Top surnames from the 1881 census in Foxley, Wiltshire

Foxley 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
SCRIVEN912.32882,432.43
GIBBS810.9589222.84
VINES79.58902,916.67
YOUNG56.849331.89
MARKS56.8493335.57
GREY45.4795253.16
BAKER34.109618.75
GOODFIELD34.109610,000.00
COLE34.109645.11
HALLIDAY34.1096198.68
WAY34.1096375.00
DASH34.10962,142.86
MATTHEWS22.739731.40
BIGGS11.369972.46
PROSSER11.369987.72
HARRINGTON11.369971.94
BENNETT11.36998.33
WILLIAMS11.36991.91
TOWNSEND11.369932.26
BUTLER11.369914.04
PUNTER11.3699714.29
BELL11.36997.29
TAYLOR11.36992.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOODFIELD10,000.0034.1096
VINES2,916.6779.5890
SCRIVEN2,432.43912.3288
DASH2,142.8634.1096
PUNTER714.2911.3699
WAY375.0034.1096
MARKS335.5756.8493
GREY253.1645.4795
GIBBS222.84810.9589
HALLIDAY198.6834.1096
PROSSER87.7211.3699
BIGGS72.4611.3699
HARRINGTON71.9411.3699
COLE45.1134.1096
TOWNSEND32.2611.3699
YOUNG31.8956.8493
MATTHEWS31.4022.7397
BAKER18.7534.1096
BUTLER14.0411.3699
BENNETT8.3311.3699
BELL7.2911.3699
TAYLOR2.1411.3699
WILLIAMS1.9111.3699

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called GOODFIELD in Foxley 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 4.1096 in Foxley means that 4.1096% of the people in Foxley on census day were called GOODFIELD.

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

All the surnames recorded in Foxley in 1881

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

BAKER (3)  BELL (1)  BENNETT (1)  BIGGS (1)  BUTLER (1)  COLE (3)  DASH (3)  GIBBS (8)  GOODFIELD (3)  GREY (4)  HALLIDAY (3)  HARRINGTON (1)  HITCHINS (1)  MARKS (5)  MATTHEWS (2)  PROSSER (1)  PUNTER (1)  SCUTTS (3)  SCRIVEN (9)  TAYLOR (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  VIZOR (1)  VINES (7)  WAY (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  YOUNG (5)