Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bulkington, Wiltshire

Bulkington 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
WILTSHIRE3017.24141,293.10
HARROLD179.77012,179.49
ELLIS84.597731.66
BROWN74.02306.10
WHITE74.023012.52
BARNES63.448328.65
AXFORD63.44831,395.35
ORAM63.4483441.18
JEFFRIES63.4483275.23
HOLLOWAY52.873693.81
BEAVEN42.2989784.31
WILSHIRE42.29891,176.47
JEFFERIES42.2989207.25
ORCHARD42.2989216.22
WILKINS42.298952.02
MARKS42.2989112.36
BURBIDGE42.2989677.97
GUM31.72414,285.71
MATTOCK31.7241666.67
ROSE31.724123.26
COVE31.7241789.47
PERRY31.724123.44
NEWMAN21.149415.46
DOWSE21.1494333.33
HILLIER21.149485.11
PARRY10.57477.55
ABRAMS10.5747232.56
LLOYD10.57474.92
COOPER10.57472.36
SMITH10.57470.41
PERRETT10.5747114.94
GOLDEN10.5747136.99
COX10.57473.79
LAMBERT10.574710.53
CLEVERLY10.5747263.16
BROOKS10.57475.88
PARSONS10.57477.56
HARREL10.574710,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARREL10,000.0010.5747
GUM4,285.7131.7241
HARROLD2,179.49179.7701
AXFORD1,395.3563.4483
WILTSHIRE1,293.103017.2414
WILSHIRE1,176.4742.2989
COVE789.4731.7241
BEAVEN784.3142.2989
BURBIDGE677.9742.2989
MATTOCK666.6731.7241
ORAM441.1863.4483
DOWSE333.3321.1494
JEFFRIES275.2363.4483
CLEVERLY263.1610.5747
ABRAMS232.5610.5747
ORCHARD216.2242.2989
JEFFERIES207.2542.2989
GOLDEN136.9910.5747
PERRETT114.9410.5747
MARKS112.3642.2989
HOLLOWAY93.8152.8736
HILLIER85.1121.1494
WILKINS52.0242.2989
ELLIS31.6684.5977
BARNES28.6563.4483
PERRY23.4431.7241
ROSE23.2631.7241
NEWMAN15.4621.1494
WHITE12.5274.0230
LAMBERT10.5310.5747
PARSONS7.5610.5747
PARRY7.5510.5747
BROWN6.1074.0230
BROOKS5.8810.5747
LLOYD4.9210.5747
COX3.7910.5747
COOPER2.3610.5747
SMITH0.4110.5747

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called HARREL in Bulkington 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 0.5747 in Bulkington means that 0.5747% of the people in Bulkington on census day were called HARREL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Bulkington in 1881

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

ABRAMS (1)  AXFORD (6)  BARNES (6)  BEAVEN (4)  BRIDLE (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (7)  BURBIDGE (4)  CLEVERLY (1)  COOPER (1)  COVE (3)  COX (1)  DALLIMORE (1)  DOWSE (2)  ELLIS (8)  GOLDEN (1)  GUM (3)  HARROLD (17)  HARREL (1)  HILLIER (2)  HOLLOWAY (5)  JEFFRIES (6)  JEFFERIES (4)  LAMBERT (1)  LLOYD (1)  MARKS (4)  MATCHAM (4)  MATTOCK (3)  NEWMAN (2)  ORAM (6)  ORCHARD (4)  PERRETT (1)  PARSONS (1)  PARRY (1)  PERRY (3)  PUCKRIDGE (7)  ROSE (3)  SAVIGNY (1)  SMITH (1)  WHITE (7)  WILKINS (4)  WILTSHIRE (30)  WILSHIRE (4) 

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