Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wymeswold, Leicestershire

Wymeswold 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
MORRIS293.098313.92
TYLER282.9915101.34
HUBBARD252.6709109.84
HICKLING252.6709498.01
MILLS242.564119.77
WOOD212.24367.04
SMITH202.13681.51
WOOTTON192.0299223.53
CHARLES171.816287.90
HARDY171.816230.32
BROOKS151.602616.39
BROWN141.49572.27
GLOVER121.282130.08
FOX121.282113.81
COLLINGTON121.28211,846.15
MARSHALL111.17527.01
THOMSON111.17528.80
DEXTER111.1752159.88
BATES101.068416.79
BASFORD101.0684355.87
JACKSON101.06843.82
ALLEN90.96155.09
BROOKES90.961540.95
TURNER90.96153.45
FRISBY90.9615222.22
WALKER90.96152.87
JAMES90.96154.90
HALL80.85472.91
KING80.85473.92
SPENCER70.74798.19
BRAIN70.747969.72
BLOUNT70.7479218.07
BRYANS70.74791,044.78
LAMB70.747914.18
WHYMAN70.7479280.00
SPIZER70.74797,777.78
MONK70.747935.61
SHEPPARD60.641018.51
GILBERT60.641011.25
WILSON60.64101.40
KIRBY60.641016.90
BASS60.641056.66
PEPPER60.641045.59
BARNETT60.641014.21
BURROWS50.534212.20
FLETCHER50.53424.68
COOPER50.53422.20
EMMERSON50.534254.11
WOOLLEY50.534226.93
BAKER50.53422.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPIZER0.949367777.7778
COLLINGTON0.949361846.1538
WAKELAND0.949361764.7059
CHRISTAN0.949361428.5714
BRYANS0.949361044.7761
BASSFORD0.94936701.7544
BAUGHAN0.94936581.3953
SAULT0.94936566.0377
FERRIMAN0.94936512.8205
HICKLING0.94936498.0080
DEWICK0.94936425.5319
BASFORD0.94936355.8719
BILBY0.94936322.5806
WHYMAN0.94936280.0000
SCARBORO0.94936238.0952
WOOTTON0.94936223.5294
FRISBY0.94936222.2222
BLOUNT0.94936218.0685
HIPKINS0.94936176.9912
DAFT0.94936175.4386
HUMPHRYS0.94936173.4104
DEXTER0.94936159.8837
HOE0.94936153.8462
BAKEWELL0.94936150.9434
HANDFORD0.94936114.9425
HUBBARD0.94936109.8418
TYLER0.94936101.3391
FREESTONE0.9493699.5025
CHARLES0.9493687.9007
MALTBY0.9493674.6269
BRAIN0.9493669.7211
GUTTERIDGE0.9493663.0252
BASS0.9493656.6572
EMMERSON0.9493654.1126
BAGSHAW0.9493653.5475
PIERPOINT0.9493650.0000
EMPSON0.9493649.7512
CROOKES0.9493649.0196
HAZLEWOOD0.9493647.1698
BALDOCK0.9493645.8015
PEPPER0.9493645.5927
HENSON0.9493645.5789
EGGLESTON0.9493645.4545
KEATING0.9493643.1965
STAPLETON0.9493642.5532
BONNEY0.9493642.5532
DUNSMORE0.9493641.4938
BROOKES0.9493640.9463
MONK0.9493635.6053
HARDY0.9493630.3247

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 936 people called SPIZER in Wymeswold 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 7777.7778 in Wymeswold means that 7777.7778% of the people in Wymeswold on census day were called SPIZER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPIZER 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 SPIZER 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 SPIZER 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 SPIZER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.94 in Wymeswold means that you are 0.94 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPIZER in Wymeswold than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wymeswold in 1881

