Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Cheverell, Wiltshire

Little Cheverell 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
BOLTER3314.864912,222.22
BEAVEN209.00903,125.00
SPIERS104.5045546.45
DUTCH94.05413,461.54
PLANK83.60362,051.28
SPIRES73.15321,555.56
GILBERT62.702747.47
RIDOUT62.7027759.49
SHORE52.2523209.21
CHURCH52.2523103.31
WHITE52.25237.01
SMITH52.25231.60
BOND41.801834.04
HILLIER41.8018133.78
SPACKMAN41.8018615.38
BAISH41.80188,000.00
PERRET41.80185,000.00
BROWN41.80182.73
BENNETT31.35148.22
DUNFORD31.3514223.88
PHILLIPS31.35147.55
MACY31.35143,333.33
GIDDINGS20.9009198.02
HAZELL20.9009115.61
EARLY20.9009243.90
WOODMAN20.900981.63
WATKINS20.900914.87
BAILY10.450571.43
NICHOLS10.450513.83
TAYLOR10.45050.70
YATES10.45056.55
BULL10.450510.65
WEEKS10.450521.05
NASH10.45059.77
PORTER10.45056.00
CRAY10.4505232.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOLTER12,222.223314.8649
BAISH8,000.0041.8018
PERRET5,000.0041.8018
DUTCH3,461.5494.0541
MACY3,333.3331.3514
BEAVEN3,125.00209.0090
PLANK2,051.2883.6036
SPIRES1,555.5673.1532
RIDOUT759.4962.7027
SPACKMAN615.3841.8018
SPIERS546.45104.5045
EARLY243.9020.9009
CRAY232.5610.4505
DUNFORD223.8831.3514
SHORE209.2152.2523
GIDDINGS198.0220.9009
HILLIER133.7841.8018
HAZELL115.6120.9009
CHURCH103.3152.2523
WOODMAN81.6320.9009
BAILY71.4310.4505
GILBERT47.4762.7027
BOND34.0441.8018
WEEKS21.0510.4505
WATKINS14.8720.9009
NICHOLS13.8310.4505
BULL10.6510.4505
NASH9.7710.4505
BENNETT8.2231.3514
PHILLIPS7.5531.3514
WHITE7.0152.2523
YATES6.5510.4505
PORTER6.0010.4505
BROWN2.7341.8018
SMITH1.6052.2523
TAYLOR0.7010.4505

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 33 people called BOLTER in Little Cheverell 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 14.8649 in Little Cheverell means that 14.8649% of the people in Little Cheverell on census day were called BOLTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOLTER 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 BOLTER 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 BOLTER 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 BOLTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 12,222.22 in Little Cheverell means that you are 12,222.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOLTER in Little Cheverell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Cheverell in 1881

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

BAILY (1)  BAISH (4)  BAZELL (7)  BENNETT (3)  BEAVEN (20)  BOND (4)  BOLTER (33)  BROWN (4)  BULL (1)  CHURCH (5)  CLELFORD (2)  COWDRY (1)  CRAY (1)  DUTCH (9)  DUNFORD (3)  EARLY (2)  GILBERT (6)  GIDDINGS (2)  HAZELL (2)  HILLIER (4)  MACY (3)  MC GRATH (6)  NASH (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NUTLAND (4)  PERRET (4)  PHILLIPS (3)  PLANK (8)  PORTER (1)  REDOUT (3)  RIDOUT (6)  SAINSBURY (24)  SILLEY (1)  SHORE (5)  SMITH (5)  SPACKMAN (4)  SPIRES (7)  SPIERS (10)  TAYLOR (1)  WATKINS (2)  WEEKS (1)  WHITE (5)  WOODMAN (2)  YATES (1)