Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stert, Wiltshire

Stert 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
WILTSHIRE1712.1429909.09
HALE107.1429199.20
RUSHIN85.714326,666.67
BARNS75.0000777.78
DYKE75.0000503.60
LYE64.28571,578.95
WILLIS64.285780.65
BURGESS53.571451.44
TINKER42.8571563.38
FIDLER42.8571444.44
HAYTER32.1429291.26
BERRY32.142927.00
BEAVIN32.142910,000.00
MILLER32.142911.98
HUMPHREY32.142980.43
MOWER21.4286606.06
BURRY21.42861,250.00
COX21.42869.43
SIMS21.428647.62
BUTCHER21.428633.90
BROWN10.71431.08
SWINFORD10.71431,666.67
FENNEL10.7143909.09
DEAN10.714310.29
TUCKER10.714312.90
HOLOWAY10.71435,000.00
SMITH10.71430.51
RUDDLE10.7143454.55
MORRELL10.714375.76
HUTCHINS10.714370.92
HAYWARD10.714316.75
POPE10.714320.70
DOUGLASS10.7143112.36
WILIS10.714310,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RUSHIN26,666.6785.7143
BEAVIN10,000.0032.1429
WILIS10,000.0010.7143
HOLOWAY5,000.0010.7143
SWINFORD1,666.6710.7143
LYE1,578.9564.2857
BURRY1,250.0021.4286
WILTSHIRE909.091712.1429
FENNEL909.0910.7143
BARNS777.7875.0000
MOWER606.0621.4286
TINKER563.3842.8571
DYKE503.6075.0000
RUDDLE454.5510.7143
FIDLER444.4442.8571
HAYTER291.2632.1429
HALE199.20107.1429
DOUGLASS112.3610.7143
WILLIS80.6564.2857
HUMPHREY80.4332.1429
MORRELL75.7610.7143
HUTCHINS70.9210.7143
BURGESS51.4453.5714
SIMS47.6221.4286
BUTCHER33.9021.4286
BERRY27.0032.1429
POPE20.7010.7143
HAYWARD16.7510.7143
TUCKER12.9010.7143
MILLER11.9832.1429
DEAN10.2910.7143
COX9.4321.4286
BROWN1.0810.7143
SMITH0.5110.7143

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called RUSHIN in Stert 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 5.7143 in Stert means that 5.7143% of the people in Stert on census day were called RUSHIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RUSHIN 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 RUSHIN 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 RUSHIN 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 RUSHIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 26,666.67 in Stert means that you are 26,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RUSHIN in Stert than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stert in 1881

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

BEAKE (1)  BARNS (7)  BERRY (3)  BURRY (2)  BEAVIN (3)  BROWN (1)  BURGESS (5)  BUTCHER (2)  CARTRIDGE (1)  CURNICK (9)  COX (2)  DAVIDGE (5)  DEAN (1)  DEVERELL (2)  DYKE (7)  DOUGLASS (1)  FENNEL (1)  FIDLER (4)  FISHLOCK (1)  HALE (10)  HAYTER (3)  HAYWARD (1)  HILLEER (1)  HOLOWAY (1)  HUMPHREY (3)  HUTCHINS (1)  LYE (6)  MILLER (3)  MOWER (2)  MORRELL (1)  MARTIMER (1)  PINNIGER (1)  POPE (1)  RAMBRIDGE (5)  RUDDLE (1)  RUSHIN (8)  SIMS (2)  SMITH (1)  SWINFORD (1)  TINKER (4)  TUCKER (1)  WILLIS (6)  WILIS (1)  WILTSHIRE (17)