Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bishopstrow, Wiltshire

Bishopstrow 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
EVERLEY114.489811,000.00
PARHAM114.48982,972.97
SNELGROVE104.08161,639.34
YEATES83.2653592.59
PRITCHARD83.265360.65
KING62.449011.24
OLDING62.44901,276.60
BULL62.449057.92
HANCOCK62.449053.81
GRACE62.4490182.93
WILLIAMS62.44903.41
SHEPHERD62.449033.43
VINEY62.4490645.16
HITCHENS52.0408847.46
HEATH41.632732.87
MANNERS41.6327330.58
MACEY41.6327296.30
BRAY41.632748.54
JAY31.2245140.19
SMITH31.22450.87
LAWRENCE31.224518.86
BROWN31.22451.86
ASTLEY31.2245185.19
MORGAN31.22456.16
WILLET31.22451,363.64
GRAY31.22458.58
TYLER20.816327.66
WOODS20.816312.95
RANSOM20.8163150.38
NEWMAN20.816310.98
HAYTER20.8163110.50
LINES20.816376.92
RANTZ10.408210,000.00
BIDWELL10.4082166.67
PEARCE10.40824.44
ALEXANDER10.40827.71
STEWART10.40822.61
COX10.40822.69
WHITE10.40821.27
RENDALL10.408276.92
BLAKE10.40828.42
WAITE10.408219.65
AXFORD10.4082166.67
JONES10.40820.36
THOMAS10.40820.99
EVERETT10.408222.73
PARKER10.40822.15
HOLTON10.408278.74
SNOW10.408230.21
CARTER10.40822.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EVERLEY11,000.00114.4898
RANTZ10,000.0010.4082
PARHAM2,972.97114.4898
SNELGROVE1,639.34104.0816
WILLET1,363.6431.2245
OLDING1,276.6062.4490
HITCHENS847.4652.0408
VINEY645.1662.4490
YEATES592.5983.2653
MANNERS330.5841.6327
MACEY296.3041.6327
ASTLEY185.1931.2245
GRACE182.9362.4490
BIDWELL166.6710.4082
AXFORD166.6710.4082
RANSOM150.3820.8163
JAY140.1931.2245
LADD116.2810.4082
HAYTER110.5020.8163
WHATLEY105.2610.4082
HOLTON78.7410.4082
RENDALL76.9210.4082
LINES76.9220.8163
PRITCHARD60.6583.2653
BULL57.9262.4490
HANCOCK53.8162.4490
BRAY48.5441.6327
DUNNING48.0810.4082
STRATTON47.1710.4082
JENNER34.3610.4082
SHEPHERD33.4362.4490
HEATH32.8741.6327
SNOW30.2110.4082
TYLER27.6620.8163
EVERETT22.7310.4082
WAITE19.6510.4082
WEEKS19.0810.4082
LAWRENCE18.8631.2245
SALTER17.8610.4082
HAINES17.6410.4082
WYATT13.9110.4082
WOODS12.9520.8163
KING11.2462.4490
NEWMAN10.9820.8163
GODDARD10.1510.4082
BUTCHER9.6910.4082
GRAY8.5831.2245
BLAKE8.4210.4082
ALEXANDER7.7110.4082
READ6.3310.4082

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called EVERLEY in Bishopstrow 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 4.4898 in Bishopstrow means that 4.4898% of the people in Bishopstrow on census day were called EVERLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EVERLEY 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 EVERLEY 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 EVERLEY 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 EVERLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,000.00 in Bishopstrow means that you are 11,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EVERLEY in Bishopstrow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bishopstrow in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ASTLEY (3)  AXFORD (1)  BABBAGE (1)  BIDWELL (1)  BISHOP (1)  BLAKE (1)  BRAY (4)  BROWN (3)  BRUNTMELL (1)  BULL (6)  BUTCHER (1)  CARTER (1)  COGDALE (1)  COX (1)  DUNNING (1)  EVERETT (1)  EVERLEY (11)  JAY (3)  GODDARD (1)  GRACE (6)  GRAY (3)  HANCOCK (6)  HARRIS (1)  HAINES (1)  HAYTER (2)  HURLE (2)  HEATH (4)  HELME (3)  HITCHENS (5)  HOLTON (1)  JENNER (1)  JONES (1)  KING (6)  LADD (1)  LAWRENCE (3)  LINES (2)  MACEY (4)  MANNERS (4)  MORGAN (3)  NEWMAN (2)  OLDING (6)  PARHAM (11)  PARKER (1)  PEARCE (1)  POOLMAN (5)  PRITCHARD (8)  RENDALL (1)  RANSOM (2)  RANTZ (1)  READ (1)  SALTER (1)  SCANE (27)  SEAGRAM (2)  SHEPHERD (6)  SHERGOLD (11)  SMITH (3)  SNELGROVE (10)  SNOW (1)  SPAREY (5)  STEWART (1)  STRATTON (1)  THOMAS (1)  TUEROLEY (1)  TURN (1)  TYLER (2)  VINEY (6)  WEEKS (1)  WHATLEY (1)  WHITE (1)  WILLET (3)  WILLIAMS (6)  WOODS (2)  WYATT (1)  WAITE (1)  YEATES (8)