Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thurnby, Leicestershire

Thurnby 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
KING104.310319.78
WOODWARD104.310387.41
SEAL93.8793538.92
HODGKINS93.8793865.38
SCOTT83.448313.63
JARVIS73.017267.24
PAWLEY73.01721,060.61
WARD62.586211.84
HARRISON62.586211.65
REDHEAD62.5862476.19
RUDDLE52.15521,351.35
SWAIN52.1552111.86
THOMPSON52.15527.19
LOWE41.724123.00
ALLEN41.72419.13
COOKE41.724131.25
MESSENGER41.7241223.46
REMINGTON41.72411,212.12
MAY41.724127.08
SEATON41.7241204.08
MATTOCK31.2931500.00
CLARKE31.29316.38
RUDKIN31.2931326.09
BRADDOCK20.8621303.03
COWLEY20.862146.84
WAIT20.8621170.94
ROWE20.862115.17
JACKSON20.86213.08
COOPER20.86213.54
EVANS20.86211.97
MILES20.862114.61
BAXTER10.43107.23
SHEPPARD10.431012.44
HEAP10.431025.38
PEAKE10.431044.64
COX10.43102.84
WIGNALL10.431084.75
HARRINGTON10.431022.73
OLIVER10.43106.04
FARMER10.431013.79
MONRO10.4310208.33
COCKERILL10.431089.29
VOSS10.4310175.44
RICHARDS10.43102.85
ELLIOTT10.43105.08
POWELL10.43103.46
DODD10.431010.60
MATTHEWS10.43104.94
ATKINSON10.43104.42
SHELDON10.431028.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RUDDLE0.232321351.3514
HARRALD0.232321250.0000
REMINGTON0.232321212.1212
PAWLEY0.232321060.6061
HODGKINS0.23232865.3846
SEAL0.23232538.9222
MATTOCK0.23232500.0000
REDHEAD0.23232476.1905
RUDKIN0.23232326.0870
BRADDOCK0.23232303.0303
EDGLEY0.23232270.2703
MESSENGER0.23232223.4637
MONRO0.23232208.3333
SEATON0.23232204.0816
TOONE0.23232178.5714
VOSS0.23232175.4386
WAIT0.23232170.9402
WEARING0.23232140.8451
EXTON0.23232128.2051
SWAIN0.23232111.8568
COCKERILL0.2323289.2857
WOODWARD0.2323287.4126
WIGNALL0.2323284.7458
JARVIS0.2323267.2430
BRUNTON0.2323254.9451
DUNKLEY0.2323254.0541
LOVETT0.2323247.1698
COWLEY0.2323246.8384
PEAKE0.2323244.6429
WAGSTAFF0.2323234.6021
COOKE0.2323231.2500
JOLLY0.2323230.3951
SHELDON0.2323228.3286
MAY0.2323227.0819
HEAP0.2323225.3807
HAMPSON0.2323223.9234
LOWE0.2323223.0017
HARRINGTON0.2323222.7273
HAYWOOD0.2323220.5339
KING0.2323219.7785
ARMITAGE0.2323216.8919
JOHNS0.2323216.6945
ROWE0.2323215.1745
MILES0.2323214.6092
FARMER0.2323213.7931
SCOTT0.2323213.6286
SHEPPARD0.2323212.4378
WARD0.2323211.8390
HARRISON0.2323211.6505
KIRBY0.2323211.3636

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 232 people called RUDDLE in Thurnby 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 1351.3514 in Thurnby means that 1351.3514% of the people in Thurnby on census day were called RUDDLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RUDDLE 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 RUDDLE 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 RUDDLE 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 RUDDLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Thurnby means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RUDDLE in Thurnby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thurnby in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  ARMITAGE (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BAXTER (1)  BISHOP (1)  BRADDOCK (2)  BRUNTON (1)  CALLARD (5)  CLARKE (3)  COBLEY (1)  COCKERILL (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COOKE (4)  COOK (1)  COOPER (2)  COWLEY (2)  COX (1)  DIXON (1)  DODD (1)  DUNKLEY (1)  EDGLEY (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  EVANS (2)  EXTON (1)  FARMER (1)  HAMPSON (1)  HARRINGTON (1)  HARRISON (6)  HARRALD (1)  HEAP (1)  HAYWOOD (1)  HIBBINS (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HODGKINS (9)  HUMBERSTONE (1)  HUNT (1)  JACKSON (2)  JARVIS (7)  JELLY (1)  JENNET (9)  JEPHCOTE (1)  JOHNS (1)  JOLLY (1)  KING (10)  KIRBY (1)  LERIS (1)  LOVETT (1)  LOWE (4)  MANN (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MATTOCK (3)  MAY (4)  MESSENGER (4)  MILES (2)  MILLS (1)  MOORE (1)  MURREL (3)  MONRO (1)  MURPHY (1)  OLIVER (1)  PARSONS (1)  PAWLEY (7)  PEBERDY (9)  PEAKE (1)  POTTER (1)  POWELL (1)  REDHEAD (6)  REMINGTON (4)  RICHARDS (1)  RILEY (1)  ROWE (2)  RUDDLE (5)  RUDKIN (3)  SEAL (9)  SCOTT (8)  SEATON (4)  SHEPPARD (1)  SHELDON (1)  SMITH (1)  SWAIN (5)  TAILBY (4)  THOMPSON (5)  TOONE (1)  VOSS (1)  WAGSTAFF (1)  WARD (6)  WEARING (1)  WATKINS (1)  WIGNALL (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOODWARD (10)  WAIT (2)