Top surnames from the 1881 census in Orcheston St George, Wiltshire

Orcheston St George 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
INGRAM115.6995186.76
ORAM115.6995733.33
WILLIAMS105.18137.21
BEAUCHAMP94.66321,363.64
DEWEY84.1451975.61
LOVELOCK84.1451952.38
CHAMBERLAIN73.6269133.33
MORTIMER73.6269173.27
HIBBERD73.6269588.24
BURBAGE73.62692,258.06
GODDARD73.626990.21
ASHLEY63.1088185.76
EVERETT63.1088173.41
KELLOW63.10881,764.71
SMITH52.59071.83
THORN52.5907173.61
LEONARD52.5907119.62
WESTON52.590763.53
CANNING42.0725291.97
BURGES42.0725833.33
LOWTHER42.0725338.98
GAY31.5544116.73
HOPGOOD31.5544588.24
WHEELER31.554425.75
MAJOR31.5544115.38
HALL31.55445.28
FRY31.554448.54
FELTHAM21.0363235.29
WATTS21.036312.36
CHANDLER21.036332.26
VALLAS21.036320,000.00
TILLEY10.518139.53
BAKER10.51812.36
LINTON10.518162.89
ABRAHAM10.518152.63
KYTE10.5181303.03
PORTER10.51816.91
MATHEWS10.518114.03
HEATLEY10.5181217.39
BRAZIER10.518155.25
FARLEY10.518141.32
SHERRY10.5181147.06
KING10.51812.38
LONG10.51817.99
STACEY10.518123.09
ALLEN10.51812.74
LANE10.51817.52
RANDELL10.518183.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VALLAS20,000.0021.0363
BURBAGE2,258.0673.6269
KELLOW1,764.7163.1088
BEAUCHAMP1,363.6494.6632
DEWEY975.6184.1451
LOVELOCK952.3884.1451
BURGES833.3342.0725
ORAM733.33115.6995
HOPGOOD588.2431.5544
HIBBERD588.2473.6269
LOWTHER338.9842.0725
KYTE303.0310.5181
CANNING291.9742.0725
FELTHAM235.2921.0363
HEATLEY217.3910.5181
INGRAM186.76115.6995
ASHLEY185.7663.1088
THORN173.6152.5907
EVERETT173.4163.1088
MORTIMER173.2773.6269
SHERRY147.0610.5181
CHAMBERLAIN133.3373.6269
LEONARD119.6252.5907
GAY116.7331.5544
MAJOR115.3831.5544
GODDARD90.2173.6269
RANDELL83.3310.5181
WESTON63.5352.5907
LINTON62.8910.5181
BRAZIER55.2510.5181
ABRAHAM52.6310.5181
FRY48.5431.5544
FARLEY41.3210.5181
TILLEY39.5310.5181
CHANDLER32.2621.0363
WHEELER25.7531.5544
STACEY23.0910.5181
MATHEWS14.0310.5181
WATTS12.3621.0363
LONG7.9910.5181
LANE7.5210.5181
WILLIAMS7.21105.1813
PORTER6.9110.5181
HALL5.2831.5544
ALLEN2.7410.5181
KING2.3810.5181
BAKER2.3610.5181
SMITH1.8352.5907

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called VALLAS in Orcheston St George 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 1.0363 in Orcheston St George means that 1.0363% of the people in Orcheston St George on census day were called VALLAS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VALLAS 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 VALLAS 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 VALLAS 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 VALLAS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Orcheston St George means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VALLAS in Orcheston St George than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Orcheston St George in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (1)  ALLEN (1)  ASHLEY (6)  BAKER (1)  BEAUCHAMP (9)  BRAZIER (1)  BURBAGE (7)  BURGES (4)  CANNING (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (7)  CHANDLER (2)  DEWEY (8)  EVERETT (6)  FARLEY (1)  FELTHAM (2)  FRY (3)  GAY (3)  GODDARD (7)  HALL (3)  HEATLEY (1)  HIBBERD (7)  HOPGOOD (3)  INGRAM (11)  KELLOW (6)  KING (1)  KYTE (1)  LANE (1)  LEONARD (5)  LINTERN (1)  LINTON (1)  LONG (1)  LOVELOCK (8)  LOWTHER (4)  MAJOR (3)  MERSH (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MORTIMER (7)  ORAM (11)  PORTER (1)  RANDELL (1)  SHERGOLD (6)  SHERRY (1)  SMITH (5)  STACEY (1)  THORN (5)  TILLEY (1)  VALLAS (2)  WATTS (2)  WESTON (5)  WHEELER (3)  WILLIAMS (10)