Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Knoyle, Wiltshire

West Knoyle 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
GRAY4221.1055147.84
LLOYD126.030251.64
ANDREWS115.527657.68
FLOWER105.0251515.46
MILLS94.522634.87
GODWIN94.5226350.19
WELCH84.0201114.29
RIDDICK73.51762,121.21
CAREY63.0151160.00
FORD63.015130.96
INMAN63.0151444.44
KING42.01019.22
BROADWAY42.01011,000.00
MATTHEWS42.010123.04
COOMBS42.0101119.05
HAZZARD31.50751,304.35
SANGER10.5025188.68
HALL10.50251.71
READ10.50257.79
EVERETT10.502528.01
CLARKE10.50252.48
WEARE10.5025285.71
HERRIDGE10.5025178.57
SANDER10.5025434.78
RAIKES10.50251,000.00
CROSS10.50257.30
WHITMARSH10.5025238.10
JEFFREYS10.502584.75
CASE10.502550.25
WARREN10.50257.51
BAKER10.50252.29
PACKER10.502547.62
FELTHAM10.5025113.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RIDDICK2,121.2173.5176
HAZZARD1,304.3531.5075
RAIKES1,000.0010.5025
BROADWAY1,000.0042.0101
FLOWER515.46105.0251
INMAN444.4463.0151
SANDER434.7810.5025
GODWIN350.1994.5226
WEARE285.7110.5025
WHITMARSH238.1010.5025
SANGER188.6810.5025
HERRIDGE178.5710.5025
CAREY160.0063.0151
GRAY147.844221.1055
COOMBS119.0542.0101
WELCH114.2984.0201
FELTHAM113.6410.5025
JEFFREYS84.7510.5025
ANDREWS57.68115.5276
LLOYD51.64126.0302
CASE50.2510.5025
PACKER47.6210.5025
MILLS34.8794.5226
FORD30.9663.0151
EVERETT28.0110.5025
MATTHEWS23.0442.0101
KING9.2242.0101
READ7.7910.5025
WARREN7.5110.5025
CROSS7.3010.5025
CLARKE2.4810.5025
BAKER2.2910.5025
HALL1.7110.5025

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called RIDDICK in West Knoyle 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 3.5176 in West Knoyle means that 3.5176% of the people in West Knoyle on census day were called RIDDICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RIDDICK 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 RIDDICK 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 RIDDICK 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 RIDDICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,121.21 in West Knoyle means that you are 2,121.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RIDDICK in West Knoyle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Knoyle in 1881

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

ANDREWS (11)  BAKER (1)  BEALING (1)  BROADWAY (4)  CAREY (6)  CLARKE (1)  COOMBS (4)  CROSS (1)  DAVIDGE (1)  EVERETT (1)  FELTHAM (1)  FLOWER (10)  FORD (6)  GALEHOUSE (9)  GATEHOUSE (1)  GODWIN (9)  GRAY (42)  HALL (1)  HAZZARD (3)  HERRIDGE (1)  INMAN (6)  JEFFREYS (1)  CASE (1)  KING (4)  LLOYD (12)  MATTHEWS (4)  MILBORNE (1)  MILLS (9)  PACKER (1)  PHILLPOTT (1)  RAIKES (1)  READ (1)  RIDDICK (7)  SANGER (1)  SANDER (1)  SEUGER (5)  THICK (4)  TOOGOOD (11)  UPSHALL (3)  WARREN (1)  WEARE (1)  WELCH (8)  WHITMARSH (1)