Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alton Priors, Wiltshire

Alton Priors is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Wiltshire

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
GALE157.5758252.95
SMITH147.07075.01
BAILEY105.050533.53
GOODMAN105.0505173.01
KING94.545520.86
DOWSE84.04041,176.47
RASEY84.040413,333.33
SIMPKINS73.5354786.52
THORNE73.5354167.87
EDWARDS63.030310.87
STRATTON63.0303348.84
COOK52.525312.71
TASKER52.5253236.97
BIDGOOD42.02021,025.64
POWELL42.020216.19
GODDARD42.020250.25
HOPSON42.0202769.23
HAMS42.02023,636.36
PERRY42.020227.47
PAYNE42.020222.45
STANFORD31.5152181.82
WANT31.5152731.71
FEW31.5152666.67
LONG31.515223.36
HISCOCK21.0101137.93
AMOR21.0101425.53
CORBET21.0101370.37
BERRETT21.01011,538.46
HOLLOWAY21.010132.95
UNDERWOOD10.505118.73
NORRIS10.505111.76
RAZEY10.50511,666.67
NASH10.505110.95
STONE10.50516.99
KIMBER10.505153.19
WAIT10.5051100.00
DOWDELL10.5051625.00
STEVENS10.50514.84
HUNTLEY10.505171.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RASEY13,333.3384.0404
HAMS3,636.3642.0202
RAZEY1,666.6710.5051
BERRETT1,538.4621.0101
DOWSE1,176.4784.0404
BIDGOOD1,025.6442.0202
SIMPKINS786.5273.5354
HOPSON769.2342.0202
WANT731.7131.5152
FEW666.6731.5152
DOWDELL625.0010.5051
AMOR425.5321.0101
CORBET370.3721.0101
STRATTON348.8463.0303
GALE252.95157.5758
TASKER236.9752.5253
STANFORD181.8231.5152
GOODMAN173.01105.0505
THORNE167.8773.5354
HISCOCK137.9321.0101
WAIT100.0010.5051
HUNTLEY71.4310.5051
KIMBER53.1910.5051
GODDARD50.2542.0202
BAILEY33.53105.0505
HOLLOWAY32.9521.0101
PERRY27.4742.0202
LONG23.3631.5152
PAYNE22.4542.0202
KING20.8694.5455
UNDERWOOD18.7310.5051
POWELL16.1942.0202
COOK12.7152.5253
NORRIS11.7610.5051
NASH10.9510.5051
EDWARDS10.8763.0303
STONE6.9910.5051
SMITH5.01147.0707
STEVENS4.8410.5051

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called RASEY in Alton Priors 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 4.0404 in Alton Priors means that 4.0404% of the people in Alton Priors on census day were called RASEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RASEY 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 RASEY 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 RASEY 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 RASEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 13,333.33 in Alton Priors means that you are 13,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RASEY in Alton Priors than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alton Priors in 1881

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

EACOTT (4)  AMOR (2)  BAILEY (10)  BENGER (13)  BERRETT (2)  BIDGOOD (4)  COOK (5)  CORBET (2)  DOWSE (8)  DOWDELL (1)  EDWARDS (6)  FEW (3)  FRIPPANCE (8)  GALE (15)  GODDARD (4)  GOODMAN (10)  HAMS (4)  HISCOCK (2)  HOPSON (4)  HOLLOWAY (2)  HUNTLEY (1)  KIMBER (1)  KING (9)  LAMBOURE (1)  LONG (3)  MARSHMENT (1)  NASH (1)  NORRIS (1)  PAYNE (4)  PERRY (4)  POWELL (4)  RASEY (8)  RAZEY (1)  SIMPKINS (7)  SMITH (14)  STANFORD (3)  STEVENS (1)  STONE (1)  STRATTON (6)  SWANBORO (1)  TASKER (5)  THORNE (7)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WANT (3)  WAIT (1)