Top surnames from the 1881 census in Landford, Wiltshire

Landford 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
KING197.224333.15
MOODY176.4639247.45
RAWLINS166.08371,045.75
HUTCHINGS93.4221182.19
WHEELER83.041850.38
JEFFREYS83.0418512.82
LESTER83.0418193.24
LOCKE72.6616296.61
NEWEY72.6616654.21
DOWNES72.6616215.38
SAUNDERS62.281424.88
GILES62.281459.88
THORN62.2814152.67
CULL62.2814458.02
BOND62.281443.10
VINALL62.28141,395.35
DAVIES51.90113.74
BARNES51.901115.79
GRAYER51.90116,250.00
BEAUCHAMP51.9011555.56
PILGRIM41.5209270.27
HARRIS41.52095.98
WITT41.5209380.95
JEFFERYS31.1407600.00
TUCKER31.140720.62
REYNOLDS31.140713.17
BARTER20.7605138.89
COOPER20.76053.13
BUGG20.7605168.07
LEE20.76054.65
LIGHT20.760582.30
WEBB20.76055.61
PORT20.7605270.27
BURT20.760532.00
KERLEY10.3802208.33
TROKE10.3802312.50
MORTON10.38027.11
ABBOTT10.38028.62
SPEARING10.3802200.00
YATES10.38025.53
PYKE10.3802109.89
BENNETT10.38022.31
EARLEY10.3802185.19
JONES10.38020.34
MORGAN10.38021.91
SMITH10.38020.27
COCHRANE10.380224.57
MATHEWS10.380210.30
BROWN10.38020.58
GILBERT10.38026.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRAYER6,250.0051.9011
VINALL1,395.3562.2814
RAWLINS1,045.75166.0837
COTT769.2310.3802
NEWEY654.2172.6616
JEFFERYS600.0031.1407
BEAUCHAMP555.5651.9011
JEFFREYS512.8283.0418
CULL458.0262.2814
LOYNES454.5510.3802
WITT380.9541.5209
TROKE312.5010.3802
LOCKE296.6172.6616
PORT270.2720.7605
PILGRIM270.2741.5209
MOODY247.45176.4639
DOWNES215.3872.6616
KERLEY208.3310.3802
SPEARING200.0010.3802
LESTER193.2483.0418
EARLEY185.1910.3802
HUTCHINGS182.1993.4221
BUGG168.0720.7605
THORN152.6762.2814
BARTER138.8920.7605
PYKE109.8910.3802
ELKINS98.0410.3802
LIGHT82.3020.7605
GILES59.8862.2814
TARRANT53.7610.3802
WHEELER50.3883.0418
BOND43.1062.2814
KING33.15197.2243
MUNDAY32.4710.3802
BURT32.0020.7605
TUCK29.5910.3802
SAUNDERS24.8862.2814
COCHRANE24.5710.3802
TUCKER20.6231.1407
BARNES15.7951.9011
REYNOLDS13.1731.1407
GOULD10.5310.3802
MATHEWS10.3010.3802
HOWE9.6810.3802
WILD9.3410.3802
ABBOTT8.6210.3802
MORTON7.1110.3802
GILBERT6.6810.3802
HARRIS5.9841.5209
WEBB5.6120.7605

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called GRAYER in Landford 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 1.9011 in Landford means that 1.9011% of the people in Landford on census day were called GRAYER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRAYER 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 GRAYER 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 GRAYER 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 GRAYER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,250.00 in Landford means that you are 6,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRAYER in Landford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Landford in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ANSTED (1)  BURFIT (2)  BARNES (5)  BARTER (2)  BEAUCHAMP (5)  BENNETT (1)  BIDDLECOMBE (9)  BOND (6)  BROWN (1)  BUCKET (1)  BUGG (2)  BURT (2)  COCHRANE (1)  COOPER (2)  COTT (1)  CULL (6)  KERLEY (1)  DAVIES (5)  DIBDEN (4)  DOWNES (7)  EARLEY (1)  ELKINS (1)  GILBERT (1)  GILES (6)  GIRDLESTONE (2)  GOULD (1)  GRAYER (5)  HARRIS (4)  HEFFER (1)  HOWE (1)  HUTCHINGS (9)  JEFFREYS (8)  JEFFERYS (3)  JONES (1)  KING (19)  LANGDOWN (6)  LEE (2)  LIGHT (2)  LESTER (8)  LITTLECOTE (1)  LOCKE (7)  LOYNES (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MOODY (17)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORTON (1)  MUNDAY (1)  NEWEY (7)  PYKE (1)  PILGRIM (4)  PORT (2)  REYNOLDS (3)  RAWLINS (16)  SAUNDERS (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SILLENCE (4)  SMITH (1)  SPEARING (1)  TARRANT (1)  THORN (6)  TROKE (1)  TUCK (1)  TUCKER (3)  VINALL (6)  WEBB (2)  WHEELER (8)  WITT (4)  WIGRAM (5)  WILD (1)  YATES (1)