Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashley, Wiltshire

Ashley 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
WHITE1111.111134.57
PRESTON99.0909181.82
EDMONDS66.0606317.46
TAYLER66.06061,111.11
LONG55.050577.88
TUGWELL55.05052,500.00
ROBINS55.0505238.10
GIDDINGS33.0303666.67
SMITH33.03032.15
TRUSS33.03033,000.00
FRY33.030394.64
HICKS22.020248.31
KING22.02029.27
EVANS22.02024.62
CONSTABLE11.010190.91
ALEXANDER11.010119.08
JONES11.01010.89
NIBLETT11.0101344.83
COLEMAN11.010120.28
LEWIS11.01013.84
COX11.01016.67
MILLARD11.010160.98
CAREY11.010153.48
WESTBURY11.0101370.37
GREENHOUSE11.01011,111.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRUSS3,000.0033.0303
TUGWELL2,500.0055.0505
GREENHOUSE1,111.1111.0101
TAYLER1,111.1166.0606
GIDDINGS666.6733.0303
WESTBURY370.3711.0101
NIBLETT344.8311.0101
EDMONDS317.4666.0606
ROBINS238.1055.0505
PRESTON181.8299.0909
FRY94.6433.0303
CONSTABLE90.9111.0101
LONG77.8855.0505
MILLARD60.9811.0101
CAREY53.4811.0101
HICKS48.3122.0202
WHITE34.571111.1111
COLEMAN20.2811.0101
ALEXANDER19.0811.0101
KING9.2722.0202
COX6.6711.0101
EVANS4.6222.0202
LEWIS3.8411.0101
SMITH2.1533.0303
JONES0.8911.0101

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called TRUSS in Ashley 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 3.0303 in Ashley means that 3.0303% of the people in Ashley on census day were called TRUSS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TRUSS 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 TRUSS 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 TRUSS 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 TRUSS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,000.00 in Ashley means that you are 3,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TRUSS in Ashley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashley in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  BYNG (1)  CAREY (1)  COLEMAN (1)  CONSTABLE (1)  COX (1)  EDMONDS (6)  EVANS (2)  FRY (3)  GIDDINGS (3)  GIDDING (1)  GREENHOUSE (1)  HICKS (2)  HOLBOROW (4)  JONES (1)  KILMINSTER (4)  KING (2)  LEWIS (1)  LEDIARD (1)  LONG (5)  MILLARD (1)  MYNORS (4)  NIBLETT (1)  PRANCE (1)  PRESTON (9)  ROBINS (5)  SMITH (3)  TAYLER (6)  TRUSS (3)  TUGWELL (5)  VEISEY (2)  VAISEY (5)  WESTBURY (1)  WHITE (11)