Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grittleton, Wiltshire

Grittleton 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
HUNT165.144738.73
PUGH113.537092.59
SMITH103.21542.28
GOUGH103.2154109.65
FRY92.893990.36
MERRETT92.8939473.68
BROOME92.8939580.65
KING82.572311.80
PRIGG72.25082,500.00
HALL72.25087.65
WOODMAN72.2508203.49
LEONARD72.2508103.86
ELMS72.2508593.22
WEEKS72.2508105.11
KIMBER61.9293202.70
WILKINS61.929343.64
PIKE61.929366.37
BROOM61.9293156.66
MOORE51.60778.04
KENT51.607738.17
THOMPSON41.28624.29
WHITING41.286266.78
SCOTT41.28625.08
GOULDING41.2862131.58
BUTLER41.286213.19
WHITE41.28624.00
TILLY41.2862421.05
WICKS41.286291.32
SELMAN41.2862740.74
HISCOCK30.9646131.58
NICKOLLS30.9646750.00
PITNEY30.96462,307.69
KINGTON30.9646882.35
SAUNDERS30.964610.52
MILLES30.96462,307.69
MALLARD30.9646375.00
LIGHT30.9646104.53
WARREN20.64319.62
AUSTIN20.643113.16
CALLAGHAN20.643156.82
BAKER20.64312.94
VIZARD20.6431689.66
PEARCE20.64317.00
SIMS20.643121.46
BIRD20.64318.42
SNELL20.643133.96
NEALE20.643127.10
MESSINGER10.3215588.24
BARNES10.32152.67
COLLINS10.32152.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRIGG2,500.0072.2508
PITNEY2,307.6930.9646
MILLES2,307.6930.9646
NEELD1,428.5710.3215
KINGTON882.3530.9646
NICKOLLS750.0030.9646
SELMAN740.7441.2862
VIZARD689.6620.6431
ELMS593.2272.2508
MESSINGER588.2410.3215
BROOME580.6592.8939
MERRETT473.6892.8939
TILLY421.0541.2862
MALLARD375.0030.9646
WOODMAN203.4972.2508
KIMBER202.7061.9293
LONGFORD192.3110.3215
BROOM156.6661.9293
GOULDING131.5841.2862
HISCOCK131.5830.9646
ESCOTT114.9410.3215
GOUGH109.65103.2154
WEEKS105.1172.2508
LIGHT104.5330.9646
LEONARD103.8672.2508
BRUTON95.2410.3215
PUGH92.59113.5370
WICKS91.3241.2862
FRY90.3692.8939
GILLAM83.3310.3215
WHITING66.7841.2862
PIKE66.3761.9293
CALLAGHAN56.8220.6431
WILKINS43.6461.9293
HAWKER42.0210.3215
HUNT38.73165.1447
KENT38.1751.6077
CHIVERS36.5010.3215
SNELL33.9620.6431
PEARSE30.2110.3215
NEALE27.1020.6431
HOUSE24.6910.3215
SIMS21.4620.6431
BROWNING15.8010.3215
BUTLER13.1941.2862
AUSTIN13.1620.6431
PARTRIDGE12.3010.3215
BREWER12.1210.3215
KING11.8082.5723
GALE10.7310.3215

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called PRIGG in Grittleton 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 2.2508 in Grittleton means that 2.2508% of the people in Grittleton on census day were called PRIGG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PRIGG 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 PRIGG 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 PRIGG 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 PRIGG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Grittleton means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PRIGG in Grittleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grittleton in 1881

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

AUSTIN (2)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (2)  BARNES (1)  BIRD (2)  BREWER (1)  BROKENBROW (3)  BROOM (6)  BROOME (9)  BROWNING (1)  BRUNEDON (1)  BRUTON (1)  BUTLER (4)  CALLAGHAN (2)  CATERER (2)  CHIVERS (1)  COATES (1)  COLLINS (1)  COUNCELL (1)  DAVIS (1)  DREWITT (1)  ELMS (7)  ELSIP (7)  ESCOTT (1)  FISHER (1)  FULLER (1)  FRY (9)  GALE (1)  GILLAM (1)  GOULDING (4)  GOUGH (10)  GUMBRELL (3)  HALL (7)  HAWKER (1)  HEATH (1)  HEDGINGTON (6)  HISCOCK (3)  HOUSE (1)  HUNT (16)  JENKINS (1)  ST JOHN (2)  KENT (5)  KIMBER (6)  KING (8)  KINGTON (3)  LEONARD (7)  LIGHT (3)  LITTLE (1)  LONGFORD (1)  MALLARD (3)  MERRETT (9)  MESSINGER (1)  MILLES (3)  MOORE (5)  NEALE (2)  NICKOLLS (3)  NEELD (1)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PEARSE (1)  PEARCE (2)  PIKE (6)  PITNEY (3)  PRIGG (7)  PUGH (11)  READ (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SAUNDERS (3)  SCOTT (4)  SELMAN (4)  SHELLARD (8)  SIMS (2)  SMITH (10)  SNELL (2)  STORRAR (3)  SUTTON (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TILLY (4)  TILLEY (TILLY) (2)  TOGHILL (1)  TREMBLING (2)  VIZARD (2)  WARREN (2)  WATERS (1)  WEBB (1)  WEEKS (7)  WILCOMBE (1)  WHITE (4)  WHITING (4)  WICKS (4)  WILKINS (6)  WOODMAN (7)  YOUNG (1)