Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chute Forest, Wiltshire

Chute Forest 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
SPICER106.2893467.29
MONGER85.03142,758.62
BUCKINGHAM85.0314377.36
CHILD74.4025259.26
SCUTT74.40251,707.32
FOWLE53.14471,282.05
WAITE53.1447151.52
COOK53.144715.83
PIPER53.1447159.24
BALLARD42.5157167.36
MITCHENER42.51572,857.14
SEXTON42.5157291.97
WINTER42.515770.92
HOPGOOD42.5157952.38
HILLIER31.8868140.19
FISHER31.886816.12
STOCKLEY31.8868434.78
HAYES31.886830.33
WEBB31.886813.92
MILES31.886831.98
KING31.88688.66
BENDALL21.2579344.83
LLOYD21.257910.77
GODDARD21.257931.30
CHILDS21.257968.49
BRYANT10.628914.73
NICHOLAS10.628932.26
HARDING10.62898.69
WILD10.628915.43
MACKLIN10.6289222.22
SMITH10.62890.45
HUMPHRIES10.628927.93
ROBERTSON10.62893.75
MUNDAY10.628953.76
GODFREY10.628921.19
WHEATLEY10.628930.86
COLLINS10.62894.38
HORRELL10.6289400.00
BARLOW10.628911.64
MOSS10.628910.20
DUDMAN10.6289333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MITCHENER2,857.1442.5157
MONGER2,758.6285.0314
SCUTT1,707.3274.4025
FOWLE1,282.0553.1447
HOPGOOD952.3842.5157
SPICER467.29106.2893
STOCKLEY434.7831.8868
HORRELL400.0010.6289
BUCKINGHAM377.3685.0314
BENDALL344.8321.2579
DUDMAN333.3310.6289
SEXTON291.9742.5157
CHILD259.2674.4025
MACKLIN222.2210.6289
BALLARD167.3642.5157
PIPER159.2453.1447
WAITE151.5253.1447
HILLIER140.1931.8868
WINTER70.9242.5157
CHILDS68.4921.2579
MUNDAY53.7610.6289
NICHOLAS32.2610.6289
MILES31.9831.8868
GODDARD31.3021.2579
WHEATLEY30.8610.6289
HAYES30.3331.8868
HUMPHRIES27.9310.6289
GODFREY21.1910.6289
FISHER16.1231.8868
COOK15.8353.1447
WILD15.4310.6289
BRYANT14.7310.6289
WEBB13.9231.8868
BARLOW11.6410.6289
LLOYD10.7721.2579
MOSS10.2010.6289
HARDING8.6910.6289
KING8.6631.8868
COLLINS4.3810.6289
ROBERTSON3.7510.6289
SMITH0.4510.6289

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called MITCHENER in Chute Forest 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 2.5157 in Chute Forest means that 2.5157% of the people in Chute Forest on census day were called MITCHENER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MITCHENER 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 MITCHENER 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 MITCHENER 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 MITCHENER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,857.14 in Chute Forest means that you are 2,857.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MITCHENER in Chute Forest than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chute Forest in 1881

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

BEACON (1)  BALLARD (4)  BARLOW (1)  BENDALL (2)  BRACKSTONE (2)  BRYANT (1)  BUCKINGHAM (8)  CHILD (7)  CHILDS (2)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (5)  DUDMAN (1)  FISHER (3)  FOWLE (5)  GODDARD (2)  GODFREY (1)  HARDING (1)  HAYES (3)  HILLIER (3)  HOLDWAY (6)  HOPGOOD (4)  HORRELL (1)  HUMPHRIES (1)  HOOKING (7)  KING (3)  LLOYD (2)  MABER (6)  MATON (1)  MACKLIN (1)  MILES (3)  MITCHENER (4)  MONGER (8)  MOSS (1)  MUNDAY (1)  NICHOLAS (1)  PIPER (5)  ROBERTSON (1)  SCUTT (7)  SEXTON (4)  SKEATS (11)  SMITH (1)  SPICER (10)  STOCKLEY (3)  WEBB (3)  WHEATLEY (1)  WILD (1)  WINTER (4)  WAITE (5) 

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