Top surnames from the 1881 census in Knossington, Leicestershire

Knossington 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
WIGGINTON237.90387,187.50
VINES196.52921,958.76
LENTON124.1237827.59
LOCKWOOD124.1237186.63
CHAMBERLAIN93.0928113.64
HILL82.749110.79
HUBBARD82.7491113.15
COX82.749118.14
MITCHELL82.749113.55
YOUNG72.405511.20
SPRIGGS62.0619413.79
FRISBY62.0619476.19
PEARS62.0619447.76
LEADBETTER62.0619397.35
BARNES51.718214.27
BRYAN41.374655.40
TAYLOR41.37462.15
SPENCE41.374641.54
DOWNIE41.3746117.30
CAMERON41.374617.68
ROBINSON41.37464.31
TOMBLIN31.0309566.04
BARNETT31.030922.87
SKINNER31.030920.31
THOMPSON20.68732.29
EXTON20.6873206.19
BATES20.687310.80
RANSOME20.6873217.39
CARTER20.68734.09
WILSON20.68731.50
PALMER20.68735.83
MARTIN20.68732.79
TIDD20.6873625.00
GRANT20.68736.93
GALE20.687322.94
BRADSHAW20.687316.74
BILSON20.6873588.24
HOLMES20.68735.64
LONG10.34365.30
GOODE10.343626.53
REID10.34363.27
AYRES10.343624.75
PONTON10.3436270.27
WOODCOCK10.343612.05
LAMBERT10.34366.30
SMITH10.34360.24
BOTT10.343643.67
WARNER10.34369.43
HURST10.34369.62
SCOTT10.34361.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WIGGINTON0.292917187.5000
VINES0.292911958.7629
LENTON0.29291827.5862
TIDD0.29291625.0000
BILSON0.29291588.2353
TOMBLIN0.29291566.0377
FRISBY0.29291476.1905
PEARS0.29291447.7612
SPRIGGS0.29291413.7931
LEADBETTER0.29291397.3510
HUSON0.29291333.3333
PONTON0.29291270.2703
RANSOME0.29291217.3913
EXTON0.29291206.1856
LOCKWOOD0.29291186.6252
DOWNIE0.29291117.3021
CHAMBERLAIN0.29291113.6364
HUBBARD0.29291113.1542
BALES0.2929191.7431
CREIGHTON0.2929186.9565
CUNNINGTON0.2929183.3333
BRYAN0.2929155.4017
RANDELL0.2929154.9451
BOTT0.2929143.6681
LEWIN0.2929142.5532
SPENCE0.2929141.5369
SOMERVILLE0.2929141.3223
BAGNALL0.2929140.0000
STYLES0.2929132.5733
BROOM0.2929127.8552
GOODE0.2929126.5252
AYRES0.2929124.7525
GALE0.2929122.9358
BARNETT0.2929122.8659
SKINNER0.2929120.3114
PENNY0.2929119.3050
COX0.2929118.1406
CAMERON0.2929117.6835
BRADSHAW0.2929116.7364
BARNES0.2929114.2735
MITCHELL0.2929113.5524
WOODCOCK0.2929112.0482
TYLER0.2929111.6414
GODFREY0.2929111.5875
YOUNG0.2929111.1964
BATES0.2929110.7991
HILL0.2929110.7933
FORBES0.2929110.2564
HURST0.292919.6246
POLLARD0.292919.4251

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 291 people called WIGGINTON in Knossington 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 7187.5000 in Knossington means that 7187.5000% of the people in Knossington on census day were called WIGGINTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WIGGINTON 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 WIGGINTON 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 WIGGINTON 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 WIGGINTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Knossington means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WIGGINTON in Knossington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Knossington in 1881

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

BAGNALL (1)  BARNES (5)  BARNETT (3)  BATES (2)  BALES (1)  BANDELL (4)  BILSON (2)  BISHOP (1)  BOFFIN (4)  BOTT (1)  BOTHAMLY (6)  BRADSHAW (2)  BRANNSTON (1)  BROOM (1)  BRYAN (4)  CAMERON (4)  CARTER (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (9)  CLARK (1)  COLE (1)  COOK (1)  COX (8)  CREIGHTON (1)  CUNNINGTON (1)  DOWNIE (4)  EAGLESTONE (2)  EXTON (2)  AYRES (1)  FEEAR (1)  FORBES (1)  FREEMAN (1)  FRISBY (6)  GALE (2)  GODFREY (1)  GOODE (1)  GRANT (2)  HUSON (1)  HILL (8)  HOLMES (2)  HOPCROFT (1)  HUBBARD (8)  HUNTS (1)  HURST (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KEMPIN (4)  KENNANS (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LANE (1)  LEADBETTER (6)  LEWIN (1)  LENTON (12)  LOCKWOOD (12)  LONG (1)  MARTIN (2)  MATHEWS (1)  MITCHELL (8)  DE MOWBRAY (2)  MOYSES (4)  PALMER (2)  PEARS (6)  PENNY (1)  POLLARD (1)  PONTON (1)  RANDELL (1)  RANSOME (2)  REID (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RILEY (1)  ROBINSON (4)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCOTT (1)  SKINNER (3)  SMART (1)  SMITH (1)  SOMERVILLE (1)  SPENCE (4)  SPRIGGS (6)  STYLES (1)  TAYLOR (4)  THOMPSON (2)  TIDD (2)  TOMBLIN (3)  TYERS (1)  TYLER (1)  TYRES (1)  VICCARS (3)  VICRADGE (1)  VINCETT (2)  VINES (19)  WARNER (1)  WARTNABY (1)  WEATHERSTONE (4)  WIGGINTON (23)  WILSON (2)  WOODCOCK (1)  YOKES (4)  YOUNG (7)