Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wilsford, Wiltshire

Wilsford 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
MAY154.065063.86
WISE154.0650195.06
RICKETT143.79401,250.00
KNIGHT133.523028.58
SMITH112.98102.11
LONG112.981045.95
DUKE102.7100233.10
CHAMBERLAIN102.710099.60
CLEMENT92.4390241.94
STONE92.439033.75
BURRY82.16801,904.76
MAYNARD82.1680141.09
PALMER82.168018.40
BROCK82.1680186.48
SHEEN82.1680325.20
ORAM71.8970243.06
CLEVERLY61.6260740.74
HAWKINS61.626022.46
PERRETT61.6260326.09
KYTE51.3550793.65
FERRIS51.3550136.99
GILBERT51.355023.79
WEST51.355014.07
GIDDINGS51.3550297.62
DUNFORD51.3550224.22
HARDING51.355018.72
PENNY41.084060.88
BRAZIER41.0840115.61
SHARP41.084013.01
PIKE41.084037.28
BURDEN41.084084.75
COOPER41.08404.46
MASLIN30.8130384.62
ABBOT30.8130172.41
GARDNER30.813011.98
PLANK30.8130468.75
HAYWARD30.813019.07
ALDRIDGE30.813041.90
GARDINER30.813028.28
DURNFORD30.8130750.00
GULLIVER30.8130240.00
SIMS20.542018.08
FRAY20.5420322.58
MUNDAY10.271023.15
ALFORD10.271031.85
GODDARD10.27106.74
WILKINS10.27106.13
CARTER10.27101.61
SWEATMAN10.2710238.10
HALE10.27107.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURRY1,904.7682.1680
RICKETT1,250.00143.7940
KYTE793.6551.3550
DURNFORD750.0030.8130
CLEVERLY740.7461.6260
PLANK468.7530.8130
MASLIN384.6230.8130
PERRETT326.0961.6260
SHEEN325.2082.1680
FRAY322.5820.5420
GIDDINGS297.6251.3550
ORAM243.0671.8970
CLEMENT241.9492.4390
GULLIVER240.0030.8130
SWEATMAN238.1010.2710
DUKE233.10102.7100
DUNFORD224.2251.3550
WISE195.06154.0650
BROCK186.4882.1680
ABBOT172.4130.8130
MAYNARD141.0982.1680
BIDGOOD136.9910.2710
FERRIS136.9951.3550
BRAZIER115.6141.0840
CHAMBERLAIN99.60102.7100
BURDEN84.7541.0840
PLAYER70.4210.2710
MAY63.86154.0650
PENNY60.8841.0840
WATLING52.3610.2710
LONG45.95112.9810
ALDRIDGE41.9030.8130
PIKE37.2841.0840
STONE33.7592.4390
ALFORD31.8510.2710
STRATTON31.2510.2710
CLIFF30.9610.2710
KNIGHT28.58133.5230
GARDINER28.2830.8130
GILBERT23.7951.3550
MUNDAY23.1510.2710
HAWKINS22.4661.6260
HEARN20.4910.2710
HAYWARD19.0730.8130
HARDING18.7251.3550
PALMER18.4082.1680
SIMS18.0820.5420
WEST14.0751.3550
SHARP13.0141.0840
GARDNER11.9830.8130

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called BURRY in Wilsford 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 2.1680 in Wilsford means that 2.1680% of the people in Wilsford on census day were called BURRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURRY 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 BURRY 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 BURRY 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 BURRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,904.76 in Wilsford means that you are 1,904.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURRY in Wilsford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wilsford in 1881

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

ABBOT (3)  ABBOTT (1)  ALDRIDGE (3)  ALFORD (1)  BAVERSTOCK (4)  BURRY (8)  BIDDLECOMB (4)  BIDGOOD (1)  BURDEN (4)  BRAZIER (4)  BROCK (8)  BURT (1)  BURTON (1)  CANNINGS (8)  CARTER (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (10)  CHAMBERLIN (CHAMBERLAIN) (8)  CLEMENT (9)  CLEVERLY (6)  CLIFF (1)  COLE (1)  COOPER (4)  DODD (1)  DUKE (10)  DUNFORD (5)  DURNFORD (3)  FERRIS (5)  FRAY (2)  GARDNER (3)  GARDINER (3)  GILBERT (5)  GIDDINGS (5)  GODDARD (1)  GULLIVER (3)  GURD (2)  HALE (1)  HARDING (5)  HAWKINS (6)  HAYWARD (3)  HEARN (1)  KEEVIL (8)  KYTE (5)  KNIGHT (13)  LEE (1)  LONG (11)  MASLIN (3)  MAY (15)  MAYNARD (8)  MINALL (1)  MUNDAY (1)  NASH (1)  ORAM (7)  PALMER (8)  PERRETT (6)  PEARCE (1)  PENNY (4)  PIKE (4)  PINCHEN (1)  PLANK (3)  PLAYER (1)  POOLMAN (2)  PORTNALL (1)  POTTECARY (5)  PRIOR (1)  RICKETT (14)  ROGERS (1)  RUMMING (3)  SHARP (4)  SHEEN (8)  SIDFORD (3)  SIMS (2)  SMITH (11)  SPRINGBETT (3)  SPRINGFORD (1)  STONE (9)  STRATTON (1)  SWATON (10)  SWEATMAN (1)  WANSBROUGH (1)  WATLING (1)  WEST (5)  WILKINS (1)  WISE (15)  WOODROFFE (2)  WOODROFF (5)  WORSDALE (1)  YOUNG (1)