Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norton Kings, Leicestershire

Norton Kings 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
THOMSON815.0943112.99
SKINNER611.3208223.05
FREER47.54721,379.31
WEBSTER47.547286.77
READ35.660487.72
ALLEN23.773619.98
FERGUSON23.773653.19
HEAP11.8868111.11
WILCOCK11.8868133.33
PEMBERTON11.8868149.25
UNDERWOOD11.886869.93
SCOTHORN11.886810,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCOTHORN0.055310000.0000
FREER0.05531379.3103
SKINNER0.0553223.0483
PEMBERTON0.0553149.2537
WILCOCK0.0553133.3333
THOMSON0.0553112.9944
HEAP0.0553111.1111
READ0.055387.7193
WEBSTER0.055386.7679
UNDERWOOD0.055369.9301
FERGUSON0.055353.1915
ALLEN0.055319.9800

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 53 people called SCOTHORN in Norton Kings 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 10000.0000 in Norton Kings means that 10000.0000% of the people in Norton Kings on census day were called SCOTHORN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCOTHORN 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 SCOTHORN 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 SCOTHORN 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 SCOTHORN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Norton Kings means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCOTHORN in Norton Kings than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norton Kings in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  BURCHNALL (2)  COSTOBADIE (4)  FERGUSON (2)  FREER (4)  HEAP (1)  TIVES OR LIVES (2)  LOCKTON (2)  PEMBERTON (1)  READ (3)  SCOTHORN (1)  SKINNER (6)  THOMSON (8)  TYERS (9)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WEBSTER (4)  WILCOCK (1)