Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Cheverell, Wiltshire

Great Cheverell 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
DUNFORD235.7214946.50
WHITING235.7214297.16
GEDDINGS215.223917,500.00
NAISH204.97511,388.89
BAILEY184.477629.73
LIGHT163.9801431.27
LANCASTER153.7313150.15
CROSS153.731354.23
DOWN122.9851248.45
CHAPMAN112.736319.27
MILES102.487642.16
DEAN92.238832.25
PLANK92.23881,285.71
AXFORD81.9900816.33
PRICE81.990011.37
COLMAN81.9900213.90
HAWKINS81.990027.49
DUTCH81.99001,739.13
SIMS71.741358.09
BOWDEN71.741360.34
HAYWARD71.741340.84
COLES61.492542.86
ORCHARD61.4925140.52
WHEELER61.492524.72
BRISTOW61.4925110.29
BATT51.2438183.82
SELF51.2438174.83
HOLDER51.243892.59
ORAM51.2438159.74
WEBB40.99507.34
GILBERT40.995017.47
HALL40.99503.38
TURNER40.99503.57
SHADWELL40.9950869.57
MERRELL30.7463576.92
DEWEY30.7463176.47
LANE30.746310.83
GUNNER30.7463227.27
KEENE30.7463126.58
BARNES30.74636.20
KING30.74633.42
STAPLES30.746377.92
WILTSHIRE20.497537.31
GIBBS20.497510.13
HEATH20.497510.02
BROAD20.497539.14
EARL20.497538.02
GIDDINS20.4975425.53
GALE20.497516.61
HARRIES10.248813.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GEDDINGS17,500.00215.2239
DUTCH1,739.1381.9900
NAISH1,388.89204.9751
PLANK1,285.7192.2388
PATTER1,111.1110.2488
MELLEN1,000.0010.2488
DUNFORD946.50235.7214
SHADWELL869.5740.9950
AXFORD816.3381.9900
PERRITT588.2410.2488
MERRELL576.9230.7463
LIGHT431.27163.9801
GIDDINS425.5320.4975
WHITING297.16235.7214
SHANE263.1610.2488
DOWN248.45122.9851
GUNNER227.2730.7463
COLMAN213.9081.9900
BATT183.8251.2438
DEWEY176.4730.7463
SELF174.8351.2438
ORAM159.7451.2438
LANCASTER150.15153.7313
ORCHARD140.5261.4925
KEENE126.5830.7463
BRISTOW110.2961.4925
HOLDER92.5951.2438
STAPLES77.9230.7463
BOWDEN60.3471.7413
SIMS58.0971.7413
CROSS54.23153.7313
PURNELL47.3910.2488
COLES42.8661.4925
MILES42.16102.4876
HAYWARD40.8471.7413
BROAD39.1420.4975
EARL38.0220.4975
WILTSHIRE37.3120.4975
DEAN32.2592.2388
HAZELL32.0510.2488
BAILEY29.73184.4776
HAWKINS27.4981.9900
WHEELER24.7261.4925
CHAPMAN19.27112.7363
GILBERT17.4740.9950
GALE16.6120.4975
SAWYER13.5010.2488
HARRIES13.2310.2488
PRICE11.3781.9900
TANNER11.0910.2488

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 21 people called GEDDINGS in Great Cheverell 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 5.2239 in Great Cheverell means that 5.2239% of the people in Great Cheverell on census day were called GEDDINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GEDDINGS 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 GEDDINGS 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 GEDDINGS 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 GEDDINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 17,500.00 in Great Cheverell means that you are 17,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GEDDINGS in Great Cheverell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Cheverell in 1881

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

AXFORD (8)  BAILEY (18)  BARNES (3)  BATT (5)  BENNETT (1)  BOWDEN (7)  BRISTOW (6)  BROAD (2)  CARPENTER (1)  CHAPMAN (11)  COLES (6)  COLMAN (8)  CROSS (15)  DEAN (9)  DEVERELL (3)  DEWEY (3)  DOWN (12)  DUTCH (8)  DUNFORD (23)  EARL (2)  EVANS (1)  GALE (2)  GIBBS (2)  GILBERT (4)  GIDDINS (2)  GEDDINGS (21)  GUNNER (3)  HALL (4)  HARPER (1)  HARRIES (1)  HARRIS (1)  HAZELL (1)  HAWKINS (8)  HAYWARD (7)  HEATH (2)  HOLDER (5)  HOOPER (1)  GENNER (1)  KEENE (3)  KING (3)  LANCASTER (15)  LANCESTER (4)  LANE (3)  LIGHT (16)  MELLEN (1)  MERRELL (3)  MILES (10)  NAISH (20)  ORAM (5)  ORCHARD (6)  PERRITT (1)  PEPLER (1)  PERRIET (4)  PEARIE (1)  PATTER (1)  PINCHAM (1)  PLANK (9)  PRICE (8)  PURNELL (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBERTS (1)  SAWYER (1)  SELF (5)  SHADWELL (4)  SHANE (1)  SIMS (7)  STAPLES (3)  STERGES (1)  TANNER (1)  THOMAS (1)  TURNER (4)  TWANLEY (1)  WATTS (1)  WEBB (4)  WEISSENBOON (1)  WHEELER (6)  WHITING (23)  WILTSHIRE (2)