Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leigh, Wiltshire

Leigh 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
CURTIS4113.8983244.92
BRAIN217.1186664.56
BIRD134.406857.68
JONES113.72883.29
SKUSE103.38981,923.08
SELBY103.3898284.09
KEEN103.3898169.20
ELLISON93.0508144.46
TAYLOR82.71194.24
POLLARD82.711974.35
HOLLIDAY72.3729180.88
REED62.033927.87
PRIOR62.033987.85
GARDENER62.0339113.42
MATHEWS62.033955.10
BARTLETT62.033946.44
LARGE62.0339197.37
TOWNSEND51.694939.90
BALL41.355916.41
HOUSE41.3559104.17
BARNETT31.016922.54
PRICE31.01695.81
SMART31.016922.34
MASON31.01697.56
GODWIN20.678052.36
BADEN20.6780952.38
MORSE20.678073.80
HAYWARD20.678015.90
HAMMONDS20.6780256.41
HAWKINS20.67809.36
RICHINS20.67801,818.18
CLARK20.67802.26
SAUNDERS20.67807.39
YOUNG20.67803.16
WHITEMAN10.339052.63
POPE10.33909.83
ILES10.339044.05
DANIELS10.339010.79
CHAMPION10.339032.36
LEWIS10.33901.29
ROOKE10.339046.08
LANE10.33904.92
WILCOX10.339017.99
JAMES10.33901.73
TROTMAN10.339080.65
HULBERT10.339061.73
SMITH10.33900.24
HOLDEN10.33906.19
BROWN10.33900.51
LEECH10.339020.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKUSE1,923.08103.3898
RICHINS1,818.1820.6780
BADEN952.3820.6780
BRAIN664.56217.1186
SELBY284.09103.3898
HAMMONDS256.4120.6780
CURTIS244.924113.8983
LARGE197.3762.0339
HOLLIDAY180.8872.3729
KEEN169.20103.3898
ELLISON144.4693.0508
MOULDING140.8510.3390
GARDENER113.4262.0339
HOUSE104.1741.3559
PRIOR87.8562.0339
TROTMAN80.6510.3390
POLLARD74.3582.7119
MORSE73.8020.6780
HULBERT61.7310.3390
BIRD57.68134.4068
MATHEWS55.1062.0339
WHITEMAN52.6310.3390
GODWIN52.3620.6780
BARTLETT46.4462.0339
ROOKE46.0810.3390
GREENWAY45.6610.3390
ILES44.0510.3390
TOWNSEND39.9051.6949
CHAMPION32.3610.3390
WIGGINS31.4510.3390
REED27.8762.0339
HILLIER25.1310.3390
BARNETT22.5431.0169
SMART22.3431.0169
LEECH20.7910.3390
WILCOX17.9910.3390
BALL16.4141.3559
HAYWARD15.9020.6780
INGRAM11.1010.3390
DANIELS10.7910.3390
POPE9.8310.3390
HAWKINS9.3620.6780
BALDWIN7.9510.3390
MASON7.5631.0169
SAUNDERS7.3920.6780
HOLDEN6.1910.3390
PRICE5.8131.0169
LANE4.9210.3390
HARDING4.6810.3390
TAYLOR4.2482.7119

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called SKUSE in Leigh 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 3.3898 in Leigh means that 3.3898% of the people in Leigh on census day were called SKUSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SKUSE 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 SKUSE 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 SKUSE 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 SKUSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,923.08 in Leigh means that you are 1,923.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SKUSE in Leigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leigh in 1881

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

BADEN (2)  BALDWIN (1)  BALL (4)  BARNETT (3)  BARTLETT (6)  BIRD (13)  BRAIN (21)  BROWN (1)  CHAMPION (1)  CLARK (2)  COULDREY (1)  CURTIS (41)  DAFTER (1)  DANIELS (1)  ELLISON (9)  FREETH (13)  GARDENER (6)  GLEED (5)  GODWIN (2)  GREENWAY (1)  HAILIFF (1)  HOLLIDAY (7)  HAMMONDS (2)  HARDING (1)  HAWKINS (2)  HAYWARD (2)  HILLIER (1)  HOLDEN (1)  HABGOOD (16)  HOUSE (4)  HULBERT (1)  ILES (1)  INGRAM (1)  JAMES (1)  JONES (11)  KEEN (10)  LANE (1)  LARGE (6)  LEECH (1)  LEWIS (1)  MASON (3)  MATHEWS (6)  MORSE (2)  MOULDING (1)  POLLARD (8)  POPE (1)  PRICE (3)  PRIOR (6)  REED (6)  RICHINS (2)  ROOKE (1)  SAUNDERS (2)  SCUSE (6)  SELBY (10)  SKUSE (10)  SMART (3)  SMITH (1)  TAYLOR (8)  TOWNSEND (5)  TROTMAN (1)  WIGGINS (1)  WHITEMAN (1)  WILCOX (1)  YOUNG (2)