Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wylye, Wiltshire

Wylye 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
HASKELL224.47151,746.03
HIBBERD224.4715726.07
READ193.861859.90
SMITH183.65852.59
DOUGHTY163.2520255.59
PRETTY142.8455800.00
GILES142.845574.67
DOWDELL132.64233,250.00
NOBLE122.439058.74
BRIANT112.2358820.90
WHITTLE112.2358102.61
YOUNG91.82938.51
BUSH91.829374.07
SEAWELL81.62608,888.89
LAWES81.6260373.83
MILES81.626027.56
YEATES71.4228257.35
GALE71.422847.49
MEAD71.422861.03
MACEY71.4228258.30
LYE71.4228526.32
DRAPER71.422860.40
AXFORD71.4228583.33
POTTER61.219518.80
SLY61.2195322.58
CASSON61.2195205.48
SWAYNE61.21951,250.00
WHITE61.21953.79
PARSONS61.219516.05
LUSH61.2195304.57
SNELGROVE51.0163409.84
HARDING51.016314.04
PEARCEY51.0163675.68
MARSH51.016314.25
BEAVEN40.8130279.72
THORNE40.813038.57
COX30.60984.02
SHARP30.60987.32
BARRETT30.60989.08
NAISH30.6098170.45
WILTSHIRE30.609845.73
HAYTER30.609882.64
POWELL30.60984.89
BARTER20.406574.07
NEWMAN20.40655.47
MORGAN20.40652.04
BLAKE20.40658.39
NORTHOVER20.4065190.48
LAWRENCE20.40656.26
KING20.40651.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEAWELL8,888.8981.6260
DOWDELL3,250.00132.6423
HASKELL1,746.03224.4715
SWAYNE1,250.0061.2195
PRESSLY1,250.0010.2033
BRIANT820.90112.2358
PRETTY800.00142.8455
HIBBERD726.07224.4715
PEARCEY675.6851.0163
AXFORD583.3371.4228
LYE526.3271.4228
SNELGROVE409.8451.0163
LAWES373.8381.6260
SLY322.5861.2195
LUSH304.5761.2195
BEAVEN279.7240.8130
SLAVEN277.7820.4065
SCOVELL273.9720.4065
MACEY258.3071.4228
YEATES257.3571.4228
DOUGHTY255.59163.2520
CASSON205.4861.2195
NORTHOVER190.4820.4065
HAZZARD178.5710.2033
GALT178.5720.4065
NAISH170.4530.6098
BATTS121.9510.2033
BOUND112.3610.2033
EMMS107.5320.4065
BROTHERS105.2610.2033
WHITTLE102.61112.2358
SPIRES99.0110.2033
HAYTER82.6430.6098
PERRETT81.3020.4065
YEO77.2220.4065
GILES74.67142.8455
BARTER74.0720.4065
BUSH74.0791.8293
RANGER62.5010.2033
MEAD61.0371.4228
DRAPER60.4071.4228
READ59.90193.8618
NOBLE58.74122.4390
STRIDE57.8010.2033
CHANT48.7810.2033
GALE47.4971.4228
WILTSHIRE45.7330.6098
BARTLEY42.1910.2033
THORNE38.5740.8130
SHORE37.8120.4065

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called SEAWELL in Wylye 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 1.6260 in Wylye means that 1.6260% of the people in Wylye on census day were called SEAWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEAWELL 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 SEAWELL 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 SEAWELL 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 SEAWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,888.89 in Wylye means that you are 8,888.89 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEAWELL in Wylye than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wylye in 1881

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

ABERY (2)  ALGAR (2)  ARCHER (1)  AXFORD (7)  BARRETT (3)  BARTER (2)  BARTLEY (1)  BATTS (1)  BAXTER (1)  BECHEL (1)  BENNET (1)  BENNETT (1)  BEAVEN (4)  BLAKE (2)  BOUND (1)  BRAY (1)  BROTHERS (1)  BROWN (1)  BRIANT (11)  BURRIDGE (1)  BUSH (9)  SCAMELL (2)  CASSON (6)  CHANT (1)  CHUBB (1)  COLEMAN (1)  CORNISH (1)  COWLEY (1)  COX (3)  DARTS (7)  DAVIES (1)  DOUGHTY (16)  DOWDELL (13)  DRAPER (7)  DYER (1)  EMMS (2)  FERRIS (1)  FOOT (1)  FULLER (1)  FRANCIS (2)  GALE (7)  GALT (2)  GARRED (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILES (14)  GROVES (1)  HARDING (5)  HASKELL (22)  HAYTER (3)  HAZZARD (1)  HIBBERD (22)  HINWOOD (1)  HOBBS (1)  HORNER (1)  HOWARD (1)  HUMPHREYS (1)  INGRAM (1)  JARMAN (1)  JOLLYMAN (1)  KING (2)  LANCASTER (1)  LANSDOWN (1)  LAWES (8)  LAWRENCE (2)  LYE (7)  LUSH (6)  MAIDMENT (2)  MARSH (5)  MACEY (7)  MATTHEWS (1)  MEAD (7)  MILES (8)  MOODY (2)  MORGAN (2)  MUNDY (1)  NAISH (3)  NEALES (2)  NEWMAN (2)  NOAKE (1)  NOBLE (12)  NORTHOVER (2)  PARKER (1)  PERRETT (2)  PARSONS (6)  PEARCE (1)  PEARCEY (5)  POTTER (6)  POWELL (3)  PRETTY (14)  PRESSLY (1)  RANGER (1)  RAVENSHILL (1)  READ (19)  RITCHING (6)  RUFERCHT (1)  SAINOW (1)  SEAWELL (8)  SCOVELL (2)  SHARP (3)  SHERGOLD (7)  SHORE (2)  SLAVEN (2)  SLY (6)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (18)  SNELGROVE (5)  SPIRES (1)  STEVENS (1)  STRICKLAND (1)  STRIDE (1)  SWAINE (SWAYNE) (2)  SWAYNE (6)  THORNE (4)  THORN (THORNE) (6)  TITT (5)  VALICE (7)  WALTERS (2)  WATERS (1)  WESTON (1)  WHITE (6)  WHITTLE (11)  WILKES (1)  WILTSHIRE (3)  YEATES (7)  YEO (2)  YOUNG (9)