Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yatesbury, Wiltshire

Yatesbury 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
DASH125.68723,000.00
TANNER115.2133232.56
RUSS94.26541,578.95
LUCAS94.265492.21
RUDDLE94.26542,647.06
HILLIER73.3175245.61
PARADISE73.31755,000.00
HEATH62.843657.25
BURGESS62.843640.96
BULLOCK52.369772.89
DEAN52.369734.13
BELCHER52.3697196.85
COLMAN52.3697253.81
GILBERT52.369741.60
WAITE41.895791.32
CHIVERS41.8957215.05
BIRD31.421818.61
COUZENS31.4218566.04
ANGELL31.4218361.45
LOOKER31.4218483.87
COLEMAN31.421828.54
LYE31.4218526.32
KENT31.421833.75
GALE31.421847.47
WARNER20.947926.01
CLEMENTS20.947928.57
GREEN20.94793.37
SMITH20.94790.67
WHEELER20.947915.70
COLLIER20.947928.37
CLIFFORD20.947946.08
HAMPTON20.947960.06
MASLEN10.4739227.27
STROUD10.473945.87
RICHENS10.4739243.90
MUNDAY10.473940.49
COLE10.47395.20
RUSHIN10.47392,000.00
PROCTOR10.473919.27
BROOKS10.47394.85
MERRITT10.473967.57
AUSTEN10.473961.73
SIMPKINS10.4739105.26
HOBBS10.473913.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARADISE5,000.0073.3175
DASH3,000.00125.6872
RUDDLE2,647.0694.2654
RUSHIN2,000.0010.4739
RUSS1,578.9594.2654
COUZENS566.0431.4218
LYE526.3231.4218
LOOKER483.8731.4218
ANGELL361.4531.4218
COLMAN253.8152.3697
HILLIER245.6173.3175
RICHENS243.9010.4739
TANNER232.56115.2133
MASLEN227.2710.4739
CHIVERS215.0541.8957
BELCHER196.8552.3697
SIMPKINS105.2610.4739
LUCAS92.2194.2654
WAITE91.3241.8957
BULLOCK72.8952.3697
MERRITT67.5710.4739
AUSTEN61.7310.4739
HAMPTON60.0620.9479
HEATH57.2562.8436
GALE47.4731.4218
CLIFFORD46.0820.9479
STROUD45.8710.4739
GILBERT41.6052.3697
BURGESS40.9662.8436
MUNDAY40.4910.4739
DEAN34.1352.3697
KENT33.7531.4218
CLEMENTS28.5720.9479
COLEMAN28.5431.4218
COLLIER28.3720.9479
WARNER26.0120.9479
PROCTOR19.2710.4739
BIRD18.6131.4218
WHEELER15.7020.9479
HOBBS13.0010.4739
COLE5.2010.4739
BROOKS4.8510.4739
GREEN3.3720.9479
SMITH0.6720.9479

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called PARADISE in Yatesbury 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 3.3175 in Yatesbury means that 3.3175% of the people in Yatesbury on census day were called PARADISE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PARADISE 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 PARADISE 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 PARADISE 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 PARADISE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Yatesbury means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PARADISE in Yatesbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yatesbury in 1881

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

ANGELL (3)  AUSTEN (1)  BELCHER (5)  BEZANT (1)  BIRD (3)  BROOKS (1)  BULLOCK (5)  BURGESS (6)  CHECKER (2)  CHIVERS (4)  CLEMENTS (2)  CLIFFORD (2)  COLE (1)  COLMAN (5)  COLEMAN (3)  COLLIER (2)  COUZENS (3)  DASH (12)  DASHE (2)  DEAN (5)  EELES (1)  GALE (3)  GILBERT (5)  GREEN (2)  HAMPTON (2)  HEATH (6)  HILLIER (7)  HOBBS (1)  KENT (3)  LYE (3)  LOOKER (3)  LUCAS (9)  LUSTON (1)  MERRITT (1)  MASLEN (1)  MUNDAY (1)  PARADISE (7)  PINCHINS (1)  PROCTOR (1)  RICHENS (1)  RUSS (9)  RUDDLE (9)  RUMBOLL (1)  RUSHIN (1)  SHURGOLD (17)  SHERGOLD (23)  SHIMMER (1)  SIMPKINS (1)  SMITH (2)  STROUD (1)  TANNER (11)  WARNER (2)  WHEELER (2)  WAITE (4)