Top surnames from the 1881 census in Malmesbury The Abbey, Wiltshire

Malmesbury The Abbey 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
BAILEY106.666744.27
HANKS85.33331,095.89
TANNER85.3333237.39
WHITE74.666714.52
BIRD64.000052.36
MATTHEWS64.000045.87
CLARK53.333311.09
MORRIS53.333314.97
BURCHELL53.3333746.27
SELMAN53.33331,923.08
GOLDING42.6667151.52
HAYS42.6667625.00
TUGWELL42.66671,333.33
PLAYER42.6667689.66
FARROW42.6667142.35
ALLEN32.000010.59
GREY32.000092.31
MOORE32.000010.00
MUMFORD21.3333137.93
RICHMOND21.333360.79
JENNINGS21.333326.32
LUCE21.3333769.23
THOMPSON21.33334.45
SALMAN10.66672,000.00
MITCHELL10.66673.29
ELLIS10.66674.59
JONES10.66670.59
BENNETT10.66674.06
GARDINER10.666723.20
DUTTON10.666729.41
HARRIS10.66672.62
GREGORY10.66679.51
CONSTABLE10.666760.24
JEFFERIES10.666760.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SALMAN2,000.0010.6667
SELMAN1,923.0853.3333
TUGWELL1,333.3342.6667
HANKS1,095.8985.3333
LUCE769.2321.3333
BURCHELL746.2753.3333
PLAYER689.6642.6667
HAYS625.0042.6667
TANNER237.3985.3333
GOLDING151.5242.6667
FARROW142.3542.6667
MUMFORD137.9321.3333
GREY92.3132.0000
RICHMOND60.7921.3333
CONSTABLE60.2410.6667
JEFFERIES60.2410.6667
BIRD52.3664.0000
MATTHEWS45.8764.0000
BAILEY44.27106.6667
DUTTON29.4110.6667
JENNINGS26.3221.3333
GARDINER23.2010.6667
MORRIS14.9753.3333
WHITE14.5274.6667
CLARK11.0953.3333
ALLEN10.5932.0000
MOORE10.0032.0000
GREGORY9.5110.6667
ELLIS4.5910.6667
THOMPSON4.4521.3333
BENNETT4.0610.6667
MITCHELL3.2910.6667
HARRIS2.6210.6667
JONES0.5910.6667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called SALMAN in Malmesbury The Abbey 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 0.6667 in Malmesbury The Abbey means that 0.6667% of the people in Malmesbury The Abbey on census day were called SALMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SALMAN 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 SALMAN 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 SALMAN 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 SALMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Malmesbury The Abbey means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SALMAN in Malmesbury The Abbey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Malmesbury The Abbey in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  BAILEY (10)  BENNETT (1)  BURCHELL (5)  BIRD (6)  KAYNES (4)  CLARK (5)  CONSTABLE (1)  DOWDESWELL (1)  DUTTON (1)  DWELLY (4)  ELLIS (1)  FARROW (4)  PHILLIMORE (1)  GARDINER (1)  GLASTONBURY (1)  GOLDING (4)  GREY (3)  GREGORY (1)  HANKS (8)  HARRIS (1)  HAYS (4)  JEFFERIES (1)  JENNINGS (2)  JONES (1)  LOCKSTONE (6)  LUCE (2)  MATTHEWS (6)  MINCHIN (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (3)  MORRIS (5)  MUMFORD (2)  NEATE (6)  ODY (3)  PAGINTON (3)  PANITER (4)  PLAYER (4)  RICHMOND (2)  SALMAN (1)  SELMAN (5)  TANNER (8)  THOMPSON (2)  TILLING (1)  TUGWELL (4)  WHITE (7)