Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire

Fonthill Gifford 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
HACKER5711.92473,184.36
TRUE347.11305,230.77
STEVENS245.020948.10
MACEY234.8117874.52
GILBERT224.602580.79
LOVETT214.3933480.55
GODWIN163.3473258.90
GREEN102.09217.43
RANGER102.0921641.03
GRAY102.092114.65
FLETCHER91.882816.49
PRESSLEY81.67361,777.78
MOULD81.6736195.12
VINCENT81.673653.66
BRAGG71.4644179.03
BURT71.464461.67
BAKER71.46446.68
LAMB71.464427.76
POORE71.4644795.45
COOK61.25526.32
BEACHAM61.2552451.13
BARTLETT51.046023.89
SMART51.046022.98
HAYTER40.8368113.31
DUNFORD40.8368138.41
SIMS40.836827.91
BLANDFORD40.8368256.41
RADCLIFFE40.836872.07
PERRETT30.6276125.52
WHITTLE30.627628.82
ANDERSON30.62763.18
BECKETT30.627631.48
PEARCE30.62766.83
NOBLE30.627615.11
BRACHER30.6276434.78
CAVEL30.62767,500.00
PAIN20.418446.51
WEBB20.41843.09
NEIL20.418431.65
TURNER20.41841.50
FENWICK20.418431.95
WISE20.418420.08
GOSLING20.418426.74
MOON20.418419.84
DANN20.418466.45
CHAPMAN20.41842.95
BARNETT10.20924.64
BRODRICK10.2092166.67
SLADE10.209210.48
GRENFELL10.2092125.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CAVEL7,500.0030.6276
TRUE5,230.77347.1130
HACKER3,184.365711.9247
PRESSLEY1,777.7881.6736
MACEY874.52234.8117
POORE795.4571.4644
RANGER641.03102.0921
WALROND588.2410.2092
LOVETT480.55214.3933
ARCHDALE454.5510.2092
BEACHAM451.1361.2552
BRACHER434.7830.6276
COOL400.0010.2092
GODWIN258.90163.3473
BLANDFORD256.4140.8368
TOWER227.2710.2092
MOULD195.1281.6736
BRAGG179.0371.4644
GOVE175.4410.2092
BRODRICK166.6710.2092
DUNFORD138.4140.8368
PERRETT125.5230.6276
GRENFELL125.0010.2092
KERLEY113.6410.2092
HAYTER113.3140.8368
DALLEY84.0310.2092
GILBERT80.79224.6025
BUBB80.0010.2092
TROWBRIDGE78.7410.2092
MILFORD74.6310.2092
RADCLIFFE72.0740.8368
DANN66.4520.4184
KERSLAKE62.5010.2092
BURT61.6771.4644
VINCENT53.6681.6736
LUSH52.0810.2092
CHANT50.2510.2092
HUTT48.7810.2092
STEVENS48.10245.0209
PAIN46.5120.4184
NEWBURY34.3610.2092
LEAVER32.4710.2092
FENWICK31.9520.4184
NEIL31.6520.4184
BECKETT31.4830.6276
SELF29.5010.2092
SAMSON29.3310.2092
WHITTLE28.8230.6276
SIMS27.9140.8368
LAMB27.7671.4644

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called CAVEL in Fonthill Gifford 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 0.6276 in Fonthill Gifford means that 0.6276% of the people in Fonthill Gifford on census day were called CAVEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CAVEL 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 CAVEL 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 CAVEL 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 CAVEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,500.00 in Fonthill Gifford means that you are 7,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CAVEL in Fonthill Gifford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fonthill Gifford in 1881

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

ANDERSON (3)  ARCHDALE (1)  BUBB (1)  BAKER (7)  BARNETT (1)  BARRETT (1)  BARTLETT (5)  BASSETT (1)  BEACHAM (6)  BECKETT (3)  BLANDFORD (4)  BRACHER (3)  BRAGG (7)  BRETT (1)  BREWER (1)  BRODRICK (1)  BURT (7)  SCAMMELL (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CAVEL (3)  CHANT (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHURCHILL (1)  COBBOLD (1)  CONDY (1)  COOK (6)  COOL (1)  CROCKER (1)  KERLEY (1)  KYRLE (1)  DALLEY (1)  DANN (2)  DAY (1)  DOGGRELL (4)  DUNFORD (4)  EDWARDS (1)  FENWICK (2)  FERRIS (1)  FLETCHER (9)  GAPE (1)  JERRED (3)  GILBERT (22)  GODWIN (16)  GOSLING (2)  GOVE (1)  GRAY (10)  GREEN (10)  GRENFELL (1)  HACKER (57)  HAMMICK (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAYTER (4)  HEXT (1)  HUTT (1)  INKSMAN (1)  JENKINS (1)  JESTY (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KEMBALL (1)  KERSLAKE (1)  LAKE (1)  LAMB (7)  LEAVER (1)  LOVETT (21)  LUSH (1)  MANSELL (1)  MARTIN (1)  MACEY (23)  MILFORD (1)  MOON (2)  MORRIS (1)  MORRISON (1)  MOULD (8)  NEIL (2)  NEWBURY (1)  NISBECK (4)  NOBLE (3)  PALMER (1)  PERRETT (3)  PAIN (2)  PEARCE (3)  POORE (7)  PRESSLEY (8)  RANGER (10)  RADCLIFFE (4)  READ (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  SAMSON (1)  SCRUSE (1)  SELF (1)  SENIOR (1)  SHERGOLD (1)  SIMS (4)  SLADE (1)  SMART (5)  SMITH (1)  SPOTTISWOODE (1)  STEVENS (24)  TITT (5)  TOWER (1)  TRUE (34)  TRIMBY (1)  TROWBRIDGE (1)  TUCKER (1)  TURGISS (6)  TURNER (2)  UPHILL (10)  VINCENT (8)  WALROND (1)  WEBB (2)  WEBBER (1)  WEST (1)  WHITTLE (3)  WILD (1)  WISE (2)  WOODHOUSE (1)