Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wanborough, Wiltshire

Wanborough 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
KEEN313.5108175.24
SHEPPARD212.378368.67
KENT212.378356.45
SMITH212.37831.68
GODDARD192.151853.51
STALLARD171.9253437.02
DAVIS171.92538.76
TITCOMB171.92531,770.83
LEA171.925397.53
JOHNSON151.69885.06
RICHINS141.58554,117.65
MAJOR141.5855117.55
FISHER131.472312.58
BREWER131.472355.51
GIBBS111.245825.36
LEE111.24587.62
WARREN111.245818.63
NORTH101.132534.16
BROWN101.13251.72
PAINTER101.132582.58
BRAY91.019330.31
COX91.01936.72
KNAPP91.0193149.50
PONTING91.0193347.49
PAYNE91.019311.33
RUSS91.0193378.15
NASH91.019322.11
ROUSE91.019371.09
WISEMAN91.019374.20
LAWRANCE80.9060138.89
LESTER80.906057.55
PONTIN80.9060769.23
COLLIER80.906027.11
PARSONS80.906011.93
BUTCHER80.906021.50
LAWRENCE70.792812.21
TAYLOR70.79281.24
LOOKER70.7928268.20
WRIGHT70.79282.47
TYLER70.792826.85
HERRING70.792877.35
HODGES70.792827.03
REEVES60.679516.59
ADAMS60.67954.61
PALMER60.67955.76
WINNING60.6795303.03
WHEELER60.679511.25
GRUBB60.6795109.89
FERRIS60.679568.73
NORRIS60.679515.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RICHINS4,117.65141.5855
SELMON3,076.9240.4530
GLEE2,000.0010.1133
TITCOMB1,770.83171.9253
ARMAN1,190.4850.5663
PONTIN769.2380.9060
AMOUR714.2920.2265
STALLARD437.02171.9253
BATHE420.1750.5663
PREDDY410.9630.3398
RUSS378.1591.0193
PONTING347.4991.0193
WINNING303.0360.6795
STREAT303.0310.1133
LOOKER268.2070.7928
TURTLE232.5640.4530
GUNTER193.5560.6795
KEEN175.24313.5108
KNAPP149.5091.0193
LAWRANCE138.8980.9060
KEMBLE136.9920.2265
VINES136.0540.4530
WOODHAM135.1440.4530
MARLIN129.8710.1133
FOARD129.8710.1133
MAJOR117.55141.5855
HIBBARD116.2830.3398
GRUBB109.8960.6795
BEAMS106.3810.1133
CLEVERLY103.6320.2265
LEA97.53171.9253
WILLES95.2410.1133
TULL93.9020.2265
PAINTER82.58101.1325
STRATFORD82.5150.5663
HENLY81.9710.1133
HERRING77.3570.7928
OSMOND75.1930.3398
WISEMAN74.2091.0193
ROUSE71.0991.0193
WHEATLY68.9710.1133
FERRIS68.7360.6795
SHEPPARD68.67212.3783
SELMAN65.7910.1133
CHIVERS64.1850.5663
RICHENS58.1410.1133
LESTER57.5580.9060
KENT56.45212.3783
BREWER55.51131.4723
GODDARD53.51192.1518

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called RICHINS in Wanborough 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 1.5855 in Wanborough means that 1.5855% of the people in Wanborough on census day were called RICHINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RICHINS 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 RICHINS 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 RICHINS 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 RICHINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,117.65 in Wanborough means that you are 4,117.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RICHINS in Wanborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wanborough in 1881

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

ACKRELL (1)  ADAMS (6)  ALDER (1)  ALLEN (4)  AMOUR (2)  ARCHER (3)  ARMAN (5)  AVENELL (18)  AYLEFFE (3)  BALL (3)  BALLARD (2)  BATHE (5)  BEAMS (1)  BEASLEY (3)  BENNETT (1)  BERESFORD (1)  BEAVEN (1)  BOYSEY (1)  BRAY (9)  BREAKSPEAR (1)  BREWER (13)  BROWN (10)  BOURTON (19)  BUTCHER (8)  BUTLER (2)  CARPENTER (1)  CARTER (2)  CHIVERS (5)  CLEVERLY (2)  COLLIER (8)  CONSTABLE (2)  COX (9)  CUNDELL (6)  DANIELS (2)  DAVIS (17)  DAVIES ((DAWES)) (12)  DAY (2)  DEACON (4)  DEMIRES (1)  DRINKWATER (1)  DUNFORD (1)  DURNHAM (2)  FERRIS (6)  FISHER (13)  FLIPPANCE (3)  FOARD (1)  FOWLER (3)  FOX (5)  GANTLETT (3)  GARLAND (5)  GEORGE (5)  GIBBS (11)  GILES (1)  GLEE (1)  GODDARD (19)  GODWIN (1)  GOSLING (1)  GREENAWAY (1)  GRUBB (6)  GUNN (1)  GUNTER (6)  HARPER (3)  HATT (1)  HAINES (3)  HEAD (2)  HENLY (1)  HERRING (7)  HEWER (3)  HIBBARD (3)  HICKS (1)  HILLIER (5)  HOBBS (5)  HODGES (7)  HOLYOCK (3)  HORTON (1)  HUGHES (4)  HUMPRIS (1)  HUNT (4)  HUSSEY (1)  ILES (3)  IRELAND (1)  JEFFRIES (2)  JOHNSON (15)  JONES (1)  KEEN (31)  KEENE (2)  KEMBLE (2)  KENT (21)  KING (1)  KIRBY (1)  LANE (1)  LAWRANCE (8)  LAWRENCE (7)  LEA (17)  LEE (11)  LEGG (1)  LEMBERT (1)  LESTER (8)  LOOKER (7)  MAJOR (14)  MARCHAM (2)  MARLIN (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MASKEL (2)  MAY (2)  MACE (4)  MILCHAM (1)  MILLER (2)  KNAPP (9)  NASH (9)  NEWMAN (5)  NICHOLS (1)  NORRIS (6)  NORTH (10)  OSMOND (3)  PAINTER (10)  PALMER (6)  PARSONS (8)  PAVIER (3)  PAYNE (9)  PHILLIPPS (1)  PIKE (1)  PONTING (9)  PONTIN (8)  PREADDY (10)  PREDDY (3)  PRICE (1)  PRINCE (2)  REEVES (6)  RICHENS (1)  RICHINS (14)  ROUSE (9)  RUSS (9)  SELMON (4)  SELMAN (1)  SHEPPARD (21)  SHUN (1)  SHELTON (1)  SHILTON (1)  SMITH (21)  STACEY (4)  STALLARD (17)  STONE (1)  STRATFORD (5)  STREAT (1)  TAME (1)  TANNER (5)  TAYLOR (7)  THORNE (1)  TULL (2)  TITCOMB (17)  TITFORD (1)  TOWNSEND (2)  TUCKER (4)  TURNER (1)  TURTLE (4)  TYLER (7)  UDALL (1)  VINES (4)  WALKER (3)  WALL (3)  WARREN (11)  WEBB (5)  WESTELL (1)  WHEATLY (1)  WHEELER (6)  WHITEMAN (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIS (2)  WILLES (1)  WILTSHIRE (3)  WINCHCOMB (6)  WINNING (6)  WIRDNAM (2)  WISEMAN (9)  WOODHAM (4)  WRIGHT (7)  WAITE (2)