Top surnames from the 1881 census in Monckton Deverill, Wiltshire

Monckton 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
STURGIS129.448830,000.00
CARPENTER86.2992183.49
DREDGE86.29922,424.24
MILLARD75.5118333.33
KING53.937018.06
MAXFIELD43.14961,176.47
WHATLEY43.1496816.33
MARSHALL43.149618.78
FORSYTH32.3622110.70
DOMAN32.36222,500.00
PICKFORD32.3622291.26
FRICKER21.5748476.19
COWLEY21.574885.47
NORRIS21.574836.70
WARREN21.574823.56
BURTON21.574818.48
BRYNE10.7874500.00
EDWARDS10.78742.83
RIGLER10.78743,333.33
CABLE10.7874156.25
WILTSHIRE10.787459.17
PRESSLEY10.7874833.33
COWARD10.787468.49
WHITING10.787440.82
FORD10.78748.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STURGIS30,000.00129.4488
RIGLER3,333.3310.7874
DOMAN2,500.0032.3622
DREDGE2,424.2486.2992
MAXFIELD1,176.4743.1496
PRESSLEY833.3310.7874
WHATLEY816.3343.1496
BRYNE500.0010.7874
FRICKER476.1921.5748
MILLARD333.3375.5118
PICKFORD291.2632.3622
CARPENTER183.4986.2992
CABLE156.2510.7874
FORSYTH110.7032.3622
COWLEY85.4721.5748
COWARD68.4910.7874
WILTSHIRE59.1710.7874
WHITING40.8210.7874
NORRIS36.7021.5748
WARREN23.5621.5748
MARSHALL18.7843.1496
BURTON18.4821.5748
KING18.0653.9370
FORD8.0810.7874
EDWARDS2.8310.7874

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called STURGIS in Monckton 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 9.4488 in Monckton Deverill means that 9.4488% of the people in Monckton Deverill on census day were called STURGIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STURGIS 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 STURGIS 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 STURGIS 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 STURGIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 30,000.00 in Monckton Deverill means that you are 30,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STURGIS in Monckton Deverill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Monckton Deverill in 1881

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

BLETSOE (14)  BRIMBLE (1)  BRYNE (1)  BURLETON (4)  BURTON (2)  CABLE (1)  CARPENTER (8)  COWARD (1)  COWLEY (2)  DOMAN (3)  DREDGE (8)  EDWARDS (1)  FORD (1)  FORSYTH (3)  FRICKER (2)  FURNELL (1)  HURLE (8)  HENIDGE (3)  HILLIAR (1)  KING (5)  MARSHALL (4)  MAXFIELD (4)  MILLARD (7)  NORRIS (2)  PICKFORD (3)  PORTINGAL (3)  PORTINGALE (7)  PRESSLEY (1)  RIGLER (1)  STURGIS (12)  TUDGAY (5)  WARREN (2)  WHATLEY (4)  WHITING (1)  WILTSHIRE (1)