Top surnames from the 1881 census in Knook, Wiltshire

Knook 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
BAILEY119.909965.79
PORTER109.0090120.05
ELLEN76.30632,916.67
EVERLEY65.405412,000.00
COLLINS65.405437.66
BURNETT54.5045162.87
ANDREWS54.504546.99
LINES54.5045423.73
KILL54.50457,142.86
HANCOCK43.603679.21
FOUND43.60363,333.33
WHATLEY32.7027697.67
FARLEY32.7027215.83
SEARCHFIELD32.702715,000.00
STOKES32.702763.97
REYNOLDS32.702731.19
POOLE21.801837.38
GIFFORD21.8018206.19
MARSHMAN10.9009666.67
DOUGHTY10.900970.92
BOWN10.9009163.93
MOODY10.900934.48
SMITH10.90090.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEARCHFIELD15,000.0032.7027
EVERLEY12,000.0065.4054
KILL7,142.8654.5045
FOUND3,333.3343.6036
ELLEN2,916.6776.3063
WHATLEY697.6732.7027
MARSHMAN666.6710.9009
LINES423.7354.5045
FARLEY215.8332.7027
GIFFORD206.1921.8018
BOWN163.9310.9009
BURNETT162.8754.5045
PORTER120.05109.0090
HANCOCK79.2143.6036
DOUGHTY70.9210.9009
BAILEY65.79119.9099
STOKES63.9732.7027
ANDREWS46.9954.5045
COLLINS37.6665.4054
POOLE37.3821.8018
MOODY34.4810.9009
REYNOLDS31.1932.7027
SMITH0.6410.9009

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called SEARCHFIELD in Knook 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 2.7027 in Knook means that 2.7027% of the people in Knook on census day were called SEARCHFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEARCHFIELD 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 SEARCHFIELD 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 SEARCHFIELD 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 SEARCHFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 15,000.00 in Knook means that you are 15,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEARCHFIELD in Knook than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Knook in 1881

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

ANDREWS (5)  BAILEY (11)  BOWN (1)  BURNETT (5)  COLLINS (6)  DOUGHTY (1)  ELLEN (7)  EVERLEY (6)  FARLEY (3)  FOUND (4)  FOYLE (1)  GIFFORD (2)  HANCOCK (4)  KILL (5)  LINES (5)  MARSHMAN (1)  MOODY (1)  POOLE (2)  POOLMAN (4)  PORTER (10)  POTHICARY (11)  PRESELY (3)  REYNOLDS (3)  SEARCHFIELD (3)  SMITH (1)  STOKES (3)  WHATLEY (3)