Top surnames from the 1881 census in Draycot Foliatt, Wiltshire

Draycot Foliatt 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
BATHE919.565215,000.00
BERRY817.3913219.18
CROOM715.217423,333.33
COOK48.695743.76
OVENS36.52172,500.00
EDWARDS24.347815.60
ASHTON12.173944.44
SADLER12.173992.59
NEWMAN12.173929.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CROOM23,333.33715.2174
BATHE15,000.00919.5652
OVENS2,500.0036.5217
BERRY219.18817.3913
SADLER92.5912.1739
ASHTON44.4412.1739
COOK43.7648.6957
NEWMAN29.2412.1739
EDWARDS15.6024.3478

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called CROOM in Draycot Foliatt 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 15.2174 in Draycot Foliatt means that 15.2174% of the people in Draycot Foliatt on census day were called CROOM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CROOM 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 CROOM 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 CROOM 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 CROOM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 23,333.33 in Draycot Foliatt means that you are 23,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CROOM in Draycot Foliatt than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Draycot Foliatt in 1881

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

ASHTON (1)  AVENELL (5)  BATHE (9)  BERRY (8)  COOK (4)  CROOM (7)  EDWARDS (2)  NEWMAN (1)  OVENS (3)  SADLER (1)  WINCHCOMB (5)