Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wilcott, Wiltshire

Wilcott 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
PEARCE5810.3020112.14
SMITH346.03914.28
HISCOCK315.5062748.79
GALE173.0195100.77
HAWKINS162.841939.25
BERRETT152.66434,054.05
BARTLETT132.309152.72
AMOR122.1314888.89
BAILEY111.953812.97
RAZEY111.95386,470.59
BURDEN81.4210110.96
KIMBER81.4210149.25
JENKINS71.243310.55
CARTER71.24337.41
REDMAN71.243394.47
FIELD71.243324.99
NEAT71.24331,093.75
POPE61.065730.93
WAITE61.065751.33
ATKINS61.065728.41
DUDMAN61.0657571.43
BRIDGMAN61.0657310.88
MATTHEWS50.888110.18
ALEXANDER50.888116.78
PICKETT50.8881110.62
ROSE50.888111.98
WATERS50.888122.10
MARKS50.888143.40
PENNY50.888149.90
WHEELER50.888114.71
HEATH40.710514.31
DUFFIN40.7105187.79
YATES40.710510.34
PILE40.7105153.85
LACEY40.710538.54
BRISTOW40.710552.49
PAGE40.71058.89
COOK40.71053.58
NASH40.710515.41
GILBERT40.710512.47
COLVIN40.7105205.13
TUCKER40.710512.84
HINTON40.710552.91
TARRANT40.7105100.76
CAMPBELL40.71054.20
WANT40.7105347.83
DOWSE30.5329155.44
SAUNDERS30.53295.81
GOODMAN30.532918.26
FIDLER30.532983.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAZEY6,470.59111.9538
BERRETT4,054.05152.6643
NEAT1,093.7571.2433
AMOR888.89122.1314
HISCOCK748.79315.5062
RASEY625.0010.1776
DUDMAN571.4361.0657
WANT347.8340.7105
BRIDGMAN310.8861.0657
PLANK306.1230.5329
DOWDELL222.2210.1776
COLVIN205.1340.7105
HAILSTONE198.0220.3552
DUFFIN187.7940.7105
MASLEN169.4920.3552
FIDDLER163.9320.3552
DOWSE155.4430.5329
PILE153.8540.7105
PONTIN149.2510.1776
KIMBER149.2581.4210
HATTER144.9310.1776
PEARCE112.145810.3020
BURDEN110.9681.4210
PICKETT110.6250.8881
GALE100.77173.0195
TARRANT100.7640.7105
REDMAN94.4771.2433
TRAFFORD88.5020.3552
FIDLER83.3330.5329
DREWERY83.3310.1776
DANGERFIELD60.9810.1776
HINTON52.9140.7105
BARTLETT52.72132.3091
BRISTOW52.4940.7105
WAITE51.3361.0657
PENNY49.9050.8881
HOWSE45.8710.1776
BRITTEN44.6410.1776
MARKS43.4050.8881
CULLEY41.8410.1776
HAWKINS39.25162.8419
GIDDINGS39.0610.1776
LACEY38.5440.7105
POPE30.9361.0657
COLLINGS29.8520.3552
ATKINS28.4161.0657
FIELD24.9971.2433
PARFITT24.3310.1776
TOPHAM24.3310.1776
ORAM22.7810.1776

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called RAZEY in Wilcott 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 1.9538 in Wilcott means that 1.9538% of the people in Wilcott on census day were called RAZEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAZEY 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 RAZEY 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 RAZEY 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 RAZEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,470.59 in Wilcott means that you are 6,470.59 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAZEY in Wilcott than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wilcott in 1881

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

ABSALOM (8)  ALEXANDER (5)  AMOR (12)  ATKINS (6)  BADELY (2)  BAILEY (11)  BARTLETT (13)  BAIDEN (2)  BENNETT (1)  BINT (5)  BERRETT (15)  BURDEN (8)  BRIDGMAN (6)  BRISTOW (4)  BRITTEN (1)  BROWN (3)  CAMPBELL (4)  CANNINGS (11)  CARTER (7)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHIVERS (1)  CLARE (1)  COLVIN (4)  COOK (4)  COX (2)  CULLEY (1)  DANGERFIELD (1)  DAWE (1)  DOWSE (3)  DOWDELL (1)  DREWERY (1)  DUDMAN (6)  DUFFIN (4)  FIDDLER (2)  FIDLER (3)  FIELD (7)  FISHLOCK (9)  FOX (1)  GALE (17)  GILBERT (4)  GIDDINGS (1)  GOODMAN (3)  GRANT (3)  HAILSTONE (2)  HATTER (1)  HAWKINS (16)  HAYTOR (1)  HEAD (1)  HEATH (4)  HINTON (4)  HISCOCK (31)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOWSE (1)  JENKINS (7)  KIMBER (8)  KNOTT (1)  LACEY (4)  MARKS (5)  MASLEN (2)  MATTHEWS (5)  COLLINGS (2)  ST MAUR (3)  MORLEY (1)  NASH (4)  NEAT (7)  ODEY (2)  ORAM (1)  PAGE (4)  PARFITT (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEARCE (58)  PENNY (5)  PICKETT (5)  PILE (4)  PLANK (3)  PONTIN (1)  POPE (6)  POTTER (1)  RASEY (1)  RAZEY (11)  RAISEY (8)  REDMAN (7)  RAIZEY (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROCOTE (1)  ROGERS (2)  ROSE (5)  SAUNDERS (3)  SHEPPARD (1)  SMITH (34)  SPANWICK (1)  SPRINGFORD (4)  STRONG (1)  SWATTON (16)  TARGET (2)  TARRANT (4)  TOPHAM (1)  TRAFFORD (2)  TRELLETT (1)  TREMLETT (10)  TUCKER (4)  WANT (4)  WATERS (5)  WATTS (1)  WHEELER (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLOUGHBY (1)  WILSON (1)  WINDSOR (1)  WOODROFF (4)  WAITE (6)  YATES (4)