Top surnames from the 1881 census in Coombe Bissett, Wiltshire

Coombe Bissett 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
KIMBER226.0606635.84
LAWES184.95871,139.24
HARRIS184.958719.51
MITCHEL113.0303309.86
WAGG113.03031,294.12
SMITH102.75481.95
FLEETWOOD102.7548787.40
MORRIS92.479311.14
WILLIS82.203941.45
RALPH82.2039144.67
TERRILL82.20392,500.00
VINEY82.2039579.71
SPICER71.9284143.44
MACKLIN71.9284686.27
PARRETT71.9284945.95
COMPTON71.9284200.57
PALMER71.928416.36
JACOBS71.928480.46
DYER61.652942.67
FRANCIS51.377423.13
CASE51.3774137.74
ROBEY51.3774819.67
VINCENT51.377444.17
POWELL51.377411.04
MITCHELL51.37746.79
BUNCE51.3774185.19
TILLER51.3774520.83
BLAKE51.377428.44
STOKES51.377432.62
BOUND41.1019606.06
BURT41.101946.40
HARWOOD41.101941.15
POLLARD41.101930.21
ANDREWS30.82648.63
FLOWER30.826484.51
GODWIN30.826463.83
HOLOWAY30.82646,000.00
WILSON30.82641.80
CHANDLER30.826425.73
MUSSELWHITE30.8264517.24
STREET20.551023.58
STRATTON20.551063.49
LUTHER20.5510392.16
GILLETT20.551052.22
COOPER20.55102.27
WATERS20.551013.71
HEWLETT20.551088.11
THOME10.27552,500.00
HAINES10.275511.89
PRETTY10.275577.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLOWAY6,000.0030.8264
THOME2,500.0010.2755
TERRILL2,500.0082.2039
WAGG1,294.12113.0303
LAWES1,139.24184.9587
PARRETT945.9571.9284
ROSAMOND833.3310.2755
ROBEY819.6751.3774
FLEETWOOD787.40102.7548
MACKLIN686.2771.9284
KIMBER635.84226.0606
BOUND606.0641.1019
VINEY579.7182.2039
TILLER520.8351.3774
MUSSELWHITE517.2430.8264
LUTHER392.1620.5510
CURE344.8310.2755
MITCHEL309.86113.0303
CORP250.0010.2755
COMPTON200.5771.9284
BUNCE185.1951.3774
HUMBER169.4910.2755
RALPH144.6782.2039
SPICER143.4471.9284
CASE137.7451.3774
LANHAM108.7010.2755
FORWARD98.0410.2755
HEWLETT88.1120.5510
FLOWER84.5130.8264
JACOBS80.4671.9284
RIDOUT77.5210.2755
PRETTY77.5210.2755
OSMAN75.7610.2755
ELKINS70.9210.2755
GODWIN63.8330.8264
STRATTON63.4920.5510
BLIGHT60.9810.2755
ELSTON56.8210.2755
GILLETT52.2220.5510
BURT46.4041.1019
VINCENT44.1751.3774
DYER42.6761.6529
WILLIS41.4582.2039
HARWOOD41.1541.1019
STOKES32.6251.3774
SWEET30.4910.2755
POLLARD30.2141.1019
BLAKE28.4451.3774
FERRIS27.8610.2755
CHANDLER25.7330.8264

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called HOLOWAY in Coombe Bissett 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 0.8264 in Coombe Bissett means that 0.8264% of the people in Coombe Bissett on census day were called HOLOWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOLOWAY 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 HOLOWAY 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 HOLOWAY 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 HOLOWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,000.00 in Coombe Bissett means that you are 6,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOLOWAY in Coombe Bissett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Coombe Bissett in 1881

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

ALDING (1)  ALLSOPP (2)  ANDREWS (3)  ASKMENT (1)  BLAKE (5)  BLIGHT (1)  BOUND (4)  BUNCE (5)  BURT (4)  BUTT (1)  SCAMEL (6)  CARPENTER (1)  CHANDLER (3)  CLYNTON (1)  COMPTON (7)  COOK (1)  COOPER (2)  CORP (1)  CURE (1)  DOWNS (1)  DRISCOLL (1)  DYER (6)  EATWELL (3)  ELKINS (1)  ELSTON (1)  FERRIS (1)  FLEETWOOD (10)  FLOWER (3)  FORD (1)  FORWARD (1)  FRANCIS (5)  GILLETT (2)  GODWIN (3)  HARRIS (18)  HARWOOD (4)  HAINES (1)  HEWLETT (2)  HEWLET (2)  HOLOWAY (3)  HUMBER (1)  JACOBS (7)  CASE (5)  KELLY (1)  KIMBER (22)  LAMPARD (12)  LANHAM (1)  LAWES (18)  LONG (1)  LUTHER (2)  MAIDMENT (1)  MARHAM (1)  MC LAREN (3)  MACKLIN (7)  MITCHELL (5)  MITCHEL (11)  MORRIS (9)  MUSSELWHITE (3)  NEWTON (1)  NOYCE (1)  OSMAN (1)  PALMER (7)  PARRETT (7)  PIKE (1)  PINNIGER (1)  POLLARD (4)  POTHECARY (1)  POWELL (5)  POYLE (2)  PRAGNELL (1)  PRETTY (1)  PRINCE (1)  RIDOUT (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBEY (5)  RALPH (8)  ROSAMOND (1)  SIDFORD (1)  SMITH (10)  SPICER (7)  STOKES (5)  STRATTON (2)  STREET (2)  SWEET (1)  THOME (1)  TRUCKLE (3)  TILLER (5)  TERRILL (8)  VINCENT (5)  VINEY (8)  WADE (1)  WAGG (11)  WATERS (2)  WHITE (1)  WILLIS (8)  WILSON (3)