Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire

Brixton Deverill 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
DREDGE1911.72844,523.81
HAMBLIN148.64201,917.81
BISHOP95.555679.51
BOURNE63.7037191.08
COLES53.086488.65
BROWN53.08644.68
NEAL53.0864104.38
EDWARDS53.086411.07
TUCKER53.086455.80
MAXFIELD42.4691930.23
MORGAN42.469112.41
CURTIS42.469143.53
WEST42.469125.64
LONG31.851928.54
DOWDING31.8519434.78
PAYNE31.851920.58
ANDREWS21.234612.89
MEEK21.2346106.38
WARREN21.234618.47
GEORGE21.234621.03
MASLIN21.2346588.24
PAIN10.617368.49
FORSYTH10.617328.90
YOUNG10.61732.87
HILL10.61732.42
PRITCHARD10.617311.47
BALLARD10.617341.15
FLOWER10.617363.29
WHITE10.61731.92
JAMES10.61733.14
CHAPMAN10.61734.35
URCH10.6173714.29
HAVERFIELD10.61735,000.00
ATHERTON10.617334.36
HUMPHRIES10.617327.40
BULL10.617314.60
HARVEY10.61735.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAVERFIELD5,000.0010.6173
DREDGE4,523.811911.7284
HAMBLIN1,917.81148.6420
MAXFIELD930.2342.4691
URCH714.2910.6173
MASLIN588.2421.2346
DOWDING434.7831.8519
BOURNE191.0863.7037
MEEK106.3821.2346
NEAL104.3853.0864
COLES88.6553.0864
BISHOP79.5195.5556
PAIN68.4910.6173
FLOWER63.2910.6173
TUCKER55.8053.0864
CURTIS43.5342.4691
BALLARD41.1510.6173
ATHERTON34.3610.6173
FORSYTH28.9010.6173
LONG28.5431.8519
HUMPHRIES27.4010.6173
WEST25.6442.4691
GEORGE21.0321.2346
PAYNE20.5831.8519
WARREN18.4721.2346
BULL14.6010.6173
ANDREWS12.8921.2346
MORGAN12.4142.4691
PRITCHARD11.4710.6173
EDWARDS11.0753.0864
HARVEY5.7810.6173
BROWN4.6853.0864
CHAPMAN4.3510.6173
JAMES3.1410.6173
YOUNG2.8710.6173
HILL2.4210.6173
WHITE1.9210.6173

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called HAVERFIELD in Brixton Deverill 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 0.6173 in Brixton Deverill means that 0.6173% of the people in Brixton Deverill on census day were called HAVERFIELD.

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

All the surnames recorded in Brixton Deverill in 1881

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

ANDREWS (2)  ATHERTON (1)  BALLARD (1)  BISHOP (9)  BROWN (5)  BULL (1)  BOURNE (6)  CHAPMAN (1)  COLES (5)  CURTIS (4)  DOWDING (3)  DREDGE (19)  EDWARDS (5)  FLOWER (1)  FORSYTH (1)  GEORGE (2)  HAMBLIN (14)  HARVEY (1)  HAVERFIELD (1)  HILL (1)  HODDINOTT (9)  HUMPHRIES (1)  JAMES (1)  LONG (3)  MABBETTS (3)  MABBETT (9)  MASLIN (2)  MAXFIELD (4)  MEEK (2)  MORGAN (4)  NEAL (5)  PAYNE (3)  PAIN (1)  POTTICARY (6)  PRANGLEY (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  STANT... (5)  TOOGOOD (1)  TUCKER (5)  TUDGEY (4)  URCH (1)  WARREN (2)  WEST (4)  WHITE (1)  YOUNG (1) 

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