Top surnames from the 1881 census in Owston, Leicestershire

Owston 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
HARRIS127.017527.61
JEWEL95.26326,923.08
BLOODWORTH84.67842,758.62
HOLLINGSHEAD84.67844,000.00
BAINES74.0936214.07
RILEY74.093651.74
WOODS74.093664.94
FREEMAN63.508854.95
BRADSHAW63.508885.47
SUTER63.50881,176.47
PALMER52.924024.80
SEWELL42.3392110.80
STAFFORD42.3392109.89
HALL31.75445.96
AUSTIN31.754435.89
EDWARDS31.75446.29
UPTON31.754492.02
SCOTT31.75446.93
WADE31.754443.86
BARTLETT21.169626.70
REEVE21.169650.00
GILFORD21.16961,666.67
TOMLINSON21.169625.35
COLE21.169612.84
LARDNER21.16961,111.11
WAKELING10.5848153.85
MATHIESON10.584855.56
BUSBY10.584855.56
STOKES10.584813.85
BARRETT10.58488.71
WYLES10.5848232.56
DALE10.584813.83
LUCAS10.584812.64
BROWN10.58480.89
HOTCHKIN10.58482,500.00
BERRIDGE10.5848111.11
PADMORE10.5848384.62
VINCENT10.584818.76
HOOPER10.584813.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JEWEL0.171716923.0769
HOLLINGSHEAD0.171714000.0000
BLOODWORTH0.171712758.6207
HOTCHKIN0.171712500.0000
GILFORD0.171711666.6667
SUTER0.171711176.4706
LARDNER0.171711111.1111
PADMORE0.17171384.6154
WYLES0.17171232.5581
BAINES0.17171214.0673
WAKELING0.17171153.8462
BERRIDGE0.17171111.1111
SEWELL0.17171110.8033
STAFFORD0.17171109.8901
UPTON0.1717192.0245
BRADSHAW0.1717185.4701
WOODS0.1717164.9351
BUSBY0.1717155.5556
MATHIESON0.1717155.5556
FREEMAN0.1717154.9451
RILEY0.1717151.7369
REEVE0.1717150.0000
WADE0.1717143.8596
AUSTIN0.1717135.8852
HARRIS0.1717127.6116
BARTLETT0.1717126.7023
TOMLINSON0.1717125.3485
PALMER0.1717124.8016
VINCENT0.1717118.7617
STOKES0.1717113.8504
DALE0.1717113.8313
HOOPER0.1717113.8122
COLE0.1717112.8370
LUCAS0.1717112.6422
BARRETT0.171718.7108
SCOTT0.171716.9332
EDWARDS0.171716.2946
HALL0.171715.9630
BROWN0.171710.8872

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 171 people called JEWEL in Owston 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 6923.0769 in Owston means that 6923.0769% of the people in Owston on census day were called JEWEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JEWEL 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 JEWEL 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 JEWEL 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 JEWEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Owston means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JEWEL in Owston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Owston in 1881

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

AUSTIN (3)  BAINES (7)  BARRETT (1)  BARTLETT (2)  BERRIDGE (1)  BILLSDON (2)  BLOODWORTH (8)  BRADSHAW (6)  BROWETT (2)  BROWN (1)  BUSBY (1)  CHILMAN (8)  COLE (2)  DALE (1)  EDWARDS (3)  FREEMAN (6)  GILFORD (2)  GREASLEY (1)  HALL (3)  HARRIS (12)  HOLLINGSHEAD (8)  HUCKER (1)  HOOPER (1)  HOTCHKIN (1)  JEWEL (9)  KIDGER (7)  LARDNER (2)  LUCAS (1)  MATHIESON (1)  PADMORE (1)  PALMER (5)  REEVE (2)  RILEY (7)  SCOTT (3)  SEWELL (4)  SUTER (6)  STAFFORD (4)  STOKES (1)  TOMLINSON (2)  TYERS (17)  UPTON (3)  VINCENT (1)  WADE (3)  WAKELING (1)  WYLES (1)  WOODS (7)