Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westwood, Wiltshire

Westwood 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
HOBBS346.3433174.09
COTTLE264.8507984.85
HARRIS162.985111.75
WILCOX152.7985148.51
HAZEL152.7985872.09
SHEPPARD142.611975.39
TRUEMAN142.6119379.40
BRADLEY122.238827.89
MARSH101.865726.15
TADD101.86572,941.18
GERRISH91.6791782.61
WHITE91.67915.22
BRAY81.492544.40
GIBBONS81.492546.43
MEES81.49251,142.86
GODWIN71.3060100.86
RAINES71.3060648.15
MOORE71.30606.53
MARCHANT71.306084.24
DRAPER61.119447.51
COWLEY61.119460.85
BARTON61.119420.72
MANNERS61.1194226.42
WIGGINS50.932886.51
BABINGTON50.9328943.40
LANE50.932813.54
CROOK50.932832.49
STEVENS50.93288.94
JONES50.93280.82
RUSSELL40.74636.11
GOULD40.746320.65
TAYLOR40.74631.17
ALLAWAY40.7463416.67
OSBORNE40.746315.64
ORCHARD40.746370.18
TUCKER30.559710.11
WHEELER30.55979.27
SMITH30.55970.40
LITTLE30.559711.83
PAYNE30.55976.22
ROSE30.55977.55
GOODWIN30.559710.62
BALL30.55976.78
BURROWS30.559712.79
COWARD30.559748.86
PURNELL30.5597106.76
GANE20.3731131.58
COOPER20.37311.53
HARRINGTON20.373119.67
BOLLIN20.37311,818.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TADD2,941.18101.8657
BOLLIN1,818.1820.3731
MEES1,142.8681.4925
COTTLE984.85264.8507
BABINGTON943.4050.9328
ALAND909.0910.1866
HAZEL872.09152.7985
GERRISH782.6191.6791
RAINES648.1571.3060
SPEEDY512.8220.3731
COLLET487.8020.3731
DUMMETT454.5510.1866
ALLAWAY416.6740.7463
TRUEMAN379.40142.6119
PARADISE294.1210.1866
DUNSFORD250.0020.3731
MANNERS226.4261.1194
PORCH208.3310.1866
RICHENS192.3120.3731
MASLIN176.9920.3731
HOBBS174.09346.3433
CARE168.0720.3731
SILCOX149.2510.1866
WILCOX148.51152.7985
TWYFORD131.5810.1866
GANE131.5820.3731
HATHWAY128.2110.1866
PURNELL106.7630.5597
GODWIN100.8671.3060
RUDMAN92.5910.1866
COMBES88.5010.1866
WIGGINS86.5150.9328
MARCHANT84.2471.3060
AXFORD76.3410.1866
SHEPPARD75.39142.6119
DORE71.1720.3731
ORCHARD70.1840.7463
BENNISON66.2310.1866
COWLEY60.8561.1194
GREENLAND59.1710.1866
ASHMAN57.4720.3731
TRIBE55.2510.1866
ROOK54.6420.3731
COWARD48.8630.5597
DRAPER47.5161.1194
GIBBONS46.4381.4925
BRAY44.4081.4925
ANGEL43.4810.1866
GRIST38.4610.1866
BOULTER36.9010.1866

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called TADD in Westwood 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 1.8657 in Westwood means that 1.8657% of the people in Westwood on census day were called TADD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TADD 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 TADD 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 TADD 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 TADD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,941.18 in Westwood means that you are 2,941.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TADD in Westwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westwood in 1881

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

EACOTT (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLAWAY (4)  ALAND (1)  AMBLER (1)  ANGEL (1)  ASHMAN (2)  AUSTIN (1)  AXFORD (1)  BABINGTON (5)  BALDWELL (1)  BALL (3)  BANKS (1)  BARKER (1)  BARTON (6)  BASOR (1)  BENNISON (1)  BOLLIN (2)  BOULTER (1)  BRADLEY (12)  BRAGG (1)  BRAY (8)  BROWN (1)  BURCOMBE (1)  BURCINN (1)  BURROWS (3)  BURTON (2)  BUSH (1)  CARE (2)  CLARK (1)  CLAY (1)  COLLET (2)  COMBES (1)  COOPER (2)  COTTLE (26)  COUCH (1)  COWARD (3)  COWLEY (6)  CROOK (5)  DAINTON (2)  DAVIS (2)  DEVERAL (2)  DORE (2)  DOEL (1)  DRAPER (6)  DRIVER (1)  DUMMETT (1)  DUNKERTON (2)  DUNSFORD (2)  FISHER (1)  FRANCIS (1)  GAY (1)  GERRISH (9)  GIBBONS (8)  GIBBS (1)  JEFFERD (1)  GINGLE (5)  GODWIN (7)  GOODWIN (3)  GORE (1)  GOULD (4)  GREENLAND (1)  GRIST (1)  HARRINGTON (2)  HARRIS (16)  HART (1)  HAZEL (15)  HATHWAY (1)  HAYTER (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HEDGES (1)  HILL (2)  HILLIER (1)  HISGROVES (1)  HITCHING (4)  HOBBS (34)  HOLDWAY (1)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HUNTLEY (1)  ISAAC (1)  JACKSON (2)  JAMES (1)  GANE (2)  JONES (5)  KING (1)  LANE (5)  LANSDOWN (2)  LAURENCE (1)  LITTLE (3)  LOVE (1)  LOVEL (1)  MARCHANT (7)  MARSH (10)  MASLIN (2)  MEES (8)  MANNERS (6)  MEAD (1)  MERCER (1)  MIZEN (4)  MOORE (7)  MORRIS (1)  NASH (2)  NORRIS (1)  ORCHARD (4)  OSBORNE (4)  OSBRON (1)  OTTRIDGE (1)  PARADISE (1)  PAYNE (3)  PEARCE (1)  PENNY (1)  POULSOM (5)  PORCH (1)  PROSSER (1)  PURNELL (3)  RAINES (7)  RADCLIFFE (1)  RICHENS (2)  RICKETS (1)  ROGERS (2)  ROOK (2)  ROSE (3)  RUDMAN (1)  RUSSELL (4)  SADLER (1)  SAWYER (2)  SHEPPARD (14)  SILCOX (1)  SMITH (3)  SPALDING (1)  SPEEDY (2)  SPENCER (1)  STEVENS (5)  TANNAR (3)  TAYLOR (4)  TADD (10)  TRIBE (1)  TRUEMAN (14)  TUCKER (3)  TURTELL (7)  TWYFORD (1)  UNCLES (1)  VILLS (1)  WALKER (2)  WALTON (2)  WATERS (1)  WHEELER (3)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITE (9)  WIGGINS (5)  WILCOX (15)  WILLIAMS (2)  WINDO (30)  WOODWARD (1)  YOUNG (2)