Top surnames from the 1881 census in Baydon, Wiltshire

Baydon 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
ALDER134.3478607.48
LAWRENCE134.347866.94
ROWLES124.0134909.09
DOBSON103.344575.82
FARMER103.3445106.95
LAURENCE103.3445235.29
WEBB93.010022.21
SMOKER82.67564,444.44
MARKS82.6756130.72
WILLIAMS82.67563.72
HOLMES82.675621.97
TULLY72.3411437.50
SCOTT72.34119.25
EVERETT72.3411130.35
ALDRIDGE72.3411120.69
MARSHALL72.341113.96
RAZEY72.34117,777.78
WESTALL62.0067895.52
PICKETT62.0067250.00
WILKINS62.006745.42
BARRETT51.672224.90
BELCHER51.6722138.89
LEADER51.6722367.65
PLUMB41.3378165.29
PRESSEY41.33783,636.36
PECK41.337879.21
SPICER41.337899.50
KENT31.003323.81
HOPSON31.0033379.75
NEW31.0033114.50
TUCK31.003378.13
EMBERLING31.003330,000.00
DAWKINS31.0033138.25
COOK31.00335.05
WALDRON31.0033114.07
EVANS31.00332.30
TAYLOR20.66891.05
PALMER20.66895.68
HAYES20.668910.76
DAVIS20.66893.04
ROBINSON20.66892.10
DENNIS20.668922.62
ORCHARD20.668962.89
LIDDIARD20.6689289.86
POUNDS20.6689540.54
HARDING20.66899.24
BROWN20.66891.01
NEWMAN10.33444.50
HAINES10.334414.45
CHANDLER10.334410.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EMBERLING30,000.0031.0033
RAZEY7,777.7872.3411
SMOKER4,444.4482.6756
PRESSEY3,636.3641.3378
ROWLES909.09124.0134
EMMONS909.0910.3344
WESTALL895.5262.0067
ALDER607.48134.3478
POUNDS540.5420.6689
TULLY437.5072.3411
HOPSON379.7531.0033
LEADER367.6551.6722
LIDDIARD289.8620.6689
PICKETT250.0062.0067
LAURENCE235.29103.3445
PLUMB165.2941.3378
BELCHER138.8951.6722
DAWKINS138.2531.0033
MARKS130.7282.6756
EVERETT130.3572.3411
ALDRIDGE120.6972.3411
NEW114.5031.0033
WALDRON114.0731.0033
FARMER106.95103.3445
SPICER99.5041.3378
PECK79.2141.3378
TUCK78.1331.0033
DOBSON75.82103.3445
GRIST68.9710.3344
LAWRENCE66.94134.3478
ORCHARD62.8920.6689
STAGG50.2510.3344
NOON46.5110.3344
AYLING46.0810.3344
WILKINS45.4262.0067
CROUCH24.9410.3344
BARRETT24.9051.6722
KENT23.8131.0033
DENNIS22.6220.6689
WEBB22.2193.0100
HOLMES21.9782.6756
HAINES14.4510.3344
MARSHALL13.9672.3411
HAYES10.7620.6689
CHANDLER10.4110.3344
FRANKLIN10.0710.3344
SCOTT9.2572.3411
HARDING9.2420.6689
BUTCHER7.9410.3344
PALMER5.6820.6689

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called EMBERLING in Baydon 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 1.0033 in Baydon means that 1.0033% of the people in Baydon on census day were called EMBERLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EMBERLING 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 EMBERLING 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 EMBERLING 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 EMBERLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 30,000.00 in Baydon means that you are 30,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EMBERLING in Baydon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Baydon in 1881

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

ALDER (13)  ALDRIDGE (7)  AYLING (1)  APPLEFORD (10)  BARRETT (5)  BAYSPOOLE (7)  BECKINGHAM (1)  BELCHER (5)  BENNETT (1)  BROWN (2)  BUTCHER (1)  KERSE (1)  CHANDLER (1)  COOK (3)  COXHEAD (1)  CROOME (1)  CROUCH (1)  DAVIS (2)  DAWKINS (3)  DENNIS (2)  DOBSON (10)  EMBERLING (3)  EMMONS (1)  EVANS (3)  EVERETT (7)  FARMER (10)  FRANKLIN (1)  GRIST (1)  HARDING (2)  HARVEY (1)  HAYES (2)  HAINES (1)  HOPSON (3)  HOLMES (8)  KENT (3)  LAURENCE (10)  LAWRENCE (13)  LEADER (5)  LIDDIARD (2)  MARKS (8)  MARSHALL (7)  MEYRICK (2)  MULCOCK (2)  NEW (3)  NEWMAN (1)  NOON (1)  ORCHARD (2)  PALMER (2)  PECK (4)  PICKETT (6)  PLUMB (4)  POUNDS (2)  PRESSEY (4)  RAZEY (7)  RODBOURNE (8)  RADBOURNE (3)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROWLES (12)  SCOTT (7)  SMOKER (8)  SPICER (4)  STAGG (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TUCK (3)  TULLY (7)  WALDRON (3)  WEBB (9)  WESTALL (6)  WILKINS (6)  WILLIAMS (8) 

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