Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Langford, Wiltshire

Little Langford 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
DOWN89.7561816.33
ANDREWS78.536689.06
DOWDELL78.536610,000.00
HUNT78.536664.28
EVERITT78.53661,014.49
WHITTLE67.3171335.20
CROUCH56.0976454.55
PARSONS44.878064.21
SMITH33.65852.59
FOOT33.6585370.37
TOOMER33.65852,307.69
BRYANT33.658585.71
SANSOM22.4390363.64
WELSH11.219530.77
CLARK11.21954.06
DOUGHTY11.219596.15
RUSSELL11.21959.99
GOODFELLOW11.2195138.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DOWDELL10,000.0078.5366
TOOMER2,307.6933.6585
EVERITT1,014.4978.5366
DOWN816.3389.7561
CROUCH454.5556.0976
FOOT370.3733.6585
SANSOM363.6422.4390
WHITTLE335.2067.3171
GOODFELLOW138.8911.2195
DOUGHTY96.1511.2195
ANDREWS89.0678.5366
BRYANT85.7133.6585
HUNT64.2878.5366
PARSONS64.2144.8780
WELSH30.7711.2195
RUSSELL9.9911.2195
CLARK4.0611.2195
SMITH2.5933.6585

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called DOWDELL in Little Langford 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 8.5366 in Little Langford means that 8.5366% of the people in Little Langford on census day were called DOWDELL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Little Langford in 1881

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

ANDREWS (7)  BRYANT (3)  CLARK (1)  CROUCH (5)  DOUGHTY (1)  DOWDELL (7)  DOWN (8)  EVERITT (7)  FOOT (3)  GOODFELLOW (1)  HUNT (7)  MEULEN (5)  NOYCE (7)  PARSONS (4)  RUSSELL (1)  SANSOM (2)  SMITH (3)  TOOMER (3)  WELSH (1)  WHITTLE (6)