Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wymondham, Leicestershire

Wymondham 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
HICKMAN223.3384198.38
CLARKE223.338416.48
JAMES223.338417.00
JOHNSON223.33849.94
NAYLOR182.731472.46
BROWN172.57973.91
GODDARD131.972749.06
BAKER131.97279.00
SMITH101.51751.07
CROSS101.517522.05
NEEDHAM101.517571.33
DAVIS91.36576.21
HILL91.36575.36
LAXTON81.2140398.01
RIPPIN81.2140800.00
WHILES81.21401,126.76
PEPPER81.214086.30
MORRISON81.214015.44
BURDETT81.2140172.04
THOMPSON71.06223.55
PAGETT71.0622419.16
WALTON60.910512.94
MANN60.910517.28
MARRIOTT60.910540.65
TOMBLIN60.9105500.00
FARROW60.910548.50
CHAMBERLAIN60.910533.46
VEASEY60.9105487.80
SPURR60.9105218.18
SHIELD50.7587166.67
GARNHAM50.7587160.26
STIMSON50.7587289.02
MANCHESTER50.7587378.79
WESTON50.758718.60
LAMBERT50.758713.90
EXTON50.7587226.24
CLARK50.75872.52
BATES40.60709.54
COX40.60704.00
BENNETT40.60703.69
HUDDLESTON40.6070217.39
KIRK40.607014.02
REYNOLDS40.60707.01
DAY40.60706.45
LEE40.60703.71
FOX40.60706.54
HAYES40.60709.76
GRANT30.45524.59
PAYNE30.45525.06
WORTHINGTON30.455222.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PENNISTON0.666591363.6364
WHILES0.666591126.7606
RIPPIN0.66659800.0000
TOMBLIN0.66659500.0000
VEASEY0.66659487.8049
WATCHORN0.66659483.8710
PAGETT0.66659419.1617
LAXTON0.66659398.0100
MANCHESTER0.66659378.7879
WATES0.66659303.0303
STIMSON0.66659289.0173
EXTON0.66659226.2443
SPURR0.66659218.1818
HUDDLESTON0.66659217.3913
EADY0.66659200.0000
HICKMAN0.66659198.3769
BURDETT0.66659172.0430
SHIELD0.66659166.6667
GARNHAM0.66659160.2564
CROWSON0.66659140.8451
DUFFIN0.66659120.4819
FRISBY0.66659105.2632
PEPPER0.6665986.2999
CUNNINGTON0.6665973.5294
SLEIGHT0.6665973.5294
NAYLOR0.6665972.4638
NEEDHAM0.6665971.3267
RAYSON0.6665952.9101
KETTLE0.6665951.9931
MORRISS0.6665949.7512
GODDARD0.6665949.0566
FARROW0.6665948.5044
MARRIOTT0.6665940.6504
BODEN0.6665937.4532
CHAMBERLAIN0.6665933.4635
COBB0.6665932.0171
LARGE0.6665929.4551
DIGBY0.6665929.2398
WILLCOX0.6665928.1690
EDGE0.6665926.4317
OLDHAM0.6665925.9067
MARKHAM0.6665925.5102
SELBY0.6665925.4130
SELLARS0.6665924.4499
WARDLE0.6665923.5294
WORTHINGTON0.6665922.7101
CROSS0.6665922.0507
BENT0.6665920.8333
MOLYNEUX0.6665919.8807
WESTON0.6665918.6012

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 659 people called PENNISTON in Wymondham 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 1363.6364 in Wymondham means that 1363.6364% of the people in Wymondham on census day were called PENNISTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PENNISTON 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 PENNISTON 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 PENNISTON 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 PENNISTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Wymondham means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PENNISTON in Wymondham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wymondham in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ASHBURY (2)  BAKER (13)  BASS (1)  BATES (4)  BELLAMY (1)  BENNETT (4)  BENT (1)  BERRY (2)  BERRIMAN (1)  BYNG (2)  BURBECK (8)  BOLLANS (8)  BOSCOTT (1)  BODEN (2)  BOWDER (3)  BRADSHAW (2)  BROWN (17)  BULLOCK (1)  BURDETT (8)  BURSNALL (32)  BURTON (3)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (6)  CLAPTON (2)  CLARE (1)  CLARKE (22)  CLARK (5)  COBB (3)  COCKCROFT (1)  COALSTON (1)  COOK (1)  CUCKSON (1)  COOPER (3)  COX (4)  CRAVEN (1)  CREAKWELL (3)  CROSS (10)  CROWSON (2)  CULLEN (1)  CUNNINGTON (2)  DOBNEY (3)  DAVIS (9)  DAY (4)  DIGBY (1)  DUFFIN (3)  EADY (3)  ECOB (2)  EDGE (3)  ELLINGWORTH (1)  EXTON (5)  FARDELL (1)  FARROW (6)  FOWLER (1)  FOX (4)  FRISBY (3)  GARNHAM (5)  GAY (1)  GEESON (1)  GLASSPOOL (3)  GODDARD (13)  GRANT (3)  GRAYLEY (2)  GREEN (1)  HALL (1)  HALLAM (1)  HARRIS (1)  HATTON (1)  HAYES (4)  HICKMAN (22)  HILL (9)  HOLLAND (2)  HUDDLESTONE (9)  HUDDLESTON (4)  JACKSON (2)  JAMES (22)  JESSOP (1)  JOHNSON (22)  JOHNSTON (3)  KEARY (3)  KETTLE (3)  KING (1)  KIRK (4)  KNOTT (1)  LAMBERT (5)  LARGE (2)  LAXTON (8)  LEE (4)  LOND (5)  MANCHESTER (5)  MANN (6)  MARKHAM (2)  MARRIOTT (6)  MOLYNEUX (1)  MORRISS (2)  MORRISON (8)  MUGGLETON (1)  MUXLOW (1)  NAYLOR (18)  NEEDHAM (10)  OLDHAM (3)  PAGETT (7)  PARKER (1)  PAYNE (3)  PENNISTONE (3)  PENNISTON (3)  PEPPER (8)  PERKINS (3)  PETTIFOR (2)  PICKAVER (15)  PLOUGHMAN (1)  POLLARD (1)  PRICE (2)  RAYSON (1)  REYNOLDS (4)  RIPPIN (8)  ROE (2)  ROWELL (1)  SAIL (1)  SELBY (2)  SELLARS (1)  SHIELD (5)  SHILTON (6)  SHELDON (1)  SLEIGHT (1)  SMITH (10)  SNODIN (2)  SPURR (6)  STANTON (1)  STIMSON (5)  STUBBS (1)  TAIT (1)  THOMPSON (7)  TODD (1)  TOMKINSON (1)  TOMBLIN (6)  TRIGLE (1)  TURNER (1)  TYSOE (4)  VEASEY (6)  WADE (1)  WALTON (6)  WARDLE (3)  WATCHORN (3)  WILBORNE (2)  WESTON (5)  WHILES (8)  WILLCOX (1)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WORMALL (9)  WORSDALE (9)  WORTHINGTON (3)  WRIGHT (1)  WATES (1)