Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Grimstead, Wiltshire

West Grimstead 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
MUSSELL229.24376,875.00
WHITE177.142922.22
BUNDY145.88241,842.11
THOMAS104.201710.18
TUCKER93.781568.34
BEDFORD93.7815159.29
HARDING83.361346.43
EARLEY83.36131,632.65
MOODY72.9412112.54
ANDREWS62.521026.32
FULFORD52.1008632.91
ELKINS52.1008537.63
PREWITT52.100810,000.00
CURTIS52.100837.01
ROBEY52.10081,250.00
READ52.100832.59
TUBB41.6807404.04
SUTTON41.680726.40
ROGERS41.680712.95
HOPKINS41.680727.91
PENN41.6807186.05
ENGLAND41.680781.63
ROSE41.680722.66
MARTIN31.26055.12
LIGHT31.2605136.36
CRUTCHER31.26054,285.71
HATCHER31.2605214.29
BROAD20.840366.01
COOPER20.84033.45
FRY20.840326.21
TOOMER20.8403540.54
EDWARDS20.84033.02
HEWETT20.840372.20
VINEY10.4202111.11
OSMAN10.4202114.94
LAWS10.420237.74
DIMMICK10.4202434.78
WHITLOCK10.420270.42
VANNER10.4202476.19
BOWLES10.420225.71
SOUTHWELL10.420267.11
JUDD10.420232.36
WRIGHT10.42021.31
GRIFFEN10.4202128.21
MULLENS10.4202322.58
JACKSON10.42021.50
WILMOTT10.4202123.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PREWITT10,000.0052.1008
MUSSELL6,875.00229.2437
CRUTCHER4,285.7131.2605
BUNDY1,842.11145.8824
EARLEY1,632.6583.3613
ROBEY1,250.0052.1008
FULFORD632.9152.1008
TOOMER540.5420.8403
ELKINS537.6352.1008
VANNER476.1910.4202
DIMMICK434.7810.4202
TUBB404.0441.6807
MULLENS322.5810.4202
HATCHER214.2931.2605
PENN186.0541.6807
BEDFORD159.2993.7815
LIGHT136.3631.2605
GRIFFEN128.2110.4202
WILMOTT123.4610.4202
OSMAN114.9410.4202
MOODY112.5472.9412
VINEY111.1110.4202
ENGLAND81.6341.6807
HEWETT72.2020.8403
WHITLOCK70.4210.4202
TUCKER68.3493.7815
SOUTHWELL67.1110.4202
BROAD66.0120.8403
HARDING46.4383.3613
LAWS37.7410.4202
CURTIS37.0152.1008
READ32.5952.1008
JUDD32.3610.4202
HOPKINS27.9141.6807
SUTTON26.4041.6807
ANDREWS26.3262.5210
FRY26.2120.8403
BOWLES25.7110.4202
ROSE22.6641.6807
WHITE22.22177.1429
ROGERS12.9541.6807
THOMAS10.18104.2017
MARTIN5.1231.2605
COOPER3.4520.8403
EDWARDS3.0220.8403
JACKSON1.5010.4202
WRIGHT1.3110.4202

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called PREWITT in West Grimstead 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 2.1008 in West Grimstead means that 2.1008% of the people in West Grimstead on census day were called PREWITT.

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

All the surnames recorded in West Grimstead in 1881

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

ANDREWS (6)  BEDFORD (9)  BOWLES (1)  BROAD (2)  BUNDY (14)  COOPER (2)  CRUTCHER (3)  CURTIS (5)  DIMMICK (1)  EARLEY (8)  EDWARDS (2)  ELKINS (5)  ENGLAND (4)  FRY (2)  FULFORD (5)  JERRARD (1)  GOMBLETON (3)  GRIFFEN (1)  GUMBLETON (2)  HARDING (8)  HATCHER (3)  HEWETT (2)  HOPKINS (4)  JACKSON (1)  JUDD (1)  LAWS (1)  LIGHT (3)  LAVERSUCH (3)  MARTIN (3)  MOODY (7)  MULLENS (1)  MUSSELL (22)  MUSSELLWHITE (7)  OSMAN (1)  PENN (4)  PREWITT (5)  READ (5)  ROBEY (5)  ROGERS (4)  ROSE (4)  SILLENCE (7)  SNELGAR (9)  SOUTHWELL (1)  SUTTON (4)  THOMAS (10)  TOOMER (2)  TUBB (4)  TUCKER (9)  VANNER (1)  VINEY (1)  WHITE (17)  WHITLOCK (1)  WILMOTT (1)  WRIGHT (1)