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

ALLEN (9)  ALLSOPP (12)  ALLWOOD (1)  ASHER (1)  ATTENBOROUGH (2)  BAGSHAW (4)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (5)  BAKEWELL (4)  BALDOCK (3)  BANKART (1)  BARNETT (6)  BARNET (1)  BARTON (2)  BASFORD (10)  BASSFORD (4)  BASS (6)  BATES (10)  BAUGHAN (5)  BEASLEY (1)  BILBY (3)  BENNETT (3)  BLOUNT (7)  BOTHAMLEY (1)  BRADFORD (1)  BRAIN (7)  BRAISBY (2)  BROADHURST (1)  BROOKES (9)  BROOKS (15)  BROMHEAD (6)  BROWN (14)  BRYANS (7)  BONNEY (1)  BURROWS (5)  BURTON (1)  BUTLER (1)  CARRUTHERS (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHARLES (17)  CHRISTAN (1)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (3)  COLLIER (2)  COLLINGTON (12)  COOPER (5)  CROOKES (2)  CROSS (5)  DAFT (4)  DAKIN (1)  DAWSON (2)  DEWICH (1)  DEWICK (4)  DEXTER (11)  DUFFIN (1)  DUNSMORE (1)  EGGLESTON (1)  ELLA (1)  EMMERSON (5)  EMPSON (1)  FELSTEAD (3)  FERRIMAN (2)  FIRLAY (2)  FLETCHER (5)  FLINT (1)  FOLLOWS (9)  FOX (12)  FREARSON (8)  FREESTONE (4)  FRISBY (9)  GILBERT (6)  GILL (1)  GILES (4)  GLOVER (12)  GREATOREX (2)  GREEN (4)  GUTTERIDGE (3)  HALL (8)  HALLAM (2)  HANDFORD (4)  HARDY (17)  HARE (2)  HARRIS (5)  HARRISON (1)  HADDEN (1)  HAZLEWOOD (1)  HENSON (5)  HICKLING (25)  HIPKINS (2)  HITHERLY (1)  HOGG (1)  HOULT (2)  HOLWELL (19)  HOE (2)  HUBBARD (25)  HUMPHRYS (3)  JACKSON (10)  JAMES (9)  JOHNSON (4)  KEATING (2)  KEMM (2)  KENDRICK (2)  KENNEY (1)  KETTLE (1)  KING (8)  KIRBY (6)  KNIFTON (23)  KNIGHT (1)  LACEY (5)  LAMB (7)  LARED (1)  LEWIS (2)  LISTER (1)  LESTER (1)  LOSEBY (5)  MACHIN (1)  MALTBY (4)  MARSHALL (11)  MARSTON (1)  MARTIN (1)  CULLAM (1)  MILLS (24)  MILLNS (1)  MONK (7)  MORRIS (29)  MOSS (2)  NEWTON (3)  NORTH (2)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (1)  PARKIN (1)  PATTISON (1)  PEEL (5)  PEGG (1)  PEPPER (6)  PIERPOINT (1)  POTTER (3)  PORTER (1)  POWELL (3)  PRICE (2)  PRITCHARD (1)  PYM (1)  RADFORD (2)  REDMILE (9)  REVE (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROWARTH (1)  SEAL (2)  SAULT (3)  SAVAGE (1)  SAWBRIDGE (2)  SCARBORO (1)  SCREATON (2)  SENTANCE (1)  SHEPPARD (6)  SHILCOCK (5)  SIMPSON (2)  SKELSTON (8)  SLINN (1)  SMITH (20)  SPENCER (7)  SPIZER (7)  SQUIRES (1)  STAPLETON (4)  STONES (3)  THOMSON (11)  TOMLINSON (3)  TUCKWOOD (8)  TURNER (9)  TYERS (2)  TYLER (28)  USHER (1)  WADKIN (7)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WAKELAND (3)  WALKER (9)  WATSON (1)  WHYE (10)  WHEATLEY (2)  WHYMAN (7)  WILEBORE (7)  WILDBORE (4)  WILSON (6)  WOOD (21)  WOODFORD (1)  WOOLLEY (5)  WOOTTON (19)  WORMALL (3)  WRATH (1)