Top surnames from the 1881 census in Breedon, Leicestershire

Breedon 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
HICKLING223.0683571.43
ROULSTON182.51055,454.55
KINSEY172.3710362.47
SHAW172.371012.91
CROSS162.231532.43
SMITH162.23151.58
THOMPSON162.23157.45
GADSBY152.0921510.20
HEWSON152.0921256.41
BROOKS152.092121.40
HART131.813121.26
MASON131.813113.48
MOORE121.67368.37
NICHOLLS111.534229.37
BLUNT101.3947172.71
MUGLESTON101.39477,692.31
TURNER101.39475.01
WATSON91.25525.41
FOSTER91.25529.39
WINFIELD81.1158134.23
DALLMAN81.11582,285.71
LACEY81.115860.56
WALKER81.11583.33
STONE70.976313.51
BRAITHWAITE70.976384.13
OSBORNE70.976320.46
POPE70.976328.33
MARTIN70.97633.96
BONSER70.9763372.34
LEECH60.836851.37
BATSON60.8368300.00
WALDRAM60.83681,818.18
DAVIS60.83683.81
BANCROFT60.836886.33
PARTRIDGE60.836832.03
LEMON60.8368115.38
BARBER60.836813.90
BANTON50.6974462.96
HANSON50.697421.61
NEWBOLD50.697495.60
HEMSLEY50.6974139.28
JORDAN50.697415.78
ROWELL50.697479.87
HAYWOOD50.697433.24
THURMAN40.5579225.99
MARSTON40.557959.97
ROBERTS40.55791.48
KIRK40.557912.89
FORMAN40.5579108.40
COOPER40.55792.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MUGLESTON0.727177692.3077
ROULSTON0.727175454.5455
YOUMANS0.727173000.0000
DALLMAN0.727172285.7143
WALDRAM0.727171818.1818
HICKINGBOTHAM0.72717909.0909
HICKLING0.72717571.4286
GADSBY0.72717510.2041
BANTON0.72717462.9630
BONSER0.72717372.3404
KINSEY0.72717362.4733
BATSON0.72717300.0000
HEWSON0.72717256.4103
THURMAN0.72717225.9887
CHEADLE0.72717178.5714
ALLOWAY0.72717175.4386
BLUNT0.72717172.7116
LENARD0.72717158.7302
HEMSLEY0.72717139.2758
WINFIELD0.72717134.2282
SATCHELL0.72717123.4568
LEMON0.72717115.3846
FORMAN0.72717108.4011
MILLWOOD0.72717100.0000
NEWBOLD0.7271795.6023
SAINT0.7271791.3242
BANCROFT0.7271786.3309
BRAITHWAITE0.7271784.1346
ROWELL0.7271779.8722
BOWLEY0.7271776.1421
AYRE0.7271774.8130
IRESON0.7271768.4932
WATERFIELD0.7271767.7966
ASHER0.7271766.0066
HARROLD0.7271761.9195
LACEY0.7271760.5602
MARSTON0.7271759.9700
EGGLESTON0.7271759.5238
ORTON0.7271759.3472
SWINDELL0.7271757.8035
LEECH0.7271751.3699
SNAPE0.7271745.3858
INGLE0.7271734.1297
HAYWOOD0.7271733.2447
CROSS0.7271732.4281
PARTRIDGE0.7271732.0342
PAINTER0.7271730.4878
NICHOLLS0.7271729.3725
POPE0.7271728.3286
KILBY0.7271724.8139

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 717 people called MUGLESTON in Breedon 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 7692.3077 in Breedon means that 7692.3077% of the people in Breedon on census day were called MUGLESTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MUGLESTON 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 MUGLESTON 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 MUGLESTON 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 MUGLESTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.72 in Breedon means that you are 0.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MUGLESTON in Breedon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Breedon in 1881

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

ALLOWAY (1)  ALLT (11)  ANDREW (4)  APPLEBY (2)  ASHER (2)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (1)  BAKS (1)  BANCROFT (6)  BANTON (5)  BARBER (6)  BARSBY (11)  BATES (1)  BATSON (6)  BEIGHTON (1)  BLACK (1)  BLACKWELL (1)  BLUNT (10)  BONSER (7)  BOULTBEE (9)  BOWLEY (3)  BRADBURY (4)  BRADLEY (2)  BRAITHWAITE (7)  BRIGGS (1)  BROOKS (15)  BURTON (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (3)  CHEADLE (3)  CLARK (1)  CLULOW (7)  COOK (2)  COOPER (4)  COWLISHAW (3)  CROSS (16)  DALLMAN (8)  DARLOW (2)  DAVIS (6)  EAGLEFIELD (7)  EGGLESTON (1)  AYRE (3)  FAREBROTHER (3)  FAIZE (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FORMAN (4)  FOSTER (9)  FOWLER (1)  FREARSON (3)  GADSBY (15)  GEE (1)  GIDLOW (8)  GILBERT (2)  JORDAN (5)  GRAY (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  GRESLEY (6)  HANSON (5)  HARDY (1)  HARROLD (2)  HART (13)  HASSALL (3)  HEMSLEY (5)  HEWSON (15)  HAYWOOD (5)  HICKINGBOTHAM (2)  HICKLING (22)  HIGGINBOTTAM (1)  HINDS (1)  HODGKINSON (2)  HOLYOAKE (5)  HUMPHREYS (1)  INGLE (1)  IRESON (1)  JACK (1)  JACKSON (3)  JUDGE (1)  KILBY (1)  KIRK (4)  LACEY (8)  LAMB (1)  LEECH (6)  LEMON (6)  LENARD (1)  MARSTON (4)  MARTIN (7)  MASON (13)  MC DONALD (5)  KINSEY (17)  MEAD (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLWOOD (1)  MOORE (12)  MORRIS (4)  MUGLESTON (10)  MEAR (6)  NEAL (1)  NEWBOLD (5)  NICHOLLS (11)  ORTON (4)  OSBORNE (7)  PAINTER (3)  PARTRIDGE (6)  PERKINS (1)  PETERS (3)  POPE (7)  POWDRILL (18)  PRESTON (2)  PULLEN (1)  RENNOCK (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (2)  ROULSTON (18)  ROE (3)  ROWELL (5)  SAINT (2)  SATCHELL (2)  SHAW (17)  SMITH (16)  SNAPE (3)  SOWTER (2)  STANLEY (2)  STONE (7)  STREET (2)  STRETTON (7)  SWINDELL (1)  TANSER (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (16)  THOMSON (2)  THIRLBY (1)  THURMAN (4)  TIVEY (1)  TOMLINSON (2)  TURNER (10)  VARNHANE (5)  VICKERS (1)  WAIN (1)  WALDRAM (6)  WALKER (8)  WALKLATE (1)  WARNER (1)  WARREN (2)  WATERFIELD (2)  WATKINS (4)  WATSON (9)  WEBSTER (2)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WINFIELD (8)  WINTER (1)  WOODWARD (4)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUMANS (3)