Top surnames from the 1881 census in Higham On The Hill, Leicestershire

Higham On The Hill 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
ROWLEY153.3259126.58
BAKER132.882513.16
JACQUES112.4390287.96
KENDAL102.2173568.18
SMITH102.21731.57
CLARKE102.217310.94
MARSON91.9956439.02
BEVINS91.99561,607.14
HOOD81.773864.10
WRIGHT81.77385.53
MILES81.773830.06
COOPER81.77387.29
FISHER81.773815.15
CLARK71.55215.16
JOHNSON71.55214.62
DAWSON71.552114.08
KNIGHT71.552112.59
JEFFCOAT71.55212,916.67
WALKINGTON71.55211,296.30
MERRICK71.5521208.96
SHEPHERD71.552121.18
ABEL61.3304206.90
ASHBY61.330479.26
WOODBURN61.3304419.58
HARRISON61.33045.99
HAMMONDS61.3304504.20
HURST61.330437.27
PHILLIPS51.10866.20
SHEEN51.1086166.11
WILLIAMS51.10861.54
DAWKINS51.1086152.91
THURMAN51.1086450.45
KIRBY51.108629.22
HOLLIER51.1086561.80
FAULKNER40.886932.73
BENN40.8869155.64
PREECE40.886954.50
HACKETT40.886975.33
LANCASTER40.886935.68
JOWETT40.886981.30
HOLLAND30.66529.34
ROSE30.66528.97
HOUGH30.665238.66
PARSONS30.66528.76
GOODGER30.6652337.08
SPIRES30.6652326.09
PEGG30.665267.72
GRIMES30.665257.58
KYTE30.6652389.61
COOK30.66523.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JEFFCOAT0.454512916.6667
BOOTEN0.454512500.0000
BEVINS0.454511607.1429
WALKINGTON0.454511296.2963
BESSON0.45451769.2308
TREDWELL0.45451571.4286
KENDAL0.45451568.1818
HOLLIER0.45451561.7978
HAMMONDS0.45451504.2017
THURMAN0.45451450.4505
MARSON0.45451439.0244
WOODBURN0.45451419.5804
KYTE0.45451389.6104
GOODGER0.45451337.0787
SPIRES0.45451326.0870
HORMAN0.45451322.5806
JACQUES0.45451287.9581
SALSBURY0.45451270.2703
WYLDE0.45451215.0538
MERRICK0.45451208.9552
ABEL0.45451206.8966
SHEEN0.45451166.1130
BENN0.45451155.6420
DAWKINS0.45451152.9052
ROWLEY0.45451126.5823
PULLIN0.45451125.0000
ROBOTHAM0.45451120.4819
HENTON0.45451116.2791
TOMPSON0.45451103.0928
JOWETT0.4545181.3008
ASHBY0.4545179.2602
HACKETT0.4545175.3296
PEGG0.4545167.7201
HOOD0.4545164.1026
GRIMES0.4545157.5816
PREECE0.4545154.4959
RAINBOW0.4545153.4759
MACGREGOR0.4545153.1915
MUSSON0.4545144.8430
HATHAWAY0.4545142.7350
HOUGH0.4545138.6598
HURST0.4545137.2671
LANCASTER0.4545135.6824
ELSON0.4545135.3357
FAULKNER0.4545132.7332
BOLT0.4545130.6748
MILES0.4545130.0639
JAQUES0.4545129.9401
KIRBY0.4545129.2227
LESTER0.4545128.1690

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 451 people called JEFFCOAT in Higham On The Hill 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 2916.6667 in Higham On The Hill means that 2916.6667% of the people in Higham On The Hill on census day were called JEFFCOAT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JEFFCOAT 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 JEFFCOAT 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 JEFFCOAT 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 JEFFCOAT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Higham On The Hill means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JEFFCOAT in Higham On The Hill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Higham On The Hill in 1881

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

ABEL (6)  ANCOTT (1)  ARNOLD (1)  ASHBY (6)  ASTHILL (1)  ATKINS (1)  BAKER (13)  BEEBY (1)  BENN (4)  BESSON (1)  BEVINS (9)  BLACK (1)  BOTT OR BOLT (8)  BOLT (1)  BOOTEN (1)  BRADFORD (1)  BROTHERHOOD (6)  BROWN (1)  CARTER (2)  CLARK (7)  CLARKE (10)  CLAYFIELD (6)  COLES (1)  COOK (3)  COOPER (8)  CROFT (1)  CROSS (2)  DAWKINS (5)  DAWSON (7)  EDKINS (5)  ELSON (1)  FARMER (2)  FAULKNER (4)  FISHER (8)  FREEMAN (2)  FURBURROW (2)  GAUNT (1)  GILKS (3)  GOODGER (3)  GOUGH (1)  GRIMES (3)  HACKETT (4)  HAMMONDS (6)  HAMMOND (2)  HARRISON (6)  HARVEY (1)  HATHAWAY (1)  HEXTAL OR HEGTAL (4)  HORMAN (1)  HENTON (1)  HOLLAND (3)  HOLLIER (5)  HOLMES (1)  HOLLYOAK (4)  HOOD (8)  HOUGH (3)  HURST (6)  HOSKISSON (1)  HUTCHINS (1)  JACQUES (11)  JAQUES (1)  JEBBETTS (4)  JEFFCOAT (7)  JOHNSON (7)  JOWETT (4)  KENDAL (10)  KING (2)  KIRBY (5)  KYTE (3)  KNIGHT (7)  LANCASTER (4)  LEE (1)  LESTER (2)  LORD (2)  MANN (2)  MARSON (9)  MARTIN (2)  MACGREGOR (1)  MELLAR (8)  MERRICK (7)  MILES (8)  MOORE (1)  MUSSON (1)  NEATH (2)  NICHOLAS (1)  NIXON (1)  PARSONAGE (1)  PARSONS (3)  PATTISON (1)  PEGG (3)  PERKINS (1)  PHILLIPS (5)  PRATT (1)  PREECE (4)  PULLIN (2)  RAINBOW (1)  RILEY (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROBOTHAM (1)  ROSE (3)  ROWLEY (15)  SALSBURY (2)  SHEEN (5)  SHEPHERD (7)  SMITH (10)  SMITHARD (1)  SPIRES (3)  SPIERS (1)  SUFFOLK (4)  TAVERNOR (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TEDDS (1)  TOMPSON (1)  THORN (1)  THURMAN (5)  TREDWELL (2)  WAPPLES (2)  WHITE (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WYLDE (2)  WALKINGTON (7)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WOOD (2)  WOODBURN (6)  WORMLEIGHTON (2)  RAGG (1)  WRIGHT (8)  YATES (2)