Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hill Deverill, Wiltshire

Hill Deverill 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
PARKER139.558850.25
HOLTON128.82351,714.29
TROLLOPE85.88242,758.62
RICHARDS85.882438.95
GRAY85.882441.19
COLLINS75.147135.88
LYE75.14711,891.89
ALLARD75.14711,458.33
CARPENTER75.1471150.21
SUTTON75.147180.83
POPE75.1471149.25
JEFFERYS75.14712,692.31
WATERS75.1471128.21
DORNAN64.41187,500.00
FORD32.205922.64
ORCHARD21.4706137.93
HOWARD10.73537.49
CURTIS10.735312.95
LONG10.735311.34
DREDGE10.7353285.71
CROFTS10.735390.91
MINES10.7353588.24
ASHFORD10.735374.07
RUDDICK10.7353312.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DORNAN7,500.0064.4118
TROLLOPE2,758.6285.8824
JEFFERYS2,692.3175.1471
LYE1,891.8975.1471
HOLTON1,714.29128.8235
ALLARD1,458.3375.1471
MINES588.2410.7353
RUDDICK312.5010.7353
DREDGE285.7110.7353
CARPENTER150.2175.1471
POPE149.2575.1471
ORCHARD137.9321.4706
WATERS128.2175.1471
CROFTS90.9110.7353
SUTTON80.8375.1471
ASHFORD74.0710.7353
PARKER50.25139.5588
GRAY41.1985.8824
RICHARDS38.9585.8824
COLLINS35.8875.1471
FORD22.6432.2059
CURTIS12.9510.7353
LONG11.3410.7353
HOWARD7.4910.7353

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called DORNAN in Hill Deverill 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 4.4118 in Hill Deverill means that 4.4118% of the people in Hill Deverill on census day were called DORNAN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Hill Deverill in 1881

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

ALLARD (7)  AYLAND (1)  ASHFORD (1)  CARPENTER (7)  COLLINS (7)  CROFTS (1)  CROP (5)  CURTIS (1)  DORNAN (6)  DREDGE (1)  FORD (3)  GRAY (8)  HINGIS (1)  HOLTON (12)  HOWARD (1)  JEFFERYS (7)  LYE (7)  LONG (1)  MINES (1)  ORCHARD (2)  PARKER (13)  POPE (7)  POTHECARY (5)  RICHARDS (8)  RUDDICK (1)  SUTTON (7)  TROLLOPE (8)  WATERS (7)