Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bulford, Wiltshire

Bulford 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
STURGESS5315.31792,676.77
ANDREWS339.537699.55
KEEL267.51453,823.53
PIKE205.7803198.81
SAWYER123.4682188.09
HEDGES102.8902252.53
BAILEY102.890219.19
KIMBER102.8902303.95
WEEKS92.6012121.46
ADLAM82.3121898.88
LAKE82.3121104.30
FIDLER82.3121361.99
ROBBINS82.3121147.87
THORN51.445196.71
BLANCHARD51.4451176.06
GODWIN41.156189.29
PHILLIPS41.15616.46
JACOBS41.156148.25
LAWRENCE41.156117.80
BATCHELOR30.867151.11
ROWDEN30.8671361.45
BROCK30.867174.63
SMITH30.86710.61
KNIGHT30.86717.03
TOOMER30.8671555.56
GOODRICK30.8671638.30
ORAM20.578074.07
STROW20.5780
MARSHALL20.57803.45
LOVE20.578024.39
HICKMAN20.578034.36
MILES20.57809.79
PERRY10.28903.93
HOLMES10.28902.37
PHILPS10.2890232.56
WAY10.289026.25
PEARCE10.28903.15
HICKS10.28906.91
TABB10.2890217.39
NOKES10.2890129.87
HAWKINS10.28903.99
WHITE10.28900.90
PAIN10.289032.15
BUNDY10.289090.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KEEL3,823.53267.5145
STURGESS2,676.775315.3179
ADLAM898.8882.3121
GOODRICK638.3030.8671
TOOMER555.5630.8671
FIDLER361.9982.3121
ROWDEN361.4530.8671
KIMBER303.95102.8902
HEDGES252.53102.8902
PHILPS232.5610.2890
TABB217.3910.2890
PIKE198.81205.7803
SAWYER188.09123.4682
BLANCHARD176.0651.4451
ROBBINS147.8782.3121
NOKES129.8710.2890
WEEKS121.4692.6012
LAKE104.3082.3121
ANDREWS99.55339.5376
THORN96.7151.4451
BUNDY90.0910.2890
GODWIN89.2941.1561
BROCK74.6330.8671
ORAM74.0720.5780
BATCHELOR51.1130.8671
JACOBS48.2541.1561
HICKMAN34.3620.5780
PAIN32.1510.2890
WAY26.2510.2890
LOVE24.3920.5780
BAILEY19.19102.8902
LAWRENCE17.8041.1561
MILES9.7920.5780
KNIGHT7.0330.8671
HICKS6.9110.2890
PHILLIPS6.4641.1561
HAWKINS3.9910.2890
PERRY3.9310.2890
MARSHALL3.4520.5780
PEARCE3.1510.2890
HOLMES2.3710.2890
WHITE0.9010.2890
SMITH0.6130.8671
STROW20.5780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 26 people called KEEL in Bulford 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 7.5145 in Bulford means that 7.5145% of the people in Bulford on census day were called KEEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KEEL 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 KEEL 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 KEEL 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 KEEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,823.53 in Bulford means that you are 3,823.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KEEL in Bulford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bulford in 1881

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

ADLAM (8)  ANDREWS (33)  BAILEY (10)  BATCHELOR (3)  BLANCHARD (5)  BROCK (3)  BULPIT (3)  BUNDY (1)  CANNINGS (8)  DIMER (4)  DYMER (5)  FIDLER (8)  GOODRICK (3)  GODWIN (4)  HAWKINS (1)  HICKMAN (2)  HICKS (1)  HEDGES (10)  HOLMES (1)  JACOBS (4)  KEEL (26)  KIMBER (10)  KNIGHT (3)  LAKE (8)  LAWRENCE (4)  LOVE (2)  MARSHALL (2)  MILES (2)  MELSOME (8)  NOKES (1)  NUTBIN (1)  ORAM (2)  PAIN (1)  PEARCE (1)  PERRY (1)  PHILLIPS (4)  PHILPS (1)  PIKE (20)  ROBBINS (8)  ROWDEN (3)  SAWYER (12)  SMITH (3)  SOUTHBY (4)  STROW (2)  STURGESS (53)  SWATTON (17)  TABB (1)  THORN (5)  TOOMER (3)  TRUCKEL (4)  TRUCKLE (3)  WAY (1)  WEEKS (9)  WHITE (1)  WHITOCK (3) 

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