Top surnames from the 1881 census in Diseworth, Leicestershire

Diseworth 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
ADKIN337.93273,750.00
SHAW174.086522.25
RUSSELL163.846231.51
FLETCHER112.644223.16
MEE112.6442348.10
POXON102.40381,315.79
HUDSON92.163526.42
BLACKWELL92.1635118.73
HINDS92.1635313.59
HARRIS92.16358.51
ORTON81.9231204.60
BROWN71.68272.55
SHEFFIELD71.6827321.10
HOWE71.682742.84
JOHNSON71.68275.01
SMITH61.44231.02
HUTCHINSON61.442325.39
MORGAN61.44237.25
JORDAN61.442332.64
DEXTER51.2019163.40
GASCOIGNE51.2019261.78
MILLS51.20199.27
WHITE51.20193.74
HEGGS51.20191,515.15
CROSS51.201917.46
WHEATLEY51.201959.03
MOORE40.96154.81
BANTON40.9615634.92
CARTWRIGHT40.961525.22
SMEDLEY40.9615117.65
THOMPSON40.96153.21
SIMPKIN40.9615256.41
JACQUES30.721284.99
ROBY30.7212297.03
HINKS30.7212177.51
BATES30.721211.33
TURNER30.72122.59
MARSHALL30.72124.30
BIRD30.72129.44
KENELY30.721215,000.00
OLIVER30.721210.11
HAINES30.721231.15
ROPER30.721234.64
PALMER30.72126.12
ELLIOTT30.72128.50
NORTH30.721221.75
BAKER20.48082.19
GREEN20.48081.71
WALDRON20.480854.64
PEGG20.480849.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KENELY0.4241615000.0000
ADKIN0.424163750.0000
HEGGS0.424161515.1515
POXON0.424161315.7895
BANTON0.42416634.9206
MEE0.42416348.1013
SHEFFIELD0.42416321.1009
HINDS0.42416313.5889
ROBY0.42416297.0297
GASCOIGNE0.42416261.7801
SIMPKIN0.42416256.4103
ORTON0.42416204.6036
HINKS0.42416177.5148
DEXTER0.42416163.3987
BLACKWELL0.42416118.7335
SMEDLEY0.42416117.6471
KILBURN0.4241693.4579
JACQUES0.4241684.9858
WHEATLEY0.4241659.0319
WALDRON0.4241654.6448
WRAGG0.4241651.9481
PEGG0.4241649.0196
GARTON0.4241648.7805
FORMAN0.4241646.7290
FREER0.4241643.4783
AYRE0.4241643.1034
HOWE0.4241642.8397
ROPER0.4241634.6420
JORDAN0.4241632.6442
RUSSELL0.4241631.5085
HAINES0.4241631.1526
LESTER0.4241630.5344
STRICKLAND0.4241630.1205
HEAP0.4241628.3286
AMBROSE0.4241627.3224
HUDSON0.4241626.4240
HUTCHINSON0.4241625.3915
CARTWRIGHT0.4241625.2207
BANCROFT0.4241624.8139
FLETCHER0.4241623.1628
BARROW0.4241622.7015
RUSH0.4241622.4215
WIGGINS0.4241622.2717
SHAW0.4241622.2455
NORTH0.4241621.7549
STREET0.4241620.5761
DAVY0.4241619.4932
BRYAN0.4241619.3611
CROSS0.4241617.4642
NEAL0.4241616.2470

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 416 people called KENELY in Diseworth 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 15000.0000 in Diseworth means that 15000.0000% of the people in Diseworth on census day were called KENELY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KENELY 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 KENELY 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 KENELY 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 KENELY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Diseworth means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KENELY in Diseworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Diseworth in 1881

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

ADKIN (33)  AMBROSE (1)  ANNIBAL (3)  BAKER (2)  BANCROFT (1)  BANTON (4)  BARKER (1)  BATES (3)  BAXTER (2)  BEXON (4)  BIRD (3)  BLACKWELL (9)  BOROLEY (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (7)  BRYAN (2)  BARROW (2)  CARTWRIGHT (4)  CHESLYN (2)  CROSS (5)  DANVERS (9)  DAVY (1)  DEXTER (5)  EITE (4)  ELLIOTT (3)  AYRE (1)  FARMER (2)  FLETCHER (11)  FORMAN (1)  FORSTER (2)  FREER (1)  GARTON (1)  GASCOIGNE (5)  GOACHER (1)  JORDAN (6)  GREEN (2)  HARDY (1)  HARRIS (9)  HASSALL (1)  HAYES (2)  HAINES (3)  HEAP (2)  HEGGS (5)  HINDS (9)  HINKS (3)  HOLT (1)  HOWE (7)  HUDSON (9)  HURST (1)  HUTCHINSON (6)  JACQUES (3)  JARROM (6)  JOHNSON (7)  JONES (2)  KELHAM (1)  KENELY (3)  KILBURN (2)  LIMMAGE (2)  LESTER (2)  MARSHALL (3)  MASON (1)  MEE (11)  MILLS (5)  MOORE (4)  MORGAN (6)  MUNTON (4)  MOUNTNEY (1)  NEAL (2)  NORTH (3)  OLIVER (3)  ORRIDGE (1)  ORTON (8)  PALMER (3)  PARKER (2)  PEGG (2)  PECKOVER (1)  POXON (10)  POLLARD (2)  POUNTAIN (2)  ROBY (3)  ROPER (3)  RUSH (1)  RUSSELL (16)  SADDINGTON (3)  SHAW (17)  SHEFFIELD (7)  SIMPKIN (4)  SMEDLEY (4)  SMITH (6)  SOWTER (10)  SPENCER (1)  STREET (2)  STRICKLAND (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TURNER (3)  WALDRON (2)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (1)  WHEATLEY (5)  WHITTAKER (1)  WHITE (5)  WIGGINS (1)  WOULIDGE (5)  WRAGG (2)  WRIGHT (1)