Top surnames from the 1881 census in Calstone Wellington, Wiltshire

Calstone Wellington 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
BURNETT920.0000725.81
CLIFFORD715.5556752.69
GUNNING511.11113,125.00
SUMMERS36.6667238.10
CHAMBERLAIN12.222281.97
BALL12.222226.88
POWELL12.222217.83
NEAVES12.22221,428.57
FORTUNE12.2222416.67
TOWNSEND12.222252.36
PERRETT12.2222454.55
LANE12.222232.26
BRISCOE12.2222344.83
PARSONS12.222229.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GUNNING3,125.00511.1111
NEAVES1,428.5712.2222
CLIFFORD752.69715.5556
BURNETT725.81920.0000
PERRETT454.5512.2222
FORTUNE416.6712.2222
BRISCOE344.8312.2222
SUMMERS238.1036.6667
CHAMBERLAIN81.9712.2222
TOWNSEND52.3612.2222
LANE32.2612.2222
PARSONS29.2412.2222
BALL26.8812.2222
POWELL17.8312.2222

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called GUNNING in Calstone Wellington 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 11.1111 in Calstone Wellington means that 11.1111% of the people in Calstone Wellington on census day were called GUNNING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GUNNING 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 GUNNING 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 GUNNING 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 GUNNING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,125.00 in Calstone Wellington means that you are 3,125.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GUNNING in Calstone Wellington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Calstone Wellington in 1881

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

BALL (1)  BENSTEAD (1)  BRISCOE (1)  BURNETT (9)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CLIFFORD (7)  FORTUNE (1)  GUNNING (5)  HADOW (8)  LANE (1)  MOUNTY (2)  NEAVES (1)  PERRETT (1)  PARSONS (1)  POWELL (1)  SUMMERS (3)  TOWNSEND (1)