Top surnames from the 1881 census in Winterbourne Bassett, Wiltshire

Winterbourne Bassett 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
HILLIER145.3435396.60
WILTSHIRE124.5802342.86
HUMPHRIES124.5802203.39
PENNY103.8168214.59
DOBSON93.435177.85
ELLIS93.435123.65
AUSTEN93.4351447.76
HUNT83.053422.99
HARRIS83.053412.02
ASH72.6718161.66
BARRETT72.671839.77
LOVELOCK72.6718619.47
WILLIS72.671850.25
GODDARD62.290156.93
SCOTT62.29019.05
GARRETT62.2901100.84
CHIVERS62.2901259.74
REDMAN51.9084144.93
NORTH51.908457.60
PAYNE51.908421.20
LEWIS41.52675.81
BEAVEN41.5267526.32
WAKEFIELD41.526785.29
LONG31.145017.65
HOWELL31.145027.17
HORTON31.145030.86
STAPLEFORD31.14502,000.00
PICKET31.14501,666.67
MEAD31.145049.10
GODDEN31.1450165.75
SMITH20.76340.54
BAYS10.3817322.58
FLETCHER10.38173.34
JEFFRIES10.381730.40
WIXON10.38171,250.00
WHEELER10.38176.32
CROOKE10.3817285.71
HIBBARD10.3817129.87
SUMNER10.381723.58
CHANDLER10.381711.88
LUCAS10.38178.26
RASEY10.38171,250.00
DAY10.38174.06
PEARCE10.38174.15
WALDRON10.381743.29
COOKE10.38176.92
NASH10.38178.28
RUSSELL10.38173.13
LENORD10.38171,000.00
DRAPER10.381716.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STAPLEFORD2,000.0031.1450
PICKET1,666.6731.1450
WIXON1,250.0010.3817
RASEY1,250.0010.3817
LENORD1,000.0010.3817
LOVELOCK619.4772.6718
BEAVEN526.3241.5267
CUNINGHAM526.3210.3817
AUSTEN447.7693.4351
HILLIER396.60145.3435
WILTSHIRE342.86124.5802
BAYS322.5810.3817
CROOKE285.7110.3817
CHIVERS259.7462.2901
PENNY214.59103.8168
HUMPHRIES203.39124.5802
GODDEN165.7531.1450
ASH161.6672.6718
REDMAN144.9351.9084
HIBBARD129.8710.3817
GARRETT100.8462.2901
WAKEFIELD85.2941.5267
DOBSON77.8593.4351
NORTH57.6051.9084
GODDARD56.9362.2901
WILLIS50.2572.6718
MEAD49.1031.1450
WALDRON43.2910.3817
BARRETT39.7772.6718
HORTON30.8631.1450
JEFFRIES30.4010.3817
HOWELL27.1731.1450
ELLIS23.6593.4351
SUMNER23.5810.3817
HUNT22.9983.0534
PAYNE21.2051.9084
LONG17.6531.1450
DRAPER16.2110.3817
HARRIS12.0283.0534
CHANDLER11.8810.3817
SCOTT9.0562.2901
NASH8.2810.3817
LUCAS8.2610.3817
COOKE6.9210.3817
WHEELER6.3210.3817
LEWIS5.8141.5267
PEARCE4.1510.3817
DAY4.0610.3817
FLETCHER3.3410.3817
RUSSELL3.1310.3817

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called STAPLEFORD in Winterbourne Bassett 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 1.1450 in Winterbourne Bassett means that 1.1450% of the people in Winterbourne Bassett on census day were called STAPLEFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STAPLEFORD 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 STAPLEFORD 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 STAPLEFORD 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 STAPLEFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Winterbourne Bassett means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STAPLEFORD in Winterbourne Bassett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Winterbourne Bassett in 1881

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

ASH (7)  AUSTEN (9)  BARRETT (7)  BECKINHAM (10)  BEUSENT (1)  BEAVEN (4)  BAYS (1)  CHANDLER (1)  CHEQURE (3)  CHIVERS (6)  COOKE (1)  CROOKE (1)  CUNINGHAM (1)  DAY (1)  DOBSON (9)  DRAPER (1)  ELLIS (9)  ETTWELL (8)  FLETCHER (1)  GARRETT (6)  GLEED (6)  GODDARD (6)  GODDEN (3)  GULLIO (10)  HARRIS (8)  HIBBARD (1)  HILLIER (14)  HORTON (3)  HOWELL (3)  HUMPHRIES (12)  HUNT (8)  JEFFRIES (1)  LENORD (1)  LEWIS (4)  LONG (3)  LOVELOCK (7)  LUCAS (1)  MEAD (3)  NASH (1)  NORTH (5)  PAYNE (5)  PEARCE (1)  PENNY (10)  PICKET (3)  POLARD (1)  RASEY (1)  REDMAN (5)  RENDELLS (1)  RUSSALL (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SCOTT (6)  SMITH (2)  STAPLEFORD (3)  SUMNER (1)  SWADDEN (4)  SWATTEN (1)  WAKEFIELD (4)  WALDRON (1)  WOTSON (3)  WHEELER (1)  WIXON (1)  WILLIS (7)  WILTSHIRE (12)