEATLEY0.12124118.5771
KIRBY0.12124106.3830
BROADHURST0.1212479.3651
HALES0.1212456.1798
OAKES0.1212455.5556
BERRY0.1212440.6504
BOWMAN0.1212430.8642
STEELE0.1212430.1205
ROWLAND0.1212428.4091
INGRAM0.1212426.3852
SWIFT0.1212426.1097
SPENCE0.1212424.3902
BRADSHAW0.1212419.6464
WEBSTER0.1212418.5529
LAMB0.1212415.2905
WILSON0.1212410.5356
PAYNE0.121248.9606
FOX0.121248.6881
BUTLER0.121248.2713
ROBINSON0.121247.5873
RUSSELL0.121246.6050
TAYLOR0.121245.0441
CLARKE0.121243.9793
WRIGHT0.121242.5138

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 124 people called SKEFFINGTON in Blaston 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 8333.3333 in Blaston means that 8333.3333% of the people in Blaston on census day were called SKEFFINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SKEFFINGTON 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 SKEFFINGTON 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 SKEFFINGTON 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 SKEFFINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Blaston means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SKEFFINGTON in Blaston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blaston in 1881

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

BASSETT (7)  BERRY (4)  BLACKWELL (3)  BOWMAN (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BROADHURST (1)  BUTLER (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLOW (8)  DRONFIELD (1)  FOX (1)  HALES (1)  HARDCASTLE (2)  HORNSBY (1)  INGRAM (1)  KIRBY (5)  LAMB (1)  LOUNT (2)  MARLOW (27)  MAYDWELL (1)  MULLINER (1)  NIXON (5)  OAKES (1)  PAYNE (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROWLAND (1)  RUDDLE (4)  RUSSELL (1)  SEYMOUR (7)  SKEFFINGTON (5)  SPENCE (1)  STEELE (1)  SWIFT (1)  TAYLOR (4)  WEBSTER (2)  WHEATLEY (3)  WILLMOTT (1)  WILSON (6)  WINKUP (5)  WRIGHT (1)