Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dinton, Wiltshire

Dinton 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
YATES255.470579.59
JUKES183.9387654.55
BARNES153.282327.27
KING153.282315.06
HAINES153.2823141.78
MUSSELWHITE132.84461,780.82
FOSTER112.407018.00
JOHNSON112.40707.16
LANE102.188231.76
WHATLEY102.1882564.97
BAKER91.96948.99
KELLOW91.96941,125.00
BURT81.750573.73
SNOOK81.7505247.68
FORD81.750517.97
WYNDHAM81.75052,758.62
YEATS81.7505634.92
BLOUNT71.5317445.86
HARVEY71.531714.35
WATERS71.531738.13
WRIGHT71.53174.77
CHARLTON71.531753.48
CARTER61.31297.82
CLARK61.31294.37
JESSE61.31292,068.97
BUGG61.3129291.26
MULLINS61.3129137.30
DANIELS51.094134.82
LUSH51.0941273.22
HART40.875310.26
VINEY40.8753231.21
CLAY40.875342.64
HIBBERD40.8753142.35
SANGER40.8753330.58
DOWN40.875372.86
DYER40.875322.60
PITMAN30.656571.94
DOWDELL30.6565810.81
CUFF30.6565168.54
BUNGAY30.6565638.30
SMITH30.65650.46
GODDARD30.656516.32
CORNISH30.656545.52
RIDEOUT30.6565461.54
WAY30.656559.52
PARFITT20.437659.88
DARLING20.437645.66
MOULD20.437651.02
PRIOR20.437618.90
WATTS20.43765.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LARENCE10,000.0010.2188
WYNDHAM2,758.6281.7505
DOUTY2,500.0020.4376
JESSE2,068.9761.3129
MUSSELWHITE1,780.82132.8446
KELLOW1,125.0091.9694
DOWDELL810.8130.6565
BABEY714.2910.2188
JUKES654.55183.9387
BUNGAY638.3030.6565
YEATS634.9281.7505
WHATLEY564.97102.1882
EVERLEY526.3210.2188
RIDEOUT461.5430.6565
BLOUNT445.8671.5317
SANGER330.5840.8753
BUGG291.2661.3129
LUSH273.2251.0941
SNOOK247.6881.7505
VINEY231.2140.8753
DALLY222.2220.4376
CUFF168.5430.6565
BRACHER151.5210.2188
HOCKEY143.8820.4376
HIBBERD142.3540.8753
HAINES141.78153.2823
MULLINS137.3061.3129
PRETTY123.4620.4376
TARGETT112.3610.2188
WOOTON82.6410.2188
BARTER79.6820.4376
YATES79.59255.4705
BURT73.7381.7505
DOWN72.8640.8753
PITMAN71.9430.6565
PARFITT59.8820.4376
WAY59.5230.6565
CHARLTON53.4871.5317
MOULD51.0220.4376
HURD48.7810.2188
DARLING45.6620.4376
CORNISH45.5230.6565
CLAY42.6440.8753
WATERS38.1371.5317
DEW37.5910.2188
PASSMORE37.4510.2188
DUNFORD36.2310.2188
DANIELS34.8251.0941
SANSOM32.4710.2188
LANE31.76102.1882

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called LARENCE in Dinton 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 0.2188 in Dinton means that 0.2188% of the people in Dinton on census day were called LARENCE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Dinton in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  BABEY (1)  BAKER (9)  BARNES (15)  BARRNET (1)  BARTER (2)  BARTLETT (1)  BENNETT (1)  BISHOP (1)  BLOUNT (7)  BRACHER (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BROWNE (1)  BUGG (6)  BUNGAY (3)  BURT (8)  BURTON (1)  CARTER (6)  CHARLTON (7)  CHOLMELEY (2)  CLARK (6)  CLAY (4)  CORNISH (3)  COX (1)  CREES (1)  CROOME (6)  CROWTER (2)  CUFF (3)  DALLY (2)  DANIELS (5)  DARLING (2)  DEW (1)  DOUTY (2)  DOWDELL (3)  DOWN (4)  DUNFORD (1)  DYER (4)  EDWARDS (2)  EVERETT (1)  EVERLEY (1)  FORD (8)  FOSTER (11)  FOYLE (10)  FURNELL (4)  GALE (1)  GILBERT (1)  GILLETT (1)  GODDARD (3)  HART (4)  HARVEY (7)  HAINES (15)  HURD (1)  HIBBERD (4)  HOCKEY (2)  HUMBY (1)  HUMPHRIES (1)  HUNT (1)  INGRAM (1)  JAMES (1)  JESSE (6)  JOHNSON (11)  JUKES (18)  KELLOW (9)  KING (15)  KNAPTON (1)  LAKE (2)  LAMPARD (5)  LANE (10)  LAUTRY (1)  LARENCE (1)  LUSH (5)  MAIDMENT (17)  MARTIN (1)  MATON (3)  MOULD (2)  MULLINS (6)  MUSSELWHITE (13)  PARFITT (2)  PASSMORE (1)  PERKINS (1)  PITMAN (3)  POOK (6)  PRETTY (2)  PRIOR (2)  RIDEOUT (3)  SAINSBURY (1)  SANGER (4)  SANSOM (1)  SAUNDERS (2)  SMITH (3)  SNOOK (8)  TARGETT (1)  THORNE (2)  TINHAM (2)  TINLEN (1)  TOOGOOD (5)  VINEY (4)  WATERS (7)  WATTS (2)  WAY (3)  WYNDHAM (8)  WHATLEY (10)  WOOTON (1)  WRIGHT (7)  YATES (25)  YEATS (8)