Top surnames from the 1881 census in Berwick St James, Wiltshire

Berwick St James 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
BLANCHARD189.52381,161.29
HUMPHRIES168.4656375.59
MUNDAY126.3492542.99
DYER105.2910136.61
WARREN105.291079.11
KEEL94.76192,432.43
CABLE63.1746631.58
TUFFIN63.17461,875.00
ROLFE63.1746244.90
HARNETT63.17461,714.29
MARSHALL52.645515.77
CARTER52.645515.76
PERRY42.116428.78
EVERITT42.1164253.16
PEARCE31.587317.28
DAY31.587316.86
WILLIAMS31.58732.21
SIMKINS31.5873508.47
HARRIS21.05824.16
GILBERT21.058218.57
EVERETT21.058259.00
BURTON21.058212.42
PINCKNEY21.05822,500.00
HARMAN21.058270.92
DOWN21.058288.11
WHITE21.05823.29
WHEELER10.52918.76
THOMAS10.52911.28
FAY10.5291126.58
LEAVER10.529181.97
HERRINGTON10.5291140.85
BROWN10.52910.80
MAY10.52918.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PINCKNEY2,500.0021.0582
KEEL2,432.4394.7619
TUFFIN1,875.0063.1746
HARNETT1,714.2963.1746
BLANCHARD1,161.29189.5238
CABLE631.5863.1746
MUNDAY542.99126.3492
SIMKINS508.4731.5873
HUMPHRIES375.59168.4656
EVERITT253.1642.1164
ROLFE244.9063.1746
HERRINGTON140.8510.5291
DYER136.61105.2910
FAY126.5810.5291
DOWN88.1121.0582
LEAVER81.9710.5291
WARREN79.11105.2910
HARMAN70.9221.0582
EVERETT59.0021.0582
PERRY28.7842.1164
GILBERT18.5721.0582
PEARCE17.2831.5873
DAY16.8631.5873
MARSHALL15.7752.6455
CARTER15.7652.6455
BURTON12.4221.0582
WHEELER8.7610.5291
MAY8.3110.5291
HARRIS4.1621.0582
WHITE3.2921.0582
WILLIAMS2.2131.5873
THOMAS1.2810.5291
BROWN0.8010.5291

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called PINCKNEY in Berwick St James 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 1.0582 in Berwick St James means that 1.0582% of the people in Berwick St James on census day were called PINCKNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PINCKNEY 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 PINCKNEY 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 PINCKNEY 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 PINCKNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Berwick St James means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PINCKNEY in Berwick St James than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Berwick St James in 1881

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

BLANCHARD (18)  BROWN (1)  BURTON (2)  CABLE (6)  CARTER (5)  DAY (3)  DOWN (2)  DYER (10)  EVERETT (2)  EVERITT (4)  FAY (1)  GILBERT (2)  HARMAN (2)  HARNETT (6)  HERRINGTON (1)  HARRIS (2)  HUMPHRIES (16)  KEEL (9)  KITLEY (4)  LEAVER (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MAY (1)  MUNDAY (12)  NOAKE (1)  PEARCE (3)  PERRY (4)  PINCKNEY (2)  POTHECARY (8)  ROLFE (6)  SIMKINS (3)  THOMAS (1)  TOYS (5)  TREBLE (5)  TUFFIN (6)  TUFFEN (7)  WARREN (10)  WHEELER (1)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (3)  WITCHELL (7)