Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cosby, Leicestershire

Cosby 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
BURBAGE595.87653,664.60
STARMER434.28292,704.40
HILL212.09168.21
HANES191.89241,652.17
HOWKINS181.79281,353.38
HAINES181.792877.42
BROWN171.69322.57
YORK161.5936120.57
KENNY161.5936133.11
HOLYOAK151.4940914.63
LANGTON151.4940188.21
WARREN141.394420.86
CLARKE141.39446.88
NORTH121.195236.06
BINGLEY111.0956402.93
BACON111.095643.60
SPENCE100.996030.11
HARRISON100.99604.49
HANCOCK100.996021.89
HALL100.99603.39
WILLSON90.896479.93
GOODMAN90.896430.73
SHARPE90.896430.42
BENFORD90.8964666.67
WEST90.89649.31
STANDLEY90.8964526.32
CURTIS90.896415.80
JOHNSON80.79682.37
PRATT80.796813.87
SMITH80.79680.56
CROFTS80.796898.64
OLIVE80.7968221.61
LAMBERT80.796814.60
TOON80.7968212.77
BURLEY80.796884.03
HARDY80.796813.30
WALE80.7968166.32
COLEMAN70.697213.99
NICHOLSON70.69729.81
DANN70.6972110.58
WILLIAMS70.69720.97
WATTS70.69728.32
SPENCER70.69727.64
POLE70.6972225.08
KING60.59762.74
LORD60.597612.96
BRUCE60.597612.76
WALFORD60.597697.24
BIDDLE60.597682.99
JONES60.59760.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURBAGE1.001,0043664.5963
STARMER1.001,0042704.4025
HANES1.001,0041652.1739
HOWKINS1.001,0041353.3835
HOYTE1.001,0041250.0000
HOLYOAK1.001,004914.6341
BENFORD1.001,004666.6667
STANDLEY1.001,004526.3158
BINGLEY1.001,004402.9304
STANLY1.001,004327.8689
TIBBLES1.001,004294.1176
POLE1.001,004225.0804
OLIVE1.001,004221.6066
TOON1.001,004212.7660
BUNNING1.001,004188.6792
LANGTON1.001,004188.2058
WALE1.001,004166.3202
SWINGLER1.001,004159.5745
HEADLEY1.001,004147.6015
TEAR1.001,004140.8451
KENNY1.001,004133.1115
RUDKIN1.001,004126.2626
ROOT1.001,004121.9512
YORK1.001,004120.5727
DANN1.001,004110.5845
PEARS1.001,004108.2251
WINSON1.001,00499.5025
CROFTS1.001,00498.6436
WALFORD1.001,00497.2447
ABELL1.001,00496.4630
GREENWELL1.001,00491.1854
KENNEY1.001,00490.4159
BURLEY1.001,00484.0336
BIDDLE1.001,00482.9876
CARY1.001,00481.6327
WILLSON1.001,00479.9290
HAINES1.001,00477.4194
SHEEN1.001,00474.5156
FREER1.001,00472.2022
HAMES1.001,00470.4225
DERRY1.001,00467.7201
ORME1.001,00459.6659
DOBBS1.001,00458.9971
WILLEY1.001,00455.2486
MADDOCK1.001,00454.5256
BACON1.001,00443.5989
CHARLESWORTH1.001,00438.5802
HALLS1.001,00437.7834
NORTH1.001,00436.0577
COLMAN1.001,00432.0856

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,004 people called BURBAGE in Cosby 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 3664.5963 in Cosby means that 3664.5963% of the people in Cosby on census day were called BURBAGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURBAGE 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 BURBAGE 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 BURBAGE 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 BURBAGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.00 in Cosby means that you are 1.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURBAGE in Cosby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cosby in 1881

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

ABELL (3)  ADAMS (6)  ALMEY (2)  BACON (11)  BARBER (1)  BEASLEY (1)  BENFORD (9)  BENNETT (6)  BIDDLE (6)  BINGLEY (11)  BLOOMER (1)  BOTT (1)  BRIERS (1)  BRIGGS (5)  BROWN (17)  BRUCE (6)  BRYAN (1)  BULL (3)  BUNNING (2)  BURBAGE (59)  BURLEY (8)  BUSBY (1)  BUTLER (3)  CARY (2)  CARTWRIGHT (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHARLESWORTH (5)  CHARMAN (2)  CHURCH (2)  CLARKE (14)  CLARK (2)  COLEMAN (7)  COLMAN (3)  COOPER (2)  COPSON (12)  CRANE (1)  CROFTS (8)  CROFT (1)  CURTIS (9)  DANN (7)  DAVIS (1)  DERRY (3)  DOBBS (4)  DRINKWATER (1)  ELLIS (2)  FERN (1)  FREER (4)  FURBOROUGH (22)  GEE (4)  GIMSON (12)  GISBOURN (5)  GOODMAN (9)  GRAY (4)  GREENWELL (3)  HACKETT (1)  HALL (10)  HALLS (3)  HAMES (2)  HANCOCK (10)  HANSOM (1)  HARDY (8)  HARRISON (10)  HANES (19)  HAINES (18)  HEIGHTON (4)  HEAP (1)  HEADLEY (4)  HERBERT (1)  HILL (21)  HILLSON (1)  HYNDE (4)  HIRONS (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (3)  HOLYOAK (15)  HOWKINS (18)  HOYTE (4)  HUCKNALL (4)  HULL (1)  JERRISON (2)  JOHNSON (8)  JONES (6)  KELLY (1)  KENNEY (5)  KENNY (16)  KING (6)  KIRKMAN (1)  LAMBERT (8)  LAND (1)  LANGTON (15)  LAWSON (2)  LEE (2)  LEATHERLAND (8)  LLOYD (3)  LORD (6)  LUCAS (2)  MADDOCK (5)  MONTGOMERY (4)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (4)  NEWELL (4)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (7)  NORMAN (3)  NORTH (12)  OLIVE (8)  ORME (5)  ARMSTON (3)  PALLAND (1)  PALMER (2)  PARKER (2)  PAWLEY (1)  PEARS (5)  PHIPPS (4)  POCHIN (17)  POLLARD (1)  POLE (7)  POUGHER (5)  PRATT (8)  REPPENTON (5)  REYNOLDS (3)  RINGROES (3)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (5)  ROOT (4)  RUDKIN (5)  SEWELL (1)  SHARPE (9)  SHARP (4)  SHEEN (5)  SHINGLER (1)  SMITH (8)  SNOW (1)  SPARROW (1)  SPENCE (10)  SPENCER (7)  STANDLEY (9)  STANLY (2)  STARMER (43)  STRETTON (9)  SUMMERLAND (2)  SWINGLER (3)  TAILBY (11)  TANSY (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THACKERAY (1)  TIBBLES (5)  TEBBUTT (8)  TOON (8)  TOESLAND (6)  TEAR (2)  UPTON (5)  VENERABLES (8)  WALL (2)  WALE (8)  WAPPLES (6)  WARD (2)  WARREN (14)  WATSON (5)  WATTS (7)  WEST (9)  WHAPPLES (6)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILDBORE (2)  WILSON (5)  WILLSON (9)  WINSON (2)  WITHERBED (2)  WOODCOCK (1)  WALFORD (6)  WRIGHT (1)  WILLEY (5)  YORK (16)