Top surnames from the 1881 census in Huish, Wiltshire

Huish 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
COOK3426.3566132.71
RASEY2015.503950,000.00
HISCOCK96.9767947.37
ALLEN75.426428.72
YOUNG75.426425.26
DAVIS53.876017.64
BURDEN53.8760303.03
SKINNER43.100861.07
BENNETT32.325614.15
MARKS32.3256113.64
CHIVERS32.3256263.16
BENTLEY32.325654.95
AMOR32.3256967.74
TASKER21.5504145.99
BRISTOW21.5504114.29
PENNY21.550486.96
DEAR21.5504210.53
FARR10.775252.08
ROSE10.775210.45
BAILEY10.77525.15
RAZEY10.77522,500.00
NIXON10.775225.45
HAWKINS10.775210.71
WILTSHIRE10.775258.14
RYLAND10.7752312.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RASEY50,000.002015.5039
RAZEY2,500.0010.7752
AMOR967.7432.3256
HISCOCK947.3796.9767
RYLAND312.5010.7752
BURDEN303.0353.8760
CHIVERS263.1632.3256
DEAR210.5321.5504
TASKER145.9921.5504
COOK132.713426.3566
BRISTOW114.2921.5504
MARKS113.6432.3256
PENNY86.9621.5504
SKINNER61.0743.1008
WILTSHIRE58.1410.7752
BENTLEY54.9532.3256
FARR52.0810.7752
ALLEN28.7275.4264
NIXON25.4510.7752
YOUNG25.2675.4264
DAVIS17.6453.8760
BENNETT14.1532.3256
HAWKINS10.7110.7752
ROSE10.4510.7752
BAILEY5.1510.7752

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 20 people called RASEY in Huish 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 15.5039 in Huish means that 15.5039% of the people in Huish on census day were called RASEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RASEY 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 RASEY 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 RASEY 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 RASEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 50,000.00 in Huish means that you are 50,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RASEY in Huish than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Huish in 1881

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

ALLEN (7)  AMOR (3)  BAILEY (1)  BENNETT (3)  BENTLEY (3)  BURDEN (5)  BRISTOW (2)  CHIVERS (3)  COOK (34)  DARTNELL (4)  DAVIS (5)  DEAR (2)  FARR (1)  FRIBANCE (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HISCOCK (9)  MARKS (3)  NIXON (1)  PENNY (2)  RASEY (20)  RAZEY (1)  ROSE (1)  RYLAND (1)  SKINNER (4)  SPRULES (1)  SWADDON (1)  TASKER (2)  WILTSHIRE (1)  YOUNG (7)