Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blackland, Wiltshire

Blackland 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
BUTLER714.0000143.44
WARD714.000064.10
BULL510.0000236.97
BAILEY510.000066.40
RAWLINGS36.0000410.96
PEARCE24.000043.57
HICKS24.000095.69
CLEVERLEY24.00003,333.33
BROWN24.00006.07
ELEY24.0000645.16
REEVES12.000048.78
SHEPPARD12.000057.80
READ12.000031.06
KING12.00009.17
RUDDLE12.00001,250.00
BLACKFORD12.0000555.56
KIMBER12.0000208.33
COWARD12.0000175.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLEVERLEY3,333.3324.0000
RUDDLE1,250.0012.0000
ELEY645.1624.0000
BLACKFORD555.5612.0000
RAWLINGS410.9636.0000
BULL236.97510.0000
KIMBER208.3312.0000
COWARD175.4412.0000
BUTLER143.44714.0000
HICKS95.6924.0000
BAILEY66.40510.0000
WARD64.10714.0000
SHEPPARD57.8012.0000
REEVES48.7812.0000
PEARCE43.5724.0000
READ31.0612.0000
KING9.1712.0000
BROWN6.0724.0000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called CLEVERLEY in Blackland 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 4.0000 in Blackland means that 4.0000% of the people in Blackland on census day were called CLEVERLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLEVERLEY 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 CLEVERLEY 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 CLEVERLEY 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 CLEVERLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Blackland means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLEVERLEY in Blackland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blackland in 1881

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

BAILEY (5)  BLACKFORD (1)  BROWN (2)  BULL (5)  BUTLER (7)  CLEVERLEY (2)  COWARD (1)  ELEY (2)  GOODSHIP (5)  HICKS (2)  KIMBER (1)  KING (1)  PEARCE (2)  REEVES (1)  READ (1)  RAWLINGS (3)  RUDDLE (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  WARD (7)