Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Leake, Nottinghamshire

West Leake is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Nottinghamshire

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
MILLS3320.2454156.10
SMITH1911.65648.26
EVANS116.748515.44
WILDE84.9080337.55
FOSTER84.908036.71
BRIGGS74.294579.10
HARRISON74.294519.35
HAYES74.294569.03
PLATTS63.6810550.46
MORRIS53.067513.78
WALKER53.06759.16
BRAMLEY42.4540268.46
GUESS31.84052,500.00
GENT31.8405214.29
MOODY31.840570.42
WARD21.22705.62
CHADBURN21.2270909.09
BATEMAN21.227047.51
PLACE21.2270235.29
MARSHALL21.22707.32
BRAMER10.61352,500.00
PRESTON10.613512.29
ARBON10.6135588.24
NEWBOLD10.613584.03
CODDINGTON10.6135625.00
HUGHES10.61352.19
BLACKWOOD10.6135105.26
DAVEY10.613514.93
MEWES10.61351,428.57
HIBBERT10.613541.84
SHARPE10.613520.83
HARDY10.613510.25
DAKIN10.613585.47
WHITBY10.6135101.01
BROWNSON10.6135666.67
TURNER10.61352.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRAMER0.161632500.0000
GUESS0.161632500.0000
MEWES0.161631428.5714
CHADBURN0.16163909.0909
BROWNSON0.16163666.6667
CODDINGTON0.16163625.0000
ARBON0.16163588.2353
PLATTS0.16163550.4587
WILDE0.16163337.5527
BRAMLEY0.16163268.4564
PLACE0.16163235.2941
GENT0.16163214.2857
MILLS0.16163156.1022
BLACKWOOD0.16163105.2632
WHITBY0.16163101.0101
DAKIN0.1616385.4701
NEWBOLD0.1616384.0336
BRIGGS0.1616379.0960
MOODY0.1616370.4225
HAYES0.1616369.0335
BATEMAN0.1616347.5059
HIBBERT0.1616341.8410
FOSTER0.1616336.7141
SHARPE0.1616320.8333
HARRISON0.1616319.3477
EVANS0.1616315.4429
DAVEY0.1616314.9254
MORRIS0.1616313.7817
PRESTON0.1616312.2850
HARDY0.1616310.2459
WALKER0.161639.1625
SMITH0.161638.2555
MARSHALL0.161637.3153
WARD0.161635.6164
TURNER0.161632.2041
HUGHES0.161632.1896

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 163 people called BRAMER in West Leake 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 2500.0000 in West Leake means that 2500.0000% of the people in West Leake on census day were called BRAMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRAMER 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 BRAMER 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 BRAMER 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 BRAMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in West Leake means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRAMER in West Leake than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Leake in 1881

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

ALLSOPP (1)  ARBON (1)  BATEMAN (2)  BLACKWOOD (1)  BRAMER (1)  BRIGGS (7)  BRAMLEY (4)  BROWNSON (1)  CHADBURN (2)  CODDINGTON (1)  DAKIN (1)  DAVEY (1)  EDENSON (1)  EVANS (11)  FOSTER (8)  GENT (3)  GREASLY (1)  GUESS (3)  HARDSTAFF (2)  HARDY (1)  HARRISON (7)  HAYES (7)  HIBBERT (1)  HUGHES (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MEWES (1)  MILLS (33)  MOODY (3)  MORRIS (5)  NEWBOLD (1)  OWLES (1)  PASSAM (1)  PLACE (2)  PLATTS (6)  PRESTON (1)  SHARPE (1)  SMITH (19)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (5)  WARD (2)  WHITBY (1)  WIDOWSON (1)  WILDE (8)