Top surnames from the 1881 census in Harby, Leicestershire

Harby 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
STARBUCK274.56852,842.11
KEMP254.230176.27
WATCHORN244.06094,285.71
SMITH244.06092.88
COY213.55331,135.14
MUSSON203.3841684.93
WESSON183.04571,168.83
HAYWOOD172.8765137.10
HALL152.53818.63
GOODSON142.3689476.19
GIBSON111.861315.33
GREENWOOD101.692021.79
MANCHESTER101.6920840.34
MOULDS101.6920980.39
BARNES91.522812.65
WRIGHT91.52284.75
WHITTLE91.522869.88
RAWLINSON91.5228127.66
STOKES91.522836.06
BORKE91.522818,000.00
HERRICK91.52281,046.51
STEVENS71.184411.35
BEND71.18442,916.67
KNAPP71.1844173.70
SHEPHERD71.184416.16
TINKLER71.1844273.44
WELSH61.015225.64
MOULD61.0152118.58
SHIPMAN61.0152273.97
MARRIOTT61.015245.32
GREGG61.0152144.23
MARTIN61.01524.12
BROWN61.01521.54
OLIFF50.84602,777.78
BROOKS50.84608.66
CHANCELLOR50.84601,136.36
WHITAKER50.846029.94
SKINNER50.846016.67
ALLEN50.84604.48
PICK50.8460132.63
DERRY50.8460191.57
ISAM40.67685,714.29
SUMNER40.676841.80
MABBOTT40.6768606.06
DICKMAN40.6768444.44
HARWOOD40.676825.28
WARD40.67683.10
DUNSMORE40.6768263.16
KING30.50762.33
MARSHALL30.50763.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BORKE0.5959118000.0000
ISAM0.595915714.2857
WATCHORN0.595914285.7143
BEND0.595912916.6667
STARBUCK0.595912842.1053
OLIFF0.595912777.7778
ORSON0.595911578.9474
RATH0.595911250.0000
WESSON0.595911168.8312
CHANCELLOR0.595911136.3636
COY0.595911135.1351
HERRICK0.595911046.5116
MOULDS0.59591980.3922
MANCHESTER0.59591840.3361
MUNKS0.59591810.8108
MUSSON0.59591684.9315
MABBOTT0.59591606.0606
GOODSON0.59591476.1905
DICKMAN0.59591444.4444
HINMAN0.59591400.0000
SHIPMAN0.59591273.9726
TINKLER0.59591273.4375
DUNSMORE0.59591263.1579
ALLERTON0.59591222.2222
DERRY0.59591191.5709
KNAPP0.59591173.6973
GREGG0.59591144.2308
HAYWOOD0.59591137.0968
PICK0.59591132.6260
MATTOCK0.59591130.7190
BONSER0.59591129.0323
RAWLINSON0.59591127.6596
MOULD0.59591118.5771
KEMP0.5959176.2660
WHITTLE0.5959169.8758
MARRIOTT0.5959145.3172
SUMNER0.5959141.7973
CUNNINGTON0.5959140.9836
DEWEY0.5959140.0000
STOKES0.5959136.0577
RODWELL0.5959131.3480
WASS0.5959131.1526
DERRICK0.5959130.2115
WHITAKER0.5959129.9401
HITCHCOCK0.5959129.3255
CRAGG0.5959126.6667
WELSH0.5959125.6410
HARWOOD0.5959125.2845
PICKARD0.5959124.2718
HOPKIN0.5959121.8818

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 591 people called BORKE in Harby 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 18000.0000 in Harby means that 18000.0000% of the people in Harby on census day were called BORKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BORKE 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 BORKE 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 BORKE 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 BORKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.59 in Harby means that you are 0.59 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BORKE in Harby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Harby in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (5)  ALLERTON (3)  BAGULEY (5)  BARNES (9)  BEAN (1)  BEND (7)  BONSER (2)  BORKE (9)  BROOKS (5)  BROWN (6)  CHANCELLOR (5)  CLARKE (2)  CRAGG (1)  CUNNINGTON (1)  DEAN (1)  DERRICK (1)  DERRY (5)  DEWEY (1)  DICKMAN (4)  DUNSMORE (4)  FISHER (1)  FRECK (16)  FURMIDGE (16)  GALE (1)  GIBSON (11)  GOODSON (14)  GREENWOOD (10)  GREGORY (1)  GREGG (6)  HALL (15)  HALLAM (1)  HINMAN (1)  HARWOOD (4)  HERRICK (9)  HAYWOOD (17)  HILL (1)  HITCHCOCK (2)  HOPKIN (1)  HOURD (3)  HUBBARD (2)  HULL (1)  OLIFF (5)  ISAM (4)  JACKSON (3)  COY (21)  KELHAM (1)  KEMP (25)  KING (3)  KNOTT (1)  LANGFORD (1)  LAMIN (14)  LOMAS (1)  MABBOTT (4)  MANCHESTER (10)  MARRIOTT (6)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTIN (6)  MATHEWS (1)  MATTOCK (2)  MINCKLEY (1)  MUNKS (3)  MORTON (2)  MOULDS (10)  MOULD (6)  MUSSON (20)  KNAPP (7)  NORMAN (2)  NORRIS (3)  ORSON (3)  PARKER (1)  PERRY (1)  PICKARD (2)  PICK (5)  RAWLINSON (9)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RODWELL (1)  ROSE (3)  RAWLINGS (1)  SCOTT (1)  SENTENCE (1)  SHEPHERD (7)  SCARROTT (1)  SHIPMAN (6)  SIMPSON (1)  SKINNER (5)  SMART (1)  SMITH (24)  STARBUCK (27)  STEVENS (7)  STEVENSON (3)  STOKES (9)  SUMNER (4)  TINKLER (7)  VERNON (1)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WARD (4)  WASS (1)  WATCHORN (24)  WATSON (1)  WELSH (6)  WESSON (18)  WHITAKER (5)  WHITTLE (9)  WOODCOCK (1)  WORTHINGTON (1)  RATH (1)  WRIGHT (9)