Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire

Bishops Cannings 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
HILLIER606.2696465.12
WILTSHIRE545.6426422.87
DREW545.6426213.61
MERRITT474.9112699.40
BISHOP373.866255.33
BAILEY313.239321.51
STEVENS242.507824.02
SMITH232.40331.70
WILLIS191.985437.34
MINTY171.7764894.74
ORAM161.6719214.48
PEARCE151.567417.06
MERRETT141.4629239.73
OFFER141.4629642.20
KING121.25395.75
NICHOLAS121.253964.21
WILD121.253930.78
WITHERS121.253976.48
HIBBERD101.0449169.78
LANE90.940413.65
MILLER90.94045.26
WELLS90.940411.30
BURRY90.9404825.69
CARTER90.94045.60
RAYMOND90.9404163.04
NASH90.940420.40
BOND80.835915.79
ROSE70.73159.86
STONE70.731510.12
LOVELOCK70.7315169.08
MIDDLETON70.731513.93
WAIT70.7315144.93
LUCAS70.731515.82
BREWER70.731527.58
BOWLES70.731544.70
STEPHENS60.627011.30
PALMER60.62705.32
GOULD60.627017.35
BEARD60.627023.82
CASSELL50.5225227.27
BULLOCK50.522516.06
OLIVER50.52257.32
GIBBS50.522510.63
BESANT50.5225568.18
EVERY50.5225349.65
WHITE40.41801.30
PRIOR40.418018.06
WESTON40.418010.25
GIDDINGS40.418091.74
BLAKE30.31356.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JAGOE1,428.5710.1045
MINTY894.74171.7764
BURRY825.6990.9404
ELIS714.2910.1045
MERRITT699.40474.9112
AMBER666.6720.2090
OFFER642.20141.4629
BESANT568.1850.5225
HILLIER465.12606.2696
WILTSHIRE422.87545.6426
EADS400.0010.1045
EVERY349.6550.5225
CASSEL344.8310.1045
BEERE300.0030.3135
HIX285.7110.1045
BOLLEN272.7330.3135
MERRETT239.73141.4629
CASSELL227.2750.5225
ORAM214.48161.6719
DREW213.61545.6426
KNEE202.7030.3135
RUDDLE196.0830.3135
HIBBERD169.78101.0449
LOVELOCK169.0870.7315
RAYMOND163.0490.9404
BULLOCH157.0730.3135
WAIT144.9370.7315
CLEVERLY142.8630.3135
OAK136.9910.1045
GAISFORD104.1710.1045
GIDDINGS91.7440.4180
WITHERS76.48121.2539
BRACHER72.4610.1045
OSBOURN65.7910.1045
NICHOLAS64.21121.2539
DOWSE60.9820.2090
APPLEGATE56.5010.1045
BISHOP55.33373.8662
BRACE54.5530.3135
COMBES49.5110.1045
MASLIN49.2610.1045
COOKSEY45.6610.1045
BOWLES44.7070.7315
HISCOCK42.6730.3135
FOWLE42.1910.1045
WILLIS37.34191.9854
PRYOR31.3020.2090
WILD30.78121.2539
BREWER27.5870.7315
WHITBREAD26.1810.1045

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called JAGOE in Bishops Cannings 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 0.1045 in Bishops Cannings means that 0.1045% of the people in Bishops Cannings on census day were called JAGOE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JAGOE 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 JAGOE 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 JAGOE 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 JAGOE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,428.57 in Bishops Cannings means that you are 1,428.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JAGOE in Bishops Cannings than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bishops Cannings in 1881

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

OFFER (14)  ALSLINE (1)  APPLEGATE (1)  EVERY (5)  BAILEY (31)  BAILY (1)  BANKS (2)  BARNES (1)  BEARD (6)  BEAUCANNON (1)  BEERE (3)  BENGER (3)  BURRY (9)  BESSANT (3)  BESANT (5)  BESEANT (5)  BIGGS (1)  BISHOP (37)  BLAKE (3)  BOLLEN (3)  BOND (8)  BOWLER (1)  BOWLES (7)  BRACE (3)  BRACHER (1)  BREADMORE (4)  BREWER (7)  BRISTOW (1)  BROWN (2)  BRINSDON (1)  BULLOCH (3)  BULLOCK (5)  BURGESS (2)  BUSH (1)  CARTER (9)  CASSELL (5)  CASSEL (1)  CAUSEBROOK (1)  CLEVERLY (3)  COLE (1)  COMPTON (1)  COOK (3)  COOKSEY (1)  COMBES (1)  CREES (2)  DAVIS (1)  DYKE (2)  DOWSE (2)  DREW (54)  DREWITT (1)  EADS (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (2)  ELIS (1)  FISHLOCK (27)  FOWLE (1)  GAISFORD (1)  GALE (1)  GIBBS (5)  GIDDARD (1)  GIDDINGS (4)  GODWIN (1)  GOULD (6)  GRANT (1)  GREGORY (1)  HAND (2)  HARRAWAY (13)  HARRIS (1)  HIBBERD (10)  HIX (1)  HILLIER (60)  HIPBERD (3)  HISCOCK (3)  HONEY (1)  HORSELL (5)  HUNT (1)  HOOK (3)  HYDE (3)  AMBER (2)  JAGOE (1)  CURWOOD (3)  KING (12)  LANCASTER (2)  LANE (9)  LEWIS (2)  LOVELOCK (7)  LOVETT (1)  LUCAS (7)  MERRITT (47)  MERRETT (14)  MERRETT (MERRITT) (2)  MARSH (2)  MASLIN (1)  MATHEWS (3)  MIDDLETON (7)  MILLER (9)  MINTY (17)  MISSELWHITE (3)  MORLEY (1)  NASH (9)  NEATE (11)  NEW (1)  NICHOLAS (12)  NORVILL (6)  KNEE (3)  OAK (1)  OATREY (1)  OLIVER (5)  ORAM (16)  OSBOURN (1)  PALMER (6)  PERRETT (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEARCE (15)  PECK (2)  PHILLEMORE (1)  PHIPP (1)  POINTING (8)  POPE (1)  PORTCH (9)  PRICE (2)  PRIDDLE (1)  PRIOR (4)  PRYOR (2)  RAYMOND (9)  RICHARDS (1)  ROSE (7)  RUDDLE (3)  SIMS (1)  SLADE (1)  SLOPER (7)  SMITH (23)  SPENCER (1)  STEVENS (24)  STEPHENS (6)  STONE (7)  SWATTON (1)  TAYLOR (2)  WALKER (1)  WALL (1)  WHALE (1)  WAYLEN (2)  WELLS (9)  WESTON (4)  WHITBREAD (1)  WHITE (4)  WILCOX (2)  WILD (12)  WILLIS (19)  WITHERS ((WILTSHIRE)) (2)  WILTSHIRE (54)  WINDSOR (2)  WITHERS (12)  WOODROFFE (1)  WORDLEY (15)  WORDLY (11)  WRIGHT (1)  WAITE (2)  WAIT (7)