Top surnames from the 1881 census in Charlton, Wiltshire

Charlton 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
HUGHES415.416119.33
YOUNG263.434615.99
LAW222.906264.25
HATTEN212.77412,592.59
HAYWARD182.377855.76
SEALEY172.2457685.48
CLEMENTS172.245767.70
PERRY172.245730.54
GOLDING141.8494104.95
STONEHAM131.7173747.13
BAILY111.4531229.65
CURTIS111.453125.61
TOWNSEND111.453134.20
BAKER111.45316.63
STUMP101.32102,083.33
PAINTER101.321096.34
PEARCE91.188912.94
SMITH91.18890.84
REYNOLDS91.188913.73
HEATH91.188923.94
LEE91.18897.27
COOKE81.056819.15
WHITE81.05683.29
HAWKINS81.056814.60
BURDEN81.056882.56
WEST70.92479.60
LEA70.924746.85
CLARK70.92473.08
BLACKWELL70.924750.76
SAMPSON70.924754.22
WILLIS70.924717.39
CHAPPELL70.924754.82
REEVES60.792619.35
HOWARD60.79268.08
CHAMBERLAIN60.792629.13
MARSH60.792611.11
RUDMAN60.7926394.74
HOLCOMB60.79262,000.00
JEPSON60.792680.97
HALL60.79262.69
TOMBS60.7926157.89
PALMER50.66055.60
LEONARD50.660530.47
PORTER50.66058.80
CLARKE50.66053.26
DENNIS50.660522.33
DAVIS50.66053.01
CORP50.6605595.24
SKUSE50.6605378.79
WICKS40.528437.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRENIER3,333.3310.1321
HATTEN2,592.59212.7741
STUMP2,083.33101.3210
HOLCOMB2,000.0060.7926
STONEHAM747.13131.7173
SEALEY685.48172.2457
CORP595.2450.6605
RUDMAN394.7460.7926
SKUSE378.7950.6605
KNIPE267.8630.3963
NIGHT263.1610.1321
MASLEN253.1640.5284
BAILY229.65111.4531
TEAGLE227.2720.2642
WARLEY204.0810.1321
TOMBS157.8960.7926
PINKNEY134.6840.5284
MOWER110.5020.2642
BUSHNELL108.7020.2642
GOLDING104.95141.8494
PAINTER96.34101.3210
BURDEN82.5681.0568
JEPSON80.9760.7926
COTTLE80.6530.3963
CLEMENTS67.70172.2457
CALLANDER64.9410.1321
LAW64.25222.9062
PINK60.2430.3963
MERCHANT58.9430.3963
HAYWARD55.76182.3778
CHAPPELL54.8270.9247
SAMPSON54.2270.9247
BLACKWELL50.7670.9247
FLANAGAN50.5930.3963
FINDLEY50.0010.1321
NOEL48.7810.1321
LEA46.8570.9247
GINGELL45.2510.1321
BLACKMAN43.4340.5284
WICKS37.5640.5284
LENNON37.4510.1321
MACAULAY37.0410.1321
TOWNSEND34.20111.4531
HOWSE34.1310.1321
BURR32.8920.2642
GODWIN30.6430.3963
PERRY30.54172.2457
STRATTON30.4920.2642
LEONARD30.4750.6605
MAJOR29.3830.3963

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called GRENIER in Charlton 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 0.1321 in Charlton means that 0.1321% of the people in Charlton on census day were called GRENIER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Charlton in 1881

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

ADCOCK (1)  ALEXANDER (2)  ATKINSON (1)  BAILY (11)  BAKER (11)  BARRETT (2)  BATES (1)  BENNETT (4)  BLACKMAN (4)  BLACKWELL (7)  BOND (2)  BURDEN (8)  BROWN (1)  BRUDEN (1)  BURR (2)  BUSHNELL (2)  CALLANDER (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (6)  CHAPPELL (7)  CLARK (7)  CLARKE (5)  CLEMENTS (17)  COLLINGBORNE (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOKE (8)  COPHERD (1)  CORP (5)  COTTLE (3)  COX (1)  COXHEAD (5)  CRESSWELL (2)  CURTIS (11)  DAVIS (5)  DAVIES (1)  DENNIS (5)  DIGWEED (1)  DRABBLE (1)  EATWELL (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  FIELD (3)  FINDLEY (1)  FLANAGAN (3)  FRASER (4)  FRY (2)  GIBBS (1)  JEPSON (6)  GINGELL (1)  GLEED (2)  GOLDING (14)  GODWIN (3)  GOTHERD (1)  GREEN (2)  GRENIER (1)  HADRELT (1)  HALL (6)  HATTEN (21)  HATTON (2)  HAWES (2)  HAWKINS (8)  HAINES (4)  HAYWARD (18)  HEATH (9)  HICKS (2)  HOBBS (1)  HOLCOMB (6)  HOLDING (1)  HOOPER (1)  HOPE (1)  HOWARD (6)  HOWSE (1)  HOWLETT (1)  HUGHES (41)  ILES (1)  ISAAC (1)  JAMES (2)  JOBBINS (5)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (3)  JUPP (1)  JUDGE (1)  KELLY (1)  KEUCH (4)  NIGHT (1)  KNIPE (3)  NOEL (1)  LAW (22)  LEIGHFIELD (5)  LEA (7)  LEE (9)  LENNON (1)  LEONARD (5)  LEWIS (4)  LITTLE (1)  MAJOR (3)  MERCHANT (3)  MARSH (6)  MASLEN (4)  MATTHEWS (1)  MACAULAY (1)  MEEK (1)  MESSENGER (1)  MOWER (2)  MOORE (1)  MOTT (1)  PAINTER (10)  PALMER (5)  PARSONS (1)  PEARCE (9)  PERRY (17)  PHILLIPS (1)  PINCHIN (1)  PINK (3)  PINKNEY (4)  PLIPS (1)  POOLE (1)  POTTER (1)  PORTER (5)  REEVES (6)  REEVE (3)  REYNOLDS (9)  RAINGER (14)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBERTS (1)  RUDMAN (6)  SALMON (1)  SAMPSON (7)  SAW (6)  SEALEY (17)  SELLWOOD (12)  SHORT (1)  SISUM (3)  SKUESE (5)  SKULL (7)  SKUSE (5)  SMITH (9)  STUMP (10)  STEVENS (2)  STONEHAM (13)  STRATTON (2)  SUFFOLK (2)  SWEETZAR (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TEAGLE (2)  TILLING (13)  TELLING (3)  TOMBS (6)  TOWNSEND (11)  TUCKER (1)  VIZOR (3)  WALKER (1)  WALES (1)  WARLEY (1)  WEBB (1)  WELLS (1)  WEST (7)  WESTON (1)  WHITE (8)  WICKS (4)  WIGGINS (1)  WIGMORE (8)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (7)  WITCHELL (7)  WOODWARD (3)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (26)