Top surnames from the 1881 census in Slawston, Leicestershire

Slawston 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
SPENCE2010.8696328.41
MARLOW1910.3261879.63
COOK158.152241.04
WRIGHT147.608723.72
WOODCOCK115.9783209.52
BERRY94.891361.64
PAYNE94.891354.35
TYLER84.3478147.33
STOPS84.347813,333.33
SWIFT52.717488.03
KNIGHT42.173917.64
KING42.17399.98
WARD42.17399.95
MARSHALL42.173912.96
COLEMAN42.173943.62
MARTIN31.63046.62
SUTTON31.630425.62
JENKINS31.630413.84
PECK21.087064.31
SMITH21.08700.77
SEWELL21.087051.41
SIMPKIN21.0870289.86
WILSON21.08702.37
PIERCY21.0870303.03
CAVE10.543537.88
ASHBY10.543532.36
SIMONS10.543541.15
HUMPHREYS10.543515.43
WARNER10.543514.90
DRIVER10.543529.33
WALLINGER10.54351,666.67
CLARKE10.54352.68
MANN10.543510.32
HODGES10.543518.52
CHAMBERS10.54359.56
LUCAS10.543511.75
BASSETT10.543534.84
FREESTONE10.5435126.58
WALTON10.54357.72
PAINE10.543539.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STOPS0.1818413333.3333
WALLINGER0.181841666.6667
MARLOW0.18184879.6296
SPENCE0.18184328.4072
PIERCY0.18184303.0303
SIMPKIN0.18184289.8551
WOODCOCK0.18184209.5238
TYLER0.18184147.3297
FREESTONE0.18184126.5823
SWIFT0.1818488.0282
PECK0.1818464.3087
BERRY0.1818461.6438
PAYNE0.1818454.3478
SEWELL0.1818451.4139
COLEMAN0.1818443.6205
SIMONS0.1818441.1523
COOK0.1818441.0397
PAINE0.1818439.5257
CAVE0.1818437.8788
BASSETT0.1818434.8432
ASHBY0.1818432.3625
DRIVER0.1818429.3255
SUTTON0.1818425.6191
WRIGHT0.1818423.7168
HODGES0.1818418.5185
KNIGHT0.1818417.6367
HUMPHREYS0.1818415.4321
WARNER0.1818414.9031
JENKINS0.1818413.8376
MARSHALL0.1818412.9618
LUCAS0.1818411.7509
MANN0.1818410.3199
KING0.181849.9751
WARD0.181849.9502
CHAMBERS0.181849.5602
WALTON0.181847.7220
MARTIN0.181846.6181
CLARKE0.181842.6824
WILSON0.181842.3666
SMITH0.181840.7698

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 184 people called STOPS in Slawston 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 13333.3333 in Slawston means that 13333.3333% of the people in Slawston on census day were called STOPS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STOPS 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 STOPS 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 STOPS 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 STOPS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Slawston means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STOPS in Slawston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Slawston in 1881

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

ASHBY (1)  BASSETT (1)  BERRY (9)  BORSDEN (4)  BUTTRESS (2)  CAVE (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CLARKE (1)  COLEMAN (4)  COOK (15)  DRIVER (1)  FREESTONE (1)  GUTTRIDGE (1)  HODGES (1)  HOWCUTT (1)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JENKINS (3)  JESSON (1)  KING (4)  KNIGHT (4)  LUCAS (1)  MANN (1)  MARLOW (19)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTIN (3)  PAYNE (9)  PAINE (1)  PECK (2)  PIERCY (2)  SEWELL (2)  SIMPKIN (2)  SIMONS (1)  SMITH (2)  SPENCE (20)  STOPS (8)  SUTTON (3)  SWIFT (5)  TYLER (8)  WALLINGER (1)  WALTON (1)  WARD (4)  WARNER (1)  WILSON (2)  WOODCOCK (11)  WRIGHT (14)