Top surnames from the 1881 census in Steeple Langford, Wiltshire

Steeple Langford 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
ROWE326.1185107.74
FORD214.015341.23
BLAKE152.868159.22
MITCHELL152.868114.14
SWAYNE142.67692,692.31
CARTER142.676915.95
GILBERT132.485743.64
DOWN132.4857207.01
SMITH132.48571.76
SCOTT122.29459.07
GILES122.294560.21
WHATLEY112.1033544.55
DOUGHTY112.1033165.41
BENNETT101.912011.63
WESTON101.912046.88
MEAD81.529665.63
GEORGE81.529626.07
ROWDEN81.5296634.92
GRAY81.529610.71
PLANK71.3384769.23
ORCHARD71.3384125.90
DOWDELL71.33841,666.67
MARTIN71.33845.43
STREET71.338457.33
FLETCHER61.147210.05
DAY61.147212.19
WICKHAM50.9560141.24
MILLS50.95607.37
READ50.956014.83
COLLINS50.95606.66
KENISTON50.95603,846.15
MOORE50.95604.78
COLEMAN50.956019.19
DOWDLE50.95601,851.85
KELLOW50.9560543.48
MUSSELWHITE50.9560595.24
WAITE50.956046.04
BAILEY40.76485.08
TUCKER40.764813.82
JAMES40.76483.89
HANDCOCK40.7648330.58
POWELL40.76486.13
FAY40.7648182.65
CLARK30.57361.91
GOUGH30.573619.57
HORSEMAN30.5736322.58
BRYANT30.573613.42
STEVENS30.57365.49
PADDOCK30.5736223.88
DOREY30.5736166.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KENISTON3,846.1550.9560
SWAYNE2,692.31142.6769
DOWDLE1,851.8550.9560
DOWDELL1,666.6771.3384
PLANK769.2371.3384
ROWDEN634.9281.5296
MUSSELWHITE595.2450.9560
STRATON555.5610.1912
WHATLEY544.55112.1033
KELLOW543.4850.9560
DIMMER434.7810.1912
BOLES357.1410.1912
HANDCOCK330.5840.7648
HORSEMAN322.5830.5736
TILT263.1610.1912
PADDOCK223.8830.5736
DOWN207.01132.4857
FAY182.6540.7648
DOREY166.6730.5736
DOUGHTY165.41112.1033
TILLER143.8820.3824
WICKHAM141.2450.9560
GANE135.1420.3824
CHILCOTT128.2120.3824
ORCHARD125.9071.3384
TOOMER121.9510.1912
ROWE107.74326.1185
TARGETT98.0410.1912
NEWBERRY93.4620.3824
GOAD93.4610.1912
SANSOM84.9930.5736
FOWLES77.8220.3824
HASKELL74.6310.1912
MEAD65.6381.5296
HIBBARD65.3610.1912
GILES60.21122.2945
BLAKE59.22152.8681
STREET57.3371.3384
WITT47.8510.1912
WESTON46.88101.9120
WAITE46.0450.9560
GILBERT43.64132.4857
FORD41.23214.0153
CHUBB34.4810.1912
WAREHAM34.1310.1912
MUNDAY32.6820.3824
CHURCHILL32.2620.3824
GAY28.6920.3824
BATT28.2510.1912
GEORGE26.0781.5296

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called KENISTON in Steeple Langford 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 0.9560 in Steeple Langford means that 0.9560% of the people in Steeple Langford on census day were called KENISTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KENISTON 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 KENISTON 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 KENISTON 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 KENISTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,846.15 in Steeple Langford means that you are 3,846.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KENISTON in Steeple Langford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Steeple Langford in 1881

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

BAILEY (4)  BATT (1)  BENNETT (10)  BLAKE (15)  BOLES (1)  BROOMBRIDGE (1)  BRYANT (3)  BUTTERWORTH (1)  CARTER (14)  CHILCOTT (2)  CHISLETT (9)  CHUBB (1)  CHURCHILL (2)  CLARK (3)  COLEMAN (5)  COLLINS (5)  CORNISH (1)  CROWTHER (1)  CURTIS (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAY (6)  DIAPER (2)  DIMMER (1)  DOREY (3)  DOUGHTY (11)  DOWDLE (5)  DOWDELL (7)  DOWN (13)  DRAPER (2)  EMM (1)  FAY (4)  FLETCHER (6)  FORD (21)  FORHAD (1)  FOWLES (2)  FURNELL (5)  GAY (2)  JAY (1)  GEORGE (8)  GILBERT (13)  GILES (12)  GOAD (1)  GOUGH (3)  GRAY (8)  GROVE (1)  HANDCOCK (4)  HASKELL (1)  HAINES (1)  HEST (4)  HIBBARD (1)  HORNER (1)  HORSEMAN (3)  HUNT (1)  JAMES (4)  GANE (2)  KENISTON (5)  KERSLEY (1)  KELLOW (5)  LEE (1)  MARKS (1)  MARTIN (7)  MEAD (8)  MILES (2)  MILLS (5)  MITCHELL (15)  MOORE (5)  MUNDAY (2)  MUSSELWHITE (5)  NEWBERRY (2)  NORTHCOAT (2)  ORCHARD (7)  PADDOCK (3)  PITMAN (1)  PLANK (7)  POLDEN (1)  PORTNALL (2)  POWELL (4)  PERRIOR (1)  RABBILTS (7)  READ (5)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWDEN (8)  ROWE (32)  SANSOM (3)  SAYWELL (10)  SCOTT (12)  SHARPE (2)  SMITH (13)  SPAREY (6)  STEVENS (3)  STRATON (1)  STREET (7)  SWAYNE (14)  TARGETT (1)  THRING (14)  TILT (1)  TOOMER (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TUCKER (4)  TILLER (2)  WAREHAM (1)  WATTS (1)  WESTON (10)  WHATLEY (11)  WITT (1)  WICKHAM (5)  WIGMORE (4)  WILKINS (1)  WINDSOR (1)  WAITE (5)  YATES (1)