Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dauntsey, Wiltshire

Dauntsey 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
WAKEFIELD418.4886473.99
ILES296.0041779.57
FERRIS204.1408419.29
MERRETT183.7267610.17
POTTER183.726757.47
MATHEWS153.105684.08
KANE153.1056385.60
STOKES142.898668.63
HITCHCOCK122.4845215.44
BRIDGEMAN102.0704564.97
JEFFERIS91.86341,428.57
FRY91.863458.18
SAUNDERS91.863420.32
BALLINGER81.6563522.88
MACEY81.6563300.75
TWINE81.65631,311.48
REYNOLDS71.449316.73
VINES71.4493434.78
MOODY71.449355.51
ELLISON71.449368.63
HILLIER61.242292.17
REEVES61.242230.33
WHITTING61.2422937.50
FEW51.0352454.55
STEVENS51.03529.92
GREENMAN51.03521,190.48
COLE51.035211.36
LAW40.828218.31
HULL40.828239.64
DIXON30.62115.67
COOMBES30.621158.14
PALMER30.62115.27
HARDING20.41415.72
CLARKE20.41412.04
HILLS20.414114.97
LOWE20.41415.52
ROGERS20.41413.19
WOOLFORD20.4141114.94
GILES20.414110.86
ROACH20.414128.13
BISHOP10.20702.96
TANNER10.20709.23
OVERTON10.207021.32
COX10.20701.37
WOODWARD10.20704.20
ASH10.207012.53
SPEARING10.2070107.53
GRAY10.20701.45
MILTON10.207015.02
WHITE10.20700.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JEFFERIS1,428.5791.8634
TWINE1,311.4881.6563
GREENMAN1,190.4851.0352
WHITTING937.5061.2422
ILES779.57296.0041
MERRETT610.17183.7267
BRIDGEMAN564.97102.0704
MAULL555.5610.2070
BALLINGER522.8881.6563
WAKEFIELD473.99418.4886
FEW454.5551.0352
VINES434.7871.4493
FERRIS419.29204.1408
KANE385.60153.1056
MACEY300.7581.6563
HITCHCOCK215.44122.4845
SCOT188.6810.2070
WOOLFORD114.9420.4141
HISCOX113.6410.2070
SPEARING107.5310.2070
HILLIER92.1761.2422
MATHEWS84.08153.1056
ELLISON68.6371.4493
STOKES68.63142.8986
FRY58.1891.8634
COOMBES58.1430.6211
POTTER57.47183.7267
MOODY55.5171.4493
BURCHELL46.5110.2070
HULL39.6440.8282
HIBBERD33.6710.2070
THORNHILL33.1110.2070
MAGGS30.8610.2070
SANSOM30.6710.2070
REEVES30.3361.2422
ROACH28.1320.4141
KETTLE23.6410.2070
OVERTON21.3210.2070
SAUNDERS20.3291.8634
PERRIN20.2410.2070
BUCKLAND19.5710.2070
BRAIN19.3110.2070
LAW18.3140.8282
REYNOLDS16.7371.4493
GOODE16.0010.2070
HINTON15.4310.2070
MILTON15.0210.2070
HILLS14.9720.4141
ASH12.5310.2070
HICKMAN12.3010.2070

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called JEFFERIS in Dauntsey 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 1.8634 in Dauntsey means that 1.8634% of the people in Dauntsey on census day were called JEFFERIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JEFFERIS 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 JEFFERIS 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 JEFFERIS 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 JEFFERIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,428.57 in Dauntsey means that you are 1,428.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JEFFERIS in Dauntsey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dauntsey in 1881

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

ASH (1)  AYERES (3)  BAKER (1)  BALLINGER (8)  BURCHELL (1)  BISHOP (1)  BRAIN (1)  BRIDGEMAN (10)  BRIND (1)  BRITTON (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLAND (1)  KANE (15)  CHURCH (1)  CLARKE (2)  COLE (5)  COOMBES (3)  COX (1)  DENNIS (1)  DIXON (3)  EATWELL (1)  ELLISON (7)  EYERS (1)  FERRIS (20)  FEW (5)  FREEGARD (4)  FREEGUARD (1)  FROST (1)  FRY (9)  GALE (1)  GILES (2)  GOUCH (1)  GOODE (1)  GRAY (1)  GREENMAN (5)  HALL (1)  HARDING (2)  HARRIS (1)  HATHERALL (1)  HIBBERD (1)  HICKMAN (1)  HILLIER (6)  HILLS (2)  HINTON (1)  HARRON (1)  HISCOX (1)  HISKINS (5)  HITCHCOCK (12)  HOLBOROW (1)  HONEYBONE (4)  HULL (4)  ILES (29)  JEFFERIS (9)  KETTLE (1)  KIBBLEWITE (1)  KILMINSTER (7)  LAW (4)  LEWIS (1)  LOWE (2)  MERRETT (18)  MACEY (8)  MATHEWS (15)  MAULL (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MAGGS (1)  MEUX (2)  MILTON (1)  MOODY (7)  NEWMAN (1)  NINTH (4)  OVERTON (1)  PALMER (3)  PERRIN (1)  POTTER (18)  REEVES (6)  REYNOLDS (7)  ROACH (2)  ROGERS (2)  SANSOM (1)  SAUNDERS (9)  SCOT (1)  SKULL (61)  SPEARING (1)  SPERULS (1)  STEVENS (5)  STOKES (14)  TANNER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THORNHILL (1)  TWINE (8)  VINES (7)  WAKEFIELD (41)  WEBB (1)  WELCH (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITTING (6)  WILCOX (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOLFORD (2)