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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pewsham, Wiltshire

Pewsham 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
FORTUNE328.37701,600.00
PEARCE174.450348.45
COLE164.188545.98
LEWIS153.926714.94
TOWNSEND143.664986.26
HOLLEY143.6649992.91
GOUGH123.1414107.14
BULL112.879668.11
GINGELL112.8796982.14
CHIVERS92.3560267.06
THOMAS92.35605.71
ANGELL92.3560604.03
GREGORY92.356033.58
SHORT82.094253.62
BEER82.0942130.93
CLEVERLY82.0942952.38
CROKER82.0942701.75
HEAD71.832575.27
PULLEN71.8325139.17
PENNY71.8325102.94
MACKAY71.832550.65
PIKE71.832563.01
BANKS61.570730.63
SIMPKINS61.5707348.84
MYALL51.30891,041.67
WITTS51.3089431.03
HART51.308915.35
WAITE51.308963.05
ELLIOTT51.308915.43
WALLIS30.785323.18
GALE30.785326.20
HODGSON30.785311.33
KING30.78533.60
BRADFIELD30.7853247.93
HILLIER30.785358.25
WILTSHIRE30.785358.82
LITTLE20.523611.07
WILLIS20.52369.85
KNIGHT20.52364.25
COMLEY20.5236238.10
CARTER20.52363.12
MOUNTJOY20.5236465.12
LADD20.5236148.15
WEBB20.52363.86
CARPENTER20.523615.27
JONES20.52360.46
TROWBRIDGE20.5236196.08
NEWMAN20.52367.04
BONNER20.523659.52
SUMMERS20.523618.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FORTUNE1,600.00328.3770
MYALL1,041.6751.3089
HOLLEY992.91143.6649
GINGELL982.14112.8796
CLEVERLY952.3882.0942
CROKER701.7582.0942
ANGELL604.0392.3560
MOUNTJOY465.1220.5236
WITTS431.0351.3089
SIMPKINS348.8461.5707
CHIVERS267.0692.3560
BRADFIELD247.9330.7853
COMLEY238.1020.5236
TROWBRIDGE196.0820.5236
LADD148.1520.5236
PULLEN139.1771.8325
BEER130.9382.0942
WOODARD121.9510.2618
SAY107.5310.2618
GOUGH107.14123.1414
PENNY102.9471.8325
TOWNSEND86.26143.6649
HEAD75.2771.8325
BULL68.11112.8796
WAITE63.0551.3089
PIKE63.0171.8325
BONNER59.5220.5236
WILTSHIRE58.8230.7853
HILLIER58.2530.7853
SHORT53.6282.0942
MACKAY50.6571.8325
DUCK48.7810.2618
PEARCE48.45174.4503
COLE45.98164.1885
SNOOK37.0410.2618
GREGORY33.5892.3560
BANKS30.6361.5707
LYNN30.0310.2618
GALE26.2030.7853
WALLIS23.1830.7853
SUMMERS18.6720.5236
MARCHANT16.8910.2618
ELLIOTT15.4351.3089
HART15.3551.3089
CARPENTER15.2720.5236
LEWIS14.94153.9267
SALTER11.4410.2618
HODGSON11.3330.7853
LITTLE11.0720.5236
WILLIS9.8520.5236

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 32 people called FORTUNE in Pewsham 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 8.3770 in Pewsham means that 8.3770% of the people in Pewsham on census day were called FORTUNE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FORTUNE 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 FORTUNE 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 FORTUNE 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 FORTUNE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,600.00 in Pewsham means that you are 1,600.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FORTUNE in Pewsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pewsham in 1881

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

ADMANS (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ANGELL (9)  BAILEY (1)  BANKS (6)  BARNES (1)  BEER (8)  BONNER (2)  BRADFIELD (3)  BRINKWORTH (3)  BULL (11)  CARPENTER (2)  CARTER (2)  CHIVERS (9)  CLARK (1)  CLEVERLY (8)  COLE (16)  COLLIER (1)  COMLEY (2)  CROKER (8)  DAVIS (1)  DUCK (1)  EDDOLLS (4)  ELLIOTT (5)  FISHLOCK (1)  FORTUNE (32)  FREEGARD (8)  GALE (3)  GILES (1)  GINGELL (11)  GOUGH (12)  GREGORY (9)  GUNSTUNE (2)  HART (5)  HATHERILL (10)  HEAD (7)  HILLIER (3)  HODGSON (3)  HOLLEY (14)  JACKSON (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JONES (2)  KING (3)  KNIGHT (2)  LADD (2)  LEWIS (15)  LITTLE (2)  LYNN (1)  MARCHANT (1)  MACKAY (7)  MYALL (5)  MOUNTJOY (2)  NEWMAN (2)  PEARCE (17)  PENNY (7)  PIKE (7)  PORTER (1)  PRICTOR (2)  PULLEN (7)  SALTER (1)  SAY (1)  SHORT (8)  SIMPKINS (6)  SNOOK (1)  SPELLERS (1)  SUMMERS (2)  TAVINER (1)  THOMAS (9)  TOWNSEND (14)  TROWBRIDGE (2)  WALLIS (3)  WEBB (2)  WHEELER (1)  WITTS (5)  WILLIS (2)  WILTSHIRE (3)  WOODARD (1)  WAITE (5)