Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eisey, Wiltshire

Eisey 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
JONES106.32915.59
STEPHENS85.063391.22
SANDELL85.06332,758.62
PEARSE85.0633476.19
LEGG85.0633306.51
SELBY63.7975317.46
GILES63.797599.67
THOMPSON63.797512.68
TUCK63.7975295.57
ARCHER53.164676.45
LARGE53.1646306.75
COLE42.531627.80
REYNOLDS42.531629.22
HARVEY42.531623.71
HOWSE31.8987491.80
GODWIN31.8987147.06
BRINDLE31.8987265.49
BARTON31.898735.13
HAWKS31.8987731.71
BUTLER31.898719.47
TANNER21.265856.50
RUCK21.2658487.80
SAUNDERS21.265813.80
WAITE21.265860.98
SMITH21.26580.90
BRAIN10.632959.17
WILLIAMS10.63290.88
MATTHEWS10.63297.26
TIMBRELL10.6329384.62
CHURCH10.632928.99
MARCHANT10.632940.82
BRIDGES10.632939.84
BARRETT10.63299.43
COOKE10.632911.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SANDELL2,758.6285.0633
HAWKS731.7131.8987
HOWSE491.8031.8987
RUCK487.8021.2658
PEARSE476.1985.0633
TIMBRELL384.6210.6329
SELBY317.4663.7975
LARGE306.7553.1646
LEGG306.5185.0633
TUCK295.5763.7975
BRINDLE265.4931.8987
GODWIN147.0631.8987
GILES99.6763.7975
STEPHENS91.2285.0633
ARCHER76.4553.1646
WAITE60.9821.2658
BRAIN59.1710.6329
TANNER56.5021.2658
MARCHANT40.8210.6329
BRIDGES39.8410.6329
BARTON35.1331.8987
REYNOLDS29.2242.5316
CHURCH28.9910.6329
COLE27.8042.5316
HARVEY23.7142.5316
BUTLER19.4731.8987
SAUNDERS13.8021.2658
THOMPSON12.6863.7975
COOKE11.4710.6329
BARRETT9.4310.6329
MATTHEWS7.2610.6329
JONES5.59106.3291
SMITH0.9021.2658
WILLIAMS0.8810.6329

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called SANDELL in Eisey 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 5.0633 in Eisey means that 5.0633% of the people in Eisey on census day were called SANDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SANDELL 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 SANDELL 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 SANDELL 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 SANDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,758.62 in Eisey means that you are 2,758.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SANDELL in Eisey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eisey in 1881

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

ARCHER (5)  BARRETT (1)  BARTON (3)  BRAIN (1)  BRIDGES (1)  BRINDLE (3)  BUTLER (3)  CHEACKER (4)  CHURCH (1)  COLE (4)  COOKE (1)  GANTLETT (4)  GILES (6)  GODWIN (3)  HARVEY (4)  HAWKS (3)  HEWER (3)  HOWSE (3)  JONES (10)  LARGE (5)  LEGG (8)  MARCHANT (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  OCKWELL (3)  PEARSE (8)  PUDWELL (8)  REYNOLDS (4)  RUCK (2)  SANDELL (8)  SAUNDERS (2)  SELBY (6)  SMITH (2)  SOUL (11)  STEPHENS (8)  TANNER (2)  THOMPSON (6)  TIMBRELL (1)  TUCK (6)  WILLIAMS (1)  WAITE (2